Car News
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Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] on Tuesday unveiled a redesigned Fiesta. The car is expected in the United States in late 2017, as a 2018 model, and represents the seventh generation of Ford’s popular subcompact. The design is clearly evolutionary although the new car is slightly wider and more squat than the one it replaces. It also has a more upmarket look and feel, particularly in some of the models confirmed for the European market such as the Vignale. There’s also a soft-roader model dubbed the Active. Still in the works is the sporty ST model. ALSO SEE: Ford GT and GT40...
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McLaren releases new pack to bolster 570S track performance
Looking to buy a 562-horsepower McLaren 570S but just don't think this supercar offers enough performance? McLaren has the answer. It's the new 570S Track Pack, and it will make your supercar even more super. The new Track Pack adds an alcantara-upholstered interior, carbon-fiber racing seats, a...
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Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet worthy of the Maybach badge? Poll results
Mercedes is in the process of relaunching the Maybach badge, only this time it's not a standalone brand. Set as a sub-brand within Mercedes-Benz, the badge represents the most luxurious models within the three-pointed star's showroom. The latest? An ultra-luxurious version of the S-Class Cabriolet...
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2017 Bentley Bentayga video review
Even among big SUVs, it's the little things that make all the differences. One-touch windows, real radio knobs. Yeah, that's the good stuff. This machine? Its little things are a lot different. How about a custom-made picnic basket, 115 paint colors, and a $170,000 watch stuck in the dash? Sounds...
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Watch the Rezvani Beast Alpha’s 'sidewinder' doors in action
Californian sports car startup Rezvani in November unveiled a new model called the Beast Alpha whose hallmark feature is a new type of door design called “sidewinder” doors. The name is derived from the fact the doors remain parallel to the body as they are moved outwards. Each of the...
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Watch Pagani's new factory come to life
It was all the way back in 2008 that Pagani approved plans for the construction of a new plant near its original facility in San Cesario sul Panaro, Italy. The construction is now complete and this video takes you through the whole process, revealing in detail the showroom located at the front and...
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There are serious doubts concerning Faraday Future’s plan to bring a volume electric car to production in the coming years after the company’s Chinese backer LeEco in November admitted to a cash crunch and work on its plant in Nevada in October came to a stop allegedly for unpaid bills. Faraday Future has hinted that production of its first model, a minivan-like vehicle with batteries stored in the floor, is due to start in 2017. All the company will confirm now is that it will unveil the car next January at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. But a former employee has told the...
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UK’s Anthony Reid to race Polish firm Arrinera’s Hussarya GT
The long road to getting Polish supercar startup Arrinera’s Hussarya into production is approaching its end. The company first burst onto the scene in 2011 when it unveiled an initial concept for what would ultimately become the Hussarya. After an intensive development program that included...
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4 automakers join forces for 350-kilowatt fast-charging network
As they gear up to launch a new generation of volume electric cars, the major automakers are following Tesla’s [NSDQ:TSLA] lead of rolling out charging infrastructure to help eliminate range anxiety for owners. But instead of going it alone with individual standards, as Tesla has done with...
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2017 BMW 5-Series Sports Wagon (Touring) spy shots
BMW has already unveiled its new 5-Series sedan but work on the Sports Wagon (a Touring in other markets) is still underway. The reveal isn’t far as the latest prototypes are wearing barely any camouflage gear. Unfortunately, the 5-Series Sports Wagon isn’t expected to be offered here...
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Toyota mulls Gazoo name for go-fast division
A senior Toyota executive has revealed to Autocar that the company is considering using the name of its motorsport division, Gazoo Racing, on high-performance road cars. Koei Saga, who heads both Gazoo and Toyota’s powertrain division, told the British publication that it is his intention to...
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2018 Kia GT (Stinger) leaked
Kia’s rear-wheel-drive sports sedan based on the GT concept car that we first saw at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show has been outed. We've already spied prototypes but now a leaked shot courtesy of the Kia-World blog reveals what’s likely to be a pre-production model. While there are clear...
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As the old saying goes, there is no replacement for displacement. That's not the case when it comes to rotary engines, which typically have very small displacement. Instead of cubes, if you want a rotary to make more power you do two things: add more rotors and/or slap on a turbocharger or two. Noted rotary aficionado Rob Dahm did both with his 1990s Mazda RX-7. He put together an engine with four rotors--something never done in a production car--and a big, honkin' turbo. Dahm showed the car a few weeks ago at the annual SEMA show, and Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained was on hand to...
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You can build your own go-kart using simple tools
There's something endlessly appealing about ripping around in a go-kart—it doesn't matter if you're 4 or 400 years old. For the average person, this means you hop in your car and drive to the nearest go-kart track. Hopefully they have gas karts, but you'll certainly still be happy on a solid...
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VW, Audi, Porsche reportedly racing for resources in boardroom battle royale
Now that Audi and Porsche won't be fighting for LeMans titles, the brands have taken their epic battle to the boardroom to compete for dwindling research and program cash, according to a Reuters report. According to sources within the Volkswagen Group's C-suite, the brands are each vying for a...
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It happened: a Bugatti Chiron has been crashed
Like everything, it was only a matter of time before the new Bugatti Chiron hypercar was crashed, and now it's happened. While it might feel like the Chiron has been around a while--that's what happened when we have concept car versions of production cars--it's actually still rather new. Customers...
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Power Wheels Ford Mustang has traction and stability control
Just in time for the holiday season, Fisher-Price has a new Power Wheels Mustang based on the sixth-generation version of the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] icon. There’s no hulking V-8 under the hood as the car is battery-powered. But that’s where the similarities with Power Wheels of old...
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2017 BMW 5-Series gets M Performance goodies
A redesigned BMW 5-Series is being introduced for the 2017 model year. It goes on sale next spring, initially in 530i and 540i guises. Sportier variants including an M550i M Performance model and an M5 sledgehammer are in the pipeline, but buyers that can’t wait can still inject their cars...
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Volkswagen’s CC is about to spawn a successor and along with the new design will be a new name: Arteon. Arteon is a combination of “art” and “eon” and follows the naming practice introduced with the Phideon sedan on sale in China. The Arteon plugs the gap between the Passat and Phideon in VW’s lineup and underpinning the car is a version of the flexible MQB platform found in many of the automaker's cars. Though the official teaser video doesn’t reveal much of the design, we already have plenty of clues thanks to leaked shots, prototypes spotted in the...
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Rosberg is 2016 F1 champion, redesigned BMW X3 spied, Ferrari 70th anniversary liveries: Today’s Car News
He’s done it. Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg on Sunday secured his first Formula One World Championship crown. It didn’t come easy, though, as the German was challenged right up until the closing laps of the final race of the season. BMW’s redesigned X3 has been spied again...
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Ferrari reveals all 70 themes for its 70th anniversary special edition liveries
Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] in 2017 will celebrate 70 years since the unveiling of its first car, the 1947 125 S. To mark the occasion, Ferrari plans to offer special edition cars finished in one of 70 different liveries marking important milestones of the company’s history. Each of Ferrari’s...
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Opel previews new Insignia Grand Sport’s chassis technology
Opel is working on a new generation of its Insignia mid-size sedan, a version of which will eventually make it into Buick showrooms as the 2018 Regal and into Holden showrooms as the 2018 Commodore. The outgoing Insignia is already a competent handler, particularly in OPC trim, but Opel engineers...
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Audi hires former Volvo exec as new R&D chief
Audi has named former Volvo executive Peter Mertens as its new R&D chief. Mertens is one of the first from outside the company to be given a top role at the Volkswagen Group following the emergence of the diesel emissions scandal in September 2015. ALSO SEE: VW, Audi, Porsche reportedly racing...
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Rosberg named 2016 Formula One world champion after Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg was crowned the 2016 Formula One world champion after a nail-biting finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Teammate Lewis Hamilton comfortably won the race, having led from pole, but Rosberg only needed to finish third to win the title. In the end the German...
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