Kirk Bell, Senior Editor
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Audi RS models are elusive in the United States. Over the past decade or more, enthusiasts in America have watched with envy as European buyers were offered RS models unavailable the U.S. Now, it...
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2017 Nissan GT-R Track Edition debuts in Big AppleIf you buy a Nissan GT-R, you are getting a performance car, no matter what. The only questions are, how much performance do you want and how much do you want to balance it with the bits of refinement Nissan has managed to sneak into the equation with 2017's rather extensive refresh. CHECK OUT...
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Audi adds a second R8 race car, the R8 LMS GT4Audi has revealed a second R8-based race car for its customer racers, the R8 LMS GT4. Built to worldwide GT4 spec like the Ford Mustang GT4, Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R, and McLaren 570 GT4, among others, this racer is a step down from the R8 LMS GT3 (shown below) that competes in higher levels of...
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The Demon's Crate: What's in the box?Dodge finally finished with the teasers and revealed the 2018 Challenger SRT Demon to much fan fare. Now that it's out there, it's time to take a closer look at some of the options, and one of the more interesting box to tick on the order sheet is for the Demon Crate. As we saw in video teaser...
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How the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG evolved into the Mercedes-AMG GTMercedes' AMG arm is attacking just about every vehicle in the German automaker's lineup, giving the brand's luxury vehicles various levels of performance with a series of 63 and 43 offerings. However, it's the two cars that AMG has developed from scratch that have pushed the bounds of how far...
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2018 Audi R8 previewAudi has released the changes to the 2018 R8 lineup and they amount to available laser high-beam headlights and a price hike for all models. The laser lights have a blue light signature in the headlight housing. Each headlight has a laser module with four high intensity laser diodes. The module...
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The 1936 Lancia Astura “Tipo Bocca” Cabriolet by Pinin Farina that won the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has sold for an undisclosed amount of money.
Richard Mattei of Paradise...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster first drive review: a special sports car, topless or notI'd like to start this review by prattling on about how this 550-horsepower super sports car can slay the toughest track set before it. I'd love to wax poetic about its relentless grip, its composure at speed, its hunkered down feel in sharp bends, and the feeling of joy it imparts to the driver as...
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2016 Mustang Shelby GT350 owners suing Ford, say 'track-ready' cars overheat too quicklyOwners of some 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustangs have filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] and claim their cars, which are marketed as "track ready," overheat in as little as 15 minutes. The owners, who are seeking class-action status, are suing for fraud and breach of warranty claims...
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Ford celebrates virtually stock Raptor conquering Baja 1000 with virtual reality videoThe Baja 1000 is the most grueling race in the world today. As it should be, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is proud that a lightly modified and street-legal 2017 F-150 Raptor completed the 49th running of the race last November. The Blue Oval is so proud of the accomplishment that it has produced a...
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Nissan: What's new for 2017Nissan is busy for the 2017 model year. While the Japanese brand has no entirely new models in its lineup, it has some news on the performance front, some midcycle updates for its larger SUVs, and it is adding a new small crossover SUV. That small SUV is the Rogue Sport in the U.S. It's not new...
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'Top Gear America' to return with new cast, new networkMention to car guys "Top Gear USA" and they are likely to sneer. After an aborted first attempt by NBC that was centered around Adam Corolla, the History Channel version could never live up to the British show it was named after. The trio of rally racer Tanner Foust, auto journalist Rutledge Wood...
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There's been a lot of talk about walls lately. So much so, in fact, that Pink Floyd has considered a reunion for the first time since the band's acrimonious split in the mid 1980s. Now drummer Nick...
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Lexus: What's new for 2017The 2017 model year is a light one for Lexus with no new or completely redesigned models. None of the cars, SUVs, or crossovers even get a significant midcycle update. Of course, Lexus isn't sitting on its hands. Toyota's luxury brand is prepping the all-new LC sports coupe and a completely...
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Here's how the 2017 Ruf CTR 'Yellow Bird' homage flies“It’s a love affair with our own history and with our own car that we created 30 years ago. We’re trying to bring it back in a little bit more modernized way.” So says Alois Ruf Jr., about the fourth-generation Ruf CTR, a car that his company is building as an homage to the...
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2017 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid carries reasonable $1,500 premiumAcura has announced pricing for what it calls the "ultimate MDX," the 2017 Sport Hybrid, and it comes with a very reasonable $1,500 premium over a comparable model. The price is $52,935 for the most affordable version, which is the MDX Sport Hybrid with Technology package, and $58,975 for the MDX...
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BMW: What's new for 2017BMW has a car, crossover, or combination of the two for every niche and several niches you never thought the automotive world might need. The brand's portfolio has expanded to so many models and variants that it's hard to keep track of them...and to research the 2017 changes for each. But fear not...
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Volvo's electric car to have 250+ miles of range, cost $35-40KVolvo has announced that it plans to offer an all electric vehicle by 2019, and at the Geneva auto show the CEO of Volvo Cars USA let slip some more details of its EV plans. According to a report from Automotive News, CEO Lex Kerssemakers told U.S. auto journalists that the Volvo EV will have at...
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Would you like your tires to talk to you? I'm not talking about road feedback, though that is certainly a wonderful thing. I'm thinking more along the lines of state of wear, current air pressure,...
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Racing legend John Surtees dead at 83Few men in the history of racing are as accomplished as John Surtees. The son of a London motorcycle dealer began his racing career by racing motorcycles in the early 1950s, and he went on to win four 500cc motorcycle grand prix world championships in 1956, '58, '59 and '60. After the 1960 win, he...
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Camaro GT4.R combines SS and ZL1 1LE elements into turnkey racerChevrolet's latest race car is about to hit the track. It's the Camaro GT4.R and it's a combination of a couple of our favorite Camaros, with some track prep by the Pratt & Miller race shop. The GT4.R starts out with the body from the newly announced ZL1 1LE, and all of the dive planes and big...
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Active aero, light weight make Lamborghini's Huracán Performante its baddest supercar yetA few days ago we learned that the forthcoming Lamborghini Huracán Performante had set a new lap record for a production car of 6:52.01 on the 12.8-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife. At the time, we knew only a few details about the car, including the fact that it has active aerodynamics...
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McLaren already showing off how to customize 720S with 'Velocity' by MSOSo you thought the 2018 McLaren 720S was cool, huh? You think a $280,000 starting price is exclusive? Think again, because McLaren already has an MSO-prepped car on its stand in Geneva to show buyers how they can personlize the brand's new Super Series model. It's called the McLaren 720S "Velocity"...
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Mercedes-AMG unveils 603-hp 2018 E63 S wagonIf you're going to build a ridiculously powerful station wagon, why not go all out? That's just what Mercedes-Benz has done with the latest iteration of its ultimate family/cargo/stuff hauler: The 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S. Like the E63 S sedan, the wagon derives its power from a 4.0-liter V-8 with a...
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