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Volkswagen’s new MkVII Golf has already gone on sale overseas, and soon a new generation of the high-performance Golf R will be joining it. However, Volkswagen still has one more variant of its outgoing MkVI Golf to launch, and that’s the Golf R Cabriolet, which as its name suggest is simply the convertible version of the MkVI Golf R hatch. The new model will be making its world debut next month at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, and will go on sale in markets where the standard Golf Cabrio (on which it’s based) is sold. That means it won’t be coming to the U.S., though...
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Autonomous Cars May Be Further Away Than You Think
Speaking solely from a technology point of view, Google believes that autonomous cars will be a reality in three to five years. For the most part, the hardware exists today, so the stumbling block is really perfecting the software and firmware. As Bloomberg points out, the obstacles that autonomous...
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Porsche Announces 50th Anniversary Celebrations For The 911
There are a lot of automotive anniversaries taking place in 2013, the most notable being the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin and the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini. However, this year Porsche’s iconic 911 sports car also turns 50. Yes, it was in 1963 at the Frankfurt Auto Show that Porsche...
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Michael Schumacher To Help Develop Mercedes-Benz Road Cars?
Having recently stepped down from Formula One racing, Michael Schumacher is reportedly set to play a role in the development of road cars for his former employer. Schumacher was replaced at the Mercedes AMG F1 team late last year by Lewis Hamilton, but according to comments from team principal Ross...
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Is The Volkswagen Group Considering Adding A 13th Brand?
The Volkswagen Group is currently the third largest automaker in the world, outmatched only by General Motors and Toyota in overall sales, though that could easily change in the next year or two given the German auto giant’s recent performance. Within the group, there are 12 individual...
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BMW Reveals Extended-Range i3 Specs Ahead Of Geneva Motor Show
BMW will be taking its fleet of i-branded electrified concepts to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show in early March, including the i8 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car, the original i3 electric car and the more recent i3 Coupe sports version. On top of this, BMW has also confirmed details for the...
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UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. At the announcement of its new 2014 SS performance sedan last May, Chevrolet confirmed the covers would first come off the car during the week of the Daytona 500. The reveal of the car is meant to coincide with the on-track debut of its racing version, the SS NASCAR Sprint Cup car, which was revealed in November and will be competing in the Daytona 500. While this year’s race is scheduled for February 24, the new 2014 Chevrolet SS will be revealed slightly earlier, with Automotive News (subscription...
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Volkswagen Debuts Limited Edition GTI Models In Chicago
A new Volkswagen GTI is expected to debut in 2014, but that doesn’t mean that the German automaker has forgotten about the current Mark VI GTI. Announced today are two limited-edition four-door GTI models designed to appeal to buyers looking to add a bit of exclusivity to their driving...
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2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo preview
BMW's Gran Turismo take on a roomier, more useful vehicle somewhere between a sedan and a wagon wasn't all that well received, at least aesthetically, when it first showed up as a conceptual variant of the 5-Series in 2009. Now, the 3-Series has its own Gran Turismo. Does it work any better in this...
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Drifting In The Raw: Ryan Tuerck Heads To The Forest
This video isn't especially special in the realm of drift videos, except for a couple of very important facts: it's shot beautifully, and the entire run appears to be a first take. Fans of things like Ken Block's Gymkhana are familiar with seemingly space-bending maneuvers with high-horsepower...
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Nissan Exits The DeltaWing Racer Project
Though the radically-styled DeltaWing racer wasn’t developed by automaker Nissan, Nissan is the company that most fans associate with the futuristic race car. After all, the DeltaWing has usually sported the Nissan logo on its bodywork, and Nissan provided the 1.6-liter engine (tuned by...
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'Inside Koenigsegg' Demonstrates The Test Drive: Video
As we learn from this week's installment of Inside Koenigsegg, Robert Serwanski may have the best job in the entire world. He’s the official test driver for Koenigsegg, which means he gets paid to wheel the Agera R at the car’s rather substantial limits, all in the name of a day’s...
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Tuner fifteen52 knows a thing or two about making cars go faster. While its early business centered on products from VW and Audi, more recent projects have included collaborations with Ford and shoe-mogul-turned-gymkhana-and-rally-star Ken Block. That makes fifteen52 an ideal choice for Project ST, which seeks to up the ante on Ford’s latest offering for enthusiasts, the Focus ST. Debuting in Chicago will be the Ford Focus TrackSTer, the latest joint venture between fifteen52, Block and Ford Racing. The concept behind the TrackSTer is simple enough: take a car that’s already a...
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McLaren P1 At Geneva, Ferrari F150 Video, Mercedes A Class Driven: Today's Car News
The McLaren P1 is headed for Geneva, officially, and it has a newly announced "race mode" setting that will improve the new hypercar's performance on track. Ferrari's next hypercar, codenamed F150 (or perhaps F70) for now, has been captured on new spy video, and it sounds pretty incredible--as you...
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Lewis Hamilton Loses Brakes, Crashes Mercedes W04 In Testing
If you’re the superstitious type, you probably view a crash by F1 star Lewis Hamilton on his first full day of testing the new Mercedes W04 Formula 1 car as a bad omen. If you’re the pragmatic type, however, you’re probably glad that the team is shaking out all the bugs before the...
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McLaren Confirms Production P1 For Geneva, Reveals New Race Mode
McLaren has confirmed the production version of its P1 supercar, a prototype of which was first shown in Paris last year, will be revealed to the public at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. Although it’s been rumored that McLaren would show its production P1 in Geneva, this is the first...
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2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo Images Leaked
Last December we brought you undisguised images of the new BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo in testing, in both base and M Sport trim. At the time we weren’t entirely sure if BMW would use the 3-Series Gran Turismo name, even though the car was spotted wearing a “GT” badge. We predicted...
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2013 Subaru WRX And STI Special Editions Priced From $28,795
Last year’s Subaru WRX and WRX STI Special Editions have just been priced, with the most affordable model only costing $500 more than the price of the standard model on which it's based. Pricing on the 2013 Subaru WRX Special Edition will set you back just $28,795, which is only $500 more...
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Ford will be using Thursday’s 2013 Chicago Auto Show to announce an expanded lineup for this year’s Global RallyCross Championship, where the automaker will also debut the new Fiesta ST Global RallyCross race car that it hopes will continue to see it victorious in the new season. The car on display is from OlsbergsMSE, which has partnered up with Ford and will feature drivers Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan. Ford and OlsbergsMSE have signed a multiyear partnership to build on their back-to-back Global RallyCross Championships and multiple X Games medals. Ken Block will also be...
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Meet Cigarette Racing’s Huntress, The 42-Foot Boat Inspired By Mercedes' G63 AMG
Custom boat builder and racer Cigarette Racing, based in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is set to debut a new version of its signature performance boats, the 42-foot Huntress. Why are we reporting on a boat? Because, like its previous 46-foot Rider XP and 50-foot Marauder, the design of Cigarette...
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Aston Martin Eyes 24 Hours Of Le Mans Win In Its 100th Year
This year is Aston Martin’s 100th, so the automaker is hoping to make it a memorable one. To mark its first 100 years, Aston Martin has already introduced new Centenary Edition models, flown a Vanquish coupe via helicopter to the top of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, and just this week...
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Geneva-Bound Concept To Honor The Late Sergio Pininfarina
Italian design house Pininfarina will unveil a new concept car honoring the late Sergio Pininfarina at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, with the first teaser image released by the company today. It’s still too early to gauge any details, apart from the concept’s sultry hue, but we...
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Caterham Reveals 2013 F1 Car, Signs Giedo Van Der Garde As New Driver
Caterham is the latest to unveil its race car for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship, the new CT03. Along with the reveal, Caterham also announced that Giedo van der Garde, the team's 2012 reserve driver, would be joining Charles Pic in Caterham’s 2013 driver lineup. The Dutch...
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Subaru’s BRZ Even Makes Grocery Runs Fun: Video
When you pad into the kitchen first thing in the morning, only to find out you’re low on milk, do you silently glow with an inner joy as you reach for the car keys? Are you plotting every inch of your route to buy milk, thinking about things like pavement transitions and power-on oversteer?...
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