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It’s finally official. After months of leaked images and spy shots, Saab’s all-new 9-5 SportCombi wagon has been revealed today, albeit from just one angle, but it won’t be long now... -
Video: Audi RS3 Sportback Tears Up The SnowSharing an engine with the TT-RS, the new Audi RS3 Sportback extracts 340 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque from its 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo. In most cars, getting that power down to the ground when the road surface is covered in ice or snow would be next to impossible but thanks to its...
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Move Over M3, Cadillac ATS-V Coming With 470 Horsepower V-8?Small cars and Cadillac haven't, historically, gone hand in hand. But they will in the near future, as General Motors is already stepping up work on its new 3-Series and C-Class rival. The latest addition to the Cadillac lineup, dubbed the ATS, will slot in below the current CTS and should be on...
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Porsche Developing Four-Cylinder Boxer Engine For Boxster And CaymanFor better or worse, government and social concern over fuel efficiency is a real and serious consideration for the world's major automakers. Porsche, with its full line of vehicles and rapidly increasing sales, is among them, so it’s not surprising to hear that even the legendary sports car...
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Spy Shots: 2013 Jaguar XKR FaceliftOver the past year or so most of the buzz surrounding Jaguar’s future sports car lineup has centered on a new roadster model dubbed the XE, which is expected to arrive in the next year or two. However, to keep sales of the current XK and high-performance XKR chugging along in the meantime...
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Video: Man Steals Ousted Tunisian President’s Ferrari 599 Using ForkliftHere’s something you don’t see every day. Driving down a highway in Tunisia, a news team happened to film a man allegedly stealing a bright yellow Ferrari 599 GTB supercar. What’s odd is that he uses an oversized forklift to transport the vehicle, carrying it home in broad...
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Each year, in the days prior to the Australian GP in Melbourne, there is a demonstration race known as the Celebrity Challenge. The event pits a group of Aussie celebs in a one-make race around the... -
2011 Geneva Motor Show Preview: Mazda Minagi ConceptJust hours after today’s earlier leak of the new Minagi Concept, Mazda has released full details for its latest concept and confirmed that it will be appearing for the first time at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March. The concept is said to be a preview of a brand new compact crossover from...
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First Four-Cylinder BMW TwinPower Turbo Engine Debuts In X1 xDrive28iFuture BMW models wearing the number "28" on their bootlid will no longer be fitted with six-cylinder engines but rather a new generation of four-cylinder gasoline engines complete with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology. The first of these models is the newly revealed BMW X1 xDrive28i, which has just...
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Leaked Mazda Minagi Concept Previews New CX-5 CrossoverThe aging Mazda Tribute is long overdue for an update and reports of a sharper and more dynamic compact crossover from Mazda date back to early 2007, so it’s not at all surprising to see that the Japanese automaker is working on just such a model. Previewed here today in concept form, the new...
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Spy Shots: Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Shooting Brake?Last month Ferrari boss Luca de Montezemolo revealed that the automaker was planning something “very different” for March’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, and then just this week news broke that he may have been referring to a new Shooting Brake model to be based on the 612 Scaglietti...
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Report: Volkswagen Likely To Axe Twincharger EngineA few years ago Volkswagen was touting the benefits of its new ‘twincharger’ technology for gasoline engines. Labeled TSI, the technology essentially combined both a supercharger and a turbocharger along with direct fuel injection on a single engine to boost performance throughout the...
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Mitsubishi is working on a new global small car positioned below its Colt hatchback and scheduled to enter production at a newly erected plant in Thailand in March of 2012. The car has been previewed... -
F1 Star Mark Webber Buys 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RSWhat car do you buy when your usual mode of transportation is a Formula One race car? Well, in Mark Webber’s case, you buy a brand new 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The Aussie F1 star took delivery of his latest ride, the fastest and most powerful road-going model ever built by Porsche, just...
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Report: Audi Backs Development Of New A9 Flagship And Lamborghini EstoqueA few weeks ago we first reported on plans for a new Audi A9 four-door coupe that would sit atop the automaker’s lineup as a technical masterpiece and challenge other high-end models like the Mercedes-Benz CL and upcoming BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe. Of course, the chances of a bespoke A9...
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Volkswagen’s New U.S. Chief Keen On Sporty SciroccoWe haven’t seen or heard much on the Volkswagen Scirocco coupe since the decision was made to exclude it from U.S. sale back in 2009. Reasons cited for the decision centered on a weak dollar and fears that it would cannibalize sales of other models such as the Golf. Fast forward to today and...
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Video: Top Gear Returns For Season 16The lads are back for yet another season of all out hilarity on four wheels, this time with a brand new Stig and plenty of new antics. Some of the goodies we can expect include a comparison between two classic supercars, the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959, a test of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost as well...
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Video: Get Ready For the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMGWe'll be hopping behind the wheel of the brand new 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG this week to ring out every last bit of performance the latest weapon from AMG can muster, but before then watch this official promo video for a taste of what to expect in our upcoming first drive report. Performance...
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Earlier today we saw Toyota’s offering at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon and now we have a look at what its upmarket Lexus division has brought to the aftermarket tuner table. The Auto Salon,... -
d3o Bullet-Proof Gel Being Explored By AutomakersAn emerging technology that could have a major impact on the way cars are designed in the future is currently being developed, with the new technology having the potential to save thousands of lives in serious car crashes. The new technology is a special gel called d3o, which was developed by...
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Video: SARTRE Self-Driving Road Train Conducts First TestEurope’s SARTRE (SAfe Road TRains for the Environment) project is well underway, having carried out its first successful demonstration of its self-driving technology at Volvo’s proving grounds near Gothenburg, Sweden. The SARTRE project is attempting to launch new technology for...
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First Production 2012 Lexus LFA Rolls Off The LineWe’ve seen plenty of 2012 Lexus LFA supercars before, in all sorts of colors, and with each incarnation we saw it was evident that the cars were becoming more and more refined. However, up until now, these LFA examples were all pre-production prototypes, developed either for testing or...
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Volkswagen Wins 2011 Dakar Rally, Achieves Hat TrickVolkswagen has managed to win the Dakar Rally for the third time in succession, with drivers Nasser AlAttiyah and Timo Gottschalk taking the top honors. They were joined by two other Volkswagen teams in second and third place, with all three teams competing with latest Race Touareg 3. The 2011...
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Chrysler 300 Hybrid Coming In 2013It’s official. Chrysler plans to launch a gasoline-electric hybrid version of its latest generation 300 sedan, the information revealed by company CEO Sergio Marchionne at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show last week. It will be fitted with an eight-speed automatic transmission and will be on sale in...
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