Tag: the-world
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Buy Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, support charity
Steven Tyler was the first in the world with a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, and now the Aerosmith front man’s car can be yours. It’s set to go under the hammer at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona and all proceeds from the sale will be donated to charity. Tyler first saw the Venom…
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After defeating an Aventador, Acura NSX faces off against the GT-R
The current Acura NSX is an interesting vehicle. It’s a sort of budget hypercar in that its not wearing an ungodly price tag (relatively speaking) yet it packs the combination of electric motors, batteries, and a gasoline engine that you’ll find in some of the world’s highest performing vehicles. Think of things like the McLaren…
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How the 2017 Camaro compares to the 1967 original
People love to look back on the past with rose-colored glasses. We do this with everything from politics, to finance, to the world climate, and especially to automobiles. The thing is, cars today are better than ever and they’re only improving. That doesn’t mean the classics are bad. In fact, we love old school metal…
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Ferrari officially says arrivederci to the manual gearbox
The manual gearbox is a rare and dying breed. It’s officially on the endangered list, and some automakers have already written it off as if it were cozying up to Dodo birds in hell. Ferrari has joined the scrum of car makers who no longer offers a row-your-own gearbox. At the Paris auto show last…
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Cadillac brings V-Performance Academy to Spring Mountain
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: attending a driving school is one of the best things you can do if you truly want to become better behind the wheel of your own car. More and more automakers are offering such schools for those that purchase the most performance-oriented offerings in a given…
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Honda Civic coupe attacks crowd-sourced stunt track
What happens when you open up ideas for a new stunt track to the world? Well, you get a bunch of goofy suggestions. Honda did just that to promote its Civic coupe and produced a video to prove it. In this video, stunt driver Matt Powers takes the wheel of a series of Civics to…
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2017 Ford F-150 Raptor gets custom BFGoodrich KO2 tires
The most off road-oriented half-ton pickup coming onto the market later this year, the 2017 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor, will ride on a set of BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires that aren’t exactly identical to the ones you can purchase at your local tire shop. Instead, the bespoke version of the world’s most…