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The 2012 MINI Highgate comes with a host of unique features and a convertible bodystyle, and is well worth the additional $2,750 over the price of the MINI Cooper Convertible.
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2013 BMW X5 M: Pricing Details And New Video Released
In line with its 2013 model year updates for the X5 and X6 SUVs, BMW has now released the first tentative details for the high-performance X5 M version. The new 2013 BMW X5 M goes on sale this spring priced from $88,850, which represents a $1,600 increase in the price of the outgoing 2012 model...
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Mazda Previews 2012 MX-5 Miata Special Edition For Chicago Auto Show
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is getting a bit long in the tooth, having been on the market, though with a few significant upgrades, for nearly seven years. To keep customers interested, the company has released a number of special-edition models. The latest is an appearance package for the PRHT (power...
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2013 BMW Alpina B7 Facelift Spy Shots
These are the first images of the upcoming Alpina B7 facelift, captured during testing in Munich this week. The Alpina B7 is a factory-approved hot version of the 7-Series, approximating a sort of M-tuned version of the big sedan--or the closest we're likely to get. The facelifted version wears...
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Super Bowl Ads: Kia Gives Us The Stuff Of Dreams
Looking to duplicate the success of last year's bizarre Super Bowl ad, Kia turn the freak know up to 11 for this year's imaginative effort.
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Building The SLS AMG GT3, Step Two: Time Lapse Video
The second video in the "Building The SLS AMG GT3" series shows assembly after the engine and chassis come together.
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"Brand ambassadors" Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have been presented with customized Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s.
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2013 Volkswagen Beetle TDI Preview: 2012 Chicago Auto Show
The 2012 Chicago Auto Show is just under a week away from its press day opening, but Volkswagen is heating up expectations with its new Beetle TDI. The oil-burning clean diesel Bug promises 29 mpg city and 39 mpg highway--all wrapped in the Beetle's new look. Following the 2.5-liter and Turbo...
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Obama's Chrysler 300C Gets No Bids At $1 Million eBay Starting Price
An eBay seller looking to capitalize on President Barack Obama's former ownership of a 2005 Chrysler 300C with a starting price on the car's auction of $1 million has ended up with nothing to show for it but a healthy spate of media coverage. The car's auction history shows no one bid on the car...
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Porsche Salutes Its Iconic 911: Video
Although the Porsche 911 is now in its fifth decade of production, the iconic sports car remains true to the original's styling.
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Jaguar XKR-S Convertible Shows Its Poise On Ice: Video
Jaguar's fastest cat shows its stuff on a frozen lake bed at the hands of test driver Minna Sillankorva.
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Fiat 500L, Porsche's Modular Platform, A-Class Spied: Car News Headlines
The new Mercedes-Benz A-Class has been spotted without any camouflage ahead of its upcoming debut, and it looks pretty slick for a little hatchback. What do you think? The Fiat 500L, the "L" meaning large, or at least larger, has made its first showing on the web ahead of its Geneva unveiling. It...
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Dutch entrepreneurs the Huet Brothers are back with new and equally stunning retro concept, the HB Coupe.
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McLaren Silences Hamilton Over Sutil Verdict
Lewis Hamilton was blocked by handlers from answering questions about the Adrian Sutil verdict. Team orders, it appears, come before long time friendships in F1.
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Infiniti Calls Its Mid-Engine Electric Concept The Emerg-E
We already know Infiniti is bringing a new sports car concept to March's 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and that it will come packing an advanced range-extended electric drivetrain. However, the automaker has today released the name of the concept car, which we can confirm will be called the Infiniti...
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New VW, Audi Modular Interface Tech Spreading Across Lineup
There are two big advantages to the sort of platform and technology sharing that goes on in the Volkswagen Group (VAG). One, is economies of scale. The more you share across a greater range, the bigger the profit margins. The second, is seeing the cool tech developed for high-end cars filter down...
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2013 Fiat 500L Revealed Ahead Of 2012 Geneva Motor Show Debut
The fourth addition to the Fiat 500 lineup, the all-new 500L, has been revealed ahead of its official world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. The “L” in 500L stands for “large” and while this is the biggest model in the Fiat 500 family it will still be one of the...
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First Details On Porsche’s Modular Standard Platform (MSB)
Yesterday we brought you the first details on the Volkswagen Group’s new Modular Transverse Matrix architecture that will go into several models from Audi and Volkswagen including the next-generation A3 and MKVII Golf. Today we have details of another modular platform being developed for...
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Two Ferrari drivers go head to head in a slalom ski...FF..race.
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Golden Retriever Rides Shotgun In A Bugatti Veyron
They say that a dog is man’s best friend, but we wonder just how many people out there would leave their pet dog unattended in a car that stickers for about $2 million. We now know of at least one individual that would. Pictured above is a Bugatti Veyron parked curbside on a street in West...
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Guilty Pleasure: Acura Vigor
The last few weeks of Guilty Pleasures have gone Ford, Oldsmobile, Infiniti… but, really, the Detroit-to-Japan Guilty Pleasure ratio has been way more skewed in Detroit's favor than just 3:1. The problem is that Japanese cars in recent decades have tended to be heavy on quality (which...
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New Mercedes-Benz A-Class spotted undisguised
Late last month Mercedes-Benz launched a new campaign in Europe asking people to look out for camouflaged prototypes of its new A Class hatchback in order to win several prizes, including a trip to car’s official world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. We bet they weren’t...
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Super Bowl Ads: Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-Spec To The Rescue
In Hyundai's latest Super Bowl ad, its revised Genesis Coupe proves it's good at more than just accelerating, braking and cornering.
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2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Hockey Skills Are Standard: Video
A few years back, BBC’s Top Gear featured soccer games using Toyota’s Aygo and Volkswagen’s Fox city cars. More recently, Forza Motorsport 4 enabled gamers to safely hoon through their own reenactments. Around this time last year, the sudden stunt du jour was breaking world...
Thomas Bey