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One of the most anticipated vehicles of the coming year is the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport. Its arrival finally sees Land Rover with a credible rival for the top-selling small SUVs from Germany’s three major luxury marques, which is exactly the vehicles it will be targeting with its starting price of $37,995. DON'T MISS: DynaSpike Aims To Making Ending Car Chases Safer: Video Production of the first customer examples of the new Discovery Sport is now underway at Land Rover’s Halewood plant in the U.K., the same site responsible for the Range Rover Evoque, and the very first...
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BMW Celebrates DTM Championship Win With Special Edition M4: Video
After losing out to Audi last year, BMW is back in the winner’s circle of the popular touring car series DTM. Both the 2014 Drivers’ and Teams’ titles went to the Munich-based firm, thanks to top driver Marco Wittmann and BMW Team RMG. Following the conclusion of the final race at...
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Audi’s Autonomous RS 7 Successfully Laps Hockenheimring At Race Pace: Video
At the season finale for Germany’s DTM touring car series, held at the Hockenheimring over the weekend, Audi demonstrated a self-driving RS 7 concept car that could lap the circuit at race speeds. The video shows the successful lap, which Audi tells us took just over two minutes. That’s...
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Charger Hellcat Priced, Autonomous Audi RS 7 Races, Ferrari F60 Launched: The Week In Reverse
This was a surprisingly busy week in the car world, with the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat priced from $63,995 plus $995 delivery, an Autonomous Audi RS 7 set to take the track at the Hockenheim Ring, and Ferrari’s F60 America launched in Beverly Hills. You’ll find all of this in more...
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Audi TT Gets Its Own Racing Series: Video
Audi is the latest automaker to launch a new one-make racing series, in this case based around the all-new 2016 TT sports car. The series is called the Audi Sport TT Cup and its inaugural season will take place next year, with the rounds scheduled to coincide with those of the DTM series. DON'T...
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2015 Rolls-Royce Ghost, Martini Porsches, McLaren P1 Track Day: This Week’s Top Photos
Porsche currently offers the classic Martini Racing livery on its flagship 918 Spyder but imagine if the distinct dark blue, light blue and red hues were available across the German sports car brand’s lineup. Well, imagine no more. If you thought the Focus ST was the limit of Ford’s...
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Latvia’s Dartz is back with an all-new model for its Prombron brand based on the bones of the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class full-size SUV. However, don’t call the new Dartz an SUV because the company says it’s much more than that. Called the Black Shark, it’s named after a Russian attack helicopter and features enough tech goodies to embarrass James Bond and the whole Q Branch. MUST SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Video At present we only have a small handful of photos showing the Black Shark from a few angles, but Dartz plans to reveal full details in the lead up to the 100th...
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2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Priced From $63,995
The 707-horsepower super sedan from Dodge, the 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat, will cost the world just $63,995 (plus $995 destination) including its $1,700 gas guzzler tax, Chrysler announced today. That gives it a slightly higher starting price—and a slightly worse dollar-per-horsepower...
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Autonomous Audi RS 7 To Lap The Hockenheim Ring At Race Pace, Live Feed This Weekend: Video
Audi is planning a rather unusual feat at the Hockenheim Ring this weekend: it will lap the circuit with a street-going RS 7 at full race pace—without a driver. You can tune in to the live feed October 19th at 6:50 a.m. EDT at the official Audi live stream site. The stunt is intended to show...
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A look inside the little-known McLaren F1 owner’s handbook
More a piece of art than an instructional manual—though it’s still very informative—very few people have ever seen, much less laid hands on, the McLaren F1 owner’s handbook. Here, we get an insider’s look at the book, and what went into its creation. MUST SEE: 2016...
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Hennessey 2015 Ford Mustang HPE600 & HPE700 Upgrades Priced
The modifications for the 2015 Ford Mustang are proceeding at a rapid clip, even before the car is officially launched to the public. Today, Hennessey announced pricing for its HPE600 and HPE700, as well as the CarbonAero appearance package and HPE+ wheel and exhaust packages. MUST SEE: 2016...
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Jaguar F-Type All-Wheel Drive Spy Shots
All-wheel-drive sports coupes (and convertibles) are predominantly the territory of the Germans (and the British, by way of Germany, with Bentley), but soon, Jaguar will bring the feature to its brand, too, if this prototype of an all-wheel-drive F-Type is any indication. Billed as a “Plant...
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The Pope is apparently a fan of Porsche, as he’s given his blessing for the company to use the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for pair of 20-person corporate events. This is the first time the Sistine Chapel has been used for such an event. MUST SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Video The event will center around a classical music concert, with dinner afterward in the presence of artwork by Raphael and Michelangelo. It will also be part of a Porsche Travel Club driving tour of the Lazio region and a tour of Rome. In all, the Travel Club experience will involve five days of exploring and...
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Scare The Hellcat Out Of Halloween Visitors With This Clever Jack-O-Lantern Cutout
The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has been rolling giant clouds of tire smoke since its debut, because what else would you use 707 horsepower for? But now, you can have all of that scary-powerful goodness on your very own jack-o-lantern thanks to a custom cutout. Yes, you will be able to scare...
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Audi R8 Production Moved To New Site
Since launch, Audi’s R8 supercar has been built at a special facility located at the automaker’s main plant in Neckarsulm, Germany. However, production of the car has now been moved to a new facility, located in the city of Heilbronn about four miles south from the main plant. ALSO SEE...
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Porsche To Turbocharge 911 Carrera As Part Of Facelift: Report
Porsche is working on a mid-cycle update for its 991-series 911, which in the automaker’s tradition will be classified a 991.2. The update is expected to consist of a few visual tweaks for the exterior and some new features in the cabin, and according to a new report the 911 Carrera models...
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Mercedes-Benz Sells Over 100,000 S-Classes In A Single Year
Mercedes-Benz’s latest S-Class, the W222, has been with us for just over a year and already it's managed to rack up more than 100,000 sales worldwide. This is the best rate of sales for any S-Class generation in its first full year on the market, and with new S-Class variants coming like the...
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2015 Lexus NX Priced From $35,405
The all-new Lexus NX crossover goes on sale next month with a starting price of $35,405, including a $925 destination charge. That price tag is for the entry-level NX 200t. The only additional model available at launch for U.S. customers is the NX 300h, a hybrid that starts at $40,645, including...
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It’s no secret that owning classic cars is more popular than ever but unfortunately this has pushed up prices, in some cases to astronomical levels. But you don’t have to be a multimillionaire to experience some of the best classics, even extremely rare ones, as Jaguar is offering its fans the opportunity to drive some of its oldest models through its new Jaguar Heritage Driving Experience program. MUST SEE: Nissan GT-R Driver Gives Best-Ever Bad Driving Lesson: Video The program launches next month and will be based at the Fen End test facility near Jaguar’s West Midlands...
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Imagine Porsche Offered Martini Racing Livery On All Its Cars
Porsche currently offers the classic Martini Racing livery on its flagship 918 Spyder, and in the past has offered it on a couple of special edition models, but what if the distinct dark blue, light blue and red livery was available throughout the German automaker’s lineup. Well, Porsche has...
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All-Wheel-Drive Jaguar F-Type To Debut At 2014 L.A. Auto Show: Report
Jaguar’s F-Type is already available in a number of variants but the expansion of the sports car range is far from complete. The strategy mimics that used by Porsche for its 911, which caters to a wide variety of buyers, and it’s one Mercedes-AMG plans to implement for its new GT sports...
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Nissan GT-R Driver Gives Best-Ever Bad Driving Lesson: Video
If you’re an amateur racer, a track day driver, or if you’ve even thought about driving, you should watch this video—but never do anything you see in it. ALSO SEE: AMS Alpha Omega GT-R Sets New 1/4-Mile Record: Video The racers will cringe, often. The track day drivers will...
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1993 Bugatti EB110 GT Auction Estimate Is Under $1 Million
Collectible supercar prices have spiraled into the stratosphere in the last few years. That's no secret. And that's why we find RM Sotheby's auction estimate for this 1993 Bugatti EB110 curious. Of course, with a range of $575,000 to $775,000, we're not talking chump change. But it still seems...
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Chevrolet Shows Off 2014 SEMA Concepts
The 2014 Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show is just around the corner, which means automakers are scrambling to put the finishing touches on their Las Vegas-bound concepts. We recently got a glimpse into the cars that the Mopar team is planning on trotting out, and today it's...
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