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Aston Martin is eager to prove that it's road cars are reliable machines. One way to do that is to simply put a Honda or Toyota badge on the front. That won't work here though. The other way to prove...
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Man Considered "Too Drunk" Is Acquitted of Hit & Run Charge"If your drunken memory causes you a fit, you must acquit." Okay so we made that line up, but we're not making up any bit of the rest of this seemingly insane story. An Ottawa judge has ruled that volunteer firefighter Trevor Clarke is not guilty of the hit and run charges levied against him...
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Seized Land Rovers To Head Back To Their OwnersYou can file this one under Enthusiast Victory. It's that small dusty drawer at the bottom of the filing cabinet... yeah the one with barely any papers in it. In a surprising bit of news, it seems that Homeland Security will be returning a large pack of Land Rover Defenders that it previously...
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Classic Camaro Burnout Is Slow, Sad, And Ends Poorly: VideoBurnouts are polarizing. Some folks love them, while other seem them as a way to waste money, rubber, and time. We here at MotorAuthority generally find them quite enjoyable, because we're children (both at heart, and mentally). Some burnouts, however, don't exactly get our hearts pounding. Take...
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Pikes Peak Looks Lovely On 'Dirt Rally': VideoYou're probably not going to get a chance at Pikes Peak glory. It's expensive to build a car for the race. Expensive to get the car to the race. Expensive to get your crew to the race. That's all before we even get to the bit about whether you have the skills to keep the car on the road. You might...
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How Does A Differential Work?You love cars. That's why you're here, right? Well just because you love the automobile, it doesn't mean you completely understand how one works. Yes you get the basic concepts of spark, combustion, the transmission altering gear ratios, and the difference between all and four-wheel-drive. Do you...
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You've been there before... you're in the car with some good friends, and one of your favorite tunes comes on. What do you do? You all sing along and belt out that tune together, of course! That's...
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Jay Leno Takes Honda S600 Hot Rod Out For A Spin: VideoThe S600 is a delightful little machine that was produced by Honda from 1964 through 1966. It was offered in a fastback coupe, but the most popular model was definitely the roadster version. In fact, the roadsters outnumber the coupes by ten to one. These plucky little drop-tops were powered by a...
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Sir Stirling Moss Loves Tiny Cars, Drives A Twizy: VideoSir Stirling Moss is one of the greatest drivers of all time. In fact, he's often called the greatest racing driver of all time to have never won a championship. Moss competed for many years, won many races, and still occasionally hops behind the wheel today to show people how it's done. The man...
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It's Not Illegal To Drive Your Own Truck Through Your Own HouseHave you ever been so angry that you wanted to smash something? What if that something was your house? The why in this case isn't as important and impressive as the how, which is by way of that wonderful tool known as a pickup truck. WATCH: 2015 Volkswagen GTI Vs. 2015 Subaru WRX: Head To Head...
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Is Renault Ready To Show The World Its New Alpine?Renault has been teasing sports car fans for a number of years now. How you ask? By showing off an Alpine concept that has us all drooling. It was shown to the world a few years back, and soon after production plans for a new sports car, possibly dubbed the AS1, were confirmed. Now though, it seems...
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The Collector Shares His Shrine To BMW's Best: VideoStarted from the bottom, now he's here... We'll admit the name The Collector is a bit lame unless you're talking about Taneleer Tivan and The Guardians of the Galaxy. Still, the producers of this wonderful video probably applied it to him since he doesn't really want you to know exactly who he is...
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There was a time when McLaren dominated Formula One racing. One of its premier machines was the MP4/4 from the 1988 season, where it won 15 of the 16 races held. Those days, with the likes of Ayrton...
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Bespoke Book Produced Alongside SCG003 Road-Going RacerJames Glickenhaus is currently putting his SCG003 road-going race car though its paces on the track—the Nürburgring, in fact. It's in preparation for the Nürburgring 24 Hours this coming weekend. Out on the track it's up to one person to keep that car moving forward, but this car...
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Buick Trademarks "Avenir" Name And Some OthersBuick has made the move to trademark "Avenir" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That's the name affixed to the rather surprising concept vehicle that was shown at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show and hinted at a potential range-topping sedan from the brand. This is a shapely machine that could...
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Donkervoort Goes Commando With Its Latest D8 GTO: VideoDonkervoort builds insane machines that are clearly designed to find the great roads of this planet, conquer them, and then take on the rest of the galaxy. Once their mission here is complete, we look forward to hearing of their tales of universal conquest. Until that time comes, they still have...
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EO Smart Car Could Be Future "Crab" King Of The CityThe urban landscape of the future will not be filled with gas-drinking machines piloted by humans. We're not sure when the cityscape will change, but it will absolutely reach a point when it's filled with electric-powered, electronically-maneuvered, autonomously guided vehicles. As much as we love...
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Chris Harris Gets Seat Time With A 1952 Ferrari 212: VideoVintage Ferraris are pretty much untouchable machines in a number of ways. You can't afford them. You won't see one on the road. You better stop dreaming about ever driving one, because that's not going to happen. Well it might happen if you're Chris Harris. Not the "affording" bit, but rather the...
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There are certain concept cars that stand out from the rest. You'll remember them long after the idea of such a vehicle has come and gone without ever inching closer towards production. One such...
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Rally Car Wrecks Hard And Drivers Walk Away: VideoYoan Droumenq and Gabriel Durand were working together to get their Citroen C2 rally car from one end of the Rally Ronde de la Durance stage to the other. They didn't quite get there though. Getting squirrelly through a series of small turns in a tight section of track, the car connected with one...
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You Can Blow Sh*t Up With Arnold Schwarzenegger: VideoLast year, Arnold Schwarzenegger offered fans a unique opportunity. CHECK OUT: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet--Photo Update With help from the folks at Omaze, the Terminator himself would provide one hell of a day for a lucky winner. The gist of the contest was that you earn raffle tickets...
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Singer Brings A Bit Of Virginia Into North CarolinaSinger Vehicle Design is the team behind those gorgeous Porsche cars that you've been drooling over the last few years. They take an older 911 and, in their words and those of the Porsche Legal Department, re-imagine the car into something a bit... more. It has more performance, more minute...
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Chevrolet Impala Midnight Edition Goes From SEMA To ShowroomIt was called the Blackout Edition when it was shown at SEMA as a concept car. And apparently General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] liked what it created so much that it decided to put a version of this car into production. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet Say hello to the 2016 Chevrolet...
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'Mad Max' Video Game Is Apocalyptically AwesomeWe assume that, like us, you can't wait to see the new Mad Max: Fury Road movie that looms just on the horizon. Now though there's something else Mad Max to get excited about. Virtual Max... and he seems just as desperate and angry. There's a Mad Max video game set to arrive this fall, and it looks...
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