Monday 31 July 2017

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Lucas di Grassi Claims Formula E Championship

Posted: 31 Jul 2017 04:26 AM PDT


Lucas di Grassi has walked away as champion of the 2016/2017 Formula E season at the final weekend in Montreal, Canada.
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This Lamborghini Diablo GTR Is Just Begging For A Day At The Track

Posted: 31 Jul 2017 03:54 AM PDT


With so many variants built over the course of more than a decade of production, it's hard to pinpoint which version is truly the ultimate Lamborghini Diablo. But when it comes to track machinery, it's certainly the GTR.
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This Guy Loves Mitsubishis So Much, He's Bought 14 Of Them In 38 Years

Posted: 31 Jul 2017 03:33 AM PDT


Certain brands have been known to elicit loyalty among customers: people buying one Volvo, for example, or Subaru or Porsche, after another. But Mitsubishi?
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Potential Sale Of Ducati Has VW’s Board Divided, Might Not Happen After All

Posted: 31 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT


Volkswagen's planned sale of Ducati and transmissions maker Renk doesn't enjoy a majority backing on the company's supervisory board, with those opposing the sale citing the group's recent strong results.
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Sebastian Vettel Opens Up Championship Lead After Hungary Win

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:22 PM PDT


Sebastian Vettel has walked away as winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix and stretched out his championship lead to 14 points heading into the summer break.
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Pagani Zonda Riviera Is Another One-Off

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:12 PM PDT


The Pagani Zonda simply refuses to die and as long as the Italian marque keeps receiving orders for the sought-after hypercar, we can't imagine it going anywhere soon.
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Audi Wins 24 Hours Of Spa Ahead Of Bentley

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 05:02 PM PDT


Audi has claimed victory at the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa with the factory team of Markus Winkelhock, Christopher Haase and Jules Gounon in an R8 LMS.
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Matt Farah Drives Bids Farewell To The M5 Competition Package

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 04:02 PM PDT


The BMW M5 is a true legend in the performance car segment and in F10 Competition Package guise, can keep up with a number of serious two-door, mid-engine supercars.
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Now You Can Drive The Regalia From Final Fantasy In Forza Horizon 3

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:05 PM PDT


The vast majority of the cars available in Forza – or any driving game for that matter – are actual cars you might find on the street... but not all of them. Like this latest addition to Forza Horizon 3.
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Toro Rosso Could Take Sauber's Honda F1 Engines Next Season

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 02:06 PM PDT


Sauber may have canceled its deal with Honda to run its engines in Formula One next season, but the Japanese manufacturer isn't giving up just yet.
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A Rolls-Royce Phantom Wagon Doesn't Look As Strange As You'd Think

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:05 PM PDT


The idea of a Rolls-Royce wagon should repulse us, right? Yet here we are, looking at a rendering of just such a design, and somehow it doesn't look all that bad. Almost natural, really.
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Be As Petty As You Want In Your Own Ford Fusion Stock Car

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:59 AM PDT


Were you intrigued by the notion of owning your own NASCAR Sprint Cup racer when we brought that 2008 Toyota Camry stock car listing to your attention? Then this may prove even more tempting.
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Record-Setting Hypermiling Honda Civic Takes One Last Road Trip

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:01 AM PDT


Twenty-four countries in 25 days. That's the incredible journey this Honda Civic Tourer took two years ago, setting a Guinness World Record in the process. And now it's taken one last trip – to the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, where it will be on permanent display.
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How Does Honda's Civic Type R Stand Up To Ford's Focus RS?

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:57 PM PDT


There's a whole new class of hot hatches out there. Never mind the upscale rides from the likes of Audi Sport and Mercedes-AMG – we're talking about high-performance versions of mass-market hatchbacks from mass-market automakers like Ford and Honda.
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Is The 450 PS Audi RS5 Worth The Premium Over The Much Cheaper S5?

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:58 AM PDT


The new Audi RS5 is the undisputed king of the range, but apparently there's a feeling that the distance between it and the S5 is a little too close for comfort.
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Ford Celebrates A Century Of Building Pickup Trucks

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:01 AM PDT


It's been 100 years since Ford first started building pickup trucks, with the 1917 Model TT making its appearance nine years after the first Model T.
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2017 Honda NSX Looks Composed While Attacking The 'Ring

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:56 AM PDT


The world has come a long way since the original Honda NSX was launched almost 30 years ago.
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Volkswagen Arteon Seen Through The Eyes Of A Blind Photographer [w/Video]

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:57 PM PDT


They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but does one really need to rely on their eyesight to truly appreciate the new Volkswagen Arteon?
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Who'll Give This Splendid Jaguar XJ220 A New Home?

Posted: 30 Jul 2017 04:58 AM PDT


With only 281 example made, the Jaguar XJ220 was a rare beast indeed; far more scarce than the Ferrari F40, and rarer even than the Porsche 959. That makes them rather hard to come by, particularly in such perfect condition as this one.
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