Geneva Motor Show
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McLaren brought back a legendary name Saturday night, one from its pedigree of historic Formula One racing. The new McLaren Senna was unveiled in England, a new hypercar in the automaker's stable complete with 789 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque motivating just 2,641 pounds of mass (dry). The mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive car boasts a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 at its heart, sunk deep into an ultra-lightweight carbon fiber chassis wrapped in more carbon fiber, with an aggressive stance and functional aerodynamics hammering every stretch of pavement it conquers. McLaren didn't...
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McLaren P15 debuts early 2018, will be brand’s most extreme road car yet
McLaren is working on a new addition to its flagship Ultimate Series range, and Wednesday we received the first details from the company along with a teaser shot of the car’s exhaust tips. The new car, code-named the P15, is a separate model to the upcoming F1 successor, itself code-named the...
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Production Mercedes-AMG sedan confirmed for 2018 Geneva motor show
Mercedes-AMG will reveal a production version of its GT sedan at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show in March, the automaker confirmed Friday. A spokeswoman for Mercedes declined to comment on any specifics of the new vehicle or on when it would be available for sale. Earlier reports suggested...
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Volkswagen readying flagship electric sedan concept for 2018 Geneva Motor Show
The Volkswagen Phaeton never quite reached the potential VW likely felt it had, but the German automaker is preparing a flagship sedan comeback—and it's going to be completely electric. Volkswagen confirmed it will show an all-electric flagship sedan concept vehicle at the 2018 Geneva motor...
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2018 Infiniti Q50 preview
The Q50 was the first model to utilize Infiniti’s Q-based naming strategy when it arrived on the scene four years ago. The car is now at the midpoint in its life cycle and to keep it looking and feeling fresh Infiniti has made some updates. Those updates are being introduced on the 2018 Q50...
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3 automakers took different roads to same destination: a supercar
From the moment the supercar-heavy 2017 Geneva auto show started, it was clear that the future for speed, luxury, and exclusivity would be split into two camps: the possibilities of an electrified future, and an outright celebration of the internal combustion present. Three automakers offered cars...
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“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 famed Ruf Yellow Bird from 1987. In 1987, the Ruf CTR Yellow Bird was a highly tuned version of the Porsche 911. It made a whopping 469 horsepower, weighed only 2,535 pounds, and could reach 210 mph, making it faster than just about all of the established supercars of the day. The new CTR, now in...
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This Week’s Top Photos: the 2017 Geneva auto show edition
The 2017 Geneva auto show has come and gone. If you missed the action during the days of the show, here’s a rundown of the major stars. At the top of the list is the Mercedes-AMG GT concept. The stunning fastback previews the Affalterbach tuner’s Porsche Panamera rival and features a...
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Tata reveals Racemo concept, forms alliance with VW Group
Indian auto giant Tata in February launched the Tamo sub-brand to serve as an incubator for potential new businesses and technologies and to develop exciting, low-volume models to help strengthen Tata’s image. Tata has marked the launch of Tamo with the presentation of the Racemo sports car...
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Toyota Yaris GRMN debuts with supercharged engine
To coincide with its successful return to the World Rally Championship this year, Toyota has launched a high-performance version of its Yaris subcompact hatchback inspired by the Yaris-based rally car. Called the Yaris GRMN, the car made its world debut this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and is...
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Pininfarina teams up with Hybrid Kinetic to debut H600 extended-range electric sedan
In 2010, a Chinese startup by the name of Hybrid Kinetic made headlines over plans for production of hybrid vehicles in Montgomery, Alabama. The company even had a wild concept, the Quaranta, which was actually an original Italdesign-Giugiaro creation built in 2008 to mark the Italian firm’s...
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Glickenhaus’ street-legal SCG003 debuts at Geneva auto show
Right from the very start of development of the SCG003 at Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, James Glickenhaus, the founder of the American race team and supercar builder, has insisted that the car be a proper race car that with some simple mods can be turned into a road car. We’ve already seen...
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The Mulsanne is the luxurious sedan that sits in the flagship position of Bentley's lineup. It's expensive, rare, powerful, and wonderfully outfitted. It's a Bentley, though, so there's always room to make a special car even more outstanding. This is where the new Hallmark Series by Mulliner, presented this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show, comes into play. Bentley is offering a new limited run of Mulsannes under the name Hallmark Series by Mulliner, and these cars are inspired by silver and gold. The automaker plans to build just 50 cars, and they'll either be finished with hallmarked...
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Alpine A110 is France's answer to the Alfa Romeo 4C, Porsche 718 Cayman
As with most things that are good in the auto industry, Americans are getting hosed. That's as true of hot hatchbacks as it is of mid-engine sports cars. For the longest time, the Porsche Cayman/Boxster twins were the only option here in North America, unless you wanted to upgrade to a supercar...
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Artega Scalo Superelletra is an electric supercar designed by Touring Superleggera
German sports car marque Artega in 2015 and announced plans to focus purely on electric performance, and since then the company has presented the Scalo sports car and Karo quad bike. Artega says those vehicles served as testbeds for its first production electric car, the Scalo Superelletra, which...
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Koenigsegg presents first customer Regeras in Geneva
It was at the 2015 Geneva auto show that Koenigsegg first rolled out its Regera and impressed us with the car’s innovative drivetrain. At this year’s show, which kicks off on March 7, the Swedish firm will show off the first two customer examples of the hybrid hypercar. Car number one...
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Lightweight Pagani Huayra Roadster arrives to warp your brain
Pagani decided that Valentine's Day would be the perfect time to reveal its latest Huayra to the world. (Smart move considering that it's one of the most beautiful cars ever created.) This is the Pagani Huayra Roadster, and it's taken seven years to get here. While the coupe was launched in 2011...
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Lamborghini Aventador S revealed with 730 horsepower
Lamborghini on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show unveiled the Aventador S, an updated version of the firm’s flagship supercar boasting an aggressive new look, improved handling and, most important of all, more power. The letter S has previously been used to denote enhanced models from...
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A 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 and more power than your average Huracán. Now we know the rest of the story. At the Geneva motor show, Lamborghini unveiled the lightweight version of its V-10-powered supercar. The 5.2-liter V-10 in the Huracán Performante is amped up to 640 horsepower at 8,000 rpm and 442 pound-feet of...
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Audi Q8 Sport concept drops plug-in function, slashes 0-60 time
Audi has unveiled a second iteration of its Q8 concept, one that hints at a more performance-oriented version of the upcoming coupe-like SUV. Like the original Detroit auto show concept unveiled in January, the new Q8 Sport concept, which debuted on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show, also pairs...
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Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid revealed with 680 horsepower
Porsche revealed the 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid a couple weeks before the Geneva auto show and now it has made its public debut in Switzerland. A plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, this monstrously powerful beast combines a twin-turbocharged V-8 with an electric drive system—a powertrain...
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Porsche goes practical(ish) with 2018 Panamera Sport Turismo
Don't call it a wagon—or, maybe you should. Porsche has taken the wraps off of the first true body style evolution of its Panamera flagship, a five-door wagon-like hatchback that the German automaker says improves the model's load-carrying ability without diminishing its performance. The car...
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Rolls-Royce destroyed 1,000 diamonds to paint this Ghost
Look, we like a fancy car as much as the next enthusiast, but Rolls-Royce might have finally taken things too far. This is an extended-wheelbase Ghost that the company has painted using the dust of 1,000 crushed, “ethically sourced” diamonds. Gents, think about that the next time your...
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Ruf unveils rear-engine, carbon fiber CTR sports car
Famous Porsche tuner Ruf has returned with a new generation of its CTR sports car, and the latest is the first car completely developed in-house by the still family owned business run out of Pfaffenhausen, Germany. On display this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show, the new CTR, the fourth in the...
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