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Internet Brands staffer Joel Feder recently sold his 1991 BMW M5. You can get the full back story on the car and why he sold it in the link below. One of Buick’s most famous cars, the Y-Job, regarded by many as the world’s first concept car, has just been added to the National Historic Vehicle Register. It joins other special vehicles from America’s past such as the original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype and President Reagan’s Willys Jeep. A Bugatti fan from Saudi Arabia has just bought two very special models. One of them is the one-off Bugatti Vision Gran...
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Mercedes-Benz mulls electric Sprinter van
Many automakers are focusing on electric cars, but what about an electric van? Mercedes-Benz is reportedly considering an electric version of its next-generation Sprinter. The electric Sprinter could arrive by the end of the decade, coinciding with the arrival of the next-gen van, according to...
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Famous collector sues Ferrari after denial of LaFerrari convertible
Perhaps as a sign of how comical exclusiveness in the supercar scene has become, a famous collector is suing Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] North American division for defamation after being denied a build slot for the upcoming LaFerrari convertible. As Autoweek discovered in a Verified Complaint for...
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VW is world’s biggest automaker for first half of 2016, but woes keep piling
Despite the fallout from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, the Volkswagen Group has managed to take the lead in global sales for the first six months of 2016. The German automaker delivered 5.12 million vehicles over the period, a 1.5 percent improvement over the same period a year ago, which...
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Bugatti Chiron launch car and Vision Gran Turismo concept sold to Saudi fan
A Bugatti fan from Saudi Arabia has managed to convince the French marque to sell its Chiron unveiled at the car’s 2016 Geneva auto show debut, as well as the one-off Vision Gran Turismo concept that we first saw at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show. Bugatti revealed the buyer as Instagram user...
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China’s traffic-straddling bus is real, carries first passengers
The Chinese port city of Qinhuangdao was the location for the first test of an innovative new mode of public transport called the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), a high-riding bus that can glide over gridlocked traffic. According to China Xinhua News, the test was carried out on Tuesday, with engineers...
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On May 31, a collective gasp bellowed from every soul that knew me: My 1991 BMW M5 went live on Bring A Trailer. The moment I actually saw it hit the collector car classified website I nearly vomited all over my keyboard. Emails, text messages, and phone calls poured in. Was I dying? Deep in debt? Is this a sick joke? Nope, no, and no. The car needed to be sold. Backing up a smidge Yes, I owned a E34 M5. It was awesome. It wasn't even the car I wanted originally. From the beginning, my wife said whatever I was buying had to have four doors, an automatic transmission, and not cost a small...
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Buick Y-Job named to National Historic Vehicle Register
The Buick Y-Job, one of the most influential concept cars of all time, became the 14th car to be named to the National Historic Vehicle Register today. The Y-Job went on display in early 1940 as the "Car of the Future." Created by legendary GM design chief Harley J. Earl's Styling Section, it used...
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Mini design boss Anders Warming moves to Borgward
Danish designer Anders Warming has left the BMW Group where he worked for the past 16 years to join fellow German automaker Borgward. Borgward went out of business more than half a century ago but was recently revived by a descendant of the founder of the original company, as well as Chinese...
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Watch the Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 at Nardo
Lamborghini’s current flagship is the Centenario LP 770-4, a 759-horsepower raging bull that’s destined to be built in a run of just 40 cars. Lamborghini has released its first video showing the supercar on the move, in this case at Italy’s Nardo test track. The Centenario was...
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Jay Leno drives a rotary-powered Volkswagen Beetle
You never know what's going to turn up at Jay Leno's Garage. Leno is a fan of Wankel rotary engines and has featured a couple on the show in vehicles like a Mazda Cosmo 110S and a modified 1973 RX-3. This time, though, he featured a rotary engine in something a bit more unorthodox. This 1966...
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Shelby GT350 turns into fireball after flames kill brakes at 100 mph
One track enthusiast is lucky to be alive after a fiery incident involving his 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT350. As explained in detail on his Facebook page, Joe Charles was enjoying a long day at the track when a series of disasters struck, culminating in his car being engulfed in...
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Mercedes-AMG is readying an al fresco version of its GT sports car, with prototypes already spotted testing in Europe. According to Motoring, the car, which will be called a GT Roadster, will debut as early as the 2016 Paris auto show. Interestingly, the Australian publication says both a base GT Roadster and a more potent version recently confirmed to be called a GT C Roadster will be at the French show. The GT C is thought to be a new model positioned between the GT S and GT R. The GT C Roadster will arrive first and be followed by a GT C coupe towards the end of 2017. The GT C is expected...
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Musk confirms Model 3-based Model Y SUV, Model X-based van
Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk has fleshed out some of the plans he alluded to in his overarching “master plan” announced on July 20. In the original post on Tesla’s blog, Musk made mention of Tesla’s long-term goal to expand into more segments including those of...
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2017 Infiniti QX30 priced from $30,945
Infiniti is taking on the segment for premium compact cars with a new SUV called the QX30. The vehicle is virtually identical to the Q30 sold overseas and shares most of its internals with the Mercedes-Benz GLA. The QX30 will reach showrooms in September as a 2017 model and with a starting price of...
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Ole Yeller Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 raises $295k for charity
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] in 2016 has continued its tradition of supporting the Experimental Aircraft Association and its Young Eagles youth education programs with the auction of a one-off Mustang once again sporting a design inspired by America’s aviation history. The latest of the...
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Here’s the car Linkin Park designed for Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG recently undertook one of its more unusual partnerships, teaming up with American rock band Linkin Park to design a race car. The band has previously provided their song Papercut for the debut of AMG’s GT R sports car at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed in late June. The...
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Underground Racing has already slapped two turbos on the 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus
Audi's finally given the world the new, second-generation R8 for 2017. While no one would call it slow, more power never hurt, right? Clearly that's the thought over at Underground Racing (UGR), as it's already slapped two turbos on the new R8 V10 Plus. That's right, the V-10 engine, which comes...
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The 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo may not hit the streets until next January, but we've already had the opportunity to go for a spin. And what a spin it was! Porsche gave journalists rides at the Lausitzring (also called Eurospeedway Lausitz) road course near Dresden, Germany. Much like the infield course at Daytona International Speedway, the Lausitzring offers high-speed banked corners, long straights, and some tight switchbacks, all of which really test the handling, braking, and acceleration capabilities of the cars that brave it. I had the opportunity to take several test rides with...
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Are CVTs the fastest transmissions?
Nobody truly likes a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). They are loud, soulless, sometimes unreliable, and frankly, they often make your car sound awful. But here's the cold hard reality: From an engineering standpoint, they make sense. Our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is...
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Sebastian Vettel tests 2017 F1 season’s extra-wide tires
There are some radical changes coming to Formula One in 2017. The list includes longer, wider cars and much wider tires. The changes are aimed at increasing downforce and grip, which should lead to higher speeds and thus faster lap times. Earlier today we were treated with a preview of what the new...
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Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid delayed again, to Summer 2017
The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid made its U.S. debut at the 2016 New York auto show, and at the time Mitsubishi said the eco-friendly SUV would go on sale here before the end of the 2016 after multiple delays. But the launch has been pushed back once again. The Outlander Plug-In Hybrid won't...
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Flyin' Miata’s turnkey MX-5 V-8 ready to order, Fiat 124 Spider planned
Remember that V-8 conversion for the latest-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata we told you about at the start of the year? Well, it’s ready to order and the confirmed specifications are every bit as impressive as we’d hoped. The company doing the conversion is Flyin’ Miata, based in...
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Uber sells Chinese operation to rival Didi Chuxing
After a fierce battle for market share in China’s ride-sharing industry over the past year, Uber looks to have finally thrown in the towel. In a deal expected to be formally announced tomorrow, Uber will sell its Chinese arm Uber China to local rival Didi Chuxing. ALSO SEE: Why Ford is making...
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