Thursday 10 December 2015

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18-Year-Old Max Verstappen Shines At FIA Annual Awards

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 04:26 AM PST


While Lewis Hamilton walked away with the drivers championship for the 2015 Formula One season, 18-year-old Max Verstappen managed to claim three awards for his performance this year.
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Two-Tone Custom Wheels Make This Ferrari 458 Speciale Even More... Special

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 04:01 AM PST


While this isn't the first Ferrari 458 Speciale we've seen rocking custom ADV1 wheels lately, it certainly doesn't take a backseat to any supercar in the looks department.
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Rare 1960 Jaguar XK150 Sold For £427,100

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 03:00 AM PST


The between the modern XK and its namesake from the past are separated by five decades, during which the latter became highly appreciated among classic car enthusiasts. Thus the high price that nudges half a million bucks...
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BAC Mono Celebrates Launch In Hong Kong

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 01:55 AM PST


The potent and driver-focused BAC Mono has just launched in Hong Kong following the opening of the British firm's first showroom in the Kowloon Bay region.
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Nissan To Reveal New Wireless Charging System In 2016 Geneva Auto Show

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 01:11 AM PST


Wireless charging seems to be the future for electric vehicles and now Nissan has confirmed that at the Geneva Motor Show 2016 in March, it will unveil a brand new, high-performance wireless charging system.
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Porsche Delivers 200,000 Cars In Calendar Year For The First Time

Posted: 10 Dec 2015 12:00 AM PST


Despite the slowdown in China adversely affecting a number of automakers, Porsche has just announced that for the first time in its history, it has delivered over 200,000 vehicles in a year - one month before 2015 ends, at that.
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Seattle PD Chases Down & Neutralizes Felon's Camaro

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 08:19 PM PST


While footage such as this might make some people feel uneasy, the reality is that not all police chases end in arrests, especially if the perpetrator has already fired shots at the officers.
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2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Spied For The First Time

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 07:43 PM PST


Just as Mercedes-Benz released the first official (interior) shots of their new-gen E-Class sedan, our spies caught a prototype of the Coupe version in Germany.
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Chrysler Apparently Re-Evaluating Future Line-Up

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 07:09 PM PST


As the world's leading automakers rush towards developing more and more SUVs, it seems as though an increased number of different body styles are being scrapped in favour of crossovers.

The latest model believed to have been axed from ever reaching the market is the much talked about entry-level Chrysler 100.
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Porsche 911 Almost Wipes Out Crowd At Spanish Rally

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 06:34 PM PST


Before Group B rallying was outlawed, the high-paced series brought together some of the world's most talented drivers, most powerful and bonkers cars ever created and treacherous rally stages.

Seeing videos of Group B rally cars roaring past fans just inches away at well over 100 mph is truly extraordinary.
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Brain Controlled Car Developed By Chinese Researchers

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 06:02 PM PST


This project gives the phrase "look mom, no hands!" a new meaning.
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New Jaguar XF Is Fun To Drive But Could Use A Quieter Cabin, Says Review

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 05:12 PM PST


The new Jaguar XF is taking full advantage of the company's new modular architecture shared with the smaller XE, dropping its weight up to 190kg (419lbs) when compared with its predecessor.
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Possibly One Of The Most Important 300SL Gullwings Offered For Sale

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 04:39 PM PST


Considered by many as the first supercar, the Mercedes 300SL has enough qualities as it is to fetch an outstandingly high price on the "used car market".
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Porsche Renames Next Boxster & Cayman To 718, Confirms 4-Cylinder Turbo Engines

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 04:11 PM PST


Porsche has announced a name change for the new Boxster and Cayman series, which will be known as the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman respectively with the 2016 model changeover.
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New BMW M2 Coupe Walkaround And Engine Sounds

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 03:40 PM PST


The BMW M2 Coupe is the new range-topping version of the 2-Series Coupe version and the successor of the 1M Coupe. It may very well be this generation's E30 M3 too, though, that's something we'll have to wait and see.
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Hyundai To Sponsor NFL's Minnesota Vikings & Pittsburgh Steelers

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 03:08 PM PST


With its NFL sponsorship fully secured and the regular season almost over, Hyundai has now signed sponsorship deals with both the Minnesota Vikings the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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FCA Launches Design Contest For 2025 Dodge SRT Hellcat

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 02:40 PM PST


Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has just launched its 2016 Drive for Design contest inviting high school students across the United States to design a Dodge SRT Hellcat for the year 2025.
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VW Finds False CO2 Figures In Nine Models After Internal Investigation

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 02:03 PM PST


Volkswagen announced the findings of its internal investigation in the official CO2 figures of some of the Group's models. The Germans discovered nine variants guilty of 'slight deviation', far fewer than originally thought.
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This Lamborghini 400 GT Was Driven For 300,000 Miles

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 01:35 PM PST


The Lamborghini 400 GT was born in an era when carburetors were a common thing on vehicles and it was approved by Ferruccio Lamborghini himself.
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Hyundai Pulls The Wraps Off The 2016 Hyundai i20 WRC Contender

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 01:06 PM PST


Hyundai feels ready to go after the WRC Champion title in the 2016 season with their new i20 racer.
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New Nissan Juke Arriving In 2017 Tipped To Receive More Conservative Design

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 12:35 PM PST


Launched in 2011, the Nissan Juke has always been a very divisive car due to its bold and eye-popping styling. With this in mind, Nissan is apparently working on toning down the design of the next-generation Juke by basing it around the Gripz concept introduced back in September at Frankfurt.
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Ferrari F355 Spider Sounds Great On The Top Gear Test Track

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 12:05 PM PST


Supercars from the '90s remain in the hearts of many thanks to their hot designs and more simple technologies, in a decade that brought us exotics such as the iconic McLaren F1, and not only.
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Skoda Offering Auxiliary Heating Systems

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 11:40 AM PST


With temperatures dropping for winter, Skoda is offering high-performance heating systems as both an option and a retrofit solution for the Octavia, the Superb and the Yeti.
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SEMA's Chevrolet Malibu Red Line Concept Could Enter Production

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 11:08 AM PST


On the back of the reveal of the Chevrolet Malibu Red Line Concept at last month's SEMA show, it has been announced that the Red Line series could make its way into production.
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Volkswagen To Launch Electric Car Concept At CES 2016

Posted: 09 Dec 2015 10:40 AM PST


At next month's CES 2016 running from January 6-9, VW is set to reveal an all-electric concept car.
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