Category: Latest News
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Win Extreme Terrain’s Supercharged 2015 Jeep Wrangler: Video
Last week, we broke the news that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is coming. Complete with an available 707-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine and all-wheel drive, it’s sure to be bonkers. But if you want a supercharged Jeep that’ll keep going when the pavement ends, you’ll still need to take matters into your own hands.…
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace Spy Shots
These are the latest spy shots of Jaguar’s upcoming SUV based on the C-X17 concept first shown at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. Previously thought to be an XQ or Q-Type, Jaguar has since confirmed that it’s first-ever high-riding model will be called an F-Pace. While the name might be a bit of an odd…
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe: First Drive
The 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class Coupe is a strange beast if you try to read too much into its form factor. But as we found this past week, it makes a lot more sense if you take it quite literally by its badge. Let’s face it, the term ‘coupe’ has been diluted to the point of…
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Redesigned 2016 Lincoln MKX Gets Price Cut
While Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has soared in recent years, a lack of distinct product and brand identity has left its Lincoln luxury division struggling. In an effort to combat sagging sales of its MKX crossover—which have seen a nearly 50-percent drop since last year—the brand has taken the unusual move of cutting the price…
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E3 ‘Need For Speed’ Trailers Promise Fantastic Graphics, Gameplay: Video
The teaser for the next installment of Electronic Arts’ long-running Need for Speed franchise left us wanting to see more. And now we have. In the days surrounding last week’s E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles—which also saw news regarding rival title Forza Motorsport 6—Electronic Arts released a full trailer, and it’s…
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Mercedes AMG Lock Out Front Row For 2015 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix
Mercedes AMG has secured yet another pole position, with star driver Lewis Hamilton the fastest at today’s qualifying session for the 2015 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix and teammate Nico Rosberg a close second. It means the team has now claimed every pole position since last year’s Austrian Grand Prix, which equates to 19 in…
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Pod Racers Wanted: SpaceX Announces Hyperloop Competition
Hawthorne, California is hardly Tatooine—but if entrepreneur and Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk gets his way, both will boast pod racing. Plenty of details are still to come, but SpaceX, which is also headed by Musk, has announced a competition to challenge universities and independent teams to design pods for the Hyperloop concept…
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Has The Nürburgring Just Banned Lap Record Attempts?
Though there’s no official sanctioning body for Nürburgring-Nordschleife lap times, setting a lap and posting a video of the attempt online has become one of the most popular means for automakers to promote the performance of their cars. Of course, there are also critics of the practice. They typically either site the number of…
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2015 24 Hours Of Le Mans, In Photos
The 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has come and gone, and with it, we have a new (old) overall victor: Porsche. Displacing the dominant Audi Sport Racing team in the world’s greatest endurance race for the first time since its return to Le Mans racing last year, Porsche not only took…
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Billionaire Auto Industry Investor Kirk Kerkorian Dies At 98
Kirk Kerkorian’s life began in poverty and ended in spectacular success. Along the way, he founded an early airline, battled Howard Hughes for control of a germinating Las Vegas, counted icon Frank Sinatra as a friend, and owned interests in MGM, United Artists and Columbia Pictures. But in addition to his glamorous ventures into the…