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Hopping into a brand new Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is now much more affordable thanks to the introduction of a new V-6 model for the 2015 model year. The V-6 model is called the SL400 and it’s priced from just $84,925 including a $925 destination charge. This represents a significant saving on the $107,825 starting price of the next model up the rung and the previous point of entry, the V-8-powered SL550. And it’s not like the SL400 is a slouch. The car’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is good for 329 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a seven-speed automatic...
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Next-Gen Cadillac SRX To Be Built In Tennessee
Cadillac is set to introduce an all-new SRX for the 2017 model year, and production of the vehicle has been confirmed for General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. The current SRX is sourced from a plant in Mexico. MUST SEE: Nissan Juke-R (WITH NAWSSS) Laps The...
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Turbocharged Ferrari 458M Spy Shots
Ferrari’s 458 Italia and its hardcore Speciale variant are shaping up to be the Prancing Horse’s last normally aspirated V-8 cars, as the 458 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update and we hear the new car will be powered by a turbocharged engine. These are the first spy shots of a...
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Chevrolet Reveals Niva Concept At 2014 Moscow Auto Show
Chevrolet used this week’s 2014 Moscow Auto Show to present a new crossover concept dubbed the Niva. The concept derives its name from the Lada Niva, a small off-roader built by Russian automaker AvtoVAZ since 1977, and previews a new subcompact crossover to be developed for the Russian...
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2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spy Shots
Alfa Romeo promises to have an eight-car lineup by the end of 2018 and one of the cars, expected to launch next year, will be a sporty sedan rumored to wear the Giulia title. The car was originally due to arrive several years ago as a successor for the Alfa Romeo 159 sold overseas, but its arrival...
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Manual Transmission Jaguar F-Type Caught Testing On The Nürburgring: Video
The Jaguar F-Type roadster is, undeniably, one very fun and stunningly good-looking car. But for the enthusiast, it has missed one key element of the overall sports car experience: the manual transmission. That may soon change. This video, from YouTube user Gumbal (via Road & Track), shows what...
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If there’s a more unlikely pairing of serious road-going performance cars on YouTube this week, we don’t know what it is. Here, you see a single-seat, stripped-down, relatively affordable BAC Mono on an open track day as it chases and tries to hang with a McLaren P1 hypercar at Silverstone. Can the tiny, light-makes-right single-seater Mono really hang with the car that proclaimed its world’s best status right there in its name? It turns out that yes, it kind of can. For one thing, the driver of the Mono appears to be quite skilled—and, in many corners, very committed;...
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2016 Ford Focus RS Coming With All-Wheel Drive: Report
Ford’s previous Focus RS has earned a well-deserved reputation for pushing the boundaries of a factory-built, front-wheel-drive hot hatch. The car, which was never offered in the U.S., delivered as much as 345 horsepower to the front wheels in some guises, made possible thanks to rally-bred...
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Jay Leno Drives Iconic '32 Ford Roadster In Latest Video
If someone mentions the term "hot rod", the image that forms in your head probably isn't dissimilar from the '32 Ford Highboy Roadster you see here. Jay Leno drives said roadster in his latest video and as the car's restorer Bruce Meyer explains, it pretty much matches that image of the perfect hot...
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Toyota surprises with Land Cruiser 70 re-release
If you want to buy a classic vehicle re-manufactured brand new by the original automaker, you currently have two options. One is to spend well over a million dollars on one of the six brand-new Jaguar E-Type lightweight coupes being built. The other is to buy a brand new 1980s-era Toyota Land...
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Renault’s New R.S. 01 Race Car Comes With A GT-R Heart: Video
Renault chose the 2014 Moscow Auto Show kicking off today in the Russian capital to unveil a striking new race car that’s set for competition next year. Dubbed the R.S. 01, the new race car has been developed by the French automaker’s motorsport unit Renaultsport and will compete in a...
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New Corvette Already Popular, Hugely Outsells Previous Model
When an automaker launches a new car, particularly one as iconic as the Chevrolet Corvette, it takes a risk. Will people actually buy it? Will customers be turned off by the new styling? Or has the market simply moved on to something new? If General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] had any concerns...
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Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Back in 2009, Andy Lee House, one of the first people in the country to own a Bugatti Veyron, crashed the exotic supercar into a lake. Upon exiting the vehicle, House left the engine running, causing it to suck up the lake’s salty water and cause irreparable damage. Following a series of investigations relating to the matter, House, 39, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin. He is now facing up to 20 years in prison. A sentencing date is yet to be set. WATCH: Lamborghini...
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SCG 003 Supercar To Offer Twin-Turbo V-12, Cost 2.1 Million Euros
The reveal of James Glickenhaus’ latest supercar project at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show next March is quickly approaching, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the new car, which will be the first fully developed by Glickenhaus’ own company Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus...
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Lamborghini Huracán Goes 0-211 MPH In Launch Control Test: Video
If you think the Lamborghini Huracán was just the flashy little brother to the Aventador, without any real teeth of its own, you’re wrong. It’s a beast in its own right. DON'T MISS: Man Who Crashed Bugatti Veyron Into A Lake Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Of course, you’d know...
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India Fines Carmakers For Violating Anti-Trust Laws
Indian regulators accuse carmakers of overcharging for spare parts.
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Mercedes C450 AMG Sport To Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto Show
Mercedes-Benz will soon have an answer for Audi’s S line and BMW’s M Performance range, as the automaker from Stuttgart is set to announce a new ‘AMG Sport’ trim that will help bridge the gap between the most powerful non-AMG models and those actually built by the...
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Noble M600 Roadster, 2016 Volvo XC90, 2017 Mazdaspeed 3: Today’s Car News
Niche British sports car manufacturer Noble is still committed to launching an open-top version of its M600 supercar. The company is also looking to add a paddle-shifted gearbox to the M600’s options list. Volvo’s all-new XC90 has finally been revealed. The vehicle, which arrives as a...
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In Stockholm, Sweden, Volvo today pulled the wraps off the first of an entirely new generation of vehicles—with a fully redesigned, second-generation version of the Volvo XC90. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video Developed in-house at Volvo, as part of a three-year and $11b effort, under the ownership of China’s Geely Holding, the 2016 XC90 packs a new generation of powertrains as well. It will offer available plug-in hybrid technology, a next-generation version of the Sensus touch-screen interface, and an interior design that’s just as cleaned-up...
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Nissan Juke Rebadged An Infiniti ESQ For China
The Nissan Juke is hardly what you’d call premium, but Infiniti has seen fit to strap some of its own badges to the vehicle and market it to new car buyers in China. To be fair, we’re not talking about a base Nissan Juke here but the sporty Juke NISMO model. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro...
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Mazdaspeed 3 Arrival To Coincide With 2017 Mazda 3 Facelift: Report
We’ve heard that a new Mazdaspeed 3 based on the latest-generation Mazda 3 is in the works, and that it could be fitted with an all-wheel-drive system to help give it the edge over the front-wheel-drive Volkswagen Golf GTI and Ford Focus ST—potentially allowing it to target the likes of...
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Mercedes To Rename M-Class The ‘GLE’ In SUV Nameplate Shakeup: Report
Mercedes-Benz may be about to change the names of some of its most popular SUVs in an effort to harmonize the various nameplates ahead of the rollout of several all-new high-riding models. According to reports out of Germany, the transition will start with the facelifted M-Class due out later this...
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Volvo Makes Sensus Connect Standard Across The Range
Volvo has announced that all of its vehicles, at least in the U.S., will be fitted as standard with its Sensus Connect infotainment system—making Volvo the only manufacturer to have connected car and telematics standard across its entire lineup. The latest version of the system provides...
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Noble Remains Committed To Launching M600 Roadster
A couple of years ago, niche British sports car manufacturer Noble started teasing a new open-top version of its M600 supercar, dubbed the M600 Roadster. Noble said production would only take place if demand was sufficient, which it would seem hasn’t been as the green light is yet to be given...
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