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Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is a company that is primed to do big things. It needs the appropriate leadership in place to accomplish that, of course, and so it's going out to get the personnel it...
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Infiniti Thinking About Shapely Four-Door On Mercedes-Benz Platform?Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz have come together. The two automakers broke ground last year on a new shared engine plant located in Tennessee, plus they plan to share a platform for their respective compacts and may even produce the cars at the same plant. Now comes word that Infiniti might be looking...
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All-Wheel-Drive Oldsmobile Cutlass Is Dragnificent: VideoThe fifth-generation Oldsmobile Cutlass was never a much loved vehicle in its day. Sure, it's got a handful of admirers today, but even then there's not a ton to love with regards to this G-Body and its smog-choked engine choices. There are ways to make it a more appealing vehicle, however, as one...
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Buick Lights 40 Birthday Candles For The RegalThe Buick Regal was born in 1973. It's original name was the Century Regal, and it's undergone quite a few changes over the course of the last 40 years. Originally launched with a 350 cubic-inch V-8 engine, the Regal eventually helped usher in an early look at smaller displacement American cars...
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1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 Heading To AuctionThe current Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is a beastly modern muscle car. It boasts a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine that produces 580 horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque. Chevrolet, of course, didn't just come up with the ZL1 designation out of thin air. In 1969, the automaker produced a very...
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Red Bull Racing Australia Pits A V8 Supercar Against A Plane: VideoIt's not really a race. Instead, Red Bull Racing Australia decided to run one of its acrobatic planes against a V8 Supercar. Why? Because it's fun, and it looks pretty awesome on video. The V8 Supercar is piloted by Jamie Whincup, who has run his racecars to four V8 Supercar championships. With...
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The Switzer Goliath is a Nissan GT-R that's been worked over to produce gobs of horsepower. Gobs, of course, is a very technical term that means "a whole hunk of." In this case, the gobs refers to a...
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Aston Martin going racing with new GT4 Challenge spec seriesThere are many forms of racing, but one of our favorites has to be spec series racing. This pits the same type of cars against each other, meaning that the winner comes out on top because he truly drove the best that day. There are many type of one-make racing series out there. Lamborghini runs its...
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2014 Camaro Z/28 Laps The Milford Road Course: VideoYesterday we told you about getting the chance to learn more about the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Today we're showing you what it's like to ride shotgun in the car as it's flung around the Milford Road Course at General Motors' Proving Grounds. The driver stated that he was only running at...
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Adam Carolla Putting Together Film On Paul Newman's Racing CareerIt's no secret that Adam Carolla has soft spot for classic racecars. More specifically, he's an admirer of vintage Datsun and Nissan racing machines, especially cars with links to Bob Sharp and Paul Newman. Carolla regularly competes in vintage races with his growing collection of cars. This makes...
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Happy Birthday Kimi Raikkonen Videos Invading The InternetKimi Raikkonen turns 34 years old today. The Finnish Formula One racecar driver has many fans spread out across the globe, and a number of them are turning to the Internet to wish the man a happy birthday. YouTube is serving up videos with the tag #Kimi34, and the clips themselves are numerous...
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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Is The Real Track-Focused Deal: First RideChevrolet told us... We were told that the automaker would only bring back the Z/28 moniker if there was a car that warranted the badge. You can't simply slap together a few performance bits, gather some marketing folk to drum up a cliche-laden press release, and then shove a poorly thought out...
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The RK Motors Collector Car Auction is set to get underway in Charlotte, North Carolina from October 31 through November 3. It's not your average auction, however, as it features several supremely...
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CNBC Goes Behind The Scenes Of Vintage Ferrari Restoration: VideoNot many can claim to be a guru of any one subject. These people do, of course, exist and the things that folks can claim to be extreme experts about is presented on a rather wide range. If you're a guru about radish farming, we're not terribly interested to hear more. If, however, you're a guru in...
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What Are The 3 Japanese Sports Cars To Buy Right Now?The folks at /DRIVE took up a chat about Japanese sports cars, which is a discussion we can get behind. The idea was to boil down a lengthy list of worthy machines into three top choices for purchase. We're talking about vehicles produced from the 1990s and 2000s that hail from the Land of the...
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Second-To-Last Lincoln Continental JFK Rode In Up For SaleJohn F. Kennedy's last ride with breath in his lungs took place in the back seat of a 1961 Lincoln Continental. That car is in a museum as it's an important, if macabre, piece of American history. There's another Lincoln Continental that JFK took a ride in on that fateful day in Texas, and this...
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7-Year-Old Kid Addicted to Smoking... Tires: VideoWho doesn't love smoking their tires? It's just as soothing to the eyes and ears as it is to the mind and the soul. Be it a burnout, donuts, spinning tire after an aggressive gear chance, or sliding sideways through a corner, getting those tires to turn from rubber into smoke is fun. Sure, it's not...
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BMW 4-Series Adds Color To Your Marriage: VideoThe new BMW 4-Series is certainly going to attract a bit of attention when it first hits the streets. That attention will primarily come from automotive enthusiasts in one of two camps. The first will be excited at the prospect of an updated small coupe from the roundel-loving brand. The other camp...
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The Porsche 911 Turbo has always been a fast car. Of course, it's gotten faster as the years go on and technology allows it to bridge new performance chasms. The latest and greatest is the 2014 911...
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Red-Light Lemmings Traverse A Los Angeles Intersection: VideoMy driving skills were originally honed all around New England, where I learned how to quickly parallel park on Boston side streets, handle rear-wheel-drive cars and trucks in the snow, and quickly react to aggressive cabbies who care not for my fenders. It was a great training ground for becoming...
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Supercharged C7 Corvette Z06/ZR1 Engine Spied?The new Chevrolet Corvette is a pretty amazing machine. It offers a whole lot of performance for relatively short money. Still, the Corvette King of the past generation was, for many, the Z06 version. The Z06 is the Kentucky-bred badass that offers the best mix of furious power and potent...
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Many Modified Mopar Machines Make Way To SEMAThe Chrysler family is packing its bags for Las Vegas ahead of the upcoming 2013 SEMA show. They're packing heavy too, because there's going to be plenty of Mopar madness on display. Between Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Ram, and SRT, the automaker group is bringing 20 different vehicles to put on...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz ML Goes Blammo For IIHS, Scores Top Safety Pick+: VideoCrash tests are a necessary thing. A funny, necessary thing... which we enjoy watching. A vehicle that scores well shows us just how we can be protected in the event of an accident, and that's wonderful to see. On the flip side, a vehicle that does poorly provides an amusing vantage point of...
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Hyundai And ARK Performance Bringing Legato Concept To SEMAHyundai is prepping for its SEMA party, and the automaker keeps on rolling out machines it plans to unveil when it arrives in Las Vegas. The latest vehicle is called the Legato Concept, which is a re-imagined Genesis Coupe with more power and more style. It seems the crew at ARK Performance are the...
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