Tuesday 28 June 2016

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Mercedes-AMG GT S Recalled For Driveshaft Failure

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 04:36 AM PDT


While Mercedes-AMG was lifting the veils off the hardcore AMG GT R at Goodwood, the NHTSA was issuing a recall for certain units of the GT S.
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Alfa Romeo Delivers First Giulias In Italy, Prices Start At €35,500

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 03:54 AM PDT


Alfa Romeo marked the dawn of a new era when it revealed the new Giulia a year ago, but delayed production more than what is considered the norm in the auto industry.
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Mazda Commemorates 1991 Le Mans Win With Throwback Livery

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 02:58 AM PDT


As hard as Toyota might try, Mazda remains the only Japanese manufacturer ever to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The landmark victory came 25 years ago and to mark the anniversary, it will run the iconic livery you see here at Watkins Glen this weekend.
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Mercedes-Benz Commences Production Of The GLC Coupe In Bremen

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 01:58 AM PDT


Slated to go on sale in the US from 2017, the all-new GLC Coupe has just hit the assembly line.
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Is Ford's Mustang V8 Good Enough To Top These Euro Coupes?

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 07:34 PM PDT


With a hypothetical £35,000 ($46,000) to spend on a sports coupe, Carwow's Mat Watson set out to help buyers decide if Ford's V8-powered Mustang can offset the likes of the BMW M235i and Audi TT TFSI.
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Possible Brake Issue Sends Lambo Huracan Towards Concrete Barriers

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 06:43 PM PDT


Because the are a couple of conflicting arguments regarding this incident, we're curious to know what you think it was that sent this black Lamborghini Huracan off the track.
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Meet The 'Ice Cars' From The New Fast 8 Movie

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 06:10 PM PDT


Since we learned that Dom and his friends (family) would be taking their talents to Iceland for the latest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, it was only a matter of time until we also found out what they would be driving over there.
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VW Diesel Settlement Now Expected To Be Near $15 Billion

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 05:36 PM PDT


Volkswagen is set to pay up a larger-than-expected amount to offer American customers buybacks for hundreds of thousands of diesel-powered cars involved in its emissions scandal.
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2017 Toyota C-HR Small Crossover’s Interior Revealed [w/Video]

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 04:56 PM PDT


Toyota has finally given us an inside glimpse of their upcoming 2017 C-HR following its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March where it was displayed with blacked out windows.
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Filming Car Ads Won't Be The Same (Or Real) Again Thanks To The Mill's Shape-Shifting Blackbird

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 04:28 PM PDT


As disappointing as it sounds, most of the intense car chasing scenes in movies are not genuine, but rather the result of a (very talented) production team that uses rigs, replicas, mules and lots of CGI.
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VW To Build Its First EV Battery Plant In China

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 03:38 PM PDT


It looks like China will be the first country chosen by VW to open one or more battery factories as part of their new long-term strategy.
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Here's Every Inch Of The Bugatti Chiron

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 03:07 PM PDT


The Bugatti Chiron has been with us for a while now, and although we've seen a fair share of videos with it, the big brute still has many things to hide. Some of them in plain sight.
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Classic Cars Exempt from Paris' Pre-1997 Vehicles Ban

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT


Recently, the French government has announced that all cars registered before 1997 and motorcycles registered before 2000 will be banned from the city center during weekdays.
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2016 Hyundai Tucson Awarded With A Top Safety Pick Plus

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 02:10 PM PDT


The Hyundai Tucson has become the only vehicle in the small SUV category to score good ratings for both driver and passenger in the small-overlap crash test session, conducted by the IIHS.
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Mercedes Spied Testing 2018 GLT Pickup Mule, Could Come To USA

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 01:37 PM PDT


Daimler's Mercedes-Benz arm continues the development work of their first mid-sized pickup truck and our spies were there to catch them in the act.
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2,500 HP In the Trunk; What Could Go Wrong?

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 01:08 PM PDT


Whether it's actually itemized or not, everyone has their bucket list: the things we want to do before we leave this world. One item on Jay Leno's list was to ride in the Hemi Under Glass. And he got to do exactly that for this latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage. But things didn't quite go according to plan.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Says Goodbye To Swedish Team In Latest Volvo V90 Film [w/Video]

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 12:34 PM PDT


Despite Sweden leaving Euro 2016 early following successive losses to Italy and Belgium,  footballing legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic still has his Volvo V90 to fall back on.
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2016 Goodwood FOS Hillclimb In 130 Photos

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 11:59 AM PDT


From supercars to hypercars, F1 cars to motorbikes and hot hatchbacks to heritage models, this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed gave the crowd all it could ask for.
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World First "Electric Road" Opens In Sweden

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 11:29 AM PDT


Australia's need to move freight efficiently through the vast and remote Outback gave birth to multi-trailer "roadtrains", but the Swedes took the idea more literally.
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Piecha Design Wants To Upgrade Your R230 Mercedes SL

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 10:59 AM PDT


15 years ago, Mercedes rolled out the fifth-generation SL-Class. Known internally as the R230, it was one of the most successful, lasting through a minor facelift in 2006 and a major one in 2008 to remain on the market through 2011.
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Ferrari Attended Goodwood FoS With A Whole Stable Of Horses [76 Pics + Video]

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 10:28 AM PDT


In between the world premiere of exotics such as the new Mercedes-AMG GT R and stunt drives, Ferrari stood out at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed with a boatload of supercars.
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2017 Ford GT '66 Heritage Edition Pays Homage To 1966 Le Mans Winner [w/Video]

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 09:55 AM PDT


Apart from the standard supercar, the all-new Ford GT will be available in a limited edition as well, named '66 Heritage.
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Banksy's Famous SWAT Art Van For Auction

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 09:28 AM PDT


Whether they come from BMW or the World Touring Car Championship, art cars are typically based on, well... cars. But not this one. This is a van. A SWAT team van, to be specific. It's a rolling work of art, and it can be yours if you place the top bid later this week.
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Renault To Unveil New Alaskan Pickup Truck On June 30

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 08:56 AM PDT


Renault's first one-tonne pickup truck that was previewed by the Alaskan Concept last September will be revealed in production form this Thursday, June 30, during a special event in Medellin, Columbia.
The French brand offered no other details on the production truck that will keep the concept's name when it goes on sale in Europe and South America in the first half of 2017, with other markets to follow.
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Tesla Model S Shatters Production Electric Vehicle Record At Pikes Peak

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 08:44 AM PDT


The challenging Race to the Clouds was no match for a slightly modified Tesla Model S P90D, which managed to break the old electric car record by a full minute.
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