Antony Ingram, Contributing Writer
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Head-up displays (HUDs) are the preserve of high-end, expensive vehicles, right? Well, yes actually, though like most high-end tech it only takes time and perhaps a little persuasion from the...
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2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit Launched, Pulling You Over Soon
Study the front end of this car very, very closely--because you'll soon be watching out for it in your rearview mirror. Chrysler has released details and images of the 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit, the latest iteration of its four-door muscle car designed for police use. MUST READ: 2015 Dodge Charger...
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Optimus Prime Made From Car Parts In Thailand
Recycling has a noble if not especially exciting image. You separate your trash into different containers, it gets taken away, and a month down the line the magazine you're reading or bottle you're drinking from is probably made from parts of the magazine or bottle you threw away. A nice thought...
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Q By Aston Martin Showing Four Bespoke Cars At Pebble Beach
It still seems a little unbecoming that Aston Martin's personalization division is called 'Q by Aston Martin' (we get it guys, you're proud of all the James Bond stuff...) but there's little doubt that the real-world 'Q branch' turns out some spectacular vehicles. Four of those will appear at the...
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Local Motors Gives Update On Sports Car Platform Contest: Video
America's Local Motors made headlines with its last major project, the crowdsourced off-road Rally Fighter, and now it's set to inspire driving enthusiasts anew with a new lightweight sports car. Not that the car will be designed in-house, of course—once again, it's up to skilled designers...
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Bernie Ecclestone Pays $100 Million Settlement Ending Bribery Case
Money doesn't necessarily buy happiness, but it's bought British billionaire Bernie Ecclestone out of what he describes as "three and a half years of aggravation" in a high-profile bribery case. The Formula One supremo paid a $100 million settlement to end the case. The majority of this goes...
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Several nameplates on the road today have been around for decades now, but the cars on modern dealer forecourts are a far cry from their historic predecessors. Among the best-known are the Ford...
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Carpool DeVille Now Fully Funded, Next Stop Bonneville
As a way to relax after a hard day of racing, lounging around in a hot tub has to be right up there. The team behind Carpool DeVille have decided to cut out the middle man and race their hot tub at Bonneville, hoping to set a world speed record in the process. READ: World's Most Expensive RV Sold...
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Alex Zanardi: What It Took To Get Back In The Driver's Seat
Racing fans knew for a long time that Alex Zanardi had the drive and determination to win world championships: his Champ Car championship victories in 1997 and 1998 were testament enough to that. But few would expect a driver to return from an accident like the one he suffered in September 2001, a...
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Inside Subaru's Climb To The Clouds (Video)
Pikes Peak might get all the media attention, but the 'Climb to the Clouds' held over 7.4 miles of asphalt up New Hampshire's Mount Washington is even older, celebrating its centenary this year. While the first attempts took over 24 minutes to complete in steam-powered vehicles, recent competitions...
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Tesla Inks Battery Deal For Gigafactory—But Where?
Tesla and its battery partner Panasonic have finally confirmed a formal agreement to build a battery 'gigafactory'--from which Tesla will produce the huge volumes of batteries it needs to ensure continued expansion of the company. MUST SEE: Clear Valve Covers Make For Mesmerizing Machine Action...
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Dodge Gives Us Challenger SRT Hellcat Ringtone And Wallpapers
Not everyone can get their hands on the most powerful production muscle car ever. But don't feel like you're missing out on all the 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat fun, as a few seconds on a PC or mobile device can at least bring you closer to the action. MUST WATCH: Bugatti Veyron...
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Small, lightweight sports cars are unsafe, right? Not necessarily -- proving the right design can be safe whatever the size, the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S sports cars have just been awarded a 'Top...
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Mercedes Releases More Of Its Crazy 360-Degree Interactive Videos
Modern motorsport coverage gives viewers plenty of angles to watch from, but doesn't give you every angle to watch from. But Mercedes-Benz recently released F1 car footage from Silverstone that got a lot closer, thanks to a 360-degree camera system that let viewers swing the camera around while the...
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Jaguar Land Rover Buys Huge Classic Collection
Most of us wish we had the money and space for a huge collection of classic and vintage cars, but if you're a major automaker such a collection is much easier to amass. Easier still if, like Jaguar Land Rover, you buy someone else's existing collection of 543 vehicles. Said vehicles belonged to...
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2015 European Car Of The Year Nominees Announced
The title of European Car of the Year is one all manufacturers selling in Europe want to win, and there's sure to be hot debate over 2015's victor now the nominations list has been revealed in full. ALSO SEE: 2016 Acura NSX Burns To The Ground During 'Ring Testing To be eligible, a vehicle has to...
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First 100 Cars For Forza Horizon 2 Announced
One hundred cars isn't a lot for a modern driving simulator, but Turn 10 Studios has traditionally gone for the "quality over quantity" approach with its Forza Motorsport games. The latest, Forza Horizon 2, lands on September 30 and the title's first hundred cars have now been revealed. MUST WATCH...
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2015 Ford Mustang Inspired By F-35 Jet Revealed At 2014 EAA AirVenture
The name Mustang is as intrinsically linked with aviation as it is with automobiles, so it seems appropriate that Ford's latest one-off Mustang build has been inspired by one of America's latest fighter jets. The special 2015 Ford Mustang has been inspired by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II...
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You might think there's not much similarity between a Grand Prix race car and a luxury Mercedes sedan. And... well, you'd be right. The F1 car is hugely faster, single-minded, needs hundreds of...
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ATS Leggera: More Details On Lightweight Italian Sports Car
Everyone loves a little nostalgia now and then and Italian firm Automobili Turismo e Sport—or ATS for short—is certainly happy to provide it. The name dates back to the golden age of racing in the 1960s and so does its latest sports car, the Leggera. Joining the thoroughly modern Sport...
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Audi Abandons CVTs, Focuses On Conventional Auto And Dual-Clutch Transmissions
German automaker Audi has decided to kill off its continuously variable transmission, in the next generation of its models. Continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs, have long been available in several Audis, but the firm will now replace it with conventional automatics and dual-clutch...
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Company Offers Dodge Viper SRT Convertible Conversion
Engineering firm Prefix has previewed the look of a Dodge Viper SRT convertible with its own conversion, named Medusa. While we're not sure we'd have picked a mythological character so ugly her gaze turned people to stone as the name for our car, it's clear the Medusa Viper is a lot more appealing...
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Tesla Model S Hacked In Chinese Contest
As cars become increasingly computerized, it's hard to ignore that, like your home computer, it's a target for hackers all around the world. Chinese computer security conference SyScan recently promised a $10,000 reward to anyone who had the skills to hack into Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S...
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Smart Fortwo Vs. Mercedes-Benz S-Class: Crash Test Video
Daimler's Smart brand has faced many challenges in the past, but overcoming common perception is probably toughest of all. So used to huge SUVs and pickups are many customers, that they refuse to believe anything as small as the Smart Fortwo can be safe. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster...
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