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UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Next month, Mercedes-Benz will debut a facelifted version of its E Class range at the Detroit Auto Show. A teaser video released last month focused on the new car’s bold, single-unit headlights, which replace the conventional dual-unit design on the current car. There’s a good reason for that, apparently. As these leaked images show, the headlights and taillights are the most striking difference between the current 2013 E Class and the updated version, due in Mercedes-Benz showrooms early...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class, Audi RS 5 Cabrio, Panamera Sport Turismo: Car News Headlines
If you've had your antennae up today, you'll know the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been slowly leaking out from many quadrants. For a quick preview of the car before official info hits, take a look at our fresh new 2014 E Class Wagon spy shots. The 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet made its debut at the...
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The Race Of Champions Celebrates 25 Years In Bangkok: Video
For 25 years, the Race of Champions has thrilled fans by bringing together the best drivers in the world in head-to-head competition designed to take each driver outside his comfort zone. In three days, the 2012 Race of Champions will kick off in Bangkok, Thailand, with competitors including...
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Range Of Mercedes Models Recalled For Faulty Fuel Filter Flange
Mercedes-Benz has issued a wide-ranging recall on some of its most popular models due to a faulty fuel filter flange, which the automaker says may crack and cause fuel to leak. The specific models are the 2011-2012 C300, GLK350, E350, S400 Hybrid, S550, S63 AMG, CL550 and CL63 AMG, but only those...
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'Black Air,' the story of Buick’s Grand National and GNX
Twenty-five years ago today, the last Buick Grand National came off a General Motors assembly line in Pontiac, Michigan. The event also marked the closing of GM’s oldest plant, and despite the fact that dozens of workers were about to lose their jobs just two weeks before Christmas, the vibe...
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Update: Rotary Supercars Reveals Details On New Project
Do you remember Rotary Supercars, the German manufacturer that was reportedly working on a supercar using a four-rotor Wankel engine? The same company that later announced a 2,800 horsepower model capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in under one second? Despite the fact that neither car ever...
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Volvo will license some of its older technology to its Chinese parent Geely under a new deal signed by the two companies recently. The technology, which Volvo plans to phase out over the coming years, includes a mid-size vehicle platform, several safety systems and cabin filter technology. Volvo, of course, is set to introduce a new modular platform dubbed SPA that will spawn most of its future lineup. According to Reuters, Geely will provide Volvo with its knowledge of the Chinese market and lower-cost production in return for the technology. Volvo, which is facing shrinking sales in...
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Jaguar Land Rover Paves Way For Possible Production In Saudi Arabia
Jaguar Land Rover is to conduct a detailed feasibility study for possible production in Saudi Arabia, signing a letter of intent today with the country’s National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP), an industry group tasked with establishing major business opportunities...
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Jaguar Cancels C-X75 Supercar Project
Plans to launch a production version of the Jaguar C-X75 concept have been canceled, according to the automaker’s global brand director Adrian Hallmark. The car was on track for launch in late 2013, with Cosworth and the Williams F1 team signed on as technical partners. Speaking with What...
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Maserati Hopes To Triple Quattroporte Sales With New Model
Maserati has made little secret of its desire to boost sales almost 10-fold to 50,000 units annually by 2015, with the latest 2014 Quattroporte just the first of a handful of next-generation models the automaker hopes will woo buyers. The new Quattroporte goes on sale early next year and will be...
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Red Bull Racing Shows Off In Ferrari’s Home
Fresh from its wins in both the Drivers and Constructors categories in the 2012 Formula One World Championship, Red Bull took to Bologna, in Northern Italy, to host its latest Red Bull Speed Days event. The event, which took place this past weekend, saw Red Bull cars from all motorsport categories...
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2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet Mega Gallery
Back in September, we got our first look at the 2014 Audi RS 5 Cabriolet at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Today we get even more imagery straight from the four ring-brand in anticipation of the start of European sales of the cabrio in early 2013. Like its tin-top sibling, the RS 5 Cabriolet uses a...
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UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Though it's soldiering on through the 2013 model year with few changes, the Mercedes-Benz E Class is expected to see a major mid-cycle refresh in the 2014 model year. The car spotted here, similarly camouflaged to the previous version, is now painted in white, enabling us to see more of what to expect from the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon. Headlining the visual changes is a heavily revised front end, with what appears to be a new hood, grille, single-unit headlight design, and smile-like lower air...
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2012 Nissan GT Academy North America Winner To Race Dubai 24 Hours In January
The winner of the 2012 Nissan GT Academy's North American competition was recently revealed through the competition's television series, and now, the formerly unemployed 29-year-old mechanic is looking forward to his first pro race at the Dubai 24 Hour race on January 10. This year's winner, Steve...
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2013 Ferrari Challenge Debut To Coincide With Daytona 24 Hours
Ferrari knows that some of its clients take driving very seriously, to the point where they’d rather drive their 458 Italias or F430s on the racetrack than on the street. For these discriminating owners, Ferrari has created spec racing series for both the 458 and F430, rolled up under the...
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Porsche Shows Its Panamera Sport Turismo On The Road: Video
Though some have panned the styling of Porsche’s Panamera sedan, we think the car’s lines do a reasonable job of making it seem sporty while linking it, design-wise, to the rest of Porsche’s product line. That said, we’d also admit that it looks much better as a shooting...
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Jeep’s Future Product Plans Revealed
If you’re a fan of the Jeep brand who embraces change, we’ve got some good news for you: the coming years will be filled with new model introductions and even customization kits from the Mopar catalog. If you’re more of an “all real Jeeps have round headlights”...
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Bailey Cars Now Offers Stunning Racer Replicas In North America
If you’re not a track-day regular or vintage race car fan, you may never have heard of Bailey Cars, or its predecessor, Bailey Edwards Cars. The South African manufacturer builds replicas of classic endurance racers like the Porsche 917, the Ford GT40, the Lola T70 and the Ferrari P4, and...
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The fastest version of the Bugatti Veyron, the Super Sport, already holds the land speed record for a production car with its top speed of 268 mph, but Bugatti looks set to smash its own record with a new model built to commemorate the end of the Veyron’s production. It’s hard to believe that the Veyron has been around since 2005, but a successor is planned, which means production of the current model must come to an end. We’ve already brought you details about the last version of the Veyron, which we previously reported would deliver 1,600 horsepower in a package...
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Best Car To Buy, Goodbye Gallardo, Porsche LMP1 Effort: Today's Car News
Today, we announced Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2013 winner. It's the 2013 Porsche Boxster, and it's the second win in a row for Porsche. Last year's Best Car To Buy was the 2012 911. Our sister sites The Car Connection and Green Car Reports also announced their Best Cars To Buy in the...
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Lamborghini Confirms 2013 Is The Final Year For Gallardo: Video
Lamborghini’s Gallardo supercar has been with us since the 2004 model year, and rumors that it would disappear after 2013 have now been confirmed by Lamborghini. If the title of the above video, “The Final Gallardo,” doesn’t give it away, the linked Lamborghini web page...
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2013 Porsche Boxster: Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2013
The 2013 Porsche Boxster is Motor Authority's Best Car To Buy 2013.
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Fisker In Search Of Alliance Deal
Just a week after another cash-strapped independent automaker, Aston Martin, forged a deal with a new investor, Fisker Automotive, manufacturer of the Karma extended-range electric car, is making headlines over news it’s now seeking a potential alliance partner or new investor. Fisker was on...
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Volkswagen Reveals 2013 Polo R WRC Racer
After announcing its entry to the World Rally Championship in May of last year, Volkswagen has finally revealed the race car that it hopes will take it to WRC glory in 2013. Already previewed in concept form, the new Polo R WRC race car certainly looks the part, and, as testing has shown...
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