Sports Cars
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The 2014 Corvette Stingray won’t begin shipping to dealerships until the third quarter of 2013, but those planning a purchase can already put together a holiday wish list, thanks to Hennessey Performance Engineering. While the C7 Corvette Stingray will come to market with 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque, that’s just not enough thrust for some buyers. Yes, a new Z06 (with up to 600 horsepower) and a new ZR1 (which will target 700 hp) are in the works, but don’t expect either before sometime in 2014. In the mean time, those with a hardcore need for speed can reach...
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2014 BMW M3 Details Begin To Take Shape: Report
It’s no secret that BMW is working on a new M3 sedan, as well as a new M4 coupe and convertible. We’ve shown you spy shots and spy video of various cars in testing, but the market introduction of the new M offerings is still over a year away. Britain’s Car magazine recently...
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2014 Alfa Romeo 4C Full Specs
It was at the Geneva Motor Show just two years ago where Alfa Romeo first unveiled its stunning 4C concept car. Now, just a week out from this year’s show, Alfa Romeo has revealed full specifications for the production 4C, which heralds the return of the illustrious Italian brand on U.S. soil...
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Nismo Gearing Up For Major Announcement
Over the years Nissan’s performance and motorsport partner Nismo has been working away on numerous projects, including launching its own mildly-tuned models like the 370Z Nismo and more recent Juke Nismo, as well as its own range of performance parts. Despite the credibility of the Nismo name...
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2013 Goodwood FoS Central Feature To Mark 50 Years Of The Porsche 911
We’re starting to lose count of all the automotive anniversaries taking place this year, but one of the most significant is the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 sports car. Clearly Porsche has a lot planned to mark the occasion but so do organizers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, an...
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Chris Harris Drives The 2014 Porsche Cayman S: Video
Porsche has redesigned its mid-engine Cayman and Cayman S coupes for the 2014 model year, and, like the related Boxster and Boxster S, the new cars are better in every regard than the models they replace. Not only are the 2014 Cayman models faster than their 2013 equivalents, they’re more...
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The Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG will make its official, in-the-flesh debut at this year’s New York Auto Show, but the car is also being teased in a new video game called Driveclub, set to launch for the new Sony PS4 later this year. Driveclub is a new racing game developed specifically for the PS4 by Evolution Studios, which promises it will deliver a visceral feel with highly-connected gameplay. Unlike other racing sims, this one is meant to be played in real clubs, encouraging cooperative gameplay with teammates. The real CLA45 AMG promises to deliver a visceral driving experience as...
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The Corvette Stingray Driving Experience: Video
As Corvette’s chief engineer, Tadge Juechter, explains, “race inspired” is a phrase used by manufacturers trying to establish a link between a race car and a road car. Since the new Corvette Stingray is developed from technology pioneered through racing, the phrase simply...
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2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD Revealed Ahead Of 2013 Geneva Show
Following the launch of the MkVII Golf in Paris last year, Volkswagen has revealed one of the car’s first variants, the sporty Golf GTD. The diesel-powered hot hatch is scheduled to make its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5, where it will likely join the highly anticipated MkVII...
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Jay Leno Drives A 1971 Datsun 510: Video
In the early 1970s, Nissan (then branded as Datsun) sold a truly remarkable car in its showrooms. Few families purchasing the Datsun 510 shopped it for its racing pedigree (1971 and 1972 Trans Am champion) or independent rear suspension; instead, they shopped it because it was economical and fuel...
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Red Bull Racing To Aid Future Infiniti Performance Models
It would be easy to write off the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version (which, sadly, never made it to the U.S.) as nothing more than your basic grocery-getter, albeit one with just a bit more bling and a few additional badges. With most automakers, releasing a signature edition rarely involves...
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2014 Audi RS Q3 Crossover Revealed Ahead Of Geneva Motor Show
Revealed as a concept less than a year ago, Audi’s new RS Q3, the first tall-riding model to don the automaker’s esteemed RS badge, has now been revealed in production trim. Unfortunately, with Audi yet to bring its Q3 compact crossover to U.S. soil, as promised, this little ball of...
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Porsche’s latest Type 991 variant of the 911, the high-performance 911 GT3, is set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Earlier this week, we brought you camo-free spy shots of the car in winter testing, and even speculated that a PDK dual-clutch transmission would replace the formerly standard manual gearbox. Over on the Rennlist forum, a member has posted pictures and a bit of information about the new 911 GT3, based on a conversation with the test driver and Porsche engineers. Apparently the new GT3 will get a “completely different” version of the PDK gearbox, and...
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BMW M Cars To Stay Rear-Wheel Drive
Audi has earned its performance reputation on the strength of its quattro all-wheel drive, and Mercedes-Benz is now building its 2014 E63 AMG with standard 4Matic all-wheel drive. While Europe will still be able to get 2014 CLS63 AMG models in rear-drive, those imported to the U.S. will likely be...
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Spyker Teases B6 Sports Car Concept Ahead Of Geneva Show
Spyker, the Dutch sports car manufacturer that once owned Saab, has released the first teaser image of a new sports car concept the company plans to unveil at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show on March 5. The teaser image reveals the profile of the new concept, which will be called the B6 and appears to...
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First Details Emerge On Next Corvette Z06 And ZR1: Report
The 2014 Corvette Stingray isn’t even in the hands of customers yet (though we have seen its first crash), but details are beginning to emerge about the next generation of higher-performance Corvette models. The good news is this: Chevrolet appears to have plans to launch both a Z06 and ZR1...
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2014 Porsche 911 GT3 Spied Completely Undisguised
Porsche's latest generation of the 911, the 991, is making the rounds in both rear-drive and Carrera 4 all-wheel drive guises, and it's excellent. But what about the higher-performance versions? They're coming. This is the GT3, which is set to debut in just a couple of weeks at the 2013 Geneva...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Live Photos And Video From Daytona Debut
Chevrolet’s new flagship sports sedan, the 2014 SS, finally made its debut this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The debut coincided with the competition debut of the car’s motorsport cousin, the Chevy SS NASCAR race car, in the NASCAR...
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After years of conjecture and rumor, a new, rear-wheel-drive performance sedan has finally been unveiled for the bowtie brand, and it’s called the 2014 Chevrolet SS. The new sports sedan makes its debut today at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, where it will be showcased alongside its racing cousin, the Chevy SS NASCAR Sprint Cup race car that will contend the upcoming Daytona 500. As we predicted, the new SS shares its design with the SS V, the performance variant of the latest Holden Commodore range, developed fully in Australia but built for both the local market and...
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Chevy Talks 2014 Stingray Engineering: Video
While designing a new version of an existing vehicle is always a complicated process, the 2014 Corvette Stingray takes this to the extreme. Not only is the car’s styling new, but its engineers even began with a blank sheet of paper to create the frame and a portion of its body panels. The...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Color Configurator Goes Online
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray isn’t set to go on sale until the third quarter of the year, but if you’re itching to go up and see one in your local dealer and customize your ideal setup, we’ve got the next best thing. Chevrolet has launched a new section on its official...
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Chris Harris On Ice, Driving A Porsche 911: Video
Ask most people what the ideal car-themed vacation would be, and chances are good they won’t reply with “hustling a rear-drive, 250-horsepower, vintage Porsche 911 around a frozen lake, in Sweden, in the middle of winter.” The Porsche 911 isn’t the first car that comes to...
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2014 Jaguar F-Type Stars In Lana Del Rey’s New Music Video
Lana Del Rey’s music video for her new song, Burning Desire, has hit the airwaves, and featuring prominently in the latest clip is a stunning red example of the 2014 Jaguar F-Type. The singer’s collaboration with luxury car brand Jaguar was first announced last September, where she...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG: 360 HP Through All Four Wheels
The first of AMG’s new compact range, the 2013 Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG, has finally been revealed, and with the reveal comes confirmation that the car’s new four-cylinder engine will be dishing out a staggering 360 horsepower from its 2.0 liters of displacement. The A45 AMG, which goes on...
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