Car News
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Toyota's 2014 SEMA booth will be part Baja 1000 garage, part rave.
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Ford Celebrates Halloween With The Car Wash From Hell: Video
Ford creates a haunted car wash for an Internet prank video.
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Subaru Planning Forester STI?
Photos of an STI-badged Subaru Forester have surfaced, leading to speculation there might be a new Forester STI in the works. Along with the photos, confirmation has also been made that a reveal will take place on November 25. MUST SEE: Watch Dodge Build The 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat With...
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Meet Helleanor, The 2,000-HP Chevy-Powered Mustang: Video
Here’s a car that just might have the ability to appease fans from both Chevrolet and Ford. It’s called Helleanor, and it’s a 1967 Ford Mustang packing a 2,000-horsepower Chevy small-block. Oh, it also features a pair of massive turbos located where the grille normally sits, so if...
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Ferrari Confirms Plans For Six Pininfarina Sergio Speedsters
One of the standouts of last year’s Geneva Motor Show was the Pininfarina Sergio concept, a wild speedster with a windswept shape and the running gear of a Ferrari 458 Spider. The car was built as a one-off showpiece honoring the late patriarch of the Italian design firm that bears his name...
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Nissan GT-R NISMO Lands In The U.S., Is Sold Out For 2015: Video
It was at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show last November that we first saw the covers come off Nissan’s awesome GT-R NISMO. Since then we’ve seen the car set a 7:08.679 Nürburgring lap time, and we’ve also enjoyed some time behind the wheel. MUST SEE: Watch Dodge Build The 2015...
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The 2015 Acura TLX is a surprising car in many ways. Rising out of the near-premium or entry-luxury segment to prove itself more than just another mid-level manager’s car, the Acura TLX offers a well-tuned chassis and suspension, innovative drivetrain features, and impressive value. As we noted in our first drive of the TLX: “It has, hands down, the best-tuned suspension you can buy for the money, especially in the entry premium/luxury segment, and that includes stalwarts like the BMW 3-Series and newcomers like the Cadillac ATS. It’s really that good.” That statement...
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Report: Ford commits $5B for Lincoln, new modular platform
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] CEO Mark Fields has some pretty big shoes to fill. He replaces Alan Mulally, who helped Ford successfully navigate 2008’s financial crisis as well as implement the One Ford strategy calling for fewer models and factories around the globe. To make his mark (no pun...
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Holden Boss Quits After Just Eight Months
The boss of Holden, Gerry Dorizas, has called it quits just eight months after taking up the reins, hinting at further signs of trouble for the Australian automaker. Dorizas joined Holden on March 1 and was its fifth boss in just six years. In a statement, Holden said Dorizas has left the company...
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Mazda To Debut New CX-3 Subcompact Crossover And Updated CX-5, 6 In L.A.
This year’s Los Angeles Auto Show is shaping up to be one of the biggest in the event’s history, with more than 30 world premieres confirmed and almost double that amount when it comes to North American debuts. Japanese automaker Mazda will have one of the busier stands, as it’s...
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Porsche Website Accidentally Confirms Cayman GT4
We know a hardcore, track-focused version of the Porsche Cayman is coming, and now we know that it is likely to be labeled a Cayman GT4 when it arrives sometime next year. That’s because a Cayman GT4 was listed as one of the eligible vehicles on the Porsche Driving Experience website. MUST...
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The Road To ‘Furious 7’ Trailer: Video
Following actor and car enthusiast Paul Walker’s untimely death last year, his final starring role in the Fast & Furious series will soon reach theaters in the form of the seventh installment, Furious 7. MUST SEE: Watch Dodge Build The 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat With VIN0001: Video Sure...
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Just in case you were still in doubt that the Pagani brand is officially in the U.S., we now have a video of Pagani’s two cars, the original Zonda and latest Huayra, being driven at the Monticello Motor Circuit in New York. It provides a good contrast of the stunning supercars, but unfortunately it’s only the Huayra that’s available for retail sale as the Zonda was never certified for the U.S. market, and besides, it's no longer in production. MUST SEE: 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Leaked Again The video was produced by Miller Motorcars of Greenwich, Connecticut, one of the first...
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Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2015: The Nominees
Every year, Motor Authority’s editors drive and rate hundreds of cars, including dozens of the best luxury and performance cars. At the end of the year, we look back over the new models introduced to the world and select the best—our Best Car To Buy award. For our Best Car To Buy 2015...
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Marussia F1 Team Enters Administration, Seeks Buyer
Just days after the Caterham F1 Team’s financial troubles were revealed, it’s emerging that fellow Formula One team Marussia is also struggling and has just entered administration. Administrators FRP Advisory said the U.K.-based team would continue to operate and that none of the staff...
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2016 Acura NSX Spy Shots And Video
Concept versions of Acura’s second-generation NSX supercar have been hitting the auto show scene since early 2012 but now we have new spy shots of the production version that will be hitting showrooms next year, most likely as a 2016 model. This is still a prototype but it differs to previous...
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Watch Dodge Build The 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat With VIN0001: Video
If you were hoping to get your hands on the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with VIN0001, you’re too late as the car has already been sold. It went up for auction last month at a Barrett-Jackson event in Las Vegas and was eventually sold for a staggering $825,000, with all the proceeds...
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Volkswagen Takes Home 2014 WRC Drivers’ And Manufacturers’ Titles
They’ve done it again. In a repeat of last year, Volkswagen’s Sébastien Ogier together with co-driver Julien Ingrassia have secured the 2014 World Rally Championship Drivers’ title. There’s still one more round to go this season, but after taking out this past...
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Here’s something you don’t see every day: a competitor’s flagship supercar being tested on Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. Yes, somebody was testing the McLaren P1 at Fiorano and YouTube user keno0311 has the video to prove it. MUST SEE: 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Leaked Again The LaFerrari, Ferrari’s fastest and most powerful road car ever, is said to have lapped the 1.8-mile track in about 1:20, which is 5.0 seconds quicker than time set by the Enzo and 3.0 seconds quicker than the F12 Berlinetta. However, we’ll likely never know how fast the P1 is around the...
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Porsche ‘Pajun’ Mid-Size Sedan To Feature Tesla Model S-Rivaling Electric Variant: Report
It was in 2010 that Porsche first announced plans for an all-electric car, which it followed up a year a later by rolling out a battery-powered prototype based on its Boxster sports car. Since then, Porsche has been testing the waters for electrified performance cars, starting initially with...
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2015 BMW M3 / M4 first drive review
Coupe-like crossovers, carbon-bodied sportscars, urban-mode city hatchbacks--BMW can build them all, but when it gets placed in the balances and judged by its hardcore enthusiast audience, the only BMW that matters is the M3. It's the critical nuclear core of the brand and a bellwether for...
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Audi To Enter F1 In 2016 With Fernando Alonso Onboard?
Audi may be planning to ditch the world of endurance racing and seek a new challenge in motorsport’s top echelon, Formula One. The German automaker has been the dominant force in endurance racing for more than a decade, winning 13 of the past 16 24 Hours of Le Mans races, and with sister...
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Mercedes-AMG GT To Spawn Both Track-Focused And Black Series Models
We know Mercedes-AMG will eventually launch a high-performance Black Series version of its new GT sports car, but this won’t necessarily be the most track-focused model in the lineup. Mercedes-AMG is working on a successor for its SLS AMG GT3 race car that will be based on the new GT, and a...
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Hot Wheels Rip Rod Features Ford EcoBoost Power: Video
Ford reinvigorates a static display car with a 1.0-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine.
Stephen Edelstein