Andrew Ganz, Senior Editor
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Mercedes-Benz says it will equip particulate filters not only on vehicles powered by diesel engines, but those that use gasoline as well.
The move applies for now only to the European market, which...
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Ride-sharing prompts NHTSA to investigate rear-seat safetyWith the rise in popularity of ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft comes an unusual consequence: More people are sitting in the back seat of cars. This, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is a good reason to amp up back seat safety research. For now, NHTSA's testing only...
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China's 'Land Airbus' will let you drive directly under a busA new take on mass transit may be headed to China as early as the end of the year: A so-called "Land Airbus" system that looks like an overgrown monorail as it motors over existing lanes of traffic. The big catch: cars can actually drive under the Land Airbus. For now, the concept only exists as a...
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Ford of France celebrates 50th anniversary of Le Mans win with special editionsThe latest Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT isn't quite ready for showrooms yet, so Ford of France is marking the 50th anniversary of the GT40's now-legendary 1-2-3 win at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with a special edition package for the Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Focus RS and Mustang GT. Only 50 units...
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Original Fast and the Furious movie returning to theatersDo you think the cast and crew of the original The Fast and the Furious expected that their 2001 movie would spawn one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood history? We certainly don't, but maybe we should take this opportunity to watch it again on the big screen. Headed to theaters in the...
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Ford Shelby GT-H ready to rent Memorial Day weekendThe most storied rental car program in history is back this summer for its 50th anniversary: Hertz's "Rent-a-Racer" Shelby GT-H. Landing at select Hertz airport locations in 17 cities in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and...
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Cosworth, a British brand long associated with motorsports, says it is opening up a facility in Michigan to supply an automaker with high-performance V-8 engine parts.
What isn't known, however, is...
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Fiat heir donates custom camouflage Ferrari 458 ItaliaOne of the heirs to the Fiat fortune has auctioned of his eye-catching Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 458 Italia in order to raise more than $1 million for AIDS research. Rosso Corsa is the unofficial color of Ferrari (and the official racing color of Italy), but none of it was applied to Elkann's rather...
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2 Shelby Cobras fetch 7 figures each at Mecum auctionClassic Shelby muscle was the theme at a large Mecum auction in Indianapolis last weekend, where a pair of Cobras each reached seven figures during bidding. Highlighting the sale was a 1967 Cobra 427, a recently-restored example that shows just a hair over 20,000 original miles. That Cobra sold for...
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Woman in China uses car to smash her way out of blocked parking spotA woman in China has been detained for taking her Range Rover Evoque and smashing it into a Jaguar XF in an effort to leave a parking space where she had been blocked in. While the video is entertaining, to say the least, the level of rage it takes to crash one valuable British luxury car into...
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GMC takes wraps off new Yukon SLT Premium EditionSlotting in between the SLT and range-topping Denali trim levels in the GMC lineup is a new Premium Edition package, which the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] brand has applied to the hot-selling Yukon and Yukon XL SUVs. The Premium Edition trim doesn't quite deliver the gravitas (or the power) of...
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Design-oriented Cadillac House opens in New YorkCadillac may not have a New York City building named after it like Chrysler does, but the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] luxury division now has its own house in the Big Apple. Just what does that mean? Taking up the ground floor of the division's New York City headquarters is a...
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Bosch has created an electric go-kart that could change the face of entry-level motorsports.
Electric cars are known for, among other things, their instantaneous torque delivery. Simply press the...
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Ariel's wild, off road-ready Nomad finally available in U.S.You've always wanted an Ariel Atom, the ultra-light, no-frills track car... but you happen to live down a dirt road. Well, TMI AutoTech and Ariel have teamed up to bring you the Ariel Nomad, a more rugged (and even more insane) version of the Atom. Now officially available in the United States, the...
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American muscle doesn't meet top IIHS crash test standardsMuscle cars have long been enthusiast favorites, but the results of a new series of crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveal that they may not be the safest cars on the road. The IIHS, which is funded by the insurance industry, took 2016 examples of the Ford...
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New CEO appointed at Alfa Romeo, MaseratiFiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has named a Canadian executive as the chief for its prestigious Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands. The automaker announced today Reid Bigland will replace Harald Wester as CEO of the premium Italian brands. Currently, Bigland serves as FCA's sales chief in the...
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Lamborghini recreates "The Italian Job" scene with 2 MiurasTo celebrate a major milestone, Lamborghini has taken two of its museum-quality Miuras to the section of Italian highway made famous by the opening of 1969's The Italian Job. The two Miuras came from the official Lamborghini museum located at the automaker's headquarters in Italy and were taken to...
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Aston Martin Zagato cars through the yearsAt this year's Concourso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este in Northern Italy, design house Zagato celebrated its 60th anniversary of working with British automaker Aston Martin. To mark six decades of collaborations, Zagato debuted its stunning Vanquish Zagato concept, but it is certainly not the first of...
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This week, Jay Leno welcomes to his popular web series one of the most iconic grand touring cars of the 1960s and 1970s: The Lamborghini Espada.
Notable for its outlandish shape that really ushered...
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Tupac's 1996 Hummer H1 sells for $337,000Shattering pre-sale estimates, a 20-year-old Hummer H1 once owned by slain rapper Tupac Shakur sold recently for $337,114 at auction. That price represents a roughly 700 percent increase over what an H1 not owned by the rapper would sell for today. RR Auctions, which sold off the Hummer for its...
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BMW sued over i3’s extended-range electric powertrainBMW has been hit with a class action lawsuit regarding a potential issue afflicting the extended-range version of the automaker's i3 electric car. According to the suit, which was filed in a District Court in Los Angeles last week, the extended-range i3, known as the i3 REx, can reduce power to...
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Data reveals BMW is most cross-shopped against TeslaTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] buyers are generally pretty set in their ways, but research suggests some surprising buying habits that should have established German car brands on high alert as the electric car manufacturer readies its relatively inexpensive Model 3. Bloomberg, using data from Edmunds...
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"Gran Turismo Sport" trailer shows off awe-inspiring realismThe march toward Polyphony's latest installment in its hugely-successful Gran Turismo series has just gotten more exciting. The game is called Gran Turismo Sport and it's currently available for pre-order. If you're a PlayStation owner, you'll definitely want to do just that judging by the amazing...
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What if your next Uber driver picked you up in a Bugatti?Requesting an Uber driver is kind of like playing automotive roulette: You never know what you're going to get. Odds are good that a Toyota Camry or a Nissan Altima might pop up, but some lucky passengers in Dubai wound up with something much more impressive. ALSO SEE: M4 driver with death wish...
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