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More Details On BMW's MINI-Based, Front-Wheel Drive Small Car
The shared platform will feature both front- and all-wheel drive.
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Report: BMW 5-Series Diesel Headed To U.S.
The new 535i with the N55 engine may get a 535d companion soon.
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Jim Carrey Upgrades From Jenny McCarthy To The Mercedes SL 63 AMG
Well, okay, that headline is a little misleading: Jim probably didn't dump Jenny for a roadster. However, McCarthy and the Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG do share some striking similarities: 1. Their names both start with the letter "M". (Totally striking.) 2. They're both jaw-droppingly hot. 3. They've...
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Official Details On Mercedes' More Powerful, Efficient V-8, V-6 Engines
The upgraded engines show 22-24 percent gains in fuel economy.
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Surprise, Surprise: 2010 Lexus HS 250h Not Selling So Well
The not-quite-luxury hybrid isn't finding many buyers willing to make the compromise.
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Super-streamlined, often three-wheeled and impeccably green, the cars battling it out at Michigan International Speedway for the Automotive X PRIZE win are chock full of technology and good intentions. What they're apparently not so far along on, however, is stability control and ABS. Accident avoidance testing shows that several vehicles aren't quite yet ready for prime time--including the Aptera 2e. A number of cars are shown accelerating off at speed and braking hard, including what looks to be a modified Th!nk and a Tango, but the drama in the video below comes primarily from the Aptera...
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Lotus Re-Engineers Toyota Venza, Saves 38% Weight For 3% Cost
Lotus Engineering has applied its approach to vehicle materials and engineering to the Toyota Venza.
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Automotive X PRIZE Track Testing Begins This Week
The 28 remaining teams will put 36 vehicles on track to test their merits.
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Mercedes-Benz Gets All Name-Droppy (We Know: SHOCKING)
We get weird things in the mail: love letters, bomb threats, talcum powder that's pretending to be anthrax, except it smells like diaper rash, so, you know, FAIL. We also get press releases. Press releases are frequently dull, occasionally informative, and nine times out of ten, hilarious. But one...
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Driven: 2010 Audi A3 TDI
A base A3 2.0 TDI FWD S-Tronic runs $29,950. The VW Golf TDI we recently tested runs $23,090. In the review of that car we mentioned how the $7k discount for the Golf might be the way to go. After all, you can’t get this flavor of Audi with quattro AWD, which would differentiate the Audi diesel...
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Fisker Karma Kicks Off Retail Tour This Month
The stylish and green Karma plug-in hybrid will start making the rounds to set up its retail network.
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The pre-production version of the 2e previews what we can expect from the final version.
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2011 Porsche Cayenne Pre-Orders Beyond Expectations
The 2011 Porsche Cayenne is exceeding Porsche's CEO's expectations.
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Spy Shots: BMW Hydrogen Hybrid MINI Prototype
The car is running under a 1-Series mule platform, but is believed to be going to MINI.
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2011 Lotus Elise Scores 46.6 MPG, Cleanest Sports Car In Class
The 2011 Lotus Elise's new 1.6-liter engine enables it to nab the greenest award for its performance level.
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Report: Honda Working On Sportier Hybrid Coupe
The latest reports hint at an Accord-sized, four-seat, higher-performance hybrid coupe.
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2010 New York Auto Show: 2011 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid
Making its North American debut next week at the 2010 New York Auto Show is the all-new 2011 Porsche Cayenne, which means Americans will finally get to see the technically advanced Cayenne S Hybrid and plan ahead for its arrival in showrooms before the year is out. The U.S. usually misses out on...
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The next take on the Sonata will be a hybrid-drive sedan.
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2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class To Get New Twin-Turbo V-8, Possible All-Hybrid Lineup
Mercedes-Benz has told Motor Authority some of its plans for the coming S-Class mid-cycle refresh.
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Spy Shots: 2012 Honda Fit Hybrid
The new Honda Fit is expected to get a hybrid version later this year.
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2010 New York Auto Show Preview: 2011 Lexus CT 200h On Sale Early Next Year
Turns out the Lexus CT 200h will be sold in the U.S. after all.
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Video: On Top Of (And Around) The World With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tesla And TAG Heuer
It would be really easy to make fun of Leonardo DiCaprio. Heck, if nothing else, the guy was in Titanic, which, according to our extensive research, is the sole reason for the continued popularity of Riverdance. In most countries, that would be worth a death sentence or two, or at least a good...
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Video: Ferrari's 599 HY-KERS Hybrid System In Action
Is Ferrari's hybrid experiment little more than a bad joke?
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