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You can build your own go-kart using simple tools
There’s something endlessly appealing about ripping around in a go-kart—it doesn’t matter if you’re 4 or 400 years old. For the average person, this means you hop in your car and drive to the nearest go-kart track. Hopefully they have gas karts, but you’ll certainly still be happy on a solid electric machine. If you’re…
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2017 Acura RLX preview
Acura’s RLX flagship sedan doesn’t get much attention in luxury circles but it has a lot to offer, especially for technology buffs. The RLX was introduced for the 2014 model year as the replacement for the RL, and though it isn’t on the same level of some of its German rivals when it comes to…
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2017 Buick Envision preview
Buick’s Envision raised a lot of eyebrows when it hit the market earlier in 2016 as the compact crossover SUV was the first vehicle from General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] to be imported from China. (Soon we’ll also be getting the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid by way of China.) The Envision’s first year on the market…
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McLaren confirms talks with Apple took place
A lot has been going on behind the scenes at McLaren and slowly details of the dealings are starting to emerge. In September, the Financial Times reported that Apple [NSDQ:AAPL] was in talks with the McLaren Technology Group about a possible takeover. The McLaren Technology Group is a private consortium co-founded by Ron Dennis in…
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2018 BMW 3-Series spy shots and video
Feast your eyes on the latest spy shots of a prototype for BMW’s next-generation 3-Series, arguably the automaker’s most important model of the next few years. It is expected to be revealed in mid-2017, as a 2018 model. Like past generations, this new 3-Series, code-named the G20, will likely end up the benchmark for the…
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2018 BMW 3-Series spy shots and video
Feast your eyes on the latest spy shots of a prototype for BMW’s next-generation 3-Series, arguably the automaker’s most important model of the next few years. It is expected to be revealed in mid-2017, as a 2018 model. Like past generations, this new 3-Series, code-named the G20, will likely end up the benchmark for the…
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2019 Jaguar I-Pace spy shots
Within days of Jaguar unveiling its I-Pace electric suv concept at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, a test mule for the production version has been spotted. This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen the test mule but now we have a rough idea of what the final design will be like. We also…
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‘The Grand Tour’ is everything you hoped for and more
On Friday, the first episode of Amazon’s new car show The Grand Tour starring former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May went live. There had been concerns Amazon might have trouble recreating the magic of the old show, but now that the first episode is out we can safely say that…
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 LA auto show edition
Lamborghini introduced a rear-wheel-drive version of its Huracán Spyder at this week’s 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The car’s arrival also marks a change in the Italian brand’s naming strategy, with the traditional alphanumeric portion of its cars’ titles to be replaced with something more descriptive. So instead of the…
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VW Passat GT concept brings near-R potential to family sedan
Volkswagen has let its North American engineering team cook up something interesting for the 2016 Los Angeles auto show, on this week. That something arrived in the shape of a Passat, and it came bearing GT badging. It’s called the Passat GT and it’s just a concept at this point, but we’re guessing the green…