Category: Latest News
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Next-gen Chevy Corvette, next-gen Porsche 911, Mercedes-AMG E63 Wagon: This Week’s Top Photos
The mid-engine car everyone thinks will be the C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been spotted again. The latest shots show a prototype testing alongside the mystery C7 Corvette thought to be a new ZR1 range-topper. The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS is the latest “991” series 911 model to receive its mid-cycle update. Find out what it’s…
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BMW North America to get new CEO
Effective March 1, BMW North America will have a new CEO. Bernhard Kuhnt will take over the position from Ludwig Willisch, who stays on as Head of BMW Group Region Americas. Willisch took on the North American CEO role in late 2011. Kuhnt had previously spent nine years in sales management in the United States…
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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…
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Buick Super Bowl ad stars Cascada, Cam Newton, and Miranda Kerr
Last year at this time Cam Newton was in the Super Bowl. This year, he’ll be part of the festivities again, and he’ll even be playing football but it will be with Pee Wees. That’s because Newton, the incredibly talented but often brooding Carolina Panthers quarterback, is featured in Buick’s Super Bowl ad. CHECK OUT:…
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2019 Porsche 911 spy shots
Porsche is out and about with the first prototypes for its next-generation 911. Until now all we’ve seen were test mules hidden beneath the body of the current “991” series but the latest tester, likely to be for the Carrera S model, is wearing some new elements. Most of these can be found at 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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…