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The Grand Theft Auto series has always been rather popular with both console and PC gamers. Now it's set to return to the market in a huge way with the release of Grand Theft Auto V.This latest...
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Lucas Ordonez To Pilot Nissan ZEOD RC Electric RacecarLucas Ordonez has become a pivotal member of the Nissan Motorsports team. He was the original winner of the Nissan GT Academy contest, which brought together video game racers to see who could rise to the challenge and transition their skills in real cars on real tracks. Ordonez has gone on to...
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BMW May (Or May Not) Be Ditching The Manual Gearbox For The Upcoming M4: ReportDear BMW, please tell us this isn't true... According to a report by Autoblog, the newest member of the M Family is slated to arrive sans a manual transmission. The 2014 BMW M4, which replaces the outgoing M3 Coupe, will come fitted with a dual-clutch gearbox. There are apparently no plans to offer...
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Audi Reflects On Le Mans: VideoAudi and the 24 Hours of Le Mans go hand in hand these days. The automaker has won 11 races, and it's only entered in 13 of them. Those 11 wins place Audi behind only Porsche for most wins by a manufacturer, and Porsche has been at this quite a bit longer. Audi's recent domination of what many...
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Audi Injects R18 Le Mans Racer In Its Latest RS 6 Ad: VideoThere are few cars that mimic a race car-like experience on the street. A few Porsche products can do it, and some supercars certainly deliver in this area. Some automakers, however, have created vehicles that retain a daily usability while also offering up perfectly packaged potent powerplants...
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Tungsten Mined By Terrorist-Listed Group Could Wind Up In Your Luxury CarTungsten is a rather important element. Bearing Atomic Number 74, Tungsten is used in a wide range of applications including the production of LCD screens to internal parts of high-performance engines such as crankshafts. There are mines around the globe that supply the planet with its Tungsten...
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The recent $448 million Powerball jackpot was won by a lucky few. One of those few was Minnesota resident Paul White, who took home a share of the prize worth $58 million after taxes. Not a bad pay...
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Pontiac Had Prepped Next-Generation GTO, Says Bob LutzAre you a person who misses the Pontiac brand? Perhaps you were hoping it would continue so you could have your chance at a modern GTO? Well, if the brand had survived they certainly would've produced that car you were after. According to Bob Lutz in a recent issue of Road & Track, a...
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Ayrton Senna-Owned Acura NSX Up For Sale?The new Acura NSX should prove to be quite an entertaining machine. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to the original NSX from a pure driving experience standpoint. Of course, you can still buy the old NSX if you hunt them down on Craigslist and eBay Motors. If you have the means to...
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Tesla Model S Scores Five-Star Safety Rating From NHTSA: VideoAnyone who initially wrote off Tesla as not lasting should start officially eating their words. I mean that literally... go write down what you said on a piece of paper, stuff it in your mouth, and start chewing. The upstart automaker recently turned a profit in the first quarter of 2013, and then...
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Continental And Cisco Team Up To Create Connected Car ConceptWe live in a connected world. Our phones and other mobile devices make sure we're eternally attached to the Internet, and most folks want it to stay that way. It makes sense then that we'd also like some of that connectivity to carry over into our automobiles. A few automakers now offer 3G...
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Recently Crashed 2014 Corvette Stingray Being Analyzed By Chevy EngineersCrash tests are one thing, but actual real world crash data is quite different. That's why General Motors engineers are taking a close look at a recent accident involving a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The C7 'Vette was being driven by a GM employee when it was t-boned by a Lincoln Town Car...
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The tech is currently making inroads in the world of commercial helmets and portable devices. It's also been available on a few other models for some time now.
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'Initial D' Draws To A Close With The Final StageTrue fans of drifting know that the original slideways hero was a young man by the name of Takumi Fujiwara. His drift machine of choice was his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno (basically, a rear-wheel-drive Corolla built between 1983 and 1987). Fujiwara honed his skills while making...
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Tony Stewart Breaks Leg In Monday Night CrashTony Stewart took to the Southern Iowa Speedway dirt track on Monday night to take part in a sprint car race. He wound up wrecking, and the crash was a rough one, as Stewart ended up breaking his right leg. Both the fibula and tibia... ouch. Because of the wreck, Stewart will have to sit out of the...
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2013 Infiniti G37 To Live On, Side By Side With Infiniti Q50There's some funky name calling going on over at Infiniti, and it's all related to the G37 that's supposed to be yielding to the Q50. That's not how this is going down, however, as we told you earlier. Rumor had it that Infiniti planned to sell the G37 alongside the all-new Q50 in its showrooms for...
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Man Buys Ferrari... So He Can Possibly Buy Another FerrariFerrari is very picky about who it will afford the opportunity of purchasing its latest supercar. The newest of the mad machines is the LaFerrari, and you need a green light from the automaker before you shell out the big bucks needed to buy it. One Filipino man hopes to add the LaFerrari to his...
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Ford Turns To Silicon Valley To Crowd-Source Next-Gen In-Car TechIf you go back just ten years, you'd find a lot of the in-car tech that you've come to rely on is missing. The race to be at the forefront of this arena is a never-ending fight. Staying one step ahead means you have to look towards new sources of innovation, and that's exactly what Ford is doing by...
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Apple has become a major part of the everyday life of many a person across the entire planet. The iPhone, iPad, iPod, and a slew of other computing devices are found in pockets, backpacks, and across...
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Ferrari Not Exactly Thrilled With Cut Car Convertible ConversionsA classic Ferrari will always fetch a premium at a high-end auction. It's essentially become a universal law that will continue to exist until the end of time. If you want an old Ferrari, you can expect to shell out serious amounts of money. Some fetch more than others due to a variety of factors...
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MINI Coupe And Roadster Going Away To Make Room For New Sports Car?There are only so many different types of vehicles you can make that wear the MINI badge on the back. Or so it would seem. The automaker has been able to churn out a handful of models over the years, and it looks primed to add even more iterations to its family of automobiles. According to Car...
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BMW Building Track For Frankfurt Auto Show StandBMW wants Frankfurt Auto Show goers, including both the press and the public, to experience some of their latest machines. No, they really want them to experience the cars. So much so, that the automaker is building a track for its new auto show stand. It's shaped like the infinity symbol, and it...
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David Coulthard And Dynamo Tackle A Difficult Circuit: VideoDavid Coulthard is a man who knows how to handle himself behind the wheel of a car. He's capable of remaining calm at very high speeds. But what if the speeds are slower and he's not the one in control? Things can get a bit different then for Coulthard, especially when the person behind the wheel...
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Ford Counts Down 50 Years Of Mustang In Video FormWe're fast approaching the 50th anniversary of the birth of one of the most iconic vehicles in the history of American motoring. Actually, this has become a global icon, too, as the Ford Mustang is celebrated all over the planet. Now, it's about to turn 50 on April 17th, 2014. That's a fairly big...
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