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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]…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A. Kahn Design turns its attention to Land Rover’s Discovery Sport
If you’ve just taken delivery of a Land Rover Discovery Sport and wished it was as plush as one of the British automaker’s Range Rover models, then vehicle customizer and coachbuilder A. Kahn Design might be worth a look into. A. Kahn Design has unveiled a sinister-looking Discovery Sport that features the firm’s signature…
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Musk: 37 of 40 Tesla Model S suspension complaints were fraudulent
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently examined the suspension of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S after receiving a number of complaints about parts breaking. The CEO of the electric car company Elon Musk revealed in a Twitter post on Friday that NHTSA determined there’s no safety concern with the Model S suspension…
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Google founder Page working on flying car
Some details have finally made their way online regarding Google founder Larry Page’s ultra-secret startup, Zee.Aero, and they might surprise you: He’s working on a flying car. Zee.Aero is entirely unrelated to Google, which Page is no longer running (he’s still in charge of Google parent company Alphabet, though). Patent filings have revealed…
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8 ways to turn an SUV into a Porsche
The 2017 Porsche Macan GTS is the compact SUV the automaker always set out to build, according to Porsche. Based on the Audi Q5, the Macan GTS is, in our opinion, the best handling crossover on the planet, but how does it get that way? Let’s dissect how a sports car maker turns an SUV…