Jeff Glucker, Contributor
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There's no question about it; modern cars are incredibly safe, and there's new technology being released that has them becoming safer still. Since it was mandated that we all wear our seatbelts to...
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EXR Racing Series: Relatively Affordable Arrive-And-Drive Racing Now In The U.S.
So you want to be a race car driver? We all do, but the cost of running a car can be quite high. From the transportation to the maintenance, and even the initial cost of simply acquiring your racing machine, you're going to need to lay out tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. You...
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LAPD Gets A Bit Greener With A Tesla Model S And BMW i3
Los Angeles is looking a bit greener today. No, it's not because the city's finally solved its ongoing (lack of) water issues. Instead, the LAPD is adding a whole bunch of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to its fleet. Alongside the 128 plug-ins, the 160 electric vehicles make up the largest...
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Polestar Racing To Become Cyan Racing
We're in love with the Polestar offerings from Volvo. The automaker loves them too, which is why it purchased Polestar earlier this year. The plan is to roll out more high-performance variants of vehicles offered in the Volvo lineup. That acquisition didn't cover everything that Polestar did...
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Bugatti Veyron Inspires New Dubai Villas
Dubai is a land that loves opulence. Bugatti is a car that is very nearly in the dictionary next to that O word. Dubai and Bugatti go together rather nicely, so it's almost surprising that it's taken a developer this long to incorporate the French brand into some form of property development. The...
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Did The Tesla Model S Inspire The Koenigsegg Regera?
In 2014, Christian von Koenigsegg purchased a Tesla Model S and declared the car was more fun do drive than a BMW M5. In 2015, Koenigsegg rolled out its new 1,500-horsepower Regera hybrid supercar. Are these two things related? Actually, yes they sort of are according to a recent question and...
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With Lexus, the F badge on a car stands for a lot of things. Most notably, to us at least, it stands for "Fun" because that is what you're in for when you fire up a Lexus F car. The automaker has...
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Limited-Edition Subaru Series.HyperBlue WRX STI & BRZ Priced
During the summer, Subaru announced that new limited-edition versions of both its WRX STI and BRZ were on the horizon. These cars are Series.HyperBlue editions, and now you finally know how much you'll have to spend to put one in your garage. Subaru has announced the pricing for both vehicles...
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Big-Block Smart Returns With Even More Power: Video
It's called the "Nu Big Thing." You've seen it grace these pages before, and each time we're amazed at just what it and the team behind it are doing. The car is a Smart car thing that's been modified with a new engine. This new powerplant is a litter more motivated to move the Smart forward. Gone...
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Hennessey’s Charger SRT Hellcat Hits The Dyno, Makes 741 HP At The Wheels: Video
Professor Loco, or John Hennessey as he prefers to be called, is at it again. This time he's turned his tuning wrenches on the Dodge Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat twins to give the cars a much-needed (?) shot of power. These cars come from the factory with a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine...
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GM Restores Another Sinkhole Corvette
We're sure you remember back to February 2014, as that was when a giant sinkhole opened up beneath the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In the rubble of the ugly aftermath, those surveying the damage found that eight of museum pieces wound up with varying degrees of damage. Despite this...
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Marchionne Wants To Bring FCA And GM Together, GM Says No
The large automotive entity known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has been in the news as of late, and it's not because of Hellcat goodness. Okay, there's actually still a bit of Hellcat-related news out there thanks to the upcoming Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. This isn't the main reason...
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Remember the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed? If you're a Porsche fan you probably do, because the event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the brands iconic 911 in a major way. British artist Gerry...
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Petty's Garage Ford Mustang Heads To Mecum Auction In Dallas
The car first appeared as a rendering before it wound up on the show floor at SEMA. It proved so popular that Ford and the team at Petty's Garage decided to build a limited-edition run of the cars. We're talking about this customized 2015 Ford Mustang GT, which sports plenty of upgrades including a...
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Is That Jeep Wrangler Pickup Finally On The Way?
For years now, Jeep has been teasing the idea of a resurrected Wrangler pickup. We last had a Jeep pickup truck in 1992 before Chrysler decided to sunset the Comanche. That truck was based on the Cherokee, and before that Jeep also offered the Gladiator and the CJ-8, which is often referred to as...
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Joe Rogan Enters Jay Leno's Garage With His 1965 Corvette: Video
If you're a fan of Jay Leno's Garage, you're in for a treat today. The comedian and car collector has invited Joe Rogan into his garage. Rogan is also a comedian as well as a commentator for the UFC. A huge car guy, Rogan has brought his 1965 Chevrolet Corvette for Jay to inspect before the pair...
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Jeremy Clarkson to earn top bucks for Amazon-produced "Top Gear" rival
Now that Amazon has struck a deal to bring the Top Gear trio back to work, the world is waiting to see just what the crew can produce. We're even more curious now that we know just how much money is being dumped in the laps of the team. The entirety of the deal is worth around $250 million, and...
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Future Ford GT Owners, Your Ordering Process Draws Near
So you've seen those pictures of the new Ford GT. You've read the specs. You've saved up some coin. This is your dream car and you're going to make sure you put one in your driveway. It's nearly time to place that order, and the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] isn't messing around with the process this...
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Honda has hit a Japan-only homerun with its new S660 sports car. The diminutive mid-engined machine has sold out its entire first-year production run of 8,600 cars. We love the fact that a nation is...
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2016 Ford GT Race Car Tests At Sebring, Sounds Nasty: Video
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is set to enter the World Endurance Championship next year with a race car based on its new GT supercar, competing alongside the likes of Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ferrari and Porsche in the GTE category for production-based racers. The real highlight will be the Le...
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Meet Japan's Tommykaira ZZ EV electric sports car
Over in Japan, electric car company Green Lord Motors (GLM) is raising a toast. Founded in 2010 by a group of Kyoto University graduates, the company has just successfully raised $14 million in funding, according to Tech In Asia. This comes after a recent round of funding that saw $6.6 million...
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FIA Will Test Closed Cockpits
In the wake of Justin Wilson's tragic death last week, the conversation about closed cockpits in open-wheel racing has been renewed. Formula One's governing body, the FIA, will begin evaluating potential closed cockpit designs for single-seat racecars. It's a surprisingly controversial topic that...
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New Oshkosh JLTV military vehicle replaces well-known Humvee
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee as it's more commonly known, has served the United States military since 1984. More than 280,000 of them have been built, beat up, and used in far-flung places all around the globe. The U.S. military is ready to move on, though, which means...
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Is There A New Ford Bronco On The Horizon?
We've heard that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] could be on the cusp of bringing back the Ranger. The latest generation of its compact pickup has grown to become a mid-size and Ford felt it competed too closely with the full-size F-150. Thus it was relegated to duty in locales outside of the...
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