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Though it's a late entry to the luxury four-door coupe game, the 2013 BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe looks primed to be one of the best. We've already spotted it testing, even with an M Sport appearance package, and brought you the patent drawings confirming its design. Now, we can fill you in on some of the details on the car thanks to a new report. According to BMW insiders speaking with Motor Trend, the 2013 BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe will follow on after the Coupe's arrival this summer and the M6 versions after that. It will run on the same wheel base as the 5-series, meaning an extra four inches...
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2013 Lexus GS 350 Gets Official Driving Video
Lexus has already handed out engineering samples of the 2012/2013 Lexus GS 350 to select portions of the automotive press, we've spied it on several occasions, and we know it's coming to Pebble Beach in just under a month's time. But now Lexus of Europe has joined in the pre-party with driving...
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Dodge Charger, Challenger SRT8 To Get 570-HP Supercharger In 2012: Exclusive
Gear up, muscle car fans, as we've once again got an exclusive scoop on what's in store for you. The horsepower wars are most certainly not over. Dodge's newly-formed SRT brand is planning a factory-option supercharger for the LX-platform SRT8 cars that'll boost the new 6.4-liter HEMI as high as...
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Use A Mobile Device? Google Street View May Know Where It Is
UPDATED: See below. If you use a mobile device -- a laptop, a cell phone -- you know how great it can be to stay connected on the go. But as we've seen with the Apple iPhone and even with RSS feeds on the Nissan Leaf, mobility often comes with its share of privacy headaches. The latest issue?...
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Opel Working On New Flagship: Report
The 2003 Opel Insignia Concept, which eventually went on to spawn a sedan and wagon, is possibly the best example of a station wagon with crossover elements that Opel is considering for its new flagship.
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Hennessey Working On 1,000 Horsepower Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
Hennessey is no stranger to high-performance Cadillacs, having already developed 650 and 700 horsepower kits for the luxury cars.
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GM has recently confirmed that from 2013 the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan will be sold with a turbodiesel engine option, allowing an auto-equipped diesel Cruze to hit low to mid 40s miles per gallon on average. Even the regular gasoline version is fairly efficient by the standards of many cars though, achieving 28mpg city and 42mpg highway, 33mpg combined. One of the ways this is possible is by using microprocessors to control an Electronic Returnless Fuel System. Where the fuel pump in a regular vehicle runs at full speed all the time, the pump in the Chevy Cruze is monitored by the...
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Richard Hammond To Feature On BBC America’s New Car Show ‘Hard Drive’
Hard Drive with Richard Hammond will feature the popular Top Gear host traveling around the U.S. and driving an assortment of oddball vehicles.
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IED Students Show Ferrari World Design Contest Entries That Didn’t Win
The Ferrari World Design Contest included more than 200 projects created by design students from all over the globe.
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2012 Cadillac SRX Preview
The sole powertrain in the 2012 Cadillac SRX is a 3.6-liter V-6 rated at 308 horsepower and 265 pound-feet of torque.
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British Off-Road Company Bowler To Build Road-Going Super-SUV
Bowler is owned by British coachbuilder CPP, the same company that bought Spyker’s sports car division and recently formed a joint-venture with Italian design house Zagato.
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Hot Wheels Creator Passes Away At 95
Elliott Handler, the creator of Hot Wheels, passes away at age 95 due to heart failure.
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Even if you watched the 2011 Grand Prix of Germany yesterday, you didn't see it like this: on board, the whole way through. From the grid to the checkered flag, this video is the best way to experience the race: just like the drivers do. Or as close as we're going to get to it, anyway. It's a long one, so grab a beer and some snacks and get comfortable. This is the way televised racing coverage is meant to be. [VideoOBB]
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2012 Porsche 911 Spy Shots
Porsche is soon to launch its next-generation 911 and as can be seen by these latest spy shots, prototypes for the car appear to be almost complete. Shown in the least camouflage and from the closest distance yet, the new 911 looks to be just as its predecessors have been: a variation on the...
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Top Gear USA Season 2 Premiere: Reader Review
Last night, I ate some frozen pizza (definitely not delivery...) goofed around on my new Android tablet, drove a few dozen miles in the CTS-V Coupe I have in the driveway and generally forgot completely about the season two premiere of Top Gear USA. In other words, I had fun. If you found yourself...
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Volvo Marks 10 Years Of Safety Concept Car
It's been 10 years since Volvo introduced the Safety Concept Car.
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Alfa Romeo 4C Shows Off In New Promo Video
Delay after delay of Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. may have you despondent that we'll ever see the new breed of Alfa on our streets, most especially, the gorgeous and very high-performance 4C. Unfortunately, this video is only likely to make the pain grow stronger. Complete with a mocking sound...
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2012 Fiat 500 Abarth Coming To 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
We've long known the Fiat 500 Abarth was coming to the U.S. We've also known it would be on sale in the first quarter of 2012. What we didn't know, until today, was when it would first make its official debut in the U.S. Answer? The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. According to FiatAmerica's official...
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Talk of a Red Bull Racing-flavored Infiniti road car isn't new--it's been discussed by company honchos almost since the inception of Infiniti's sponsorship of the Formula One team. But today, more details from the top people at both Nissan and Red Bull have emerged. Christian Horner, team principal of the F1 team, says, "It's a natural evolution for us to get involved in road car engineering." Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn backs up Horner's stance with more tentative language, saying there's no project currently in the works, but noting that if a Red Bull-assisted road car were to enter...
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Ken Block Unveils Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle: Video
Ford's insane versions of the Fiesta for Ken Block's Gymkhana and WRC cars are nothing short of mind-blowing in their ability to generate power and turn it into tire smoke, especially considering the tiny displacement of the turbo hatch. The latest take on the uber-Fiesta is a "hybrid function hoon...
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Volvo Safety Concept Car: 10 Years Of Car Safety Technology
Believe it or not, the 2012 Volvo C30 hatchback is essentially a 10 year old design. Several years before the C30 hit the streets, Volvo revealed a striking concept called the Safety Concept Car (SCC) to the motoring press in 2001, previewing several new technologies that would eventually be seen...
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Today In Car Theft: Dallas Dealer Loses... 35 Sets of 20-Inch Wheels
A Dallas area Buick GMC dealership may have set a record for wheel and tire theft: someone made off with 140 20-inch wheels and tires over the weekend.
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Sheryl Crow To Auction 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL For Joplin Tornado Relief At Pebble Beach
With a classic collector car like the 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL, there's always a good reason to buy the car: the car itself. But this time, there's an additional incentive to keep bidding, and it doesn't have anything to do with collectibility or simple aesthetics. The proceeds will go to benefit...
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Ruf adopts mid-engine design for updated CTR 3 supercar
About four years ago German tuner Ruf first revealed its third-generation CTR supercar, the aptly named CTR 3, as well as announcing a new development center in Bahrain. Well, Ruf has now gone and updated its CTR 3, extensively redesigning the chassis so that the original rear-engine design adopted...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran