Car News
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The two companies will research possible uses for facial recognition in cars.
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2014 BMW M235i video review
The BMW 1-Series is no more. Nope. It’s been replaced, by this: the new 2-Series. It’s longer, wider, and roomier, and a little more expensive—but with the turbo six, it’s as close to a classic M3 as you can get. Let’s start under the hood. You’ll find either a...
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2015 Cadillac ATS And CTS Spotted With Subtle Updates: Video
The latest versions of Cadillac’s ATS and CTS sedans are relatively new on the market, with both lines receiving complete redesigns for 2013 and 2014 respectively. However, both the ATS and CTS are scheduled to receive subtle updates for the 2015 model year, with the most prominent change...
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Ford’s 1.0-Liter EcoBoost Gets Engine Of The Year Gong, Ferrari Takes Performance Title
Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine has been named 2014 International Engine of the Year for an unprecedented third consecutive year. The tiny engine, which is already available in the Fiesta and coming soon to the Focus, managed to beat designs from the likes of Ferrari, McLaren...
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Google’s new Android Auto connectivity system coming this year
It was only a matter of time: Following the launch of Apple's iOS-based CarPlay in-car operating system at the Geneva Motor Show back in March, Google has revealed its own car operating system based on its Android platform. Called Android Auto (previously Auto Link), the new operating system will...
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Lexus Picks 'Solar Flare' As Crowdsourced RC F Color
Order a 2015 Lexus RC F in bright metallic orange, and at least five random individuals on the streets of the U.K. will be happy--as that color is known as Solar Flare, and those five people helped name it from hundreds of other suggestions. The Lexus U.K. Facebook page posed the question earlier...
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McLaren unveils its latest merchandise collection at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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Daihatsu Copen Sports Car Revealed In All Its (Tiny) Glory
Japan's strict kei car regulations, designed to get around some of the country's inherent automotive issues--lack of space, lack of parking, expensive gas--typically breed small, upright boxes where space is maximized and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ALSO SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best...
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Startup Says It Can Turn A Stock Audi Into A Self-Driving Car For $10K: Video
A new startup hopes to retrofit cars with autonomous capability.
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McLaren To Build Limited Run Of MSO-Enhanced 650S Supercars
Earlier this year, the official personalization department of McLaren, McLaren Special Operations, unveiled a 650S concept equipped with a number of unique elements aimed at improving both the car’s styling and performance. Now, just a day out from the start of the 2014 Goodwood Festival of...
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Honda Hopes To Shed Dreary Image With New Civic Type R: Video
There are plenty of cars that we can enjoy here in the United States. Of course, there is a long list of vehicles that remain forbidden fruit for those who love automobiles. Be it insanely high-powered German wagons or low-volume, barely legal road-going race cars, there are vehicles that other...
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Range Rover Sport SVR, Jaguar F-Type Project 7, Aston Martin DP-100: Today’s Car News
Land Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport will wear the new SVR title when it launches on the market next year. The vehicle is being developed by Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations and will be previewed in prototype form this week at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Also...
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You can barely move for customized Range Rovers in trendy city districts these days, but Overfinch was tuning the British SUVs long before it was fashionable to do so. The company has now turned its attention to the automaker's latest product, the Range Rover Sport. DON'T MISS: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive At £87,995 (nearly $150,000 at current exchange rates) the Overfinch Range Rover Sport isn't cheap, but it's a thorough job and reasonably tasteful in execution. Work starts under the hood, where the top-end Range Rover Sport's 5.0-liter supercharged V-8...
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Toyota Fuel Cell Sedan's Exterior And Japanese Price Revealed: Video
Toyota's production fuel-cell vehicle stays close to the 2013 concept.
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575-Horsepower Jaguar F-Type Project 7 Revealed: Video
The first undertaking of Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations personalization department is the F-Type Project 7, the production version of last year’s Project 7 concept car. Yes, Jaguar has confirmed that it will build 250 examples of the stunning speedster, and will...
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Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Races From Virtual World To Reality
Nissan’s stunning Concept 2020 Vision was originally designed for the virtual world of Gran Turismo, where it sits among a handful of equally-wild concepts designed in celebration of the popular video game’s 15th anniversary last year. However, Nissan was so pleased with the initial...
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Land Rover’s High-Performance Range Rover Sport Is The SVR: Video
Land Rover has confirmed that the high-performance version of its Range Rover Sport that we’ve been seeing for months in prototype form is called the SVR. The British automaker has also confirmed that the vehicle will be presented, still as a prototype, at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed...
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2015 Ford Edge Revealed, Comes Standard With EcoBoost: Video
Ford has taken the wraps off its 2015 Edge. This newest member of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] hits showrooms early next year and for the first time will be sold in global markets, including as far away as Australia. Looking almost identical to a concept version unveiled a year ago, the 2015...
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Scion is turning to someone familiar with both the car and course as it mounts a challenge on this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, drift star Ken Gushi. MUST SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manuals Transmissions You Can Drive Gushi won last year's Exhibition Auto Class at Pikes Peak driving a Lexus IS F CCS-R, and returns this year behind the wheel of a car he already knows well from his drifting competitions—the Scion FR-S. A specially prepared FR-S will be entered in the Time Attack 1 Division, a class featuring everything from the FR-S to Mitsubishi Evolutions, Porsche 911...
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#GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive
Every single day, a sportscar gets overlooked. Abandoned. Rejected. It’s fast, it’s beautiful…but it has a stick shift. Automatics, CVTs, dual-clutches—they find their forever homes while thousands of stick shifts are left behind. It's sad, but it's true. Manual...
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Ferrari To Curb C02 With Turbocharging And Hybrid Technology
Ferrari has already managed to curb its CO2 emissions by almost 40 percent since 2007, back when its cars were averaging about 435 grams per kilometer as opposed to the current rate of about 270 g/km, but the Italian automaker isn’t applying the brakes just yet. A senior Ferrari exec says the...
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Special BMW M4 Coupe And M5 30 Jahre Edition Headed To Goodwood
The Goodwood Festival of Speed gets bigger and better every year, and there's no better sign of this than how many automakers use the show to launch special versions of their hottest performance models. This year it's the turn of BMW, which is marking the show with the debut of a 30th anniversary...
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Toyota Supra Successor To Feature Convertible Variant?
Toyota plans to have a three-tiered sports car lineup, with the GT 86 (Scion FR-S) to sit in the middle and be flanked by a new entry-level model and a range-topping one serving as a spiritual successor to the Supra. We’ve heard that the latter, which will borrow elements from the FT-1...
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20-Year-Old Crashes BMW M4 In Germany
The first crash involving the all-new 2015 BMW M4 has occurred, with a 20-year-old male in Munich, Germany reportedly losing control of this white example before it ran off the road and crashed head-first into a tree. The accident occurred yesterday near the Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, in the heart of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran