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About 150 new staff will work at the recently established Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) unit that serves as the British automaker’s personalization and performance division. The SVO team’s first product was the F-Type Project 7, which goes on sale later this year, priced from $165,925. The cars, and other SVO projects like the 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type continuation models and high-performance Range Rover Sport SVR, will be built at a new technical center in West Midlands, England. Operations at the new technical center will commence later this year. One...
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Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Rolls Into Pebble Beach With $165,925 Price Tag
Jaguar’s F-Type Project 7 made its world debut back in June at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but now the stunning speedster is being showcased in its American specification in the lead up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place this weekend. The biggest difference between...
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Loryc Electric Speedster Is A Whole New Kind Of Retro
A name from the 1920s is back to build electric cars.
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China To Fine Audi For Breaking Monopoly Law, Other Makes Under Investigation
Audi will reportedly be fined around $40 million for violating an anti-monopoly law.
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Panoz Esperante Returns At Monterey Car Week
This year's Monterey Car Week seems busier than ever, with headline-grabbing auctions, classic cars galore and all manner of special-edition sports cars. But for Panoz, it's also a chance to release a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the Esperante Spyder, celebrating the specialty sports-car...
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Dodge Is Going Racing With The Challenger SRT
If you're a fan of motorsports, then you must also be a fan of the Trans-Am racing series. Starting back in 1966, the Sports Car Club of America added in the Trans-American Sedan Championship. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan It has clearly morphed its way...
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It's the type of story we usually dread telling. Using the words "fire" and the "Lamborghini" in the same sentence typically means disaster has struck, and another exotic bull has been put down. Thankfully, today isn't one of those days. Instead, we have a video of a Lamborghini Diablo SV that is shooting flames out of its exhaust rather than having fire burn it to the ground. ALSO SEE: Toyota Reveals Two New Versions Of Supra-Previewing FT-1 Concept: Video The car in question wears modified exhaust outlets, and the owner is clearly excited to show them off. Maybe not the outlets, per se, but...
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Tesla Model S-Based Saleen FourSixteen Heads To Pebble Beach
Saleen's modified Tesla is called the FourSixteen.
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New Toyota FT-1 Concept, Blind Man Sets Record, 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat: Today’s Car News
Toyota today revealed two new versions of its FT-1 concept car. One is an upmarket version that hints at the luxury and refinement a production version of the FT-1, perhaps a Supra successor, could offer buyers. A blind man in the U.K. has set a new land speed record behind the wheel of a Nissan...
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Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Racer Revealed Early: Video
UPDATE: Lamborghini’s new car for its one-make racing series has been revealed as the Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo. Click here for all the details. Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 race car, which will compete in the Italian automaker’s Super Trofeo one-make...
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2016 Mazda CX-5 Spy Shots
These are the first photos of a prototype for an updated Mazda CX-5, which we’re expecting to go on sale in the fall of 2015, as a 2016 model. Being a mid-cycle update, the changes won’t be too dramatic, with the camouflage gear on this prototype likely to be masking only a revised...
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Blind Man Sets Land Speed Record In 1,000-HP Nissan GTR: Video
A man from Manchester in the U.K. appears to have set a new land speed record for blind people. 52-year old Mike Newman achieved an average of 200.9 miles per hour over two runs. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan Newman previously held the blind land speed...
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Yesterday, it was reported that suppliers to Saab had petitioned a Swedish court to declare the struggling automaker’s latest owner, National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), bankrupt. According to the Associated Press, Labo Test, which supplies test equipment for car parts, said NEVS had failed to pay bills of 150,000 kronor (approximately $22,000) since February. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan NEVS has since released a statement on its website claiming it is not insolvent and that its assets are larger than its debts. NEVS reiterated an...
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2016 BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe Spy Shots
The BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe was only introduced for the 2013 model year, but the car it’s based on, the 6-Series coupe, is a bit older than that and is set to receive its mid-cycle update for the 2016 model year—and it looks like the changes will be applied to the four-door Gran Coupe...
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Toyota reveals 2 new versions of Supra-previewing FT-1 concept
Toyota has revealed two new versions of its stunning FT-1 sports car concept, which is thought to preview the look of an upcoming Supra successor as well as lay the groundwork for the design of future models from the Japanese automaker. The original FT-1 concept was shown back in January at the...
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2016 Honda Pilot Spy Shots
These are the latest spy shots of a prototype for Honda’s next-generation Pilot SUV, which should roll into showrooms in the fall of 2015, as a 2016 model. The vehicle will once again share its underpinnings with the Acura MDX but this time around we can expect more expressive styling and a...
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Caterham Seven 480 And 360 Are Bound For The U.S.
Caterham announces two models designed for the U.S. market.
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BMW 4-Series Convertible To Get M Performance Parts
BMW previews a 4 Series convertible with M Performance accessories.
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The Big Block Smart Car is back, and this time the setup has been changed around. You may remember this high-powered ultra-compact from earlier in the year when it was ripping off wheelies and sub-12 second quarter mile drag times. Now the car has a new engine, a new clutch, and even a new name according to the Nu Big Thing script on the doors. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan The caged machine features some manner of oversize V-8 goodness under its skin. The previous engine used was a 462-cubic-inch behemoth, and there's no word yet on what the father...
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25 World Premieres For 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
A record number of new-car debuts is expected for the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom, 2015 BMW X6, Saab Bankruptcy: Car News Headlines
Rolls-Royce started public road trials of its next-generation Phantom flagship but at present the vehicle’s new mechanicals are being hidden by the makeshift body of the existing car. We suspect the new Phantom will be launched in 2017, as a 2018 model. BMW has revealed pricing for its...
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2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World’s Most Powerful Sedan
This boys and girls is officially the world’s most powerful sedan—the all-new 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, which made its debut today at the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise muscle car fest in Detroit. Yes, this Charger is packing the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 from the 2015 Dodge...
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Callaway C7 Corvette Confirmed With 627 HP And 610 LB-FT
Corvette tuner extraordinaire Callaway showed us its first take on the seventh-generation ‘Vette earlier this year and now the company has confirmed performance specs. The company has also announced pricing, with the basic ‘SC627’ package—complete with a 3 year/36,000 mile...
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Formula E Electric Racer To Feature In Forza Motorsport 5
The inaugural season for the Formula E Championship commences next month, and coinciding with the impending start of the new electric car racing series is the availability of the sport’s Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car in Forza Motorsport 5. Available as a free download in the Xbox Live...
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