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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 Chicago Auto Show Edition
The Chicago Auto Show isn’t one of the major events on the auto industry calendar but at this year’s show, on this week, we saw quite the bevy of new model reveals. The highlight, no doubt, was the unexpected reveal of Chevrolet’s new Camaro 1LE. Unlike previous 1LE packages, this time around buyers can add…
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NHTSA Says Google Can Test Cars Without Drivers Or Even Steering Wheels
In a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website this week, NHTSA told Google it can test autonomous cars without drivers, steering wheels, brake pedals, or throttle pedals. The move fits with the promise the Department of Transportation’s made in January to remove obstacles to the development of autonomous…
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BMW Presents i8 Protonic Red Special Edition
BMW is patting itself on the back for strong sales of its i8 by rolling out a special edition model. The car is called the i8 Protonic Red Edition and will be on display next month at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. WATCH: 2015 BMW i8 First Drive: Video BMW managed to sell 5,456 examples…
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2018 BMW 5-Series GT Spy Shots
It may be one of the more ungainly models in the BMW lineup but the 5-Series Gran Turismo, which first arrived on the scene as a 2010 model, is set to spawn a successor. These are our latest spy shots of a prototype for the second-generation model, which we expect on the market sometime in…
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Morgan Bringing 4/4 80th Anniversary Model And EV3 Electric 3 Wheeler To Geneva
Morgan, the British firm that builds advanced, high-tech sports cars that look like they stepped out of the first half of the last century, is headed to the 2016 Geneva Motor Show with two new additions. One is a special edition of Morgan’s 4/4, the company’s first car with four wheels. The 4/4 has been…
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Ferrari Enzo Wrecked In Infamous 2006 Crash Sold For $1.75M
Back in 2006, Bo Stefan Eriksson, who ran failed gaming console business Gizmondo and even raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, famously crashed a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Enzo on a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway after losing control of the car in a drag race with the driver of a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.…
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Toyota Reveals TS050 For 2016 WEC, Adds Kobayashi To Driver Lineup
Toyota has revealed its new hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the premier LMP1 Hybrid class alongside…
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2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona, 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor, 2018 Porsche Cayenne: This Week’s Top Photo
We witnessed plenty of action in the first major event of the 2016 motorsport season, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and though it wasn’t a miracle run for Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] and its new GT supercar, another American automaker, Chevrolet, took home the top honors in the GT category. The pair of C7.Rs from…
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2016 Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Spyder First Drive
Before this week, I had driven a Lamborghini once. It was a Gallardo Spyder and I drove it about four miles in the mid 2000s. That wasn’t enough time to get much of an impression, but I remember that the V-10 provided ridiculous power and an ear-searing engine note. The engine also vibrated like a…