2017 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS first drive review: The bargain 911

Cape Town, South Africa – I’m at the wheel of the 2017 Porsche 911 GTS at Killarney Raceway behind 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Marc Lieb and I’m frustrated. Lieb, in the even more powerful 911 Turbo S, is setting a leisurely pace and I want to pass him. It’s not because I’m some world-class driver. Another well-meaning but less confident…

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Kia’s Georgia plant is making a Super Bowl-sized run of Optimas

The Atlanta Falcons may have new allies in helping stop the New England Patriot’s edge-rushing talent for the Super Bowl this weekend. A new offensive line with a combined weight of 18,000 pounds could do it. This week, Kia’s manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, announced it will build sequential runs of the 2017 Kia Optima in red, black…

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Report: Porsche planning more potent, V-8-equipped Panamera hybrid

Porsche’s Panamera already comes as a hybrid but there are reports claiming a second, more potent gasoline-electric option will be offered, this one throwing a V-8 into the mix. Last summer Motor Trend came out with a report that a 918 Spyder-inspired Panamera with 700 horsepower was on the way, and now Motoring has learned that the vehicle…

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Aston Martin Vanquish S, Audi R8 V10 Spyder, Dodge Demon: This Week’s Top Photos

Aston Martin’s Vanquish S Volante is one of the sexiest drop-tops in production right now. It sports a 580-horsepower V-12, a carbon fiber body and extra plush Bridge of Weir Caithness leather trim. We flew to Granada, Spain to drive the refreshed 2017 Subaru BRZ with the new Performance Package. With bigger brakes, new dampers, and larger…

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2017 Dodge Challenger GT first drive review: Old dog, new tricks

How do you make an old car new again? If you’re Dodge and your Challenger’s structure hasn’t significantly changed since it was released for the 2008 model year, you add an all-wheel-drive system from an existing product, slap a new model name on it, and call the all-season muscle car. The result is the 2017 Dodge Challenger GT. Now…

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Mercedes previews next-gen compacts with Aesthetics A design study

Mercedes-Benz on Thursday unveiled a design study called the Aesthetics A during a design workshop held at its headquarters in Sindelfingen, Germany. Mercedes design boss Gordon Wagener has been central in turning the lines of Mercedes cars from boring to beautiful since taking the design reins in 2008. Now, he says, it’s time to…

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2018 McLaren 720S (P14) spy shots

McLaren’s 650S has only been with us since 2014 but a replacement is due to be unveiled in March at the 2017 Geneva auto show. McLaren has already started the teaser campaign for the car and now we have a new set of spy shots of a prototype. The car is referred to internally as the P14 but in showrooms it might be referred to as a 720S, to…

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Seeing the Lamborghini Veneno on a wet track is something special

Supercar owners typically have an aversion to weather that’s anything short of sunny and dry, so it’s downright pleasantly surprising to see a Lamborghini Veneno being thrashed on a race course on a rainy day. There’s not a lot of backstory on this one, but the video posted to YouTube by user marcopiz96 was apparently shot at an official…

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Jaguar: What’s new for 2017

Jaguar is in the midst of an aggressive push into the North American market that’s seen its existing models overhauled and the lineup expanded with two new additions. Along with the revitalized lineup, Jaguar has also sharpened pricing across the range so that its offerings now sit in the core of the luxury market. And on top of this Jaguar…

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Bernie Ecclestone cedes control of F1

After nearly four decades of commanding over Formula One, Bernie Ecclestone on Monday finally relinquished control of the sport. He didn’t have much say in the decision which was made by F1’s new owner Liberty Media. The American media giant agreed in September 2016 to buy control of F1 in a deal worth approximately $8 billion. It…

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