Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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A new Mazda 2 subcompact can't come along soon enough, and today at the Geneva Motor Show we got our best look yet at its replacement.
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Buying A BMW i8? Get The Matching Set Of Luis Vuitton LuggageFuture owners of BMW's i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will be a discerning bunch. Rather than opting for the obvious Porsche 911, they'll have bought into a progressive, innovative vehicle which plays as much on economical gains as it does outright performance. It'd be a shame, then, to sling any old...
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Tesla's Gigafactory, Bonds And Other Future Plans RevealedTesla is a company on the move. While 2013 was an up and down year for the company--rave reviews and strong sales mixed with fire incidents and rapped knuckles from the NHTSA over Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] reporting of safety scores--the next few years will bring a new factory, new models and a new...
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BMW Group Classic Buys Original Munich PlantBMW is returning to its roots with the purchase of a new facility for its fleet of historic vehicles--returning to a building once used to build airplane engines in the early decades of last century. ALSO SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video The German automaker has acquired...
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Ford Picks Need For Speed Movie Director For 2015 Mustang AdThe 2015 Ford Mustang is set to play a starring role in the upcoming Need For Speed movie, so it's only right the movie plays a starring role in the ad for Ford's latest pony car. MUST SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video Directed by Scott Waugh, behind the movie itself, the...
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Chevrolet Corvair Yenko Stinger Visits Jay Leno's Garage: VideoMention "Yenko" in GM circles and most will think of the Camaro Yenko. But Don Yenko is also known for another model, based on the Corvair--the Yenko Stinger. MUST SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video It's this model that features in Jay Leno's latest video, and it's another...
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There are several smells associated with Lamborghinis. Burning rubber. Gasoline. The distinct aroma of leather upholstery. None of these really appeal as day-to-day scents though, which is why...
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EDAG Genesis Previews Car Of The Far Future At GenevaThe term "concept car" has been muddied in recent decades by vehicles barely removed from production cars. Where once cars little removed from concept vehicles were a novelty and something to celebrate, today it's the norm, and only details separate concepts from their production equivalents a...
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Koenigsegg Joins Other Supercar Brands With Custom LaptopFew of us will ever be able to afford a Ferrari, or a Lamborghini, or a Koenigsegg. The closest most of us will get to an official product carrying the mark of a supercar maker is branded merchandise. A cuddly teddy bear, perhaps. MUST SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video A...
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Ford Celebrates 80th Anniversary Of Australian 'Ute'Just as the U.S. is known for its pickup trucks, Australia is known for its "utes"--and Ford is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the concept in the country this year. Like America's pickup boom, utes came about through necessity. MUST SEE: The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video...
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Ford Ditches Microsoft And Pairs With Blackberry For Next SYNC SystemA few years ago automakers realized that devising their own infotainment systems in-house was a fool's game. The systems quickly became outdated next to the fast-moving consumer electronics industry and were rarely as slick as the ones customers were used to on their smartphones and tablets. Ford's...
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Schumacher Manager Refutes Claims Doctors Have Ended Process Of Waking F1 LegendIt's now been almost two months since seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher was placed in an artificial coma following a severe skiing accident in the French Alps. Now, Schumacher's manager has refuted claims that doctors have halted measures to wake him up from the coma, a...
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Some might assume that styling the next generation of an Audi model line is a fairly easy process. If recent models are any indication, you simply take the existing model, tweak a line here and...
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Gordon Murray-Designed Yamaha Minicar Car Gets Zytek Electric PowerGordon Murray is best-known for his work on the McLaren F1 supercar more than two decades ago, and as a top Formula One designer before that, but he's spent the last few years showing he can turn his attention to more realistic--if less exciting--projects too. The first fruits of that labor were...
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Bentley Devises Bespoke Luxury Tours For BuyersWhen you buy into a company like Bentley you're buying into a little more exclusivity than you get from many marques, and customers expect to be treated that little bit better than they might elsewhere. Where one manufacturer might offer cheap branded merchandise alongside its vehicles, Bentley is...
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IED Students, Hyundai Collaborate On Gen-Y Sports CarVarious studies will bring you stories of doom and gloom relating to Generation Y and their lack of enthusiasm for cars. We're told millennial buyers, those born between the late 80s and early 2000s, are more interested in staring at their smartphones than they are driving, and that electronic...
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BMW Details New Proactive Driving AssistantIf you think your current car is clever with adaptive headlights, rain-sensing wipers and the ability to pick a new navigation route based on traffic ahead, you haven't seen anything yet. BMW has announced details of what it calls its 'Proactive Drive Assistant', designed to make future journeys...
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2014 Geneva Motor Show To Honor The 24 Hours Of Le MansA special exhibition of Le Mans vehicles will take pride of place at this year's Geneva Motor Show, as the Swiss show pays tribute to the famous endurance race held in France. A total of 20 famous Le Mans race vehicles will be on display at the show, the majority of them overall winners. MUST SEE...
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Motorsport camera footage is getting pretty good these days. Footage is clearer and more stable than ever, and so many cameras can be attached to the average race car that we've never got so close to...
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Land Rover Defender Black & Silver Specials Set For Geneva Motor ShowMost cars have a lifecycle of six to eight years, with a facelift half way through the model cycle helping keep them fresh in the face of new competition. Some, however, soldier on for decades with minimal changes. One of those is Land Rover's iconic Defender SUV, deemed so fit for purpose by its...
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Fiat Launches Abarth Track Experience In U.S.Back in the day, buying a fast car meant just that: You walked into a dealer, put your money down and drove out with something quick. Nowadays, the fashion is to offer drivers of performance cars special driver training packages to enhance their skills in a safe environment, and the latest to do so...
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Nokian Tyres Shows Winter Tire With Retractable Studs: VideoModern technology can make some of James Bond's gadgets from just a decade ago look distinctly old-hat. But one Q-brand trick we've not seen yet is winter tires with retractable studs, like the ones seen on Bond's Aston Martin Vanquish in the movie Die Another Day. WATCH: Meet The World's First...
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Toyota Renews Supra TrademarkThe FT-1 concept launched at last month's Detroit Auto Show gave us the clearest idea yet of what a new Toyota Supra might look like--one of the motoring world's most eagerly-anticipated sports cars. While Toyota didn't reveal it at the time, it's now pretty much confirmed that the FT-1 will--with...
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McLaren 650S: 2014 Geneva Motor Show PreviewAs members of the press get their hands on McLaren's searing P1 hypercar, few are giving the smaller 12C supercar much attention. The new 650S, leaked over the weekend and due to be presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March, is another slightly more realistic proposition from the British...
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