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The Nissan Juke Nismo isn't on sale until early next year, but you can drive it now--virtually, at first, and then in real life. Asphalt 7: Heat, the latest in the Asphalt series of mobile driving games, offers the Juke Nismo for your hoonish delight. And if you're the fastest driver in the Juke Nismo, you'll get a trip to drive the real Juke Nismo in Barcelona and a ride-along in the track-only Juke-R. Mobile gamers on iOS-powered devices can download the game for free December 8-9. For those that have forgotten, the Juke Nismo is Nissan's street-bred performance version of the funky-fun...
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2013 Subaru BRZ: Best Car To Buy 2013 Nominee
There are a thousand reasons to love the Subaru BRZ. From its historical (though factually very minimal) relation to the beloved AE86, to the fact that it's one of the lightest sport coupes sold today, to its innately balanced handling, or even its sleek, sporty looks, the 2013 Subaru BRZ ticks...
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Jaguar's Secret Nürburgring Test Facility Explored: Video
Every day, or nearly so, we see a new video of a car hauling the mail around the Nordschleife, whether for absolute time or in camo-clad testing. Today, we get something we don't see everyday: the behind-the-scenes facility where Jaguar does its Nürburgring skunkworks thing. Walk along as JF...
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BMW Recalling 2009-12 X5 Diesel Models For Power Steering Issue
BMW has announced the recall of some 29,800 X5 crossover xDrive35d models, built between September 1,2008 and November 15, 2012. The recall also extends to a stop sale for vehicles in dealer inventory but not yet sold or delivered to customers. At issue is an engine belt idler pulley bolt, which...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Teased In New Images
UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Last Thursday Chevrolet revealed its new SS-based race car that will compete in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. While the race car hints at the look of the new 2014 Chevrolet SS, the limitations of the stock car...
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GM Renews Trademarks, 2015 C Class, Expensive Parking: Car News Headlines
General Motors has renewed trademarks for the names El Camino and Nomad, but that doesn’t mean the storied nameplates will be put back into production. If they are, the El Camino could make its appearance as a rebadged Holden Ute. Our spy photographers captured the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C Class...
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Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping magnate, was the kind of man you wanted as a friend. One of the richest men in the world during the 1960s, Onassis wasn’t shy about spending money on those he cared for. Singer Stamatis Kokotas fell into that category, as Onassis was both a friend and a fan of his music. Kokotas was also a car collector and accomplished rally driver, so a 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S would have been seen as a fitting, if lavish, gift. As Classic Driver tells us, the Miura came complete with an ornate steering wheel medallion, electric windows, rare factory air...
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BMW Performance Parts To Be Replaced By New M Performance Range
In 2007 BMW started offering a range of official modifications grouped under the BMW Performance Parts label that were aimed at improving the overall performance of its cars. The benefit to customers looking to modify their cars was the fact that all the parts came with the same level of quality as...
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Gullwing America Builds La Carrera Panamericana Tribute Cars
Gullwing America (GWA) builds replicas of classic sports cars like the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL/R and (now) the Ferrari 340 M/C, both of which were campaigned in the famous La Carrera Panamericana open-road race. Now, in tribute to the storied event, World Car Fans says that GWA has built a tribute 300...
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The Building Of The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet: Video
Earlier this week Bugatti unveiled a new special edition Veyron based on its open-top Veyron Grand Sport model. The move was part of the automaker's celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, which is on now and runs until December 9. The new special edition is the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Venet...
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All U.S. 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs To Have All-Wheel Drive?
A facelifted version of the Mercedes-Benz E Class is set to make its debut next month at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and that means a new version of the E63 AMG performance variant too. While we’ve previously told you the new E63 AMG would offer the option of all-wheel drive as part of...
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GM Renews El Camino And Nomad Trademarks, Hints At More Holdens
With an updated VF Holden Commodore sedan set to go on sale in the U.S. next year as the 2014 Chevrolet SS, there’s renewed interest in the possibility that the eventual ute version (a car-based pickup) will also make its way into local showrooms. A few years back General Motors showed off...
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An auction for a one-off ‘Bolt Gold’ Nissan GT-R plus a number of signed memorabilia from the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has now concluded, and we can confirm that a sum of $193,191 was raised. All proceeds of the auction will go to benefit the Usain Bolt Foundation aimed at helping educational and cultural opportunities for children and young people in the athlete’s native Jamaica. Unlike the golden GT-R donated to Bolt by Nissan following his stunning performance at the recent 2012 London Olympics, the GT-R sold during the auction will be based on the latest...
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Front Tire Failure At Speed? Evo X Eats A Guardrail: Video
While the list of bad things that can happen to a driver on track in a race-prepped car is almost limitless, the failure of a front tire or wheel has to be among the worst. Not just because of the massive impact it's likely to cause, but because you just might have time to anticipate that impact...
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Nissan GT Academy: All Five Episodes So Far
Nissan's GT Academy is the stuff dreams are made of--literally. Imagine going from a hardcore video gamer to a real-world pro racer in one giant leap. That's the GT Academy. But not all of us have time to keep track of the show, especially since it's on Spike TV--not one of our usual haunts. Now...
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Video Preview: BMW i3 Coupe Concept
BMW's new i division hasn't even launched its first vehicle yet, and it's already looking at a two-door version of its upcoming i3 electric hatchback. The i3 Coupe Concept is a spin-off of the i3 we've been shown for the past year, but will it go into production? The i3 Coupe Concept drew a strong...
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2013 SRT Viper: Best Car To Buy 2013 Nominee
The 2013 SRT Viper is up for our Best Car To Buy award, but can its on-track performance outweigh its slightly crude road manners?
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Ride Along With Tommy Milner In The C6.R Corvette: Video
If you’re a fan of IndyCar, you know that this year’s Grand Prix of Baltimore wasn’t exactly a seamless event. In fact, it almost wasn’t an event at all until Michael Andretti’s Andretti Sports Marketing agreed to take over the organization and promotion of the event...
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Ivan Jaramillo is our kind of car enthusiast. Not only do we admire his passion for early Nissan Skylines, we agree that an audio system has no place in a car like this. Sometimes, the mechanical symphony of gears, carburetors, linkages and a in-line six-cylinder engine are all you really need. We’d be happy parking either Skyline car in our garage, but Jaramillo is lucky enough to own a pair of them. His oldest is a Hakosuka variant, also known by the production code C10, which dates the car between 1968 and 1972. This is the cruder of his two cars, which seems to have been modified...
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Would You Pay $167,000... For A Parking Space?
If you had $167,000 to spend, you could buy yourself a brand-new, well-equipped Aston Martin V-8 Vantage Convertible, or perhaps a thoroughly-loaded BMW M6 Convertible. Check all the option boxes on a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, and you’d still have a hard time spending your entire lump sum of...
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Ferrari Addresses Claims Surrounding F1 Title Dispute
During last month’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the last race of the 2012 Formula One season and the race that would determine the winner of this year's Drivers’ Championship, it was discovered post race that Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel may have overtaken a Toro Rosso under...
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Mayan apocalypse, BMW 4-Series, 2014 Lexus IS range: Car News Headlines
Today, we tell you what cars we’d be looking to lease if we really thought the world was coming to an end on December 21 (which it isn’t). We’ve got good credit, and the monthly payment is no object when you aren’t planning on being around to make it. BMW has released...
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1965 Ford GT40 Expected To Hit $3 Million At Auction
In 1963, the Ford Motor Company very nearly became the owner of Ferrari. Ford reportedly invested millions of dollars on due diligence, only to have Enzo Ferrari back out of the deal after learning his cars would be ineligible to compete in the Indy 500 under Ford’s ownership. That...
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Four-Cylinder Diesels Coming To Mercedes E Class, ML Models
The Mercedes-Benz name has long been associated with diesel power in the United States, so the concept of an oil-burning E Class is nothing new. What is new-ish, however, is the planned diesel engine downsizing from six cylinders to four. Mercedes-Benz has previously sold four-cylinder diesels in...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran