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UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been confirmed as the VF Holden Commodore. Click here for all the details.
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Former Stig Hired As Stunt Driver For Bond Flick 'Skyfall'With a resume that includes stints in the army and motorsports, plus the role of the Stig on the popular television show Top Gear, there are probably few others more suited to be a stunt driver for the latest James Bond movie Skyfall than Ben Collins. It should come as no surprise to hear then that...
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Rimac’s 1,088-HP Electric Car Burns Rubber In New VideoCroatia’s Rimac Automobili is out to prove that electric cars don’t have to be boring by building one capable of out-matching most supercars, both in terms of performance and luxury. Rimac’s electric car is the 1,088-horsepower Concept One, which the company recently announced is...
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Google Awarded First Autonomous Car License By Nevada DMVYesterday marked a significant milestone in the advancement of self-driving cars with Internet and technology giant Google being awarded the nation's first license for autonomous cars. The license was issued by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles and comes less than a year after the state...
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McLaren F1 Successor (P12) RenderedMcLaren’s new MP4-12C has received a lot of criticism for its lack of emotion, brought about mainly due to the almost clinical methods the company’s engineers used to design it, the fact that its engine note needed to be tweaked after the first set of reviewers complained about its weak...
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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Attacks The Nürburgring: VideoThe 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, officially rated at 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet of torque, has been let loose on the Nürburgring. Fortunately, one of our staff was there to capture the moment on video. Click here to watch the spy video in full via our YouTube page. Unfortunately, the...
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The Buick Enclave is the industry’s best-selling crossover with third-row seats, so GM knows that any changes to the car need to be handled with car.
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2011-12 Chrysler 300 And Dodge Charger RecalledChrysler has issued a recall on its Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans from the 2011 and 2012 model years due to a potential brake overheating issue. According to Chrysler, performance of the electronic stability control (ESC) and anti-lock braking system (ABS) on the aforementioned models may...
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Chevy Corvette, Dodge Viper And McLaren Crash Within Days On Same Stretch Of AutobahnThree supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two...
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Stage One Of Nissan’s Crowd-Sourced 370Z Begins: VideoNissan recently announced an innovative campaign to help promote the launch of its updated 2013 370Z sports car. The new campaign set out to build the world’s first crowd-sourced 370Z, with all of the unique elements being suggested by fans of the Nissan Performance Facebook page. Now that...
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BMW And Daimler Join Forces To Reinvent The Electric CarWhile normally the strongest of rivals, German auto giants BMW and Daimler have joined forces to help come up with the design for the electric car of the future. Most approaches towards electric car design has so far led to vehicles that either are too heavy and too expensive or fail to meet...
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Audi R8 Flips Lada In Crash Before Speeding Off: VideoVideo footage taken at a busy intersection in Russia shows a frightening accident involving a speeding Audi R8 driver who crashes into another vehicle and speeds off, even though the other vehicle is flipped over from the impact. The video shows the R8 driver attempting to complete a U-turn on a...
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The Fisker Karma range-extended electric sedan will be racing through the Alps in the inaugural Bodensee-Elektrik Rallye, which commences today and travels across some of Europe’s finest... -
Alain Prost To Be Honored At 2012 Goodwood Festival Of SpeedTo mark its second year as the official timekeeper of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer is staging a unique and remarkable photographic exhibition at the event dedicated to the legendary French racing driver, Alain Prost. He may have his detractors but...
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Bentley Weighs Up Options For Motorsports ComebackThe last time a Bentley automobile took to the track in top-level motorsports was 2003, when the legendary brand from Crewe won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Bentley Speed 8. Since then there have been inklings that the automaker was looking at a return to motorsports, which culminated late last...
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Toyota Supra Successor To Go Hybrid, Mid-Engine And AWD?With the recent launches of the LFA supercar, Scion FR-S and a much sportier Lexus GS sedan, it’s clear the desire to build emotionally-styled, fun-to-drive cars has been rekindled at Toyota. However, Toyota’s performance car renaissance is far from complete. To fill the huge void...
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BMW And Hyundai In Talks Over Possible Engine Deal: ReportDespite already having engine tie-ups with PSA Peugeot Citroen and Toyota, BMW is now reportedly in talks with Hyundai over a possible deal to share future development costs for powertrains and other areas. The information was revealed by an inside source who said the two automakers were only at...
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Porsche Reaffirms Commitment To HybridsIf a few years ago you said Porsche would be the first major automaker to fit electric drive technology in each of its models, you would have probably been labeled somewhat delusional. Today, however, such a statement is close to being true as every model in Porsche’s lineup is either already...
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Nissan has announced that its insane Juke-R super-crossover will be built, but in a very limited run and on a build-to-order basis.
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Next-Gen Holden Commodore Ute And Wagon Coming To U.S.?The future is starting to look very bright for GM’s Australian subsidiary Holden and its much-loved Commodore line of sedans, utes and wagons. After development of a next-generation Commodore was confirmed recently, Holden was then picked to spearhead the development of two new cars for the...
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Chris Harris Compares The M3 GTS, C63 AMG Black Series And 911 GT3 RS 4.0The BMW M3 GTS, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series and Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 are three of the most capable sports cars on the planet. It should come as no surprise then that they are three of the most sought-after cars too, with the M3 GTS being particularly special since so few of them were...
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Imperium Toughens Up The Bentley Continental GTCBritish tuner launches ‘Audentia’ styling upgrade for Bentley’s Continental GTC drop-top.
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Ferrari Boss Left “Speechless” After Seeing The New SRT ViperLuca Cordero di Montezemolo, the current chairman of Ferrari and one of the key men responsible for turning the Italian sports car manufacturer into a global automotive powerhouse, was left “speechless” upon seeing the 2013 SRT Viper for the first time. That little snippet of...
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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione, Bugatti Veyron And Peugeot Le Mans Racer Up For GrabsThe auction to end all auctions is taking place this month in Monaco. Hosted by RM Auctions, the caliber and sheer variety of vehicles going under the hammer are unmatched by anything we’ve ever seen in the recent past, so if you happen to be in area on the dates of May 11 and 12 head down to...
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