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When race and road car constructor McLaren rolled out its new MP4-28 Formula One car for the 2013 season, it also took the opportunity to promote its newest wares, the MP4-12C Spider and the upcoming P1 supercar. McLaren’s newest F1 driver, Sergio Perez, arrived at the race car’s unveiling behind the wheel of a McLaren Orange 12C Spider, followed by team-mate Jenson Button, driving the camouflaged XP prototype from which the P1 will be derived. To mark McLaren’s long and successful history in racing, the constructor also displayed significant McLaren racing cars from years...
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2015 Audi S3 Cabriolet Spy Shots
Just last week we brought you spy shots of the new Audi A3 sedan, undergoing on-the-road testing in its vinyl camouflage wrap. This week, our spy photographer has captured images of its faster, open-air brother, the upcoming Audi S3 Cabriolet. While the car looks startlingly similar to the A3...
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Audi Publishes Pricing And Fuel Economy Data For the 2014 A8 L TDI
Audi debuted the turbodiesel version of its flagship A8 sedan at last year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. At the time, we were told that pricing and fuel economy details were pending, and now the four-ring brand has published the data ahead of the car’s launch. The diesel-powered luxury sedan...
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Lincoln Readies Its 'Steer The Script' Super Bowl Ad: Video
When Lincoln revealed it would use comedian Jimmy Fallon to write the script for its upcoming Super Bowl ad, based on Twitter submissions about epic road trips from fans, we’ll admit that our first thought was “this isn’t going to end well.” Lincoln, after all, has been...
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Fast And The Furious 6 Trailer To Debut During Super Bowl
Super Bowl ads aren’t just pitching beer, chips and cars this year. Movie studios have figured out that the best way to get fans’ eyes on trailers for upcoming movies is to show trailers during the Super Bowl. One movie preview that will air during the big game is the spot for the...
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McLaren's 2013 F1 Racer, GM Adds To Corvette Plant, Tesla Vs. Fisker: Car News Headlines
McLaren's MP4-28, the car that will carry Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton's replacement, Sergio Perez, through the 2013 F1 season, has been unveiled, and it looks surprisingly...not bad. The real question, however, is whether McLaren will be able to hang with the other perennial front-runners, or...
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A few months ago we told you that Sergio Marchionne, the boss of Fiat-Chrysler, was looking to get Ferrari to start building engines for Alfa Romeo, just like it does for Maserati. During a conference call with analysts yesterday, following the announcement of Chrysler’s fourth quarter financial results, Marchionne confirmed Ferrari would be taking a more active role in engine development for Alfa Romeo. And, according to Automotive News (subscription required), Marchionne also revealed that the deal between Ferrari and Alfa Romeo would be announced within a month. Marchionne is also...
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Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video
Back in 2008, Volvo made the bold promise of zero injuries or deaths in its vehicles by 2020. Now, just five years on, the automaker is predicting that it will be able to eliminate crashes altogether for anyone driving one of its cars by the same 2020 deadline. To achieve its ambitious and somewhat...
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McLaren’s 2013 Formula One Car, The MP4-28, Makes Debut
Testing for the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez next week, so that means we’ll be seeing the race cars of the 11 teams contending the new season unveiled over the coming days. The Lotus F1 Team was first off the ranks, with its new E21...
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Audi Promises Autonomous ‘Piloted Driving’ System This Decade
Recent reports have suggested that Audi’s new autonomous driving system, dubbed “Piloted Driving” by the German luxury automaker, will debut on its A8 flagship sedan around the year 2016. Audi recently showcased its Piloted Driving autonomous system at the 2013 Consumer...
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GM Consolidates Powertrain Divisions, Moves Performance Build Center To Corvette Plant
General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is overhauling the structure of its powertrain division, including investing up to $200 million in the construction of a new testing facility and consolidating several other facilities with its Global Powertrain Engineering Headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan. The...
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Kia Cross GT Concept Teased: Chicago Auto Show
Kia has released a teaser image of a new Cross GT concept which it will reveal next week at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Light on details, Kia has told us that the concept is a crossver that will give us a sneak peek of the brand's future design language. We also know that this concept is supposed...
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We’ve seen a lot of crazy automotive creations over the years, some of which worked and some of which didn’t. We’re no fans of the Smart ForTwo, but cram a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle engine in a Smart and we’ll arm-wrestle you for the keys to the SmartBusa. We’ve long lusted after cars like the Renault R5 Turbo and the Ford SHOgun, knowing full well that we weren’t crazy enough to park one in our own garage. One question that’s never crossed our minds, however, is, “what would happen if you mated a BMW Isetta micro car with a dragster?”...
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Apple's Siri Eyes Free Coming To Acura And Honda Vehicles
If you own a newer Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 6, you probably already know how helpful Siri can be. Though far from flawless, Siri is like a virtual assistant standing by to answer (almost) any question. Apple has been developing a Siri feature called Eyes Free that takes the...
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Steve McQueen's Last Big Screen Ride Hits The Block
Steve McQueen’s final movie before his death in 1980 was The Hunter, in which he portrayed real-life bounty hunter Ralph “Papa” Thorson. In it, McQueen’s character drove a 1951 Chevy Styleline DeLuxe Convertible, which Wheels tells us McQueen purchased for his own collection...
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Amidst A ‘Strategic Review,’ Fisker Hires A Consultant To Manage Cash
As struggling plug-in hybrid automaker Fisker broadens its search for investors or partners, it’s hired Huron Consulting Group to manage its day to day operations and cash flow. Bloomberg says that Huron Consulting’s Hugh Sawyer has been put in place as a chief administrative officer...
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Does Mercedes’ Super Bowl Ad Explain Justin Bieber’s Popularity? Video
We tip our hats to Mercedes-Benz, who admittedly had us beyond puzzled with the build up to its Super Bowl XLVII ad. While we certainly don’t mind reviewing footage of Kate Upton, we couldn’t see where she fit into the grand scheme of things - until now. While we can’t say...
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Chrysler Product Plan, Lexus RC F, Chinese Buy A123: Today’s Car News
The boss of Fiat and Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne, has given an update on a wide-ranging product plan that he first introduced back in 2009. There are sweeping changes taking place across most Fiat and Chrysler brands, including the new standalone SRT brand. Late last year it was revealed that...
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If you were holding out hope for a new Mustang and Camaro-fighting SRT Barracuda to debut in the next few years, you may want to sit down. According to the latest product plans released by Chrysler this morning, the SRT brand won’t see a new model before the 2016 model year. If that’s the bad news, here’s the good: the new Viper, released last year, is already scheduled for its first refresh in 2015, which speaks to SRT’s focus on its halo sports car. Three other vehicles (likely the Challenger, Charger and Chrysler 300) will get refreshed SRT versions in 2014...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI To Be Built In Mexico
Late last week it was announced that Volkswagen would build its next-generation Golf, the recently revealed MkVII, in Mexico for export to the U.S. and Canada as well as some South American countries. What wasn’t announced was whether high-performance variants like the MkVII GTI, previewed...
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Inside Koenigsegg Goes... Inside The Koenigsegg: Video
As we’ve seen in previous installments of the Inside Koenigsegg video series, the Swedish automaker overlooks no detail with the Agera R’s paint, suspension and carbon fiber body. Given the supercar’s high-end price point, you’d expect nothing less on the inside, which...
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2006-2012 Lexus IS Models Recalled For Faulty Windscreen Wipers
Lexus has issued a recall on its IS models because of a faulty windscreen wiper. The affected cars include those Lexus IS models from the 2006 to 2012 model years, which the automaker says number around 270,000 units in total. The reason behind the latest recall is an insufficiently tightened nut...
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Watch A Corvette ZR1 Chase A Camaro ZL1 At The Circuit Of The Americas: Video
On paper, the performance of the latest Corvette ZR1 and the Camaro ZL1 may be wide apart, but on the track, as you’ll see in this video, that gap starts to get a little hazy. Taken at a recent track event at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, this video, uploaded by the guys at High...
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First RC 350, Now Lexus Registers RC F Trademark
Last November it was revealed that Toyota had filed for the trademark “Lexus RC 350,” leading to speculation that this would be the name of a new model from the Japanese luxury automaker. In Lexus naming tradition, the “RC” part of the name suggested that the new model would...
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