Nissan’s short-lived IDx concept to appear ‘Furious 8’

The compact, rear-wheel drive show car we got so excited about at the Nissan stand a few years ago is back, but it isn’t headed to dealers. Instead, as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pointed out in a post on his Instagram channel, the IDx NISMO show car will apparently play a role in the upcoming eighth installment of the Fast & The Furious film…

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McLaren adds track-focused 570S Sprint to Sports Series range

It’s only been a year since McLaren revealed the first of its Sports Series models, the 570S, but already the automaker’s entry-level range is close to matching the variety on offer in the pricier Super Series. Already this year we’ve been treated to the more practical 570GT and competition-ready 570 GT4 racer, and now McLaren…

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Ride along with Graham Rahal in an Indy Car at Road America

A Honda engine hasn’t given you a thrill like this in some time. That’s because this particular one is powering an Indy Car driven by Graham Rahal. He’s piloting the machine around Wisconsin’s crown jewel, otherwise known as Road America. If you click play on that video above, you’ll be transported into Graham’s seat. Thankfully, you can let him…

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What factors change air suspension spring rates?

Just a week ago, we invited you to come along and learn about air suspension systems. Our friend Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained created a video discussing what air suspension is and how it works. Now he’s back with a second video that dives a bit more deeply into the air ride world. This time the focus is on spring rates, and how they’re…

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2017 Ford GT in production guise surprises at Le Mans

There’s an assortment of cars racing around the Circuit de la Sarthe in this weekend’s 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, which at the time of writing is led by Toyota and one of its TS050 Hybrid LMP1s, but one car in particular is creating plenty of excitement off the track. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] rolled out a production-spec version of…

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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 spy shots and video

Mercedes-Benz has shown us its new E-Class, but soon after the car reaches showrooms in the summer we should have had our first look at the high-performance version from Mercedes-AMG. No, we’re not talking about the new E43. We’re talking about the new E63 sledgehammer, which once again will pack a twin-turbocharged V-8. A debut is…

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Lego Ford GT on display at Le Mans

Ford thinks it has all the pieces together to dominate the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but the automaker’s racing car isn’t quite put together the same way as the 4,000-piece Lego model it is displaying on the sidelines of the grueling race in France. Rendered in 1/3 scale, the Lego version of the new Ford GT race car is on display for the next…

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Lamborghini overhauls its museum

Visitors to Central Italy will now have a new reason to stop in Sant’Agata Bolognese, a small town that Lamborghini has called home for generations: The Italian supercar manufacturer has opened the doors to its freshly renovated museum. The museum itself dates back to 2001 but was growing a little rough around the edges, so Lamborghini took…

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2017 Nissan 370Z preview

Walk up to the counter, tell the Nissan dealer the trim model of the 2017 Nissan 370Z you want, take two steps to the left, hand the cashier your money, take your keys and go home. Nissan has announced the 370Z will live on for at least another year—the eighth for the current model (a Z34 to hardcore fans)—and the car will be offered…

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Nissan proposes ethanol for future fuel-cell cars, to avoid hydrogen fueling

Electric cars are showing up all over the place, but hydrogen fuel-cell cars have lagged behind, with only three Asian makers committed to offering them in the U.S. That’s partly because setting up a network of hydrogen stations to fuel them is slow and expensive. Now Nissan has a better idea. Rather than pumping hydrogen into the cars at very…

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Nissan proposes ethanol for future fuel-cell cars, to avoid hydrogen fueling