Hearing some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s exploits almost makes him seem like a crazy Bond villain. The man knows Judo, tracks polar bears, and occasionally drives F1 cars. Just this past week, while attending the International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, Russia,...
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Putin is exploring the Arctic in this crazy Russian 6x6
Jaguar will sell 10 fully restored Series 1 E-Types
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Jeep Grand One and Quicksand Concepts lead the charge to Moab
Jeep’s past, present, and future all share equal billing at the 51st annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab. We’re suckers for vintage Jeeps, so the all-new Grand One Concept really stands out among the seven vehicles that make up Jeep’s conceptual take on the...
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Italian cops get a Lamborghini to haul some precious cargo
Three years ago, we told you about Lamborghini’s gift to law and order: a Huracán LP 610-4 that was donated to the Italian State Police. That car went into service near Rome in 2015, replacing a Gallardo they’d been using previously. Now, a second Huracán has just been...
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Road biased but track worthy | 2017 Ducati SuperSport First Ride
Ducati’s SuperSport is back, aimed at plugging a gap in Ducati’s lineup missing since the model was discontinued back in 2006. The revival is positioned as a more accessible cousin of its Panigale line ― something you could take to the track on Saturday, tour with on...
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Prius owner gets medieval to stop mirror thieves
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Sometimes you have to go medieval on your car.
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Hyundai plans to catch up with other automakers, offer EVs
YONGIN, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co is developing its first dedicated architecture for electric vehicles, seeking to catch up with the likes of Tesla in the growing segment with multiple, long-range models.
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Vauxhall renames its yellow to honor owner of vandalized car
When vandals scraped “MOVE” into the bright yellow paint of the Vauxhall Corsa owned by Peter Maddox, they thought they had had the last word. Or, perhaps, when they smashed the rear window and scratched every other panel on the car as well. All of this damage, worth...
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A nearly 300-mph twin-turbo Ford GT sets a standing-mile record
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The record was set at the Texas Mile.
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Going mobile: Custom Rolls-Royces inspired by British rock
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The first four cars have been revealed.
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Ford CEO Mark Fields' pay, pensions, perks up 19 percent
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co CEO Mark Fields’ salary, bonus and stock awards rose 8 percent to a total of $18.8 million in 2016, Ford said on Friday, while profit dipped a bit. Including pensions and perks, Fields made $22.1 million, up nearly 19 percent from $18.6 million...
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Jaguar I-Pace makes transition to production with hardly any changes
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The electric crossover is due next year.
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Honda has a super creepy ad for the Clarity Fuel Cell
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Powered by nightmare fuel.
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BMW i Ventures invests in 3D printing startup Desktop Metal
Since its launch in 2011, BMW i Ventures has been making strategic investments in startups that it sees as shaping future mobility. The most recent addition to its portfolio, announced Monday, is a metal 3D printing company called Desktop Metal.
According to Fortune, the...
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How To Change Automatic Transmission Fluid | Autoblog Wrenched
[00:00:00] [Narrator] Changing your automatic transmission fluid is easy and should be performed every 20 to 50,000 miles for most vehicles that require a service, but check your owner’s manual to find out when it should be changed, what type of fluid is required, and how many quarts...
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Driving Iron Man's Favorite Supercar, The Acura NSX | Translogic 215
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On this episode of Translogic, we check out the super fast Acura NSX.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk set for New York debut
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Trackhawk is set to launch in the Big Apple.
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Toyota recalls another 2.9 million vehicles over Takata airbags
Toyota on Thursday said it was recalling a total of about 2.9 million vehicles globally in the latest campaign having to do with Takata airbag inflators.
The affected cars are in Japan, China, Oceania and other regions, including its Corolla Axio sedan and RAV4 SUV crossover due to...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Tesla Model 3 will ditch the instrument cluster
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Toyota preps FT-4X off-road concept for New York
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What does “Four Wheeling. Scene Stealing” mean?
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Tesla 2017 Model Year Update
Even without an all-electric lineup, the products of Elon Musk would constitute a very different business model. Using what is basically factory-direct distribution throughout most of the country, Tesla eschews the traditional dealer and inventory management. The company has also...
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Cars owners regret buying
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Don’t buy a car you’re going to hate driving.
We’re all familiar with buyers’ remorse. That feeling you get when you make a decision without fully thinking it through, and then have to live with the consequences of that poor choice.
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Amazon drive-through grocery pickup: Never get out of your car
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Tesla releases the 8.1 update, speeds up Autosteer
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80 mph Autosteer requires camera calibration to work.
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iOS 10.3: CarPlay is a little better and Siri is your voice-activated fuel gauge
Yesterday, Apple released the latest version of iOS for the iPhone (and iPad and iPod touch – remember those?). And so of course yesterday I dutifully downloaded the update, went without my phone for the few minutes while it got kind of hot and installed the new OS, and then...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Jeep teases its Easter Safari Wrangler concepts
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One’s skeletal, the other is pillarless.
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Here's the facelifted Porsche 911 GT3 RS out in Germany
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Look for the return of the manual transmission.
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Tesla solar in Hawaii is a sign of things to come
As Tesla expands beyond the realm of cars and deepens its experience and expertise in solar power and energy storage – an endeavor spurred by the SolarCity merger – the company has been landing projects of impressive scale. Certain locations are better candidates than others for...
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Meet the first of four Audi A4s coming to our long-term fleet
Yes, you read that right, this is the first of a quartet of A4s we’ll be looking at over the course of the year. We’re kicking things off with an Audi A4 Premium Plus sedan, and we’ll be looking at other iterations of the A4 line later on: the A4 Platinum,...
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The last gunfighter | 2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S First Drive
Here’s a deliciously subversive thought for you: Stats are ruining enthusiast cars. We use them to rank the latest models, critique them, and deify them. Sometimes the numbers happen to align with a bunch of intangibles, and the car becomes transcendent – like the Ferrari...
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Our Mazda MX-5 Miata has the best engine bay in the business
One of the things that’s really disappointing about modern cars is how they all hide their technology under a proverbial bushel. You pop the hood, and nine times out of 10, you’re faced with some amount of black plastic hiding the functional bits. On some cars the...
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Hidden gem | 2017 Honda Civic Sport Hatchback Quick Spin Review
Autonomous driving might be the future, but at present we live in a golden age of automobiles. For proof, look not to the Bugatti Chiron or Dodge Hellcat, but everyday rides like the Honda Civic Sport. In this specific case, I’m talking about the hatchback version, a body...
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Italian police foil plot to snatch Enzo Ferrari's body
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Thirty-four people were arrested.
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Siberia's strongest woman flips out during road rage incident
A young Siberian hoon got more than he bargained for earlier this week when he cut in front of, and subsequently pissed off, Siberia’s strongest woman in a parking lot.
According to The Siberian Times, a young man named Artyom was out with some friends screwing around in the...
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This 1000-horsepower Corolla iM drift car is the ultimate hot hatch
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It was revealed with an Initial D-style video.
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Formula One's formula for success is to book Justin Timberlake
LONDON (Reuters) – Justin Timberlake has been confirmed as the headline act at this year’s U.S. Formula One Grand Prix as organizers seek to build on the crowd-pulling success of Taylor Swift’s appearance at the 2016 race.
Timberlake, whose Oscar-nominated song...
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Chinese company buys 5 percent stake in Tesla
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The same company is also backing some Chinese EV players.
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Skoda's next concept is a 300-mile electric SUV
If you thought Volkswagen wasn’t serious about electric vehicles, think again. Its subsidiary Skoda will reveal an electric SUV concept called the Vision E at the Shanghai auto show in a few weeks. Not only is it the fourth all-electric concept shown by the VW group...
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The Dodge Demon's massive hood scoop sucks air like a jet intake
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The Air Grabber hood scoop first appeared on late 1960s Mopar products.
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Ford announces $1.2B investment at three Michigan facilities
Ford Motor Company on Tuesday announced a $1.2 billion investment in three Detroit-area automotive facilities, including the addition of 130 jobs.
Ford said it will spend $850 million on a planned upgrade of its plant in Wayne, Michigan, for the Ford Bronco SUV and Ford Ranger small...
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BMW M8 spied gettin' jiggy at the Nurburgring
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The car is likely based on the fullsize 7-Series sedan.
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Audi unions demand to build EV, don't want to be left behind
BERLIN (Reuters) – Labor leaders at Volkswagen’s luxury Audi brand have asked top management to assign production of an all-electric model to the carmaker’s main plant in Germany, concerned they might lose out as electric cars gain in importance.
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Ford issues two big recalls for fire risk, door latches
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Over 200,000 cars included in each recall.
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2018 Acura TLX will get the Precision concept's grille
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Audi's fastest cars won't catch your drift
“I don’t like them. I do not see the reason for them. We do not see the sense in sitting there burning the back tires. It’s not fast.” – Stephan Reil
Drift modes are popping up in sports cars all over the world, but Audi Sport development boss Stephan Reil refuses...
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Bentley 2017 Model Year Updates
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Over the last decade Bentley has done an excellent job in projecting a more sporting presence without in any way jeopardizing its luxury credibility.
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The Lamborghini Urus finally starts production in April
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The new model will have two turbos and a plug-in hybrid system.
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Near-production ready Range Rover Velar spied leaving the factory
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It will sit between the Range Rover Sport and Evoque.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Porsche 2017 Model Year Update
This will be remembered as a big year for the relatively small German automaker, with annual sales of roughly 200,000 cars and SUVs. An aggressively revised Boxster, Carman and 911 are joined by an all-new Panamera, while the Cayenne continues to sell well and the more recent and...
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Ram brings two new special edition trucks to Chicago
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A limited edition that’s actually limited!
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Subaru secures permit to test self-driving car in California
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The list of automakers that can test their self-driving cars in California is getting less and less exclusive by the minute.
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Volkswagen 2017 Model Year Update
In an aggressive attempt to bounce back from the diesel emissions fiasco of 2016, the German automaker is taking a multi-pronged product approach. First out of the gate is the new Golf Alltrack, which takes a page or two from Subaru’s menu to create an all-season sport...
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Next-gen Nissan Leaf looks like a small, electric Murano
Despite arriving on the scene nearly seven years ago, sales of the Nissan Leaf have remained relatively strong. Only the combination of cheap fuel and the arrival of competitors with better range, like the Chevrolet Bolt EV, have had enough impact to hurt sales, but that may not...
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Gold wings: Honda spent $1B to develop jet; can it recoup costs?
TOKYO (Reuters) – After three decades building an airplane from scratch, Michimasa Fujino, 56, chief engineer of the Hondajet, might have to reach a ripe old age to see Honda Motor Co’s pet aviation project recoup its development costs.
Honda has declined to reveal the costs, but...
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Ford patent could mean you never miss a meeting because you're driving
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When work calls, you’ll have no excuses.
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Electric Mugen monsters debut at the 44th Tokyo Motorcycle Show
Mugen has just unleashed a pair of monsters on Tokyo. Luckily for civilization, these beasts were made for destroying turf and tarmac, not ocean-side cities. Meet the E.Rex and Shinden Roku (神電 六) – the latter translates roughly as God of electricity six.
The company, best known for...
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Monday, March 27, 2017
Lamborghini shows off beautifully restored 350 GT
It might not look much like Lamborghini’s latest creations, such as the Aventador S, but this gorgeous grand tourer is a very important model in the company’s history: its first production car. And this is an early one, one of the first 15 examples to roll off the...
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This Mustang may need fender vents to cool its supercharged V8
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Are you the GT500 we’ve been hearing so much about?
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Ford GT gets five drive modes, including V-Max for maximum speed
Every single year, new cars get more complicated. While some may see this as a negative – and it can be if you’re the type who likes to wrench on your own car in your own garage – there’s a reason for all those lines of code. Today’s automobiles are faster,...
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Fast doesn't begin to describe it | 2017 Bugatti Chiron First Drive
Long after the heat of the moment, I pull off the highway in rural Portugal and glance at the Bugatti Chiron’s center console. As the engine cools and the carbon silicon carbide brake rotors start to dissipate heat, the onboard computer’s telemetry reveals some...
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Buick's Velite 5 is a rebadged Chevy Volt for China
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A 1.5-liter engine coupled with twin electric motors and a lithium ion battery pack sounds familiar, no?
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Germany approves toll on cars registered in foreign countries
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Exceptions will be made for green cars and short trips.
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Bloodhound supersonic land speed car is going nowhere fast
As 2016 drew to a close, it appeared that the British-based Bloodhound team had everything they needed to finally break the world land speed record. Flush with funds following its biggest ever investment from China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Bloodhound looked to put past delays...
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The Shins are giving away their faithful Ford tour van for a song
The Shins are retiring their faithful Ford Econoline Club Wagon tour van. Rather than sending it out to pasture, the band is hosting a contest to pass the keys to another worthy and needy group of musicians. The idea is that, rather than let it go to waste, another group will use...
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California defies Trump and moves forward on emissions rules
The California Air Resources Board finalized its rules for vehicle emissions through the year 2025 on Friday. These are the same rules that the state agreed to adopt in 2012 as the Obama administration sought to create one national standard that would apply to all 50 states....
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Toyota doubles down on truck-tough image with TRD models
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Go off road, or at least look like you do.
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Tesla answers claims of poor factory working conditions and unionization efforts
Jose Moran, who claims to be a Tesla employee working at the company’s Fremont, California assembly facility, took to Medium on Thursday to detail working conditions at the company, and to detail efforts on behalf of factory employees to unionize, an initiative in the...
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The next-gen Bentley Continental GT takes a page from Porsche
The way things look to be shaping up, changes to the Bentley Continental GT’s styling are going to be like changes to the Porsche 911: minor modifications to a firmly established formula. It seems Bentley customers like a certain style, and, as shown by the Bentayga SUV,...
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Jeep 2017 Model Year Update
This will be a huge year for Jeep, with the introduction of an all-new compact Compass crossover having taken place in November, 2016 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and the pending introduction of an all-new Wrangler later in the calendar year. Not all Jeep products are Trail...
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Lamborghini Urus production body revealed in spy shots
After years of concepts and teasers, we finally have a our first look at the production version of the upcoming Lamborghini Urus. While these spy shots don’t feature much variety, they do give us a fairly decent look at the front and side of the new model. Although there...
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With a new Jaguar and the Shell app, your car can pay for its own gas
Contactless payments are making their way into the car. Jaguar and Shell have the first major rollout, allowing you to pay for fuel through the car’s touchscreen. Of course you’ll still have to get out of the car to actually pump the fuel into the car, but hey,...
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MINI 2017 Model Year Update
The team at MINI, BMW’s small car subsidiary, is taking its minimalistic approach to motoring and – with the launch of the all-new Countryman – maximizing it. Built atop the same basic architecture as BMW’s X1 crossover, the newest Countryman is larger in every...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
2018 Porsche 911 S gets optional 30-horsepower performance kit
The refreshed Porsche 911 has been on sale for just over a year, but the German automaker is already rolling out some significant changes. For 2018, the entire Porsche lineup gets a host of new interior and exterior colors and an enhanced range of connectivity options. In...
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Ram 2017 Model Year Update
Launched as its own division in 2009, FCA’s Ram Truck line has ridden the wave of post-recession growth with significant sales upticks throughout its brief, independent history (it was spun off from Dodge) within the Fiat Chrysler ranks. Although the ‘new’ news...
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Rally Racing with Subaru Rally Team USA Driver David Higgins | AutoblogVR
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Experience a lap with a pro rally racer in full 360-degree video!
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Tesla Model Y is 'a few years' away, Musk tweets
Tesla’s Model Y compact SUV, which is slated to be the next offering after the Model 3 debuts later this year, is “a few years away,” Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted on Friday.
Musk also said the dual-motor all-wheel-drive variant of the Model 3 won’t be...
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Toyota 2017 Model Year Update
With the move of its US headquarters from Southern California to North Texas, and manufacturing plants throughout the Midwest, South and Southeast, Toyota has fully embedded itself into America’s automotive industry and culture. And that’s increasingly evident with the...
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Dirty VW diesels sit in parking-lot limbo in Pontiac, Michigan
When Volkswagen agreed to buy back diesel cars that violated emissions regulations, it meant that the company was going to have to find places to store the cars. And there are literally lots of cars to store, as a representative from Volkswagen told us that a fourth of the 475,000...
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Genesis 2017 Model Year Update
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Having been sold in US showrooms under the umbrella of parent company Hyundai, with the 2017 model year Genesis becomes a standalone franchise pursuing both near-luxury and luxury...
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Volvo 2017 Model Year Update
With the market momentum that comes from the success of its XC60 and XC90 crossovers, along with the recent introduction of an all-new S90 sedan and V90 wagon, this year should see an uptick in both Volvo sales, market share and awareness. And while Volvo moves from a near-luxury...
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These three automotive Lego kits deserve your suppoort
Lego has been quite good to car enthusiasts over the past few years. We’ve seen traditional kits for the classic VW Microbus, Mini Cooper, and the Caterham 620R, as well as an elaborate Technic kit for the 911 GT3 RS. But why stop there? The Lego Ideas page, which allows...
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Nissan 2017 Model Year Update
With a renewed emphasis on trucks and SUVs, Nissan is gaining real traction in the North American marketplace. With that, on the car side updates are few – and, with the exception of the GT-R – relatively subtle. The biggest news is that Nissan’s Year of the Truck, initiated...
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Toyota is licensing Microsoft patents for vehicle control and connectivity
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The self-balancing motorcycle is such a Soichiro Honda solution to a problem
You might remember the Riding Assist Motorcycle concept, a self-balancing bike that debuted at CES. At first blush a self-balancing motorcycle that doesn’t use gyroscopes to level itself – instead using automated steering inputs and a variable-geometry front fork, the...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
Uber pauses its self-driving efforts following Arizona crash
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2018 Hyundai Accent packs compact car style in a subcompact
Hyundai’s smallest American offering, the Accent, has undergone a thoroughly substantial redesign. The result is a subcompact sedan that’s slightly wider and slightly longer, and looks very much like its larger Elantra sibling. The Elantra‘s hexagonal, slatted...
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Mustang history on the block: Car 00002 is up for auction
A historic Ford – the first Mustang hardtop to get a VIN, 5F07U100002 – is headed for auction at Mecum’s Indianapolis sale in May.
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2018 Honda Civic Si will have 192 lb-ft of torque
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Ferrari dips into its parts bin to test a Dino, or something
“It’s a when not an if. We know that it [Dino] is an under-used resource, but that’s why we need to get it right.” – Sergio Marchionne
We know Ferrari is thinking about bringing back the Dino. This might be it. Or not.
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Aspiration and evolution | 2018 Chevrolet Equinox First Drive
It’s a new season in the timeline of the Chevrolet Equinox, and the all-new 2018 model is a spring forward for the popular American crossover. (This is the first week of Spring, remember?) In addition to refreshed looks that tie the Equinox aesthetically to its brandmates,...
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Cheap, honest transportation | 2017 Toyota Yaris iA
In The Love Bug, the main character (aside from Herbie) is a down-on-his-luck racing driver named Jim Douglas. Early on, he steps into an exotic car show room, and when the dealer asks him kind of car he’s looking for, Douglas replies, “What do you have in the way of...
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Driver beaches BMW, becomes a laughingstock on national television
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You could be on your way to a 1,200-horsepower Ford Mustang for around $45,000
Just last year, we reported that Ohio dealership Lebanon Ford offered a great deal on a 727-horsepower supercharged Mustang GT for just $40,000. This year, the dealership is offering a new package that, while not necessarily more powerful off the bat, has the potential to make a...
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Top Gear USA trio returning in a non-Top Gear role
Just as the original Top Gear USA followed in the footsteps of the Clarkson-led Top Gear, the ex-American show’s hosts seem to be following the old UK hosts’ lead. Former Top Gear USA host Rutledge Wood posted a picture to Instagram of him with co-hosts Tanner Foust...
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Tesla starts taking solar roof orders next month
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BMW announces new design team led by former Bugatti Veyron designer
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Don’t look for all-new designs anytime soon.
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Nissan continues its Star Wars lovefest with X-Wing-inspired Rogue
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If you’ve always wanted your picture with a Stormtrooper, today is your lucky day.
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The Tesla Model 3 revealed in final prototype form in Musk tweet
Elon Musk today tweeted a brief video, embedded below, of his upcoming Model 3 mid-size EV sedan in what he described as a “release candidate version.” What that means, if you’re not familiar with software development lingo, is that the car you see is pretty much...
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Will GM leave Europe? | Autoblog Podcast #504
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'New Detroit' report: 'Cheap wages, little training, crushed limbs'
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OSHA reports reveal higher injury rates than in plants in the North.
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Prototype Bentley Continental GT bears EXP10-style taillights
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Faux body work also hides the height of the fenders.
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Watch a Bugatti Chiron speedometer hit 218 mph
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That’s really quick. And really fast!
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Chrysler 2017 Model Year Update
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Chrysler’s now-iconic minivan is all new. The ‘Town & Country’ tag is out, a resurrected ‘Pacifica’ tag is in, and both the design and content are...
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GMC 2017 Model Year Update
GM’s ‘professional grade’ truck and SUV specialist continues to deliver its utility-with-luxury vibe, optimized in the all-new Acadia, relatively new Canyon and continual updates to its Sierra pickups and Yukon SUVs.
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Production Infiniti QX50 will mostly look like the concept
At this year’s Detroit auto show, we got a look at the nearly production-ready Infiniti QX50 concept. Now we get our first look at how close to production the concept was, thanks to new spy photos.
The overall shape remains very similar to that of the curvy concept. However,...
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2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk shows off its hellish supercharged V8
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Yup, this Jeep is blown.
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Kia 2017 Model Year Update
Kia continues its growing market momentum on the strength of three all-new intros and/or updates, along with its selection as a top pick by Consumer Reports. Kia’s Niro is an all-new hybrid, combining a fairly conventional crossover profile with front-wheel drive and up to...
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Lamborghini 2017 Model Update
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Despite lacking the wide range of models offered by Aston Martin, Ferrari or Maserati, Lamborghini’s Huracán and Aventador provide a take-no-prisoners profile to those in...
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Land Rover 2017 Model Year Update
Whether your travels take you via boulevard or back country, Land Rover and Range Rover have your tracks covered with both on-road refinement and off-road capability. This year marks the introduction of an all-new, fifth-generation Land Rover Discovery and the jaw dropping,...
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This Lotus Evora 410 is a custom tribute to the original Esprit
We love the Lotus Evora, whether it’s in the current 400 trim or new 410 trim, and now an enthusiast has ordered up perhaps the coolest livery. It’s an Evora 410 in an Esprit tribute scheme. And it isn’t modeled after just any first-generation Esprit, but rather...
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Mazda 2017 Model Year Update
Driving Matters, Mazda’s marketing pitch, certainly resonates with enthusiasts, although may not be relevant with the increasing number of drivers engaged in texting while steering. Regardless of that disconnect, for drivers Mazda brings to market the long-awaited Miata...
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McLaren's new supercar hits 124 mph in 7.8 seconds with an all-new 4.0-liter V8
McLaren is set to debut its follow-up to the 650S next month in Geneva, and the yet-to-be named second-gen Super Series model gets an all new heart to match it’s new skin and bones. The 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged flat-plane crank V8 promises to be more powerful and more...
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Volkswagen's latest ad is not subtle | Autoblog Podcast #509
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James Riswick joins us to discuss the many new cars he’s driven, we rant about a VW ad, and then it’s time to spend your money.
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Friday, March 24, 2017
In Miami's Porsche tower, your car rides an elevator to the sky
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A beginner's guide to plowing snow with a heavy-duty truck
I live in a desert, so the only things getting plowed around here are mud flows and brewer neighbors. But I enjoy machinery and haven’t plowed any snow since a “loaded” truck meant one with A/C and a CD player, so I jumped at the chance for a plow primer in a Ram...
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Junkyard Gem: 1984 Subaru GL 4WD Wagon, Colorado Stereotypes Edition
I live in Denver, which means my local junkyards are well-stocked with used-up Subarus. These days, that means mostly Outbacks from the 1995-2005 period, but sufficient 1970s and 1980s Subarus remain in service that they show up from time to time. Here, in a Denver self-service...
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Tesla Model 3 quirks less likely to be tolerated, study says
Tesla Model 3 owners will less likely be tolerant of potential quirks in the electric vehicle than their Model S and Model X counterparts, customer-satisfaction polling company J.D. Power said in a report released on Tuesday. Priced around $35,000, the Model 3 is more likely to be...
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2018 Toyota Sienna gets a mild facelift for New York show
Despite strong sales, the Toyota Sienna is growing a bit long in the tooth. In order to breathe new life into a vehicle that’s quickly falling behind, Toyota is giving the 2018 Sienna a refresh inside and out. The revitalized model is set to debut next month at the New York...
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Volkswagen turns 20,000 Legos into a classic Bus and new Atlas diorama
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People movers new and old, created out of our favorite brickish blocks.
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Volvo XC40 sheds its concept looks as production nears
We got our first peek at Volvo’s upcoming small crossover, the XC40, last year in the form of the Concept 40.1. We loved the chunky, aggressive looks, including its large C-pillar. However, based on the spy photos above, it seems Volvo came to its practical senses and...
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These are the lowest rated cars and trucks of 2017
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The Citroen SpaceTourer 4X4 E Concept is a rough and tumble breadbox
French automaker Citroën is set to debut a new concept car next month in Geneva, and it continues the streak of weird and wonderful van concepts we’ve seen at auto shows. The Citroën SpaceTourer 4X4 Ë Concept embodies everything we love and envy about foreign vans. Its...
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Best and worst cars for safety complaints
We all complain about something – often, it’s about our cars. The website iSeeCars.com recently analyzed a half-million complaints about safety issues made to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration for model years 2005-2016, regarding 400 car models.
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Ford adds pedestrian detection system for F-150 and Mustang this fall
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The new radar and camera setup automatically differentiates between trees and people.
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Watch as a hero motorists saves a trooper in a fight for his life
Two Michigan men were hailed as heroes after they helped a state trooper in a desperate struggle with two men – one who had resisted arrest, and his brother who intervened. The entire brawl was captured on the trooper’s dashcam.
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
2018 Toyota Yaris gets a meager refresh but a carryover powertrain
Joining the new Sienna on stage at the New York Auto Show will be a refreshed version of the Toyota Yaris hatchback. As before, the Yaris lineup will consist of three-door and five-door body styles, and trim levels broken down into in three grades, base L, upmarket LE, and the SE,...
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Junkyard Gem: 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight LSS Supercharged
Oldsmobile got terminated by The General in 2005, in part because the marketing suits decided that the first three letters of the marque’s name made the cars undesirable to the under-75 set (never mind that 21st-century rappers continue to venerate Oldsmobiles). Not long...
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The Porsche Macan GTS is a great way to get to a winter rally
I’ve been waiting a long, long while to get behind the wheel of a Porsche. I’m one of those secondhand fans that reads the reviews and goes to the races but has never actually done more than taken a few photos of the one GT3 RS 4.0 I saw parked at a show. I’ve...
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How a 2017 Bentley Bentayga ended up in a salvage yard
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Too good to be true?
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Not an M7 | 2017 BMW M760i xDrive First Drive
This is not an M7. Such a BMW would have carbon fiber festooning the dash, roof, and racier seats. It would make glorious noises. It would be hunkered down around corners, tenaciously resist the urge to roll, and elicit reactions from the back seat that things are too damn bumpy....
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Video: 2 black wolves run 'flat out' down Canadian highway
A woman headed to work at a school in Edzo, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, passed two black wolves running alongside her on the highway, an encounter she captured on video.
As Rhonda Miller drew up behind the wolves, she wondered at first if they were pedestrians, then...
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Special Dodge Challengers get Hellcat bits to celebrate Mopar's 80th birthday
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It will build 80 in black and blue, and 80 in black and silver.
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Superbike-inspired Nike Air Jordan IV Motorsport sneakers going back into production
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The shoes were sold to commemorate the team’s fourth anniversary.
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Ford invests $1 billion in an AI company to build the brain for its self-driving car
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The company was founded by former Google and Uber employees.
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The Toyota C-HR is the ultimate Street Fighter cheat code in this Japanese ad
Japan is the home of awesome video games, Gozilla, and a global automotive hub. And this Toyota commercial for Japan, first spotted by Kotaku, brings two of those three things together. The ad drops the new Toyota C-HR crossover into Capcom’s famed fighting game, Street...
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Ford is investing $200 million into a new wind tunnel complex
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The facility can handle simulated speeds of up to 200 mph and extreme temperatures.
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Air Ink thinks you should write with diesel soot instead of breathing it
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You’ll be able to buy these pens in the US via a new Kickstarter.
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Why are Boss 302 and Bullitt Mustangs lurking in Ford marketing?
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Are two of the Mustang’s iconic special models set for a return?
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Audi put an electric longboard in the bumper of a Q3 | Autoblog Minute
[00:00:00] Audi debuted its Connected Mobility Concept at the 2016 Beijing Motor show this week. The concept is based on the Audi Q3 production model but perhaps what’s most interesting about this concept is not the compact SUV but the electric longboard that’s stowed in the...
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Junkyard Gem: 1983 Buick LeSabre Estate Station Wagon, Rocky Mountain High Edition
If you live in Colorado and want an affordable chariot to haul you and your snowboarding droogs to the slopes, you could get one of the obvious cheapskate choices, e.g., a Tercel 4WD, a Corolla All-Trac, or an 80s 4WD Subaru wagon. However, if you want to channel the spiritual...
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SUV lifts you up where you belong and leapfrogs traffic jams
So, you’re at a dead stop, stuck in traffic, when it pulls up behind you. It appears to be a garden-variety Jeep Grand Cherokee. That is, until its undercarriage lifts the Jeep 9 feet into the air, and the whole rig straddles you and the cars ahead of you in a bid for open...
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Two dead in Lamborghini crash at Las Vegas exotic car experience center
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The car caught fire after crashing.
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Land Rover intends to corner the market for aftermarket tuning
Land Rover’s design director says he’s tired of seeing third-party tuners take his designs and “put a little spoiler on it or whatever,” so the company plans to create more variations and customizations in-house through its Special Vehicle Operations...
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Lotus and Proton might be sold to Peugeot-Citroen after Geely bails
Despite some strong initial interest, Chinese automaker Geely changed its mind about purchasing a controlling stake in Proton, parent company of Lotus Cars. This leaves Groupe PSA, owner of Peugeot, Citroën, and now Opel, as the sole remaining interested party. This is mixed news...
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Mazda will sell a removable MX-5 Miata hardtop only to racers
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McLaren offers some more detail about its hyper-GT F1 successor
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Porsche's profit per car is enough to buy another new car
A detail jumped out this week as Volkswagen AG reported its earnings for 2016: A good part of its return to profitability after its travails of 2015 can be attributed to Porsche, which recorded record profit of $4.1 billion on the sale of 238,000 vehicles.
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Discerning Ram owners can now match their truck to their RV
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Ram, thinking of everything.
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Smart will go electric-only in United States and Canada
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2018 Subaru Ascent three-row crossover SUV spotted showing off its shape
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It’s the successor to the unloved, unmourned Tribeca.
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2017 Volkswagen Golf shows base models can be fun to drive
Buying a car in a base trim generally means you’ll be punished with a base engine, which are usually wheezy, merely adequate mills. Fuel economy tends to be better, but that’s partially due to the uninspiring way the engines encourage you to drive. After spending some...
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Volvo will start sales of XC40 PHEV crossover next year
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Fiat 2017 Model Year Updates
With the ‘new’ having worn off of Fiat’s 500, it’s left to the FIAT 124 SPIDER to heat up the Fiat showroom.
124 Spider: The Fiat two-seater is all-new, and from a branding perspective a return to a designation popular with Fiat fans throughout the...
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Carmakers ask Trump to revisit fuel efficiency rules
Car companies operating in the US are required to meet stringent fuel efficiency standards (a fleet average of 54.5MPG) through 2025, but they’re hoping to loosen things now that President Trump is in town. Leaders from Fiat Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota...
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Chaos leads to stronger carbon fiber
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Now you’re cooking with science.
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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is building a full-sized capsule
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The capsule will be revealed in France in early 2018.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Richard Hammond crashes a motorcycle during Grand Tour filming in remote Africa
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This is far less serious than his 2006 jet car accident.
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Cheapest new cars on sale in America
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10 of the Cheapest Cars in America
It’s not easy being a low-priced new car in this era of low interest rates, cheap gas prices, and hot-selling crossovers. The competition from off-lease used cars with more equipment is...
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Lower CAFE standards won't 'make America great' for long
People buy Teslas – a considerable number of them vis-à-vis the competition. According to insideevs.com, there were 29,421 Model S vehicles delivered in 2016, making it the No. 1 plugin. Second place goes to the Chevy Volt, at 24,739.
However, the starting price for a Model...
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Dodge reveals a few of the goodies in the Demon crate
One of the teaser trailers for the eagerly anticipated Dodge Challenger Demon featured a big crate full of goodies for the car. As with the car, though, Dodge was a bit coy about what was inside, simply saying there were 18 items, consisting of tools and parts. Now we know what...
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Ferrari 812 Superfast: It looks like it sounds
Ferrari has been on a roll with its recent mid-cycle refreshes. Last year at the Geneva Motor Show, the prancing horse brand unveiled the significantly updated replacement for the FF and named it the GTC4 Lusso, reviving a name last used on the 1971-72 365 GTC4.
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Coming to America | 2018 Audi RS3 Sedan First Drive
Audi’s Quattro division never let us have the giant-killing, all-wheel-drive RS3. Too sophisticated for the US, they said. Too European. And we only make it as a Sportback (that’s hatchback to you). You wouldn’t like it. You’re more SUV kind of...
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The Fiat 500X packs 2.4 liters of dissappointment
Our long-term 2016 Fiat 500X is a fine little crossover that’s nearly undone by a underwhelming and often frustrating powertrain. The 2.4-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder/nine-speed automatic combo can be found in a number of FCA products. In every single application...
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Episode three of BBC Top Gear is Volvo-shreddingly good
The new season of BBC Top Gear has reached its third episode, and the crew is yet to stumble. This time, there is something to love for both Bond fans and VW GTI fans alike.
The first film of the episode is a classic Top Gear airfield piece with a great inter-dimensional twist....
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Tesla raises $1.2 billion in advance of Model 3 debut
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Tesla sold about $350 million in stock and $850 million in convertible debt to help pay for capital expenditures spurred by new model.
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More Uber executives leave as turmoil and transition continue at ridesharing firm
A pair of key Uber executives are leaving as the embattled ridesharing company experiences churn in its top leadership ranks.
Jeff Jones, Uber’s president, is stepping down after just six months. Sources told Recode that he concluded the situation at Uber is worse than he...
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Watch these tiny radio-controlled Toyotas tow a full-size Hilux
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Just like the old Tamiya ad.
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Watch the 1,500-hp Bugatti Chiron engine thrashing in a test rig
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This is how Bugatti engineers its cars to withstand intense driving.
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Searching for happiness? It's not in your right foot
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Tesla may start pilot production of the Model 3 on February 20
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The Model 3 is getting ever closer to full-scale production.
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Ford 2017 Model Year Update
Ford continues into 2017 running on all cylinders, although its trucks and crossovers would seem to be running better than its car platforms. With that, there’s plenty of excitement on most fronts, beginning with the Focus RS and ending with Ford’s all-new, now...
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2018 Audi A6 endures winter training in Norway
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The clean yet familiar design comes into focus.
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Jeep beefs up the Wrangler Rubicon with 2017 Recon Edition hardware
The Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock is dead. Don’t worry; the 2017 Rubicon Recon is heading to showrooms soon to take its place, and judging by what it’s packing you’ll hardly miss the Hard Rock. Essentially, this is a Rubicon with some beefed-up bits underneath and a...
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Lamborghini: We did not cheat on Nurburgring record
“Why would we [cheat]? We have all the data, all the GPS data. It’s verified. It’s already verified.” – Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali
Lamborghini is doubling-down on the legitimacy of the Huracan Performante’s production-car record at the Nürburgring.
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Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason crashes his McLaren F1 at Goodwood
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It’s a nasty shunt, but he’s fine.
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Watch the Lucid Air EV get sideways in winter testing
Even when large automakers produce concept cars that preview a production model, those cars don’t seem very real (especially when the production version ends up looking nothing like the concept). Now, with startups getting into the business of making cars, their high-tech...
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The 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Limited Edition debuts in Chicago
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Lots of new features like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Tesla Model S 60 quietly discontinued
Soon, the cheapest new Tesla Model S you’ll be able to buy will cost $74,500. That’s up from $68,000 today, but it’s not because the California-based automaker randomly decided to raise prices. The increase in base price is because the apparently slow-selling...
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Big rig gets blown over on Wyoming freeway, flattens police cruiser
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A big rig navigating a stretch of windy Wyoming highway last week was blown over by high winds and landed on a Wyoming Highway Patrol cruiser.
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Volvo offers cars to international students for one flat fee
There’s very little about going to college that’s simple, and we can only imagine how much more complex it can be to be an international student, and that’s even before figuring out transportation in a car-centric country. Volvo‘s new International Student...
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GM could sell European divisions to French automaker PSA
General Motors is considering the sale of its European brands Opel and Vauxhall to French carmaker PSA, the parent company of Peugeot and Citroen. GM and PSA confirmed the talks Tuesday morning, but said there was “no assurance” an agreement will be reached.
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Nvidia and Bosch team up on self-driving car AI supercomputer
Nvidia’s new partner in bringing AI-powered self-driving tech to the masses definitely has the experience needed to go truly mass-market – it’s Bosch, leading tier one auto industry supplier. Bosch will build an AI supercomputer designed for use in vehicles using Nvidia tech,...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
Mitsubishi brings back the Eclipse as a crossover
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It’s not the Eclipse we were hoping for.
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Pininfarina has an eco-friendly sedan concept in store for Geneva
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The car was designed for Hybrid Kinetic Group.
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The 2018 Dodge Demon sounds like nothing else on the road
The Dodge Demon seems to have a torque problem, if making too much to easily contain can be considered a problem. In order to keep all that twist under control, the Demon has a new torque reserve launch system that works all sorts of engineering black magic to build boost without...
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Aston Martin has another mid-engine supercar in mind
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Aston CEO says the brand wants to become a “credible maker of mid-engined models.”
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The future is now | 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell First Drive
On occasion, we journalists are allowed to step through the virtual time machine and sample a manufacturer’s greatest hits of yesteryear. You’ve seen the stories: new M3 versus BMW’s museum-piece E30 original! Well, Honda has its own collection – mostly regular...
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Land Rovers for Bentley money | East Coast Defender 90 and 110 First Drive
East Coast Defender sources Land Rover D90s and 110s worldwide, rebuilds them in meticulous detail to your reasonable specifications, and will install anything from an LS3 V8 to a 2.8-liter Cummins under the flat hood. But a new Bentley Bentayga may cost less.
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