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The “Bond 50” Blu-Ray box set, which commemorates 50 years of James Bond films, goes on sale in London on September 24. To commemorate the occasion, Bond actors and actresses will use the...
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Stolen Corvette Recovered After 10 Years In A Shipping ContainerIn 2002, a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible was stolen from its owner in Australia. Since we’re pretty sure that kind of thing happens on a somewhat regular basis, even in a law-abiding country like Australia, it would be utterly unremarkable if not for the rest of the story. Recently...
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2013 Nissan Juke Nismo Preview: 2012 Paris Auto ShowNissan’s upcoming Juke Nismo hopes to prove that practical vehicles can still be fun to drive. First shown as a concept at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, the 2013 Nissan Juke Nismo will debut in production form at this month’s Paris Auto Show. The Juke Nismo will be the first of several new...
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Nissan DeltaWing Racer Returns For The ALMS Season Finale: VideoCalling the Nissan DeltaWing racer a fan favorite is a bit of an understatement, so Nissan has announced the car’s return to competition at the American Le Mans Series’ season finale, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on October 17-20. We last saw the DeltaWing driven on track at the 24...
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The 2013 Porsche Boxster Honors Its Ancestors: VideoWe are the sum of our collected past experiences, and the very same thing can be said about cars, especially those with a heritage steeped in racing. The 2013 Porsche Boxster wouldn’t be the same car without the lessons learned from the 550 Spyder, the 908, the 914 and even the 911 and its...
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Suzuki Releases New Teaser For S-Cross Concept Ahead Of Paris DebutSuzuki will roll out a new C-segment crossover concept it’s calling the “S-Cross” at next week’s 2012 Paris Auto Show. Aside from discussing its design, however, the Japanese automaker isn’t giving many clues on the concept before its debut. As for the design theme...
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Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima knows a thing or two about going ridiculously fast in gasoline-powered vehicles. Over a 40-year motorsport career, Tajima has racked up nine wins at the Pikes... -
Jay Leno drives Jonathan Ward's Icon DerelictJonathan Ward’s company, Icon, is best known for producing stunning rebuilds of the Toyota FJ Land Cruiser, the Jeep CJ and, most recently, the original Ford Bronco. Icon vehicles are built without compromise, and priced accordingly. That raises the question of how many buyers will actually...
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BMW Hopes New AWD Offerings Will Boost Sales Above Rival MercedesIf you look at luxury car sales through August, the best-selling manufacturers are Mercedes-Benz, followed by BMW, followed by Lexus. Just like last year, when BMW beat Mercedes by just 2,715 sales over 12 months, it’s a very close race. For now, Mercedes-Benz has the year-to-date lead, with...
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First Production 2013 Cadillac ATS Heads To AuctionWhen Cadillac began building ATS models for customer consumption, the first one off the production line was a crystal red, Premium-trim model with the 320-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-6. Instead of being shipped to a Cadillac dealership, the model was set aside for “later use.” That later...
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BMW Addresses Key Cloning Issue On Select ModelsIn July, we brought you news that car thieves (in Great Britain, anyway) had gone high-tech, stealing new cars via the use of NFC key reprogramming devices. Instead of relying on old-fashioned methods to steal certain new cars, today’s thieves just need access to the car’s diagnostic...
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Porsche's Next 911 Turbo To Get Four-Wheel-Steering: ReportIf Germany’s Autobild is correct, the new Porsche 911 Turbo will make its auto show debut in the fall of 2013, hitting the market (likely in Europe first) in the spring of 2014. As expected, it will benefit from all-wheel-drive and more horsepower (530 hp, versus 500 hp), but it will also add...
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When the checkered flag waved at Sunday’s GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the expected race winner wasn’t the car crossing the start finish line first. Brad Keselowski took the... -
NASCAR GEICO 400 Preview: The Chase BeginsSunday’s GEICO 400 from the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, kicks off the 2012 Chase for the Championship. The 1.5-mile tri-oval, which opened its doors in 2001, has been good to Chase contender Tony Stewart, who’s racked up three wins there in the past seven years, including...
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2013 Buick Enclave Starts At $39,270Buick’s three-row luxury crossover, the Enclave, will be priced from $39,270 for the 2013 model year, including a destination charge of $825. GM describes the Enclave as the best-selling three-row luxury crossover in the U.S., and it promises the 2013 version will benefit from added content...
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Fiat Explains The Car Customization Hobby: VideoWe’ve all been there. It starts innocently enough, perhaps with a drop-in, oiled-gauze air filter. The next thing you know, you’re eating ramen to afford an ECU reflash, and from there it’s a very short trip to blowing the mortgage payment on a set of 18-inch alloy wheels mounted...
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Hot Wheels Sets Corkscrew Jump World Record: VideoIn case you were wondering, the world record for the longest corkscrew jump (where the car launches from an angled ramp and rotates 360-degrees in mid air) used to be less than 92 feet. We know this for a fact, since Hot Wheels just set a new world record at a distance of 92 feet. We’re not...
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Could BMW Be Interested In Buying De Tomaso?Once proud Italian sports car manufacturer De Tomaso has had a rough year. In February, it looked like the firm had attracted a Chinese buyer, and that construction of the De Tomaso SLS would soon begin at a former Pininfarina plant outside of Turin. Then came word that the deal with Car Luxury...
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For the Camaro faithful, nothing says “affordable performance” quite like the alphanumerical combination of one letter and two numbers: Z/28. Originally an option code for cars built to... -
Dodge And Ford Up The Ante On Police Car OfferingsIf you make a living as a getaway driver for bank heists, here’s a heads up: Dodge and Ford have both announced upgrades for their line of police sedans, meaning that you’d best be on your “A” game next time you go to work. Dodge has announced that all-wheel-drive (AWD) is...
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Kleenspeed EV-X11 Sets Sonoma Electric Car Lap Record: VideoElectric race cars may not yet offer the same range as their internal-combustion counterparts, but the differential in lap times continues to get smaller. For a baseline reference, Marco Werner set a Sonoma full-lap record of 1:21.69 behind the wheel of the fearsome Audi R8 Le Mans Prototype in...
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Nissan GT-R Crash Takes Out Driver's Ed CarWhen it comes to crashes between a driving school car and another vehicle, the blame generally goes to the student driver. We don’t know for sure what happened in the accident pictured below, but from the look of things it involved a student driver in a Perodua Kancil and a non-student driver...
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Jaguar Celebrates Its Heritage At The 2012 Goodwood Revival: VideoThe Goodwood Revival is all about preserving history, and Jaguar’s heritage is rich with racing success. In 2012, Jaguar Heritage Racing was formed to supplement the activities of the Jaguar Heritage Trust, which itself is tasked with preserving historically significant Jaguar models. As the...
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Behind The Scenes At Red Bull Racing's New Jersey Tour: VideoFormula One racing will return to the U.S. at November’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. It’s been five years since F1 cars last competed on U.S. soil, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, so there’s a lot riding on the success of the event and the enthusiasm of U.S...
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