| Huge New Investment Puts Aston Martin In Position to Build Everything It’s Promised |
May 1st, 2015 |
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The money is talking loudly in Gaydon this week after Aston Martin’s Italian and Middle Eastern investors committed £200 million ($307 million) for the British sports-car maker’s first-ever crossover SUV, among other products slated for the decade’s end. The company’s two major private-equity shareholders, the Italian Investindustrial and the Dubai-based Tejara Capital, have together purchased £100 million […]
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| Ford Expands Door-Latch Recall to Include 156,000 More Cars |
May 1st, 2015 |
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Ford is adding 156,000 more cars to last week’s recall covering faulty door latches, the company said today. It’s the latest in a series of door-latch problems that have affected more than 1.1 million Ford models within the past year. There are now 456,440 vehicles in the U.S. that have pawl springs in the latching […]
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| Porsche Is Working on the Most Entertaining Cruise Control Ever—It Can Corner up to 0.70 g |
May 1st, 2015 |
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From the May 2015 issue Today’s active cruise-control systems can read the road, spot impending collisions, and automatically apply the car’s brakes. A few even steer to some degree. Seemingly every new luxury car boasts an incremental upgrade—now with gopher detection!—but by decade’s end, Porsche will debut an active cruise with one feature that no […]
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| Watch Oak Ridge National Lab 3D-Print a Replica Shelby Cobra |
May 1st, 2015 |
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We’re not sure how this flew under our radar, but at this year’s Detroit auto show in January, the Department of Energy showed off an electric vehicle it had 3D-printed out of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. It was inspired by the iconic Shelby Cobra, but its construction technique—and some liberties seemingly taken with the original lines—mean this isn’t a replica […]
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| SVR FTW! Jaguar Won’t Do More R-S or R-S GT Models |
May 1st, 2015 |
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The auto industry isn’t exactly short of three-letter acronyms, or TLAs as they are sometimes referred to by those either proficient or deficient in the art of irony. But while the arrival of Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations Division is adding a few more (including one set to designate a new generation of extreme off-roaders), we’re […]
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| Tesla Unveils the Powerwall, a Wall-Mounted Battery for Your Home |
May 1st, 2015 |
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A company created to build battery-operated cars is now expanding into battery-operated homes and, if Tesla chief Elon Musk wins his battle to electrify the carbon-based world, battery-operated everything. Starting later this year, a new Tesla company called Tesla Energy will market a 10-kWh, $3500 wall-mounted battery called the Powerwall and will also launch a […]
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| The Three Tinters of Atlanta Now Offers Terraflex Nano Carbon Black Technology Window Tinting for Private and Commercial Cars and Trucks in Marietta, Decatur, Dunwoody and the Surrounding Area |
May 1st, 2015 |
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Window tinting installation company uses new carbon black technology window film in the greater Atlanta area
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| Bitchin’ Indeed: A Visual History of the Chevrolet Camaro |
May 1st, 2015 |
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While the Camaro would become the Mustang’s most intense rival, its heritage doesn’t strictly parallel that of the Ford product. Now in it's fifth generation, it's time to take a look at the Camaro's heritage.
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| None More Black? Signs Point to Black Series–Baiting Cadillacs |
Apr 30th, 2015 |
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Cadillac is looking at high-performance derivatives beyond its current portfolio, brand executives said at the recent media launch of the ATS-V in Texas. Cadillac currently offers a sedan and a coupe version of the 464-hp ATS-V; in the fall, the 640-hp CTS-V will be added. But that’s not enough. Asked whether Cadillac was considering a burlier, […]
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| We Fill in the Blanks with JLR’s Special Vehicle Ops (Including, Yes, a Mega F-type with AWD) |
Apr 30th, 2015 |
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There’s no official confirmation that the next car to wear Jaguar Land Rover’s SVR performance branding will be an F-type—this is an informed hypothesis. Yet aside from that small detail, we can tell you a surprising amount about it after a fascinating conversation with the boss of Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations, John Edwards. When SVO […]
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