| 2015 Nissan Juke SL AWD – Instrumented Test |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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| Pope Swaps His Bulletproof Mercedes for a . . . Topless Hyundai Santa Fe? |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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If you abide by the idea that the Pope is really just a normal dude who gets to wear a robe everyday, then the news that he has augmented his predecessor’s special Mercedes parade car with a Hyundai is, well, not really news. But c’mon, people, this is the Pope, the leader of the Catholic church, […]
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| Take a Shot of This: In-Car Drunkness Detection Systems Being Tested By NHTSA |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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Hoping to make drunk driving a literal impossibility, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rolled out a prototype drunkenness-detection system for cars that would disallow vehicle operation if the driver is above the legal limit. Working with auto-industry members, NHTSA has been working on DADSS—Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety—and presented its ideas for stopping drunk-driving accidents […]
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| Audi Announces Hyper-Limited, Hyper-Colored S3 Special Edition |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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Audi is launching an ultra-limited special edition of its cool and powerful S3, one that’s specific for the U.S. market. First reported by our pals at the Audi enthusiast website Fourtitude, Audi of America has created an Exclusive Edition package that includes colorful paint and interior trim—at a whopping $57,250 or $59,900, depending on the […]
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| Decisions, Decisions: The 1st Veyron, a Le Mans–Spec F1, or the Pope’s Enzo? |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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RM Sotheby’s auction house is bringing one of the most expensive and eclectic car collections ever to Pebble Beach this August, the contents of which could make for some tough choices among the paddle-wavers in attendance. The famous Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which takes place every year in Monterey, California, is a car lover’s delight. There, […]
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| Decisions, Decisions: The 1st Veyron, a Le Mans–Spec F1, or the Pope’s Enzo? |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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| Porsche Reportedly Working on a Purist 911 GT Model with a Manual Transmission |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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Are the sports car gods in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen listening to our prayers? For years, Porsche has attempted to coax us into giving up manual shifters and accepting the advent of the automatic. Not a profane slushbox, mind you: They have given us the Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, an ultra-quick, ZF-sourced dual-clutch gearbox that, we are told, is a much […]
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| The Continental: A Toyota You Don’t Know Of Loses Its V-12, and a Familiar Audi Loses Its Rear |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Before we dive into the updates from Europe, there are two vehicle bore-ifications that need to […]
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| Fantastic and Sublime: 2016 Ferrari 488GTB Driven! |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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Turbos! Two of them—two big snails of swoosh—have invaded the holy sanctum of a Ferrari engine compartment and life will never be the same. Next thing you know, the future CEO of a publicly traded Ferrari, one Juan Wang Lipschitz or somebody, will pull the sheet off an SUV with matching carbon-fiber Apple Watch and […]
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| Report: Ferrari to Resurrect the Dino Nameplate |
Jun 5th, 2015 |
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A report in Britain’s Autocar quotes FCA supremo Sergio Marchionne as saying that a return of the Dino nameplate at Ferrari “is not a question of if but when.” The Dino arrived in the late ’60s and early ’70s as a sub-brand named for Enzo’s son, and the cars carried no Ferrari badging; it would this time […]
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