Latest and Breaking Autos News and Top Stories - July 2
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Watch two wheels take on four in an explosive duel for sideways supremacy
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In preparation for this weekend's GP, discover how an abandoned airfield became Britain's motorsport hub
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Swiss and Middle-Eastern investors buy up Tony Fernandes’s struggling Formula One outfit
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Dany Bahar is at it again: The flamboyant former Ferrari exec and ex-Lotus CEO is the main investor behind a new tuning house called Ares, and some former Lotus managers form his core team. While Bahar’s ambitious lineup of propose...
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Ten percent more power than last year and a solid whump of additional torque from the Power Stroke diesel mean that it’s Ford’s turn to leapfrog its truck-making competitors to claim “best-in-class” honors for 2015. Although the blue-ova...
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Great news for Mustang fans everywhere: Saleen Automotive has announced it is in the midst of tweaking Ford’s new-for-2015 Mustang. To mark the event, the tuning outfit has released a single photo previewing the presumably muscled-...
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The all-new Macan compact SUV is a smash hit for Porsche, with the 10,000 units Porsche allotted for the U.S. in 2014 is already sold out. Good for them, right? Sort of. With half-year or longer waiting lists, it could lose buyers, espec...
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Crazed tuners Liberty Walk will widen, lower and stretch a Lamborghini for SEMA
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Cadillac ’s latest edition of the CTS sedan builds off the high benchmark set by 2014’s generation change. Now in its third generation, the CTS is a formidable opponent to the German and Japanese rivals. Debuting for the first time in 20...
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SRT ‘Hellcat’ is the most powerful production muscle car in history. Good name, too
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It certainly looks like Jaguar is milking every last dollar it can get from the F-Type range. That’s the only logical explanation for the British automaker not being shy about adding more trims to its newest model, including what’s looki...
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At the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan suggested an idea at once futuristic and intuitive: Automotive components should be quickly and easily replaceable with the help of a 3D printer. The IDx NISMO concept featured removable fenders that ...
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Chevrolet offers the Sonic with the optional 138-hp 1.4-liter turbo four on LT and LTZ trims but makes the little huffer standard in the sporty RS package. Midway through the 2014 model year, Chevrolet added the RS package to the sedan; ...
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Parents with late-model Fords, do you enjoy easily restricting your teens’ speed and stereo volume using Ford’s MyKey programmable key fob? Are you also somewhat paranoid and controlling? Ford’s experimental MyKey-style...
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![Hell Hath No Fury Like a 707-Horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat [Video]](http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2015-Dodge-Challenger-SRT-Hellcat-PLACEMENT-626x382.jpg)
This new Challenger packs 707-hellcats under is devilish hood. Watch the video here.
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Muscle cars are all about the numbers, and Dodge has just issued a triple-digit warning to the rest of pony car herd. Packing 707-horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, the supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8 “Hellcat” engine is the very stuff ...
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Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz have announced that they are going in half-and-half on a new manufacturing plant adjacent to an existing Nissan plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The two companies will build compact luxury cars based on a share...
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Hypermileing is a growing trend these days as folks try to conserve as much fuel and money as possible. But even the best efforts are vain attempts when compared to a driver with a good tool. Turns out, the best tool (most efficient) is ...
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BMW is making a substantial push to expand its diesel sales in the U.S., having added an oil-burner option to the 3-series, 5-series, and, most recently, the 7-series and X3. But it appears as though BMW’s efforts aren’t payi...
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This day was bound to come, no matter how much we all feared it. That’s what happens to cars like the Ferrari LaFerrari . You appreciate and love it, but you also understand that seeing one crash will make your stomach turn. ItR...
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Australia's compact SUV market is rapidly growing, with the recent introduction of the Ford EcoSport, Nissan Juke and Holden Trax. Soon, we'll see those models joined by the Honda Vezel, Renault Capt...
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Keen on trimming weight wherever and however it can, Audi has teamed up with an Italian supplier to develop a lightweight coil spring made of fiberglass-reinforced polymer (GFRP). Set to debut in a yet-unnamed “upper mid-size model...
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Ferrari's Special Projects division has turned its spanners on yet another F12 Berlinetta, with a custom one-off F12 being spotted for the first time at a New York Ferrari dealership. Dubbed the Ferrari SP America, this uni...
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In March, William Clay Ford Sr., 88, died of pneumonia. Pneumonia? How could that be? The man was stubbornly loyal to his “studies in mediocrity,” the phrase Detroiters affixed to coaches for the Lions, a team Mr. Ford owned. He thus oft...
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Back in 2001, the Lexus IS 300 debuted to give the Japanese automaker a competitor for the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class. The IS 350 took its place in 2006 with a revised body and a new, 3.5-liter engine. The IS 350 received yet anot...
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Meet the Suzuki GSX-R600 Tyco Race Replica. This special edition comes with a series of special features which give it a racy look further enhancing the aggressive character of the GSX-R600. Among the features offered by the motorcycle y...
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Americans spend more than $30 billion a year on fast-food breakfast, annually dropping about $40 million worth of sausage, egg, and cheese between the front seats. Taco Bell would like to be responsible for more of those crumbs, so it ro...
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The Federal Government’s LPG incentive scheme has officially come to an end, with vehicles purchased or converted after June 30 now ineligible. Introduced by then Prime Minister John Howard in 2006, the scheme was initially d...
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The hydrogen-powered Toyota FCV, previewed by an oddly styled concept by the same name, will cost the equivalent of about $69,000 in Japan when it goes on sale as early as this year. Toyota executives said they had cut back from an initi...
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Will this gorgeous 1962 Berlinetta break the all-time auction record next month?
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Ride with Subaru's Mark Higgins as he talks you round his record-breaking Isle of Man lap
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All-electric Carice Mk1 weighs 350kg, available with either 20bhp or a whopping 54bhp. Grrr
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The Polaris Sportsman XP 850 H.O. EPS sets new standards in terms of off road performances. Thanks to its tough character and solid construction it can deal effortless with anything you throw at it. Among the features offered by the XP 5...
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The Challenger made its fateful return to Dodge’s lineup in 2008 following decades of remaining dormant. For the 2015 model year, the Challenger received a refresh that included a set of taillights that hark back to the 1971 model ...
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Peugeot has confirmed it will build a new second-generation RCZ coupe, according to a report this week with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. Revealed as a concept in 2007, the 308-based coupe made its market debut in 2010. A facelifted vers...
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The Benelli Caffenero 250 is a no-nonsense scooter that puts efficiency and practicality on top of its priorities list. It is built on a lightweight frame which is made of an extremely resilient steel trestle. The frame sits on a 35 mm f...
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From when the iconic Willys MB went off to fight WWII until 2014’s Wrangler JK , good gas mileage hasn’t exactly been the Jeep’s strong suit. Even with modern advancements of electronic fuel injection, five and six speed gearboxes, and e...
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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai July 1) - A total of 15.68 million automobiles have been recalled in China since 2004, the China Industry Journal reported today, quoting a statement made by Lu Chunming, deputy head of the General Administration of ...
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All myths aside, the Golden State is a lonely, hard place at the edge of the continent, low on water and high on stretches of desolation. Little is preserved here; it falls into disrepair and uselessness and it’s either left behind to ro...
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Audi has revealed that it will introduce a new suspension spring, made from a glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP), with a new production model this year. The new technology promises improvements on multiple levels, being lighter, more ...
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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai July 1) - China has made dramatic strides in breaking down on potential monopolistic practices in pure electric vehicle sales. In the run up to implementing policies that enforce the existence of unified national sta...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler have expanded the scope of their technical partnership this week, announcing a new assembly plant to be built in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The new plant will jointly add nearly 5700 workers to t...
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From The Car Connection: GM Sets No Cap On Payouts To Compensate Ignition Switch Victims; Claims Begin August 1 General Motors has received plenty of criticism for its handling of the long-delayed ignition switch recall at the center of ...
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Chinese-owned MG has used an enthusiast event in the UK this week to unveil its new GT sedan, ahead of a 2015 market launch. The new sedan will join the existing MG3 light hatch and the midsized MG6, and its debut next year will also for...
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GM was sued by a California prosecutor over claims it deceived buyers by intentionally concealing defects rather than fixing them.
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Filed under: Sedan , Safety , Technology , Hyundai , Luxury Speed cameras are something of a foreign curiosity for many drivers in the US. Sure, there is sporadic use of red light cameras here, but the cams to catch speeders are much mor...
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Cuban dealers sold 50 cars and four motorcycles in the first six months of the year under a new law that removed limits on auto purchases but came with prices so high few people could afford them.
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BMW M4 IN AUSTRALIA FROM JUNE BMW's mad new M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe models launch in Australia this week, with the latter marking the first-ever appearance of the name. The new Bavarian gruntmeisters are lighter and mean...
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Chrysler is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles worldwide over an ignition switch defect nearly identical to the fault that has caused massive recalls at General Motors over the past year, the automaker announced late Monday. According to ...
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General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) will pay at least $1 million for each death linked to the fatally flawed ignition switch that was the focus of a 2.6 million-vehicle recall in January and linked to at least 13 deaths and 54 accidents. The co...
