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It was in 1929 with the 201 that French automaker Peugeot began its characteristic three-digit numbering system based around the central ‘zero’.
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BMW Chooses Paris For First Brand Retail StoreAs automakers seek new ways of expanding their businesses, we are starting to see all sorts of new products and services being offered to customers, many of which have nothing to do with cars. We’ve seen Lamborghini launch its own fashion line, Ferrari move into the theme park business and...
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McLaren MP4-12C Heads To Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit: VideoMcLaren is expanding in the Middle East and to mark the occasion the automaker has released a new video of its MP4-12C supercar driving through the desert on its way to Yas Marina Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Ferrari World theme park. In particular, the video marks...
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Nissan’s 545-Horsepower Juke-R Crossover Hits The Ice: VideoBefore heading to the Nürburgring to compete at the German circuit’s 24 hour endurance race last weekend, Nissan’s original GT Academy winner Lucas Ordonez took some time out to test the 545-horsepower Nissan Juke-R crossover on Norway’s Losna Isbane ice tracks. Having grown...
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BMW Appoints Karim Habib As New Design BossBMW has promoted its current chief of exterior design, Karim Habib, to the new role of head of design for the BMW brand. Habib, the 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian, will report to Adrian van Hooydonk, the head of design for the entire BMW group. Habib was responsible for the design of several...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Crashes On The NürburgringNissan has been testing the GT-R at the Nürburgring in the days surrounding the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.
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Google’s fleet of self-driving cars may soon be heading to California, with the state’s Senate passing a bill this week that would allow the autonomous cars to be tested and operated on... -
2013 Toyota Camry NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Car DebutsToyota is the latest to unveil its challenger for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Based on the latest 2013 Toyota Camry, the race car’s introduction marks the culmination of an aggressive redesign to provide it with an updated and more familiar identity. As some readers may recall, NASCAR...
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Spain’s Aspid Teases New Sports CarIt’s been a while since we last heard from Spanish sports car manufacturer IFR Aspid. The company’s last car, the SuperSport, has gone on to sell in reasonable numbers and will soon be spawning a successor. IFR Aspid, now called Aspid, has released a teaser image for a new sports car...
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Next-Gen Mazda MX-5 To Spawn New Alfa Romeo Spider: OfficialMazda and Alfa Romeo parent company Fiat have announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development and manufacturing of a new convertible sports car for the Alfa Romeo brand based on Mazda’s next-gen MX-5. Not to be mistaken with the smaller and more...
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2013 Audi R8 Spy ShotsWe've previously shown you spy shots of Audi's planned facelift for the 2013 R8, including in the Spyder bodystyle, but these latest shots show the car virtually undisguised. The facelifted R8 range, both in coupe and convertible bodystyles, is expected to be unveiled later this year. We’re...
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Ferrari 458 Italia Crashes In Dramatic Fashion At Laguna SecaA Ferrari 458 Italia competing during the 2012 Ferrari Racing Days at Laguna Seca has fallen victim to the track’s infamous corkscrew.
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With the summer months now upon us, testing at the Nürburgring race track in Germany is heating up and our spy photographers are on surveillance to bring you the first shots of all the latest... -
Ford To Present Mustang Designed And Built By Women At SEMAFord is out to prove that women are just as capable as men when it comes to modifying vehicles with aftermarket parts by getting a team mostly made up of women to help design and build a custom 2013 Ford Mustang GT for this year’s SEMA show. Dubbed the SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women, the...
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Audi Offering 4-Year SiriusXM Traffic Subscription On Select 2013 ModelsIf you’re in the market for a new Audi, you may be pleased to know that all 2013 models equipped with the MMI Navigation Plus or MMI Navigation Plus with MMI Touch packages now come with a four-year subscription to SiriusXM Traffic absolutely free. SiriusXM Traffic is a useful service that...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Wins Class, Comes 30th Overall In Nürburgring 24 HoursA 2013 Nissan GT-R Club Track Edition was driven to victory in the SP8T class in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.
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Volvo Calls On Mitsubishi To Help Develop Next-Gen Infotainment SystemVolvo has selected electronics giant Mitsubishi Electric, a subsidiary of the same group that owns the automaker Mitsubishi, to help develop next-generation infotainment systems for use in its future cars. Mitsubishi Electric will develop the central module and be the main supplier for the overall...
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BMW Voted World's Most Valuable Car BrandBrand value can be a fickle thing. It’s impossible to measure accurately and it can be affected by numerous volatile factors. However, at the end of the day, if a consumer is willing to pay more for one brand over another then brand value becomes a vital indicator of a company’s overall...
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Last year it was Maybach donning its cars with diamonds but at this year’s Cannes Film Festival Mercedes-Benz will be just a tad more modest by going in gold instead.
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2014 Volkswagen Golf (MkVII) Spy ShotsThis 2014 Volkswagen Golf MkVII will feature a clear emphasis on environmental cleanliness, a theme that will carry throughout the Golf lineup.
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Driven By Jay Leno: VideoEasily one of the most exciting cars of the year, the new 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is about to be unleashed on the market and the initial reviews are already in. You can catch our own impressions of the car in our extensive first drive report by clicking here. However, we weren’t the...
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Ferrari celebrating 60th anniversary of the 250 GTThis year Ferrari’s legendary 250 GT turns 60 and to celebrate the Ferrari Museum has organized a series of exhibitions of the most famous cars to bear the 250 moniker. As of this week, two examples--a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB raced by Stirling Moss as well as the famous...
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2013 Lexus GS 350 F Sport Recall Due To ECU GlitchLexus has issued a recall on its latest 2013 GS 350 F Sport sedan due to a known-issue concerning one of the car’s multiple ECUs, which could lead to problems with the steering. Only around 650 models are affected by the latest recall, all of them 2013 models equipped with rear-wheel drive...
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Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione Sets Fastest Ferrari ‘Ring TimePrior to the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race that took place over the weekend, the fastest lap time for a Ferrari over the 13-odd miles of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife was the 6:58.16 figure set by Ferrari and its 599XX experimental car back in April of 2010. However, Ferrari...
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