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The McLaren F1 is on the list of all-time great vehicles, and it's positioned somewhere near the very top of that list. It set a top speed record that lasted from 1998 all the way through 2005, until...
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The Hum Rider Jeep has the upper hand over traffic
If you're Verizon, how do you promote your new Hum platform? This is a system that uses an OBD dongle to transform your older model car by adding accessible diagnostic information, geo fencing, road-side assistance, and location and speed tracking via your smartphone. Apparently, the way to market...
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McLaren P1 fetches record $2.39M for good cause
What would you do if you could afford to buy pretty much whatever you liked? Would you use your wealth to buy expensive toys or would you share the love? You should know those two concepts aren't mutually exclusive. One McLaren P1 owner understands this and has found a great way to do both. His...
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Classic Ford Bronco pays homage to Eleanor Mustang
Old Ford Broncos are supremely cool machines. The first generation Ford Mustang done up in Eleanor guise is also pretty darn awesome, no matter what your "Gone in 60 Seconds"-hating friends tell you. Could a mash-up of the two result in an equally fantastic beast? As it turns out, the answer is...
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Five racing technologies that have filtered down into Porsche road cars
Porsche loves its motorsports. That's actually an understatement, as Porsche is devoted to motorsports in an incredibly passionate way. It's a good thing for Porsche customers, too, because a lot of racing-derived technology often works its way into the road cars. According to Porsche, here are the...
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Ford making driving at night safer for pedestrians
For some, driving at night can be a daunting task. At times, it might even be downright terrifying. Lots of danger lurks in places where the lights don't shine as brightly. Plenty of you are reading this and scoffing at the idea of being afraid of driving when it's dark out. You shouldn't because a...
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There's a new "CHiPS" movie coming out and it features an updated take on our two favorite California Highway Patrol officers. Dax Shepard and Michael Peña take on the rolls of Francis...
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Bugatti Chiron-inspired yacht has Jacuzzi, champagne bar and even a fire pit
Every good piece of ultra-exotic automotive machinery needs a matching boat. This is how you manage to separate the wealthy pretenders from the actually mega-rich spenders. Lots of folks can plunk down the change for the latest hypercar. Far fewer can also drop the massive amounts of money required...
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Goodyear envisions its spherical concept tire as part of an autonomous future
Just as we look toward the future with automaker-produced concept vehicles, the tire manufacturers are also envisioning the world of tomorrow. Be it a future filled with death-race machines or airless tires, the future is looking...interesting. Goodyear has a new vision of the future, and it...
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The benefits of Individual Throttle Bodies vs. a single throttle body
Your average new car has a throttle body and an intake manifold. The engine sucks in air through the air filter before it passes through the open throttle body and into the manifold. From there, it moves into the cylinders as called upon during the combustion cycle. You'll find one throttle body...
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Porsche picks its five best concept cars, including one stinker
Porsche has been handing out a lot of "Top 5" accolades to itself as of late. We're not complaining, mind you, as it's brought us videos showing off the tope five rear spoilers and wings, the best noises, and the rarest road cars. Now Porsche is exploring the world of its concept vehicles, and the...
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Fire up the daydream machine and configure a McLaren 720S
You're bored at work right now, aren't you? It's OK. We won't tell your boss. Put down the TPS reports and let your mind wander to thoughts about your dream garage. There's a good chance one of the stars of that garage is the new 2018 McLaren 720S. It was recently shown for the first time in Geneva...
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Turning a stock automobile into something more interesting and more fun is limited only by the builder's imagination. You can accomplish this goal with anything from light mods up to an engine...
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Toyota introduces 860 Special Edition of the 86, but no forced induction
Spoiler alert: It's not the one you're hoping they'd make. What we have instead is the Toyota 86 860 Special Edition, which is a limited-run package that focuses on some style upgrades and interior amenities. This does not feature any sort of added power, perhaps by way of that turbocharger or...
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Toyota going big in Texas with ranch and private race track
Toyota is in the midst of moving its North American headquarters from California to Texas. The new facilities should prove to be a state of the art example of what you can find in the offices of a top-tier global company. That's not all that Toyota is building out in Texas, however. As we've...
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How the aerodynamics of the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona compare to a modern Charger Hellcat
In the late 1960s, Dodge wanted to go fast and win races. Its Charger 500 wasn't cutting it in the NASCAR field, though, so the automaker needed to make a change. You might think some light body changes would do the trick, but you'd be wrong. To turn the Charger into a slippery 200-mph machine...
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James Glickenhaus wants to create a Nürburgring lap time standard
James Glickenhaus brought his amazing SCG003 to Geneva. This served as the debut of the road-legal version of the race gear that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has produced and taken to battle at events like the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. He and his team have logged many hours on the Green Hell...
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See how hot a burnout gets through a thermal camera
What's the best way to end the life of a set of tires? If you have the mind of a fully grown child, a good burnout is the way to go. We all know that you're going to heat up the brakes and tires when you're playing these foolish games. But do you know just how much heat you're creating? Jason...
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For some, it may be considered blasphemy to do this to a Mercedes-Benz 300TE. That would be weird, though, because there isn't much special about the W124 wagon. It's a great machine, but it doesn't...
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Porsche shares 5 of its most iconic rear spoilers
Porsche has been on a bit of a Top 5 kick as of late. We're not complaining, though, because it's always fun to list off an automaker's greatest hits, especially when those hits are of this caliber. Today, Porsche is taking a look at what it believes to be the cars wearing the five wildest rear...
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Watch engines warming up as captured by $55K thermal imaging camera
If you have a newer car, your engine warms up pretty quickly. Driving something a bit more classically cool? That engine will stay cooler for longer as well, since it needs a bit more time to get up to operating temperature. But aren't you curious what an engine would look like if you could watch...
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Infiniti bringing icon of Japanese racing to Amelia Island
If you're a fan of the Nissan brand, you should be aware of a slice of its motorsports history. I'm talking about Prince. No, not the dearly departed Purple One but Prince Motor Company. The small Japanese automaker that became a part of Nissan back in the mid 1960s. Before it did so, it created a...
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Nissan has crafted a formula to calculate 'Camelpower'
Do you know the origins of horsepower? I'm not talking about the history of cars possessing lots of it, but rather where the term itself comes from and how it was derived. Turns out, the term actually goes back to the power generated by a horse. More specifically, it compares the power of a draft...
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Texas couple adds 80th Dodge Viper to growing collection
Do you like the Dodge Viper? Do you like it so much that you actually own one? Well, this is a story about a couple that enjoys the Viper a bit more than you do. Meet the Rauh family from Texas. They own a few Vipers, and they park them in a very lovely garage. It's a massive garage, which is good...
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