Uber inches closer to its dream of electric flying machines

Uber has lofty dreams. The ride-hailing company is looking to expand beyond the confines of ground-based transportation and bring its passengers into the sky. It plans to do so with electric flying vehicles that will be accessed via a terminal of sorts, and the company just inched a bit closer to realizing this dream with an impressive new hire…

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Jannarelly reveals flip-up roof option for Design-1 sports car

Sports car startup Jannarelly is bowing to popular demand for an enclosed version of its first model, the deliciously retro Design-1. The company, which is based in Dubai, has revealed the design of a hard-top roof option (HT) in a series of computer-generated images. Jannarelly has also revealed a new windshield option (WS) for the car. The…

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Infiniti: What’s new for 2017

Infiniti had been rudderless for years, with its models lacking a cohesive design as well as suffering from product cycles that seemed to stretch for an eternity. Infiniti finally changed its tack with the introduction of the Q50 for 2014. The svelte sedan introduced a bold look for the brand, as well as a new naming strategy, and helped to…

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Citroën C-Aircross concept previews C3 Picasso successor

Citroën will use next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show to unveil a funky compact SUV called the C-Aircross. The car may be a concept but it’s actually a thinly-veiled preview of the French automaker’s replacement for the C3 Picasso. Whereas the C3 Picasso is more of a minivan, the production version of the C-Aircross, likely to…

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2017 Lexus LX 570: The luxobarge value?

We live in an era in which flagship luxury SUVs start around $70,000, and they can easily top $100,000. Heck, the Mercedes-AMG G65 exceeds $220,000. And that’s before we start talking about the Bentley Bentayga and its available dash clock priced at $170K (no, that’s not a typo). To say things have gotten out of hand might be an understatement…

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Does the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon have 757 horsepower?

We don’t know yet how much horsepower the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has, but that hasn’t stopped everyone from looking for clues. Every teaser we’ve received so far has revealed more about the new beast, and now the latest one might’ve just exposed the car’s horsepower rating. The sharp minds over at Road & Track noticed that the…

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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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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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