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Next month Nissan will formally compete in the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its production GT-R supercars.
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Chris Harris Explores The Intricacies Of the Lotus Exige S: VideoWhile we’re still hoping that the latest Lotus Exige S makes it over to these shores, even if only as a dedicated track car, European buyers have been lapping it up since last September when the car made its official world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Since then Lotus has entered...
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Honda Pioneers Technology Aimed At Preventing Traffic JamsAnyone who’s driven on a busy highway can attest that vehicles moving erratically and braking needlessly breaks up the smooth flow of traffic and leads to congestion. Honda has also observed this phenomenon and claims to have pioneered a technology based on this principle that, rather than...
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Formula 1 Gearing Up For IPO And Singapore Exchange Listing?We first heard rumblings that the commercial rights to the highest echelon of motorsports, Formula 1, might be for sale early last year, and then just last month reports broke that the sport’s largest equity holder, CVC Capital Partners, was considering launching an initial public offering...
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Lotus Evora GTE China Limited Edition Debuts In BeijingEmphasizing the importance of the Chinese market to its future success, British sports car manufacturer Lotus unveiled a new model custom-made for China at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week. The custom-made model is based on the Evora GTE sports car but gets some unique features plus a limited...
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2013 BMW 3-Series Touring Spy ShotsThe 2013 BMW 3-Series Touring should make its debut later this year, though it's unclear if a U.S. launch is scheduled.
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A 52-year old man driving a Ferrari 458 Italia managed to crash his exotic supercar into a roadside barrier in Munich during the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Aston Martin One-77 Supercar Is Officially Sold OutWith a production run spanning just 77 examples, it’s amazing it’s taken Aston Martin this long to reach the sale of its final One-77 supercar. Yes it’s true; the last pre-built example of the One-77 has been bought, which means if you still want one of the £1.2 million...
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2013 Audi Q5 PreviewAudi has unveiled its updated Q5 crossover, which is expected to land in showrooms later this year as a 2013 model. While on the outside there isn’t much to mention, there are numerous changes under the skin including a revised engine lineup that now features a hybrid option. For the global...
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Bentley Honors The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee With Special MulsanneOnly 60 of the Bentley Mulsanne Diamond Jubilee Editions will be built.
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Daimler’s Denza Shows New Energy Vehicle Concept In BeijingAfter recently announcing the establishment of the Denza brand for the Chinese market, German auto giant Daimler, together with its Chinese partner BYD, has now unveiled the Denza New Energy Vehicle (NEV) concept at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The Denza brand is a 50:50 joint venture between...
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Ferrari Enzo Abandoned In Dubai To Finally Be Auctioned OffRemember the poor Ferrari Enzo supercar abandoned in Dubai that we reported on last August? Well, it’s still sitting in the same police impound lot we last saw it in, but it may have a bright future ahead. The Enzo, along with several other exotics, is to be auctioned off in what the Daily...
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A day after bringing you spy shots of Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar, McLaren’s successor to the legendary F1 has now been spotted by one of our stealthy spy photographers....
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Is The Honda Concept C A Preview Of Acura’s Rumored TLX?With the introduction of the 2013 Acura ILX, Acura’s aging TSX now has to compete with a much newer model that’s almost the same size and occupies a very similar price segment. This has led to suggestion that the TSX will be dropped from Acura’s lineup once the current model has...
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Wei Long 2012 Edition Debuts In BeijingBugatti rolled out another in its growing list of special edition Veyrons at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week, the Wei Long 2012. No doubt already snapped up by one of the automaker’s wealthy clientele, the Wei Long 2012 is based on the Veyron Grand Sport convertible and was built to...
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BMW’s Electric Cars Will Get “eDrive” DesignationIf you were already confused by the launch of BMW’s new ‘i’ sub-brand for its upcoming electric cars, things are about to get a whole lot more complicated when it comes to the naming of the automaker’s future lineup. At the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week BMW rolled out its...
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Nissan Working On New Track-Focused GT-R? Not LikelyA mysterious GT-R prototype fitted with a number of performance modifications has been spotted at Nissan’s test facility just outside the Nürburgring race track in Germany, suggesting that the automaker is hard at work developing a new performance variant of the iconic Japanese supercar...
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Audi A6 L e-tron Concept Debuts At 2012 Beijing Auto ShowAudi has taken the wraps off a new plug-in hybrid concept based on its A6 luxury sedan at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The new concept, grouped under the automaker’s e-tron label for electrified vehicles, is based on an extended wheelbase version of the latest generation A6. More importantly...
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Ferrari’s replacement for the Enzo supercar is due out towards the end of this year and in the lead up to its arrival the automaker has been dropping numerous hints about its revolutionary new... -
The Most Luxurious Jaguar Ever Is The New XJ Ultimate EditionJaguar has launched a new ultra-luxurious version of its XJ flagship sedan at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, adopting the ‘Ultimate’ tag last used on the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition from Land Rover last year. Based on the long-wheelbase XJ, the ichanges applied to the XJ...
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Bentley Lists Potential Engines For SUV, Mentions Plug-In HybridBentley’s polarizing SUV concept, the EXP 9 F, has made its debut in front of audiences in one of its primary intended markets, China, and we now have some tentative new details about the future production version’s powertrain lineup. Unmistakably a Bentley--yet a Bentley like none...
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Eterniti Artemis SUV Makes Debut At 2012 Beijing Auto ShowAfter first announcing plans for an ultra-luxurious SUV last summer, newly-established British firm Eterniti Motors unveiled a concept version of its new SUV, the Hemera, at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Unfortunately, the concept looked just a little too much like the vehicle it was based on, a...
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Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Weather ForecastThe first four races of the season have come in a whirlwind like the one that can blow sand across the Bahrain International Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix. Drivers and teams will be facing notoriously high temperatures during race time tomorrow, though surprisingly they may even...
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Vettel Qualifies On Pole For Formula 1 Bahrain Grand PrixReigning world champion Sebastian Vettel demonstrated a brilliant return to form during qualifying today at the 2012 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, managing to post the fastest time of the day and set himself up for his first win of the season. The Red Bull Racing driver’s fastest time for the...
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