Kurt Ernst, Contributor
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Patrick Long has every car guy’s dream job: Porsche pays him, presumably very well, to race it’s cars. That’s a rare enough honor on its own, but here's something that makes it even...
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Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Ready For Its Daytona Debut
The Aston Martin Vantage GT4 will make its North American competition debut at Friday's Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race in Daytona.
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Audi's Super Bowl Ad Flogs An Undead Horse: Video
Audi's released the latest teaser for its headlight-centric Super Bowl ad, and it stars... vampires.
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Renault To Honor 50th Anniversary Of The Alpine A110: Report
Renault will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Renault Alpine A110, likely with a tribute concept, at this fall's Paris Motor Show.
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Chris Harris' Ode To His Hibernating Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0: Video
If you live where winter means putting away the sports car for a few months, you'll understand how much Chris Harris is missing his Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0.
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More Details Leaked On McLaren's Upcoming MP4-12C Spider
Still nearly a year away from launch, new details say the McLaren MP4-12C Spider's top will be aluminum, and that the car will be a targa instead of a true roadster.
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Kia’s upcoming Super Bowl ad is called “Drive the Dream,” and it’s based on the idea that our true desires are revealed in our dreams. In a rather cliche teaser video (not...
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Jeep Reveals New 2012 Grand Cherokee Package, "Name My Ride" Contest
Jeep is launching a new trim package for Grand Cherokee models, and letting fans name it.
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Coming Soon To Car Interiors: Touch Sensitive Fabric Controls
Researchers at Montreal's Polytechnic School have developed electrically charged, touch-sensitive fabrics that could one day replace conventional switchgear.
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Top Gear Season 18 Mega-Gallery
Season 18 of Top Gear begins on Sunday evening, and we've got a mega-gallery of images to hold you over until then.
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On The Road With BMW's Self-Driving Car: Video
BMW has developed its own autonomous car technology, which it insists is for the improvement of existing driver assistance systems.
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A New Use For (Parts From) Old Cars: Build Yourself A House
A Berkeley, California architecture firm has incorporated sheet metal and side windows from scrapped cars into an architecturally unique and energy-efficient home.
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Could you use a new ride? Do you own an iPhone or Android smartphone? Will you be watching the Super Bowl On February 5? If you answered yes to all of these three questions, you’ll probably...
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Jay Leno Takes Delivery Of His McLaren MP4-12C
In the latest episode of Jay Leno's garage, McLaren's U.S. representative stops by to answer a few questions on Leno's new MP4-12C.
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This Is Why You Park Your Rolls-Royce Drophead Top Up: Video
An Australian Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe owner learned an expensive lesson: always park you car with the top up.
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Bespoke Personalization Key To Rolls-Royce Sales Growth
The degree of bespoke personalization available to Rolls-Royce buyers has helped the brand achieve record sales.
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Lotus Wrings Out The 2012 Evora S IPS: Video
Lotus has put a significant amount of effort into the design and tuning of its IPS automated manual gearbox.
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So This Is The World's Fastest Accelerating Hybrid: Video
The follow-up video to last week's "world's fastest accelerating full hybrid" is out, and the winner is...
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Michael Frölich, the designer of the PG Elektrus, calls it, “an arrow-swift ‘city racer’ par excellence designed to make even the most discriminating hearts skip a beat.”...
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Saab Cars North America To Be Liquidated
Following the demise of Saab Automobile, its North American distribution company has been forced into liquidation.
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FIA Outlaws Reactive Ride Height Systems In Formula 1
The FIA has banned reactive ride height systems, such as the one developed by Lotus for the 2012 season.
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Barrett-Jackson Recap: Rare Cars Bring Big Dollars
This weekend's Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, seemed to indicate that collector's are again willing to part with significant money for the right automobile
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Porsche Reaches Cayenne Milestone, Readies Plant For Cajun
Porsche's Leipzig plant has just produced its 100,000th
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Roush Announces Performance Upgrades For Ford F-150 Pickups
Long-time Mustang tuner Roush Performance has announced a series of performance upgrades for 2011 and later F-150 pickups.
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