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The driver of this Ferrari 612 Scaglietti was lucky to walk away from a crash that literally tore his car apart.
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Lotus Pulls Out Of 2012 Paris Auto ShowIt was close to two years ago that Lotus, led by recently-ousted CEO Dany Bahar, announced its overly ambitious turnaround plan at the 2010 Paris Auto Show by presenting a total of six concepts--all of which looked kind of the same yet were all confirmed for production. This was during a time when...
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Porsche 918 Spyder To Get Optional Race Track Package: ReportThe Porsche 918 Spyder remains on track for debut late next year, with development so far progressing steadily and currently in the prototype stage. Production of the car is scheduled to start on September 18, 2013, and only 918 examples in total will be built. Pricing is set to start at $845,000...
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2013 SRT Viper Earns Its StripesThe guys at SRT have released this image of the new 2013 edition of the Viper donning the car’s trademark stripes. This is the first time we’ve seen the new model with the double stripe pattern, and we must say it certainly looks good on the car. SRT is quick to point out that this is...
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2011-2013 Volvo S80 Recalled For Faulty TransmissionVolvo has issued a recall on its aging sedan flagship, the S80, due to a potential fault with the car’s automatic transmission. The recall is for Volvo S80 sedans from the 2011 to 2013 model years, of which there are some 1,469 examples affected. According to Volvo a software error may...
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2013 Audi RS 5 Reaches DealersFirst revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show and originally slated to go on sale in the U.S. by spring of this year, the 2013 Audi RS 5 is a little late to the party but we’re certainly glad it could make it. Californian dealership Audi San Diego has just posted these photos to its Twitter...
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This year Opel turns 150, but the company has very little to celebrate, with news emerging overnight that Karl-Friedrich Stracke, president of General Motors Europe and the current CEO of Opel, is...
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Watch The McLaren MP4-12C Spider Hit The Track: VideoIt’s been more than a week since McLaren took the covers off its brand new MP4-12C Spider, the stunning convertible version of the MP4-12C supercar first launched close to a year ago, and now, finally, we get to see the stunning drop-top in action. McLaren has released a video of the MP4-12C...
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Porsche On Track For Another Record YearPorsche delivered a total of 69,171 vehicles for the first six months of the year, a 14 percent increase compared to the same period last year. That’s saying a lot as last year’s result was already a record for the automaker, with a total 116,978 Porsches having been sold. Furthermore...
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Mercedes-Benz Traces The History Of The G-Class: VideoThe Mercedes-Benz G Class has been around for more than three decades but the origins of the vehicle go back much farther.
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Town Introduces ‘Easy’ Parking Spots For WomenThe mayor of Triberg, in the south of Germany, has introduced a controversial new set of parking spots in one of his town’s publicly-owned car parks. Only female drivers can use the special parking spots, which are marked by the familiar female gender symbol and said to be...
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Toyota Electric Sports Car In The Works: ReportToyota’s made little secret of its desire to inject some spirit into its lineup by adding some sporty new models to its mix of dependable, albeit somewhat dull, sedans, hatchbacks and crossovers. It all started with the launch of the Lexus LFA halo model, followed quickly by the Scion FR-S...
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MINI is readying the seventh addition to its burgeoning lineup, the all-new Paceman.
And just like the rest of the MINI range, the Paceman will also have its sportier S and John Cooper Works trims.
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Alleged Patent Drawings For The 2014 Maserati QuattroporteUPDATE: The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has been revealed. Click here for all the photos and details. Prototypes for Maserati’s next-gen Quattroporte sedan have been spied across Europe for more than a year now, but so far all of these test vehicles have been heavily disguised. This means that...
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Melky Cabrera Awarded A Camaro ZL1 For 2012 All-Star Game MVP TitleBaseball star Melky Cabrera has been awarded with a brand new 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible for winning the MVP title at yesterday’s 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City. The San Francisco Giants outfielder is seen here holding up the keys to his new ride, a nice plum red example with a...
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Lamborghini Driver Arrested After Posting Video Of Speeding Stunt OnlineThe owner of a bright orange Lamborghini Gallardo in Japan has been arrested after posting a video online of a stunt where his car is seen driving in the western part of the city of Hiroshima at speeds of up to 100 mph. The local speed limit for the area his car is seen racing through, almost two...
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TVR Boss Gives Up On Building Cars, Focuses On Wind TurbinesCould this be the end of historic sports car brand TVR as we know it? Reports out of the UK claim the owner of the struggling brand, former Russian banker Nikolai Smolensky, has given up on restarting production of TVR’s awesome line of bare-knuckle sports cars and will instead focus on...
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2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster RevealedOnly 101 examples of the new 2013 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster will be built, and so far none have been confirmed for the U.S.
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Starting today in the U.S. Chevrolet is launching a new program that allows customers to return a newly bought vehicle if they’re dissatisfied with it, for whatever reason.
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Volvo Outlines Three Upcoming Safety TechnologiesVolvo has a well-established reputation of building some of the safest cars in the world but the firm believes it can improve on its own standards by reaching the ultimate goal of avoiding car accidents all together and reducing the road death toll (for drivers of its cars) to zero--a goal it hopes...
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TMG ready to build virtually anything from scratchIt’s very rare these days for an automaker to develop a car completely from scratch. Often, designing and building a car involves sourcing parts from other firms, including even from rival automakers. That’s because many firms do not have the capability to design, test and manufacturer...
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Mitsubishi Selling Rebadged Infiniti M Sedans In JapanAs hard as it is to believe, there are two virtually identical versions of the Infiniti M sedan sold in Japan--one wearing Nissan badges and the other badged as a Mitsubishi. An Infiniti M being sold as a Nissan in Japan is nothing out of the ordinary, as this has always been the case with Infiniti...
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2014 Mazda6 Spied, 2013 Lexus LS, Special Edition M3: Car News HeadlinesBMW is celebrating the longstanding relationship between itself, Lime Rock Park race track, and the thousands of drivers and fans that participate in the Skip Barber racing school with the launch of a new special edition M3. Skip Barber himself helped developed the car, of which only 200 are...
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2014 Mazda Mazda6 Wagon Spy ShotsMazda has already confirmed its long overdue redesign for the Mazda6 mid-size sedan, hatch and wagon is set to make its debut at the 2012 Paris Auto Show this fall, before sales start early next year. And today we have a set of spy shots revealing the new Mazda6 wagon in prototype form as it...
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