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Bentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, is heading to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend, after which it will be racing into showrooms with a staggering $337,000 price tag. That might seem steep at first, especially considering its higher than the starting price of the Mulsanne flagship, but the Continental GT3-R is the fastest accelerating car the company has ever launched. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Is World's Most Powerful Sedan And production of the Continental GT3-R is also extremely limited, with...
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First Ever Range Rover Going Up For Auction
Nowadays you're most likely to find Range Rovers cruising the boulevards, ferrying children to school or taking groups of businessfolk to their next meeting. But the first Range Rovers launched back in 1970 had a much wider remit—they were to mix Land Rover's legendary off-road ability with...
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Mercedes-Benz GLK63 AMG In The Works: Report
Mercedes-Benz is set to launch a second-generation GLK-Class next year, and it may feature a high-performance AMG variant. The key is the AMG division’s new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, the M178, which debuts later this year in the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car and will eventually become the...
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Students Show Off BMW Deep Orange Pickup Concept
BMW has never built a production pickup truck, even if it's pulled the occasional April Fools prank with a pickup-bodied M3. But students from its U.S. design department and Clemson University in South Carolina have gotten close with their latest concept, BMW Deep Orange 4. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge...
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2015 Volvo S60 And V60 Polestar Priced, Selling Fast
Polestar doesn't yet have the mystique or history of BMW's Motorsport division, AMG or even Audi's RS line of vehicles. But what it does have is a team of engineers capable of building race-winning vehicles, access to some excellent Volvo vehicles, and several tins of bright blue paint. DON'T MISS...
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Corvette Museum Motorsports Park Inches Closer To Opening
Earlier in 2013 news that construction of the long awaited Corvette Museum Motorsports Park had begun. The facility, which was announced over three years ago, will feature a lengthy road course, massive skidpad, a go-kart track, and a quarter-mile dragtrip. It will also strengthen the idea that it...
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Back in February 1963, Jaguar embarked upon the 'Special E-Type GT' project—a series of lightweight, aluminum-bodied variants of the E-Type specially designed for competition. Just 18 cars were planned but only 12 were made—until now. WATCH: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes Supercars At Zandvoort: Video More recently, Jaguar announced plans to build those remaining vehicles at the original Browns Lane plant in England, at the hands of Jaguar Land Rover's new Special Operations division. The fruit of that new labor will make its appearance at the world-renowned Pebble Beach...
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Rolls-Royce Classes Up The Forza Motorsport 5 Landscape
There are plenty of vehicles in the Forza universe. Nearly everything from sports cars to true race cars and even trucks are represented in beautiful detail, and each is able to blast across some of the greatest circuits on the planet. Now there's a new addition to the Forza family, and it should...
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KiraVan Is The World's Most Insane RV
This massive vehicle was custom-made to go where no other RV can.
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Spied, 2015 Volvo XC90 Teased, McLaren 650S Sprint Revealed: Today’s Car News
Mazda’s all-new MX-5 Miata is set for a reveal on September 3, but up until now we’re yet to see any prototypes. Today, we have the first photos and video of the new MX-5, which should be on sale next year as a 2016 model. Volvo has released the first photo showing part of the exterior...
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Volvo Reveals 'Face' Of New XC90 In Latest Teaser
Volvo’s second-generation XC90 is set to be revealed in a fortnight at a special event in Stockholm, Sweden. But this being the first all-new version of the SUV since the original’s debut at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show, Volvo simply can’t help itself from revealing many of the...
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2015 Cadillac Escalade Platinum Revealed, Priced From $90,270
The range-topping Platinum version of the latest Cadillac Escalade has been revealed, and will join the rest of the 2015 Escalade range in showrooms in the fourth quarter of the year, priced from $90,270 with a $995 destination charge tacked on. The regular Escalade starts at $73,965, including the...
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Mazda’s all-new, fourth-generation MX-5 Miata is set for a reveal on September 3, and while the Japanese automaker has done a good job of keeping its prototypes hidden, one has finally been spotted. This particular prototype was spotted in Japan and shows that the new MX-5, which goes on sale next year, as a 2016 model, will be similar in size and have similar proportions to previous generations of the car. The latest video and photos, taken by YouTube user Tatsuya.Broadcast.Channel, shows the new MX-5 from the rear, and we also get a glimpse of the roof profile. The details, especially...
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Volvo Presents New XC90’s Modular SPA Platform
Volvo is about to introduce a new modular platform called the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) that will soon underpin all of its models sized from the S60 up. The first to be based on the SPA platform will be the all-new Volvo XC90, which thanks to the capabilities of its platform promises to...
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Ferrari 308 GT4 Gets A Subaru Engine Swap: UPDATE
That's one way to improve a Ferrari.
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McLaren 650S Sprint revealed ahead of Pebble Beach Concours
Hot on the heels of the McLaren 650S GT3 race car revealed earlier this summer comes the all-new 650S Sprint, a slightly tamer version of the GT3 racer designed for track enthusiasts. The 650S Sprint is the follow-up to last year’s 12C GT Sprint and will be on sale shortly after a debut at...
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Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Terrorizes Supercars At Zandvoort: Video
The Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 was designed to go anywhere, almost.
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Navdy Head-Up Display Is Like Driving In The Future
Head-up displays (HUDs) are the preserve of high-end, expensive vehicles, right? Well, yes actually, though like most high-end tech it only takes time and perhaps a little persuasion from the aftermarket to help it filter downwards. It happened for satellite navigation and now it's happening with...
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The truck market is a tough one these days. There's lots of competition, and every automaker that produces a full-size pickup wants you to think that their ride is the toughest one out there. What does that even mean though? What makes a truck tough? For some, a tough truck should be able to handle some rugged terrain and come out smiling on the other end. Toyota seems to feel this way too, because the automaker is ready to run its 2015 Tundra TRD Pro in the upcoming Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. ALSO SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spy Shots This will be the 47th running of the Baja 1000, and it will...
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Are Changeable Interior Colors The Future Of Car Personalization?
Johnson Controls is experimenting with color-changing plastics for future car interiors.
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2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit Launched, Pulling You Over Soon
Study the front end of this car very, very closely--because you'll soon be watching out for it in your rearview mirror. Chrysler has released details and images of the 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit, the latest iteration of its four-door muscle car designed for police use. MUST READ: 2015 Dodge Charger...
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2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe First Drive: Video
As much as General Motors has been in the news for getting things wrong of late, Cadillac deserves notice for how much it’s been getting right over the past decade, too. From the CTS sedan that kicked off the brand’s revival as a world-class marque, to the ATS sedan that helped cement...
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2015 Range Rover Sport SVR, Updated Ferrari FF, 2015 Chevy SS: Car News Headlines
Land Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport developed by its new Special Vehicles Operations unit has been revealed. The vehicle is called the Range Rover Sport SVR and it's said to be the fastest SUV in production. Ferrari will launch an updated version of its FF shooting brake in 2016...
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