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If your aim is to build the fastest set of wheels on the planet, then you’re going to have to employ some pretty out of the ordinary means of propulsion, usually a rocket. If in doubt, just ask the guys behind the Bloodhound SSC, who next year will attempt to break the current land speed record of 763.035 mph. DON'T MISS: Koenigsegg One:1 Races The World's First Truck Equipped With A Dual-Clutch Gearbox: Video Incredibly, a couple of guys in France have taken the concept to the world of bicycles. Yes, there is a rocket-powered bike in France and a man by the name of François...
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Mazda CEO Rules Out Rotary-Powered Sports Car
There have been numerous reports and official hints that Mazda could launch a rotary-powered sports car to either celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first rotary-powered model in 2017 or its own centenary in 2020. Now, the automaker’s CEO has put an end to the speculation. Speaking with...
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Mercedes-Benz Implements New Naming Strategy, Confirms 11 All-New Models
Mercedes-Benz is overhauling its naming strategy in preparation for a flood of new models due to be released in the coming years. The changes aren’t as dramatic as those made recently by Infiniti and Cadillac, with many model names remaining unaffected, and they're only gradually being phased...
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Mercedes-Benz Confirms Return Of Maybach As New Ultra-Luxury Sub-Brand
Mercedes-Benz has finally confirmed one of the year’s worst-kept secrets: That its Maybach brand is making a return as a new “Mercedes-Maybach” sub-brand specializing in ultra-luxury, similar to how the existing Mercedes-AMG sub-brand specializes in performance. Along with the...
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Koenigsegg One:1 Races The World’s First Truck Equipped With A Dual-Clutch Gearbox: Video
Volvo Trucks, a separate entity to the Volvo car brand, is renowned for its out of the ordinary ad campaigns, like the 2012 campaign where a woman walked a tightrope between two moving trucks, or the more recent one where Jean-Claude Van Damme did the splits standing on the side mirrors of two...
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Morgan Motor Company Shows You How They Make Their Machines: Video
Since 1910, the Morgan Motor Company has been churning out cars. Well, that's not exactly true because the company originally produced vehicles known as cycle cars. These were three-wheel machines that could seat two or four people. The first four-wheel car came to be in 1936, and Morgan has...
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Let's get one thing straight right up front: Despite its model name, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG--soon to be a Mercedes-AMG GLA45--is no GL-like utility vehicle. It may have all-wheel drive, but the high-performance sibling of the far more common 2015 GLA250 model sits far closer to the ground, at 4.5 inches of ground clearance against the regular GLA's 8 inches. Chalk that one up to U.S. regulatory tricks: with more ground clearance, Mercedes can deem the GLA250 a "light truck" under various government rules. MUST SEE: Man On Rocket-Powered Bicycle Sets World Record, Smokes Ferrari In...
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Spy Shots
Chevrolet’s current Malibu was all-new for the 2013 model year but after lacklustre sales some updates were rushed for 2014. Unfortunately, one of the car’s most prominent drawbacks, a lack of room in the rear, will have to wait until a full redesign. A prototype for a new Malibu has...
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Tesla Model X Delayed Again, First Deliveries Pushed Back To Late 2015
The Tesla Model X electric crossover will be delayed again for additional testing.
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Chinese Pagani Huayra Roadster Replica Is Fooling No One
Pagani builds truly beautiful and power machines that are meant to instill awe and wonder in those who are lucky enough to see one go by. It's not a surprise then that some would seek to try and capture a bit of that feeling, albeit for a lower price then the seven-figure price tag that Pagani...
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Ring Brothers '66 Chevelle Gives A Classic Design A Modern Update
Ring Brothers brings a 980-horsepower Chevelle to SEMA.
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Best Car To Buy Winners, McLaren Sports Series Teaser, Marussia Disbanded: Car News Headlines
High Gear Media websites Motor Authority, The Car Connection and Green Car Reports have chosen the best cars to buy for the 2015 model year. Three winners are listed, based on separate performance/luxury, value and green categories. McLaren’s new entry-level model will be called the Sports...
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A McLaren P1 has suffered its first crash, albeit only a minor one as this photo confirms. The crash took place at a tollbooth on a highway in Japan and saw the P1 mount one of the curbs dividing up the lanes. No one was injured and as this photo from Japanizer (via World Car Fans) confirms the P1 only suffered some minor damage. It looks like the front bumper has been damaged, and there are likely to be some scrapes on the vehicle underbody. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes In Monaco It’s not clear how the P1 ended up on the curb but one possibility is the driver stepping on the accelerator...
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Chevy Picks Green Flash Name For Latest Camaro Special Edition
About a month ago, Chevrolet revealed a pair of special edition Camaros destined to be the last for the current fifth-gen car (the all-new sixth-gen Camaro is just around the corner). One of these didn’t have a name, with Chevy providing fans the opportunity to name the car by posting...
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2015 Alfa Romeo 4C: Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015
Picking the best performance and luxury car of the year is a difficult thing. Determining which is the best, or at least your favorite, from a crowd of very pleasing choices, can often come down to purely qualitative elements. So it is with Motor Authority's Best Car to Buy 2015, the 2015 Alfa...
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2015 Hyundai Azera Gets New Look, More Tech
Hyundai’s Azera nameplate has lost much of its shine since the Korean brand's more upmarket Genesis and Equus models arrived on the scene, with the Genesis in particular outselling the Azera as much as three to one last year. Nevertheless, the Azera remains on the market and for the 2015...
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Marussia F1 Team Disbanded, Caterham Turns To Crowdfunding
Both the Marussia and Caterham Formula One teams have missed the last two races of the 2014 season due to financial difficulties, with the former still reeling from the Japanese Grand Prix accident that caused one of its drivers, Jules Bianchi, to suffer serious head injuries. The latest statement...
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2016 Mazda CX-5 Leaked Ahead Of 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
Mazda has three world debuts pegged for next week’s 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, one of which is a facelifted 2016 CX-5 that has been revealed today in some scans from an official brochure. Joining it in L.A. will be a facelifted 2016 Mazda 6, which itself was leaked a week ago, as well as an...
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The fight for the 2014 Formula One World Championship is still very much alive after Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg secured top honors at the past weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, held once again at the legendary Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace. This means he's now just 17 points behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who crossed the line second in Brazil, which means the German can still win the title as there are double points up for grabs at the next and final race in Abu Dhabi in a fortnight. With double points on offer, Rosberg will still need to come first and Hamilton finish third or...
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2015 Volkswagen GTI: Best Car To Buy Nominee
Refined, elegant, and mature in a way almost no other hatchbacks in America are, the 2015 Volkswagen GTI not only boasts a strong and vibrant fan base for its past models, but a strong and growing population of drivers of its newest, seventh-generation, version as well. It’s also a...
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2015 Subaru WRX: Best Car To Buy Nominee
The undeniable new-car performance bargain of the moment, the 2015 Subaru WRX puts up a spec-sheet-to-dollars display of efficiency that no other car can really match. For the price of a Scion FR-S, you can run with much of the world’s elite road cars in nearly any conceivable setting...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2014 SEMA Show Edition
SEMA is over for another year but don’t sweat if you missed out as we have all the highlights right here. The star of the show was undoubtedly the 2015 Ford Mustang, and one of the best examples was the 2015 RS3 Mustang TrakPak from Roush. Equipped with a supercharger developed by Roush and...
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McLaren’s Entry-Level Car To Be Called The Sports Series: First Image
McLaren Automotive is set to launch a new supercar positioned below its 650S and plans to reveal it for the first time next year, most likely at the Geneva Motor Show in March. We’ve already spotted test mules for the new car, which is referred to internally as the P13 and has been confirmed...
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Ford Mystery Performance Car, Bentley SUV Teased, McLaren Sports Series: The Week In Reverse
We’re just two weeks away from the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, and the concepts, teasers, and more are heating up. Ford is teasing an all-new performance car for a November 17th reveal; the Bentley SUV has been teased yet again, and is expected to debut in L.A.; and McLaren has announced its...
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