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  • 1,088-horsepower electric Rimac Concept_One goes drifting

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    Oh, to be the Earl of Pembroke. For one, you get to tell people to call you Lord. Second, you also happen to be the founder of a the Wilton Classic & Supercar, which is basically an individual Lord’s version of Goodwood. Lord Pembroke owns many wonderful automobiles, including a Bugatti Veyron. Recently, however, he’s…

  • How does the Rimac Concept_One fare against a Bugatti Veyron?

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    The Bugatti Veyron may no longer be the king of internal combustion horsepower. The Bugatti Chiron’s 1,480 horses now takes the production horsepower crown, but 1,200 ponies kicked out by a quad-turbocharged W-16 is still plenty. But how does it compare to 1,088 electron-induced horses? Matt Rimac is the founder of Rimac Automobili, the Croatian…

  • Rimac Concept_One destroys Ferrari LaFerrari, Tesla Model S in acceleration test

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    We all know electric cars are quick off the line but it seems even the quickest internal combustion cars don’t hold a candle to the new generation of battery-powered, zero-emission offerings. Racing driver Archie Hamilton recently pitted the Concept_One electric supercar from Croatian firm Rimac against a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari. The…

  • 2017 Volkswagen 3-row SUV spy shots

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    It’s been almost two years since Volkswagen confirmed plans to build a new 3-row crossover SUV at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We now have spy shots of some prototypes just months out from the start of production. The new SUV was first previewed in early 2013 by the CrossBlue concept. The spy shots show…