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Rear-wheel-drive sedan fans rejoice! The 2014 Chevrolet SS is nearly here and it's finally got a price tag attached to it.
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Adrian Newey Introduces Lamborghini To Wall On Warm-Up Lap: VideoCrashing comes with racing. It happens to everyone and it can happen at anytime. One of the worst times for it to happen, however, is when you're just warming up. That's exactly what happened to Adrian Newey during a recent Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo race at Silverstone. Introducing the...
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Lexus Offers Fans A Chance To Get In On Pikes Peak ActionAlways wanted your name on the side of a racecar? Now you have that chance... sort of. Lexus is offering a unique way for fans to get involved with its Pikes Peak program this year, and it involves its Lexus IS F CCS-R racer and social media. The automaker has partnered up with the Tony Hawk...
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800-horsepower Pagani Zonda Revolucion revealedIt's the last in a wild line of amazing machines. I'm talking about the Pagani Zonda, which has just reached the end of its crazy life. The final machine has been officially revealed, and it arrives as the Pagani Zonda Revolucion track special. The Revolucion is a stunning collaboration of carbon...
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Alfa Romeo 4C To Stun Crowds At Goodwood Festival Of SpeedThe world has already laid eyes on the sultry shape that is the Alfa Romeo 4C. Now, however, Alfa is taking it out to play and the car is ready to make its "dynamic debut". The stage for the affair is a good one too, as the 4C will make the run up the hill to the Goodwood House. We're talking about...
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Audi Prepping Fuel Cell-Powered A7Audi is already preparing a varied fuel product onslaught as it moves to bring more diesel vehicles to the States. Now, however, comes word that a third type of engine juice will be joining the lineup--albeit in prototype form. Mix two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen and what you're left with is...
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It's name is Lola, T70 Spyder.
With a V-8 engine from Ford, and Weber carbs fumes fill the air.
The car will hustle, and run the circuit...Sorry, when we think of vintage racecars, we tend to get a...
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Ride Round The 'Ring In A Porsche Cup Car With Connor De PhillippiThere are quite a few items you need to possess in order to muscle a Porsche 911 Cup Car around a racetrack. Especially when the track in question is the Nürburgring, and it's filled with a gaggle of other Porsche racecars all vying for position. What you'll need are quick reflexes, great...
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Camaro Goes 200-MPH On Dyno, Tires Go BoomWhen you're prepping a car to make runway blasts at the Texas Mile, you're going to be curious about how much power the vehicle is making. One competitor is Kelly Bise, and his vehicle of choice is a F-Body Chevrolet Camaro. Not a stock Camaro, mind you. Per Autoblog, this particular car is powered...
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Hyundai Looks to Prove Itself At The 'Ring, Unveils New Test CenterNearly every automaker has a place it calls home with regards to testing its vehicles. These are called proving grounds or test centers, and they are scattered all across the globe. Hyundai is clearly looking to push the driving dynamics of its own vehicles a bit further because the Korean...
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GRID2 Teases IndyCar Pack Before The Game Is Even OutThe game isn't even out yet, but GRID2 is already teasing the extra content that it will offer. Should you pre-order the game through Best Buy you can download the extra IndyCar Pack. This means you get a few extra layouts at Indy, the Dallara-bodied racecars, Indy 500 liveries, and the Camaro SS...
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Ryan Tuerck & Chris Forsberg Share The 'Slide Ride Fail': VideoRyan Tuerck is a master of getting a car sideways and keeping it there. His pal Chris Forsberg is equally amazing at the art of controlled oversteer. The two work together on Ryan's web series Tuerck'd, and the clips they put up on YouTube are worth every view they get. Occasionally, however, there...
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Honda is heading back to Formula One racing, and the automaker is doing so with former motorsports partner McLaren. This is big news for F1 fans, as it reminds many of a truly glorious era of Formula...
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No Trident-Wearing Version Of The LaFerrari Per MaseratiRumor had it that Maserati was planning a Trident-wearing version of the new LaFerrari for its own stable. After all, Maserati followed up the Ferrari Enzo with its own iteration called the MC-12. Now, however, it seems that there's only room on this planet for one truly outrageous Italian supercar...
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Visteon Working On Teaching Cars New HABITs: VideoDespite Will Smith's aversion to technology in iRobot, there's really nothing to worry about the current and near-future crop of artificial intelligence products coming our way. In fact, many of them are designed to make our lives easier. Such is the case with a future product from Visteon called...
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Student Develops Inexpensive Autonomous Driving TechWhen I was 19, I was in Rhode Island attending college while trying to figure out ways to make the radio in my '87 Honda Prelude louder. I wound up being forced to sell that car when I got bad grades my first semester and nearly lost an academic scholarship. Romanian student Ionut Budisteanu is...
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An Exotic Italian Recall Starring The Alfa Romeo 8C And A Pair Of MaseratisThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall notice for a few sultry exotic Italian machines. It seems that owners of the 2005-2008 Maserati Quattroporte, 2008 Maserati Granturismo, and the 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C could face serious handling issues. The tie rods could fail...
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Now Is Your Chance To Put A Maserati Wagon In Your GarageWagons are truly a beautiful thing. The long roof creates a wonderfully stretched canvas for the eyes, and the proportions are often perfect. Additionally, wagons offer up extra utility without taking away any performance. As opposed to a crossover or sport utility vehicle the center of gravity...
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According to a study by Cisco Systems, a large portion of consumers are ready jump into the driverless seat of an autonomous car.
In fact, 57 percent of consumers say they would trust a...
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A Terrible But Fun Waste Of $140,000 Is This F1 SimulatorRacing video games are quite fun. Some are more realistic than others but all of them are usually filled with enough action to satiate the average enthusiast. Track rats, however, might want something a bit more realistic. This is where simulators come in, and realism is the name of the game here...
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X Games Global RallyCross Barcelona Canceled Due To RainGlobal RallyCross was set to make its X Games appearance in Barcelona, Spain. Things didn't go as planned, however, and the race wound up being cancelled. What does it take to cancel a RallyCross race? Rain, apparently. Fans who were set to watch the race were a bit unhappy, and took to Facebook...
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Buick Celebrated Its 110th Birthday On May 19thBuick is more than old enough to qualify for an AARP card. There's a joke about the average age of the Buick driver in there somewhere, but we're going to leave that alone. The current crop of cars boast pretty smart styling meshed with quality interiors. There's been a lot of excellent machines...
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Blower Bentley Burbles Up To Mille Miglia Starting LineTaking a modern car on a 1,000-mile journey is not exactly a quick trip. You need to get the car ready by making sure everything is in proper working order, the tires are at the right pressure, and all fluids are filled to their appropriate levels. Now imagine that the 1,000 miles you cover are...
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ESP Is A Good Thing, Especially On A 2013 Lamborghini GallardoYou're a pretty good driver. Perhaps you've been to a few track days, taken a few lessons, and you're certainly no slouch on your local canyon roads. Not only that, but you explore your limits without any help from a traction control system because you're on your way to true tail-out driving glory...
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