Tag: the-first
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The $187,400 McLaren 570S is Ferrari’s rude wake-up call: first drive review
Say you just sold your first mobile app, or your company just got acquired by some search-engine giant. What’s a car-crazed geek to do? Real estate? Retirement plan? We’d do something totally logical like this–the 570S, the first car in McLaren’s more attainable Sports Series. Logical.
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Morgan Bringing 4/4 80th Anniversary Model And EV3 Electric 3 Wheeler To Geneva
Morgan, the British firm that builds advanced, high-tech sports cars that look like they stepped out of the first half of the last century, is headed to the 2016 Geneva Motor Show with two new additions. One is a special edition of Morgan’s 4/4, the company’s first car with four wheels. The 4/4 has been…
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2018 BMW 3-Series, Fisker-Designed Force 1, Jeep Grand Cherokee Hellcat: Today’s Car News
A prototype for the next-generation BMW 3-Series has been spotted for the first time. The new car looks very low and sporty and should be quite dynamic behind the wheel thanks to lightweight multi-material construction. Danish designer Henrik Fisker recently teamed up with Bob Lutz and Gilbert Villarreal over at VL Automotive and together the…
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The Story Behind The E30 M3: Video
If you’re not in the know, BMW guys can drive you nuts. They talk about generations of 3 Series and M3 with alphanumerics such as E30, E36, E46, and E92 like everyone knows what they heck they mean. Thanks to BMW.TV, the uninitiated can get a better grasp on the cars behind those alphanumerics. The…
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2017 Genesis G90, 2017 Mercedes E-Class, FCA Star Wars Ads: Car News Headlines
The first model from Hyundai’s new Genesis luxury brand has been revealed. It’s a full-size sedan called the G90, and it will replace the Hyundai Equus when it goes on sale next year. It will also be the first model with the Korean automaker’s new twin-turbocharged V-6. Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation E-Class sedan debuts…
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Signing Of Highway Bill A Boon For Replica Builders
The five-year, $305 billion highway bill signed into law by President Barack Obama last week is chock full of rules and updates relating to the automotive transport industry, including, finally, some provisions for key infrastructure funding. One of the more interesting sections is the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2015, which…
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Mitsubishi eX Concept, New Lexus Concept, Tesla Model Y: Car News Headlines
Mitsubishi has a new crossover concept coming. It’s called the eX, and it will be shown for the first time at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. It’s thought to preview Mitsubishi’s next-generation Outlander Sport. Lexus is also planning a new concept for the Tokyo Motor Show, but the upmarket Toyota division is yet to provide…
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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…