Sports Cars
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The first official performance figures for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray with the Z51 Performance Package are in, and they're impressive for a mildly-upgraded base Corvette. Remember, this isn't the Z06, or the ZR1--this is the standard $51,995 coupe with only the $2,800 Z51 Performance Package, and the $1,795 Magnetic Ride Control with Performance Traction Management setup. As equipped to achieve the new performance figures, the Stingray would cost $56,950. So what does that $56,950 buy you? Zero to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, sustained lateral g forces of 1.03g, 60-0 braking in 107 feet...
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Jaguar F-Type goes up against an Aston V8 Vantage and Porsche 911 Carrera S: Video
Three of the most desirable convertible sports cars currently on sale are put together in a head-to-head competition to find out which is the best. The contenders include the latest Jaguar F-Type, in V8 S guise, as well as an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster and a Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet...
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Marc Gene Surprises Man Waiting For Bus With Ride In Alfa Romeo 4C: Video
Spanish racing driver Marc Gene has lent a hand in the promotion of the 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C by providing a lucky stranger with a ride in the upcoming sports car. Gene was in his native Spain for the stunt, on what looks like an ordinary working day. Surprisingly, the first person offered a ride...
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2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante: Full Specs And Video
The 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante has been revealed and is priced from $297,995.
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2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO To Pack More Than 570 Horsepower: Report
We already know Nissan is working on a NISMO-enhanced GT-R for launch in 2014, and we also know that it’s set to be the fastest road car ever launched by the Japanese automaker. But now we know roughly how much power the car will deliver. Speaking with Top Gear, Nissan officials revealed that...
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Record Gathering Of Mazda MX-5 Miatas Descend Upon Dutch City
Mazda set a new world record over the weekend for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. A total of 683 MX-5s joined a procession organized by the automaker in Lelystad, the Netherlands, forming the longest parade of driving Mazdas ever and shattering the...
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Bosch is out to show that in a world of ever-tightening emissions regulations, performance cars can still have a place. To prove its point, the German supply giant built an Aston Martin DB9 plug-in hybrid capable of delivering 740 horsepower. The vehicle is strictly a prototype and was built to showcase Bosch’s plug-in hybrid technology, which has been developed so that it can be installed in various vehicle types. The technology combines an internal combustion engine with an electric drive system in a ‘through-the-road’ hybrid setup. Incidentally, this makes Bosch’s...
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2013 PGO Cévennes Speedster Makes Debut
Earlier this year, French sports car manufacturer PGO Automobiles previewed some updates for its Cévennes speedster with the one-off Cévennes Water Snake concept car. PGO originally built a name for itself building replica sports cars, predominantly with the Porsche 356. In fact, the...
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2014 Audi SQ5 Priced From $52,795
The 2014 Audi SQ5, Audi’s first crossover to wear its sporty S label, has been priced from $52,795, including an $895 destination charge. The vehicle will be available for sale later this summer where it will go up against the likes of the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK Class. However, the Audi...
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New Audi Sport Quattro Set For Frankfurt Auto Show: Report
In 2010, Audi rolled out a new Quattro concept car to mark 30 years since the launch of the original Quattro, the Ur-Quattro, back in 1980. Talk of a production version quickly followed, but even now, three years down the track, we’re still no closer to the launch of a modern-day Quattro...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Loves The Longroof, Gives Audi RS 6 Avant The Thumbs Up
You can't deny the appeal of a longroof. That lovely wagon shape just looks right, and the extra space means you can haul all of your stuff with ease. A wagon is a truly wonderful category of car that too often gets overlooked these days--especially here in the U.S. Now, if said wagon is packing a...
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2014 BMW 4-Series Coupe: Official Details, Pricing And Video
So, you've been longing for a 3-Series-sized car, but with fewer doors and a touch more style in its design? BMW has your new slice of the pie: the 2014 4-Series Coupe. Replacing the 3-Series Coupe, but growing slightly in length and width while going lower to the ground (and lower in its center of...
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Update: The modified Nissan GT-R that recently set a record for the fastest street-legal GT-R over the quarter mile was incorrectly reported as being built by Switzer Performance. The car was actually built by ShepTrans, though it was equipped with some of Switzer’s components. Despite this Nissan GT-R looking completely normal on the outside, it is actually the world’s fastest, street-legal version of the iconic Japanese sports car over the quarter mile. As the video above shows, it needs just 8.61 seconds to cover the quarter mile and amazingly it also reaches a 170.47-mph trap...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Revealed Early In Official Video
Mercedes-Benz this week started production of its sixth-generation S Class at its main plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, and in an official video showing the production line one of the cars featured just so happens to be the high-performance S63 AMG variant. The latest S63 AMG model is yet to be...
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SRT Launches Its First-Ever Television Ad: Video
Chrysler’s now standalone performance brand SRT has rolled out its first-ever television advertisement, titled Body and Soul. There are three different versions of the ad that have been playing on cable television since June 8, ranging from about 30 to 90 seconds in length, and they all use...
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Incoming Toyota Chairman Wants Supra-Like Sports Car
Talk of a new Toyota Supra dates back almost as far as when the last generation of the car, the MkIV Supra, bowed out of the market in the early part of the last decade. All manner of rumor pertaining to a new generation has emerged since then, including adoption of hybrid technology, switching to...
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Chris Harris Drives The 2014 Porsche 911 GT3: Video
If you only watch one of Chris Harris' videos this year, this is the one you’ll want running on your screen--on repeat. It’s the British journo’s review of the latest 2014 Porsche 911 GT3, taken from his online channel Drive, and it’s a car we’re eager to test...
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Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG Struts Its Stuff At Imola: Video
If you want to know why we’re so crazy about AMG’s new compact range of performance cars, just take a look at this quick video. It shows the A45 AMG hatch being put through its paces at the legendary Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track in Italy, otherwise known as Imola. Behind the...
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The BMW M3 has been a motoring icon for many years now. It's gone through quite a few evolutions across its varied generations, and each version finds a large crowd of enthusiasts that claim their favorite is the best version. Be it E30, E36, E46, and so on, each one has something to offer for anyone with a love of cars and driving enjoyment or merely anyone with a pulse. One of the greatest M3 models ever produced, however, is undoubtedly the 2003 M3 CSL. Already a powerful performer, BMW took the E46 a few steps further when it introduced the CSL variant. The goal with this car was to...
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Alfa Romeo Shares Its 4C Production Secrets: Video
Alfa Romeo is following up the oh-so-sexy 8C with a smaller version that it's calling the 4C. You already know this though, because we've all been staring at the car for what seems like ages now. Style fans have had plenty to drool over with regards to all of the various curves, lines, and visual...
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2015 Volkswagen Golf R Spy Shots
Volkswagen’s seventh-generation Golf and GTI have made their official debut, but the cars won’t be on sale in local in showrooms until the start of next year. Hopefully by that time, development of the ultimate Golf, the all-wheel-drive Golf R, will be complete. These latest shots show...
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TVR’s New Owner Confirms Plans To Restart Car Production
Late last week, news broke that the assets of niche sports car manufacturer TVR, which hasn’t built a car since 2006, had just been sold. At the time, it wasn’t clear who the new owner was or what he or she planned to do with the assets, but we can now confirm that TVR will remain a...
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Production Peugeot RCZ R Headed To Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Forbidden Fruit
The French have long made beautiful, if quirky, cars. The latest addition to this fold is the production version of the 260-horsepower Peugeot RCZ R, a hot and sporty version of the standard RCZ. Introduced last year as a concept at the Paris Motor Show, the RCZ R gets its stout power output from a...
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TVR Sold To New Owner, Sports Car Revival Rumored
It was only yesterday we reported that the official website of former British sports car manufacturer TVR had been updated with a holding screen emblazoned with the message “Never Say Never.” Since then, the site has been updated again, this time with the message “Roaring...
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