Kurt Ernst, Contributor
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We’re just days away from the official launch of the eagerly-awaited Jaguar F-Type at the 2012 Paris Auto Show, so the British automaker is pulling out all the stops to get the car noticed.
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2013 Buick Encore Crossover Priced From $24,950
If you’re planning on shopping for a compact crossover but think that luxury brands are out of your price range, think again. The 2013 Buick Encore will come well-equipped, yet starts at a remarkably reasonable $24,950, including a destination charge of $750. That buys you standard features...
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Elon Musk Grows His Tesla Empire With Major Retail Expansion
By the beginning of December, Tesla Motors will grow it’s retail presence from the current 14 stores in the United States to a total of 24 locations in North America. That’s an impressive amount of expansion in a very short period of time, and all of it is targeted at high-end retail...
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Forza Horizon Brings The Real World To Racing Sims: Video
The new trend in racing sim games centers around expanding the play environment. Driving on a track, no matter how detailed and accurate, gets old after a while since there’s nothing new to see or explore. Enter games like Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Forza Horizon, which base the action...
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More Details Leaked On The Upcoming SRT Barracuda
While it’s pretty clear that Chrysler will launch an updated version of the Barracuda under the SRT brand for the 2015 model year, there appears to be some doubt on whether or not such a model will coexist with the current Dodge Challenger. Just a few weeks back we presented the argument for...
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2012 Camaro ZL1 ALMS Pace Car To Be Auctioned For Charity
If you’re a fan of the American Le Mans Series who also happens to be shopping for a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, we’ve got just the car you’ve been looking for. Crossing the block at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction is this 2012 Camaro ZL1, previously used as the pace car for...
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According to BMW’s research, cities continue to grow larger as more and more people embrace an urban way of life. As a result, cities are getting more crowded with both pedestrians and...
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Chevrolet Track Tests The 2013... Malibu Turbo? Video
If we asked you to name a track-worthy sport sedan, chances are good you’d pick the BMW M5, the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG or possibly even the Cadillac CTS-V. Further down the list, we suppose even a Volvo S60 or Ford Taurus SHO could make the cut-off, but one car we’d never expect to see...
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Declining Sales In Europe And China Impact Mercedes' 2012 Profits
Yesterday we told you that Porsche would be reducing both production and spending in 2013, as it projected zero growth over 2012 sales. Now comes word from Mercedes-Benz that it, too, is facing challenges related to the cooling global economy. As Automotive News Europe (subscription required)...
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Need For Speed Most Wanted, Explained: Video
When it comes to driving games centered around running from the police, the best rules are no rules at all. While we’re at it, it would be great if we had access to any car we wanted at the start of the game, and better still if the ability to roam freely throughout an almost unlimited...
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Clark Gable's 1955 Mercedes 300SL Coupe Heads To Auction
In August, a 1935 Duesenberg Model JN Convertible Coupe once owned by legendary Hollywood star Clark Gable crossed the block at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auction. Despite bids that reached $6.4 million, the price failed to meet the current owner’s reserve, and the car was not...
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Japanese Automakers Face Off With China
If you know your world history, you know that China and Japan have a long history of not getting along well with one another. While relations between the two have generally been cordial as of late, a recent dispute over the uninhabited Senkaku Islands has stirred-up strong anti-Japanese sentiment...
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After falling off the radar for some three decades, the reveal of the ‘lost’ 1960 Corvette raced by Briggs Cunningham at Le Mans made big news prior to this year’s Corvettes at...
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Corvette Generations Shows Us The C3 And C4: Video
In 1968, Chevrolet replaced the shortest-lived Corvette (the C2, produced for model years 1963-1967) with what would turn out to be the longest-lived variant, the C3. Still iconic in its shape, the C3 Corvette remained in production from model years 1968 through 1982. In performance terms, those...
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2012 Goodwood Revival Sets Attendance Record
This year’s Goodwood Revival set a new attendance record, with some 146,000 racing, vintage car and vintage aircraft fans (most dressed in period costume) entering the gates for the three-day celebration of all things motorized or mechanical. We brought you coverage of this year’s...
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Porsche To Reduce Spending And Production Output In 2013
Is the global luxury auto market cooling? Despite bold predictions for worldwide sales growth from most luxury automakers throughout much of 2012, Porsche may be among the first to admit that 2013 sales probably won’t exceed 2012 numbers. To maintain its expected levels of profitability...
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Mika Hakkinen, Street Racing In An SLS AMG GT3: Video
Sometimes, street racing is a good thing, as is the case with the Verva Street Racing spectacular, held annually in Warsaw, Poland. Visitors gets to see some of the world’s best known historic race cars, dicing wheel to wheel on the (disturbingly narrow) streets of Poland’s largest...
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Audi Developing Its Own Electrically-Assisted Turbocharging
Turbochargers, on their own, are fairly simple devices. Escaping exhaust gasses spin a turbine, allowing the compressor side of the turbo to increase the amount of air entering the engine via the intake manifold. More air allows for more fuel, which in turn produces greater power over...
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If you think the days of the gentleman driver / racer in an Italian sports car are dead and gone, Maserati has some news for you. Its GranTurismo MC Trofeo World Series pits drivers of the Maserati...
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Uber-Rare 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Fetches $1.1 Million: Video
If you were looking for the ultimate in collectible Mercedes-Benz automobiles to one-up your friends with 300SL Gullwings, we’ve got some bad news for you: one of the most desirable Mercedes automobiles of the modern era recently changed hands at RM Auctions Pebble Beach sale. In other words...
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BMW Teams With Local Motors On Future Urban Automotive Technology
Over the years, BMW has been an industry leader in the development of automotive technology. In 1972, BMW was the first to use a radar-based distance warning in its BMW Turbo concept; in 1980, BMW became the first automaker to collect telemetry data in racing, and in 1994 BMW introduced the...
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New Porsche 918 Spyder Livery Revealed In Germany: Video
Porsche’s 918 hybrid supercar is on track for delivery to customers in late 2013. While we’ve only seen a glimpse of the production-ready street version, Porsche hasn’t been shy about releasing images and video of the 918 in various racing liveries. Early cars were shown in a...
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2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Details Emerge
Shelby American showed off its 2013 GT500 Super Snake at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but details on its latest Mustang-based supercar were harder to come by than reasonably-priced hotel rooms. Now, thanks to Mustangs Daily, we have all we need to know about Shelby’s latest...
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Cadillac's 'Virtual Bumpers' May Be Better Than The Real Thing: Video
The purpose of front and rear bumpers on automobiles is self-explanatory: at low impact speeds, bumpers are supposed to absorb energy and prevent body damage to a vehicle. In that regard, they’re passive safety devices, coming into play only when a low-speed accident occurs. The best kind of...
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