Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Brits always make the best bad guys in movies, and Jaguar will play heavily on that fact with a new F-Type Coupe advert at next year's Super Bowl. As part of an advertising campaign called "British...
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Mazda Shows Racy 3s, 6s At SEMAMazda's newest range of vehicles is attracting praise far and wide, but styling aside there's little to excite performance fans in the new 3 and 6 ranges, at least for now. The Japanese automaker's lineup for the SEMA show in Las Vegas this week could go some way to rectifying that, though. Mazda...
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Bugatti Launches Lifestyle Collection...And $100k Shisha PipeIt's no longer possible for car companies to sell cars alone. In order to maximize profits, automakers must build an entire brand around each vehicle and squeeze every last penny from owners and fans alike. That's why we live in a world of Ferrari-branded teddy bears and retro Lotus leather...
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Forza Motorsport 5 Trailer, LaFerrari On The Way Too: VideoThe Jets and the Patriots. Prost and Senna. Ford and GM. Fierce rivalries are everywhere, but for gamers there's an even bigger one: Forza Motorsport versus Gran Turismo. Full details for Gran Turismo 6, the latest game in the series, have only just landed--and now we're getting our best look at...
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New GT6 Trailer Released, Over 1,200 Cars Included: VideoIt's now just a few weeks until the launch of one of 2013's most anticipated racing titles: Gran Turismo 6. To mark the occasion, the official Gran Turismo website has launched a new trailer, plus a full car and track list for the game. It sees some old GT favorites return in incredible detail, as...
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ATS 300 Leggera Sports Car RevealedThe last couple of years have been tough on small sports car brands--Wiesmann, De Tomaso, Bristol, Artega and more have all gone bankrupt since 2011. But Italian automaker Automobili Turismo e Sport (ATS) is ignoring all that and forging ahead with new models The latest is this, the 300 Leggera...
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Volkswagen should have plenty to please car enthusiasts at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, showcasing a tuned example of the new 2015 Golf and an introduction to its new turbocharged engine. That...
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Tesla Model S Tops 130 MPH On The Autobahn: VideoThere are very few places you can safely test the top speed of modern vehicles, and even fewer where it's legal to do so--but some sections of Germany's autobahn network tick both boxes. Following the news that Tesla would be offering a special autobahn tuning package to improve its Model S'...
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Bob Lutz-backed Via Motors starts electric pickup productionElectricity may not be the fuel of choice for the average pickup buyer, but that isn't putting VIA Motors off. The Bob Lutz-backed company has just started production at its assembly plant in Mexico, building range-extended electric trucks that major on performance as well as saving gas. When it's...
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Morgan Motor Company Moves On, Plans FutureIt has been a hectic few months for the Morgan Motor Company, but the company's boss, Steve Morris, says he's keen to move on from recent events and plan the company's future. Fans and the media alike were left shocked by last month's revelation that Charles Morgan, grandson of the company's...
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Toyota Camry Gets Un-Boring With 680-HP NASCAR V-8The Toyota Camry is a worthy method of transport, but not a car that gets the pulse racing. Even in its quickest, V-6-engined form, it's more a car for soothing the daily grind than carving canyons or tearing up the strip. The Camry crossing the block with RK Motors Collector Car Auctionsis...a...
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High-Speed Hyperloop A Step Closer With New CompanyTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk cemented his image as a cross between Tony Stark, Steve Jobs and Hank Scorpio when he revealed his plans for Hyperloop back in August. The high-speed, pod-based transportation system is designed to take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just half an...
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Japanese automaker Daihatsu has never had much presence in the U.S. market. That's probably because it lasted little more than four years in North America, closing its doors in early 1992. That means...
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Supra-Powered FR-S Headlines Scion's 2013 SEMA LineupScion is fielding a typically large range of vehicles at the upcoming Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas--or SEMA, for short. The youth-orientated Toyota subsidiary will home five tuner cars on its stand, as well as three special Scion tC coupes competing in the Scion Tuner...
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Corvette Stingray Headlines Toyo Tires' 2013 SEMA LineupA 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will take center stage on the Toyo Tires stand at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas. Not just any Corvette of course--that's not what SEMA is about. Designed by Michigan-based TZD, the P58 Concept Stingray on Toyo's stand has the look of a full-blown GT racing...
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Mercedes-Benz Updates Infotainment For Google GlassGoogle Glass--the wearable computer with an optical display--is representative of the move towards permanent internet connection and information access many of us increasingly crave. Integration with other things we use on a day-to-day basis, such as cars, is the next priority. To this end...
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World's Smallest V-12 Engine Is The Ultimate Desk Toy: VideoSmall engines tend to be a little uninteresting for all but the geekiest of gearheads. After all, small engines tend to mean small power, and that means low speeds. But make that tiny engine a V-8, and things get a whole lot more interesting. DON'T MISS: The Internet Brings Us Another Tiny...
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How Exciting Is The Corvette Stingray? Biometrics Will Tell YouIf you want to tell people your car is exciting, you can go about it in a few different ways. You could put out a dramatic TV commercial, but commercials would have you believe a Corolla is exciting, so that isn't the best way. Much better is to strap people into the car, let them drive it, and...
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It isn't long before next year's most anticipated new car, the 2015 Ford Mustang, is revealed in all its glory. Now, full details of the new model have leaked, giving us full insight into its...
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Realistic F1 Simulator Ride Puts Fans In The Cockpit: VideoPlayed the latest F1 2013 racing game? You'll be aware just how realistic racing games are getting then, particularly if you've been playing them long enough to remember what F1 games were like a couple of decades ago. But there's still something missing--that sense of movement, a fully immersive...
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A New Supercar For Not-So Super MoneySupercars are expensive. It's one of those depressing facts of life and means that many of us are unlikely to ever drive one, let alone own the latest piece of exotica. It's possible, of course, to pick up a modern sportsbike or a Nissan GT-R and at least experience supercar-rivaling acceleration...
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18 Global Premieres For Detroit Auto ShowOrganizers for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit have announced that January's show will play host to eighteen brand-new global premieres. That's quite a haul for any show, and while organizers won't go into specifics, we do have an idea of some of the vehicles expected to...
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'Ken Box' Shows Anyone Can Do Gymkhana: VideoRally driver Ken Block might not have won a round of the World Rally Championship just yet, but when his résumé includes five Gymkhana videos (and a sixth on the way), we can forgive him that. We can also forgive him because of all the hilarious parody videos that have followed--and...
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Infiniti Releases Deja-View Choose-Your-Story Film ExperienceRemember those books you had as a kid where each break in the story allowed you to pick how it continued? You'd pick one, flip to the required page, read it and then decided it was boring and you wanted to choose the other path anyway. We wonder if Infiniti's new Deja-View responsive film is...
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