Kurt Ernst, Contributor
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The Audi Sport Quattro was introduced in 1985 as the automaker’s entry into the much revered Group B class of the World Rally Championship. Compared to the road-going Quattro Coupe, the Audi...
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BMW Reveals V-12 Powered Z3 Prototype
BMW’s Z3 roadster, built from 1996 - 2002, wasn’t exactly the Bavarian automaker’s finest effort. Essentially a parts-bin car, it’s primary claim to fame was affordability, and it was relatively successful in bringing the BMW roundel into a new batch of buyers’...
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Gooding & Company To Sell Clark Gable's 1935 Dusenberg: Video
When it comes to Hollywood stars, few were bigger than Clark Gable. While his early films (some silent) brought him recognition, it was his roles in “It Happened One Night,” “Mutiny On The Bounty” and “Gone With the Wind” that vaulted him to superstar status. In...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette For Sale On Ebay
It’s going to be a while before you can walk into your local Chevy dealer and drive away in a 2014 Corvette. Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated Corvette model in history, the C7 has been the subject of rumor, innuendo and threatened lawsuits for the better part of the past two years. Now...
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Justin Bell Speaks Out On World Challenge Mustang Boss 302 Protest: Video
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) has a long history of creating rules for classes that ensure parity between all entrants. While the organization makes an effort to ensure its rules are fair for all and promote competitive racing, sometimes it misses the mark. This gets more complex when you...
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Official 2013 VW Beetle Convertible Fuel Economy Numbers Published
If you’re counting down the days until you can take delivery of your very own 2013 Beetle Convertible, there’s some good news to report on its official fuel economy. According to the EPA (via Motor Trend), the 200-horsepower Volkswagen Beetle Turbo Convertible will deliver 21 mpg city...
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Spyker N.V has announced the filing of a $3 billion lawsuit against General Motors, alleging that it deliberately forced Spyker-owned Saab into bankruptcy by blocking a planned purchase from Chinese...
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Audi A4 DTM Crashes Into Rare Pagani Zonda GR
Rubbing, it’s said, is racing, and that may hold true in certain forms of motorsports. Punting your competitor because you don’t want to finish second, however, isn’t racing unless we’re talking about demolition derby. A Pagani GR, as far as we can tell, has never been...
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Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems May Soon Be Required In Europe
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems combine adaptive cruise control with full automatic braking to avoid frontal collisions, even without driver input. Still in their infancy, such systems are currently available on just 20 percent of the cars sold in Europe. New regulations may be coming to...
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Audi's New RS6 Will Outgun The BMW M5: Report
Those of us on this side of the pond have long had a love / hate relationship with the Audi RS6. While we loved the idea of a twin-turbo V-10 station wagon (the RS6 Avant) with 580 horsepower, we hated that fact that we could only read about how good the car was. The RS6 Avant was not for U.S...
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MINI Debuts New Electric Car At The London 2012 Olympic Games
MINI’s parent, BMW, is trying to put its best environmental foot forward in its support of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition to supplying low-emission vehicles for the games, BMW has also provided a fleet of 160 1-Series ActiveE models, used by broadcasters and...
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Under Consideration: Build-Your-Own Humvee Kit From AM General
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, more commonly known as the Humvee, has been the general purpose vehicle of choice for the U.S. military since 1984. Deployed in operations worldwide, the Humvee’s versatility and go-anywhere design even spawned the now-defunct Hummer civilian...
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Mercedes-Benz is celebrating summer with a series of “Best Summer” events, including the Fashion Week Swim, the 94th PGA Championship, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the U.S....
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Carroll Shelby's Own 2009 Mustang GT500KR Heads To Auction
The death of automotive icon Carroll Shelby has created increased demand for anything with the Texan’s name on it, especially cars. While a Shelby American car signed by Carroll Shelby is valuable, a car actually owned by him is quite a bit more valuable. Up for grabs at the upcoming Vicari...
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2013 Mercedes GL63 AMG Ensures Your Kids Won't Be Late To Soccer Practice: Video
If you need to haul six other passengers at maximum velocity over both paved and dirt roads, regardless of weather, the Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG should be near the top of your shopping list for 2013 models. Blessed with AMG’s 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 (one of the best-sounding engines on the...
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2013 Lincoln MKT Town Car To Get 2.0-Liter EcoBoost Engine - For Fleets Only
Lincoln’s Town Car sedan, long the favorite choice of car services and limo companies across the United States, has been put to pasture. Filling its shoes is the 2013 Lincoln MKT Town Car, a crossover-ish pseudo-wagon that comes in either front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive variants...
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Nürburgring Gets Temporary Reprieve With German State Loan
When the Nürburgring was forced into bankruptcy last month, the future of the storied racetrack looked bleak, at best. No one knew what would happen to the circuit, whose operators (Nürburgring GmbH) found themselves some $490 million in debt to a Rhineland-Palatinate bank. Now comes word...
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1955 Aston Martin DB3S Hits The Block In Monterey
In the 1950s, Aston Martin desperately wanted to prove itself in international sports car competition. While its DB2 was successful at Le Mans in-class, an overall victory continued to elude the British manufacturer. In 1952, Aston Martin launched its DB3 racer, with the primary goal of finishing...
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Last week we told you about an upcoming promotion that Lexus was calling “Unleash The LFA,” part of the brand’s “Golden Opportunity” sales event. We didn’t have a...
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BMW Teases Its Not-For-North-America M135i: Video
We’ll admit it: we’re smitten with BMW’s M Performance hatchback, the M135i. It’s the right size, it offers hatchback sensibility and it looks to be a whole lot of fun on twisty roads. In fact, there’s only one problem with BMW’s hot hatch: it’s not for...
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Here's What Stacking A Gumpert Apollo Looks Like From Inside: Video
Gumpert’s Apollo supercar is known to be both stunningly quick and utterly unforgiving of mistakes, as British Touring Car Championship driver Tony Gilham found out at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. During what was supposed to be an exhibition run up the Goodwood hill, with...
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Meet With GM Engineers At Corvettes At Carlisle
If you’re into Corvettes (and what we’ll call the Corvette lifestyle), you already know that a pilgrimage to Corvettes at Carlisle is a requirement on your bucket list. The annual event brings together Corvette owners (and fans) from around the world for three days of swap meets...
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2013 Ford Focus ST Throws Down Against The Competition: Video
Just in case you haven’t read our “First Drive” report on the 2013 Ford Focus ST, let us sum it up by saying we loved the car. Editor Bengt Halvorson praised its performance, handling and refinement before calling it “tough competition” for others in the hot hatch...
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San Francisco Ponders Taxing Drivers By Mileage
Building and maintaining roads, bridges and tunnels is an expensive proposition, and rising costs mean that municipal, county and state budgets often fall short. Raising tolls, or raising the taxes levied on gasoline are both ways to address revenue shortages, but neither are popular with drivers...
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