Kurt Ernst, Contributor
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Lincoln knows that simply building luxury automobiles like the new MKZ isn’t enough to attract and retain customers. To successfully compete in today’s luxury automobile segment requires...
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2013 Infiniti JX Crossover, As Seen By Cirque du Soleil: Video
Cirque du Soleil offers up a very creative interpretation of the 2013 Infiniti JX crossover.
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Infiniti Considers Sports Car Line To Boost Volume: Report
When it comes to a distinct brand identity, Japanese luxury marque Infiniti is at something of a loss. For one, it lacks the luxury and bulletproof-reliability reputation of its closest rival, Lexus. Generally speaking, its cars are more expensive than those from rival Acura, the original Japanese...
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Steve Saleen Reacquires The Business Rights To His Name
Steve Saleen founded Saleen Autosport back in 1983, and over the years saw his company grow from tuning Mustangs to building the Saleen S7 supercar. As is often the case in business, sometimes growth isn’t a good thing, and in 2007 Steve Saleen resigned from the company bearing his name. The...
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The 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Tackles The Nürburgring: Video
In an attempt to highlight the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8's on-road abilities, SRT hired 'Ring ace Sabine Schmitz to take it on a hot lap of the Nordschleife.
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The Shelby Cobra Turns 50
In 1962, a new sports car with a British body and an American V-8 engine appeared at the New York Auto Show. Built under the vision of Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer and racer, few could have envisioned that the Shelby Cobra on display would eventually become one of the most iconic cars in...
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The official reveal of the 2013 SRT Viper happens in just 50 hours, at noon on Wednesday, but SRT is giving us one more teaser to hold us until the official unveiling.
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'Your Ride Is Here' Uses Supercars To Help Cancer Patients: Video
As anyone who’s ever had a loved one with cancer knows, fighting the disease often takes all the strength a patient can muster. For those with large and supportive families, getting to and from treatment may not pose a challenge. Many cancer patients aren’t this lucky, and are forced to...
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All 2012 Buick Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Honors
To Buick, size should have little to do with vehicle safety. Its smallest sedan, the Verano, recently earned a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which means that every model in the current Buick lineup is a 2012 IIHS Top Safety Pick. To earn the Top...
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MINI Announces Rauno Aaltonen Edition Cooper And Cooper S
If you’re not familiar with the name Rauno Aaltonen, we’re not surprised. A former European Rally Championship (the predecessor to the WRC) winner, the man known as “The Rally Professor” also won the 1967 Rallye Monte Carlo, behind the wheel of a MINI Cooper. To honor that...
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The 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth Revisits Jay Leno's Garage
Fiat brings a 2012 500 Abarth to Jay Leno's Garage for a test drive.
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Shaquille O'Neal On Hybrids, The Buick LaCrosse And The 'Oh Effect': Video
Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal praises the 2012 Buick LaCrosse for its room, comfort and "oh effect."
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Aspiring car collectors take heed, as we have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that collector cars can be legitimate investments, but the bad news is that the Cosworth Vega or...
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One-Off Rolls-Royce Phantom Mirage Is For Horse Lovers Only
In 2008, Rolls-Royce announced a new Bespoke Collection exclusively for Phantom buyers in the Middle East. One of these was the Phantom Mirage, inspired by a legendary white Arabian stallion bearing the same name. At the time, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Mirage was available in the buyer’s choice...
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A Land Rover Tour Of... Chernobyl?
The premise behind Land Rover’s “Journey of Discovery” is both simple and noble: to commemorate the millionth Discovery model built, and to highlight the SUV’s unique abilities, an expedition will drive 8,000 miles in 50 days to raise money for the International Red Cross...
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Walter Röhrl Returns To Challenge Pikes Peak
In 1987, Walter Röhrl climbed behind the wheel of an Audi Sport quattro S1 on the unpaved road to the summit of Pike’s Peak. From the time Röhrl launched the car on the gravel road, until he broke the beam at the summit, just 10 minutes and 48 seconds elapsed. No driver before or...
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McLaren Ready For Competition Debut Of MP4-12C GT3
The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race car will make its competition debut on Saturday, March 31, at two venues. The cars will be raced on Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschliefe in the VLN series, and at Germany’s Oschersleben Motorsport Arena as part of the ADAC GT Masters series. Next month...
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Chris Harris Contrasts The New Mercedes SL With The Old: Video
Chris Harris drives four generations of Mercedes-Benz SL roadster to get a sense for the history behind the 2013 SL550.
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As the middle child of the Lexus family, the ES sedan doesn’t get a lot of attention. Even its little brother, the IS, gets more time in the spotlight, as Lexus positions the sporty rear-drive...
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2013 Ford Explorer Sport Blends Performance And Fuel Economy
Ford's new Explorer Sport blends a 350-horsepower EcoBoost drivetrain with best in class fuel economy.
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Ferrari Releases Official Video Of The 599XX Evolution At Suzuka
Last week we brought you footage from Japan’s Car Nifty TV, showing the initial run of Ferrari’s 599XX Evolution at the Suzuka circuit. Despite a wet track and torrential rains, the cars looked impressively quick, which comes as no surprise since the 599XX Evo is quicker around Fiorano...
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Coming Soon: The Sport Of Electric Car Drifting
Like it or not, electric cars will begin making inroads into mainstream motorsports, probably in the not-too-distant future. Electric drag racing is already an established sport and the benefits of electric propulsion (like peak torque at zero rpm) work well here. Range certainly isn’t an...
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Subaru BRZ STI Under Development: Report
While the Subaru BRZ and its Toyota GT-86 / Scion FR-S equivalent are two of the most anticipated Japanese sport coupes in history, critics have complained that their 200-horsepower output simply isn’t enough. Subaru has heard those comments, too, so the automaker has already begun working on...
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Shelby American Admits To Faked Photo Of Shelby 1000 Mustang
When Shelby American announced its 1000-horsepower Shelby 1000 Mustang, it was clear that the car would be the very definition of excessive. Now it seems that the photos of the car in action were a bit excessive, too. As USA Today found out, the images of the Shelby 1000 lifting it’s front...
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