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Audi is spending serious bucks to get production up and going on a slate of new models. The German automaker just sold $1.6 billion in bonds to get the funds it needs to get rolling, and one of the... -
Marchi Mobile EleMMent Palazzo Is $3M Rolling Excess MachineYour average Class-A motorhome is an expensive machine fitted with a standard array of luxurious features. Be it granite counter tops, stainless appliances, flat-screen TVs, or quadruple pop outs, upgrading a coach is an easy affair if you've got the bucks. What if you want more though... much...
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Saudi Man Is World's Most Adventurous Text Messager: VideoFor the purposes of this story, we're going to allow you to replace a word from the title. Remove "Adventurous" and insert "Stupidest". Watch the video and you'll see why. This Saudi man was captured riding on the hood of a Crown Vic while said Panther platformer was running down a highway. With a...
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BMW Looks Back At The M3 CSL On Its 10th Birthday: VideoThe BMW M3 has been a motoring icon for many years now. It's gone through quite a few evolutions across its varied generations, and each version finds a large crowd of enthusiasts that claim their favorite is the best version. Be it E30, E36, E46, and so on, each one has something to offer for...
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Alfa Romeo Shares Its 4C Production Secrets: VideoAlfa Romeo is following up the oh-so-sexy 8C with a smaller version that it's calling the 4C. You already know this though, because we've all been staring at the car for what seems like ages now. Style fans have had plenty to drool over with regards to all of the various curves, lines, and visual...
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Honda Teams With Top Gear For Hi-Po LawnmowerTop Gear and Honda have teamed up to tackle a motorsports speed record. No, it's not a car-based record. Nor is it a truck, van, or even a motorcycle. Instead, we're dealing with the type of vehicle that's normally relegated to slow speeds... and trimming the grass. That's right, it's a lawnmower...
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Audi is clearly on a mission to make parking a much easier affair. We recently showed you the latest Audi Connect feature that pairs up with the INRIX parking database. It shows drivers what local...
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Ferrari Boss Believes Mexico Is Primed To Be The 'Next China'China represents a truly amazing proposition for car makers. The country is jam packed with people, and those people are gaining access to more and more of the worlds wealth. Additionally, some of those people are themselves rather wealthy. So it's not just standard and premium automakers that are...
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Your Support Could Land You A 2014 Shelby GT500Playing the lottery is not something that tips the odds in your favor, and buying more tickets only makes things fractionally better. Occasionally, however, there are raffles where you pay a bit more to increase your odds of winning. That's a good thing, especially when the prize is a 2014 Shelby...
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Italian Designers Make The Porsche Cayman S More ExclusiveTaking an existing machine, adding some coachbuilt bodywork, and making it an exclusive model is not a new practice. In fact, it's a very old one and it seems many an Italian design house have loved churning out rare exotica for decades. The practice continues today and it typically involves makes...
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Detroit's Packard Plant Hitting The Auction BlockA place that once churned out some of Detroit's finest machines has long laid dormant. Dormant, in the sense that industry was no longer occurring within its walls. The Packard Plant, which opened in 1903, sits on 3,500,000 square feet, spread out over 40 acres of currently blighted Detroit...
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A BMW M1 Is Breathtaking, Even Standing StillBMW internal code E26 is a pretty damn special one. It refers to the wedge-shaped wonder that is the M1. Produced from 1978 through 1981, just 456 production examples were produced, and it remains the only mass-produced (we're using that phrase liberally here) mid-engine BMW ever made. It's also...
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Owning a Ferrari is, we assume, both a wondrous and worrisome time in one's life. The car is a work of art that enjoys being driven near its limit.
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Audi Wants You To Find The Best Parking SpotFinding a parking spot is just one of those chores many drivers face on a daily basis. You roll up and down the rows at the parking garage hoping for that empty space, only to be foiled by the odd motorcycle or MINI Cooper. Audi is looking to help out its owners, and the German automaker has teamed...
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Sign Up For An eBay Garage And You Might Just Win A Nissan GT-RThe Nissan GT-R is a tool crafted by both wizards and engineers. Perhaps we should call them wingeneers? (Yes, I made that up on the spot--trademark pending) The car is capable of defying physics on a race track or winding road, and then can be driven comfortably on a road trip that stretches for...
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Dodge Challenger SRT8 From Craven Claims Big Power: VideoAnother day, another hugely powerful car is presented on the Internet. We've seen plenty of dyno shenanigans as of late, including a Camaro blowing its tires and a Shelby GT500 blowing up a dyno. Those were powerful cars for sure. The Camaro owner states that the car has about 1,800 horsepower and...
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Fiat Teams Up With SMEG For 500 RefrigeratorItalian stye is oft imitated but hard to actually get right. The Italians have knack for producing all sorts of goods that simply look fantastic, and this extends from their suits to their cars on to their... appliances? Yes, now that Fiat has teamed up with SMEG to create the SMEG 500...
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BMW M Power App Turns Your iPhone Into A Track ToolIf you have a fast car you're probably going to want to drive it quickly. You might also want to know just how well you're doing on your local track with regards to speeds and lap times. You could spend a whole lot of dough on a multitude of data logging devices, or you could find an app that has...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for a small handful of General Motors products.
It seems that a pair of new Cadillac models is acting up. The vehicles...
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Ferrari Fetches Another International Engine Of The Year TitleThere's no denying that Ferrari produces some amazing engines. The Italian automaker creates some of the world's most stunning cars thanks to their sultry lines but also to the powerplants that motivate them. The latest engine from the mighty minds of Maranello is a 6.3-liter V-12 unit built for...
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Maserati Ghibli Shows Off In New Photos, Commence DroolingThe 2014 Maserati Ghibli is nearly here, and it's going to add some serious beauty to streets around the world. Originally making its debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Maserati took to Facebook to show off a few more angles of its new compact sedan. This sultry four-door will arrive in the...
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Bentley Continental GTZ Can Be Part Of Your Oddball GarageDo you like coach-built machines? How about rare bits of automotive history? Have we got the car for you then. It's called the Bentley Continental GTZ, and the Z stands for Zagato. That would be Milanese design house Zagato, which transformed a 2006 Bentley Continental GT into the car you see...
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Rolls-Royce Goes Boutique In BangkokRolls-Royce builds cars that are just as much about the experience of purchasing them as they are driving them. To that end, the luxury automaker has built its first boutique shopping location, and it's located in the ultra high-end Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, Thailand. This is a new way for...
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Lincoln Logs A Handful of RecallsLincoln is asking for a few 2013 models to return to the corral. It seems that quite a few 2013 examples of the MKS, MKT, and MKZ have an issue that requires immediate attention. According to Autoweek, there is a fuel delivery module in the fuel tank that could leak. That's bad. Leaking fuel could...
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