| Watch Max Verstappen Drive His Formula 1 Car Up a Ski Slope |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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You already know that F1 cars are incredibly capable on the track, but have you ever wondered how an F1 car would do on snow? If so, wonder no more. Max Verstappen has taken his Red Bull F1 car to a ski resort, fitted it with snow chains, and driven it like there’s nothing unnatural […]
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| First 2017 Ford Focus RS Exits Assembly Line, Deliveries Starting Soon |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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Fridays are great, but Fridays accompanied by good news are even better. Ford has a handle on the concept, having just announced that the very first salable 2017 Focus RS hot hatch has been assembled in Saarlouis, Germany. The 350-hp, all-wheel-drive rocket is now so close to your local dealership, you can almost taste its drift […]
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| New Mini Cooper, S, JCW Convertibles Priced, Start Under $27,000 |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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Mini had let its Cooper convertible overripe in the sun, with that car’s older design continuing unchanged for two years after the third-generation hardtop models arrived for 2014. Now an all-new 2016 version is out—as is a new John Cooper Works, which is badged a 2017—and the good news is that prices haven’t strayed far […]
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| New Mini Cooper, S, JCW Convertibles Priced, Start Under $27,000 |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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| Nissan Builds Tracked Rogue, Instantly Makes Its Mainstream Crossover Cool |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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Nissan is starting to make a habit of swapping its crossovers’ wheels with snow tracks. Following last year’s tracked Juke Nismo RS, the company has unveiled a new tracked Rogue. The only difference? Whereas the Juke was built in Europe, and demonstrated in Finland, the newly tank-like Rogue was assembled by Motorsports in Action in […]
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| Nissan Builds Tracked Rogue, Instantly Makes Its Mainstream Crossover Cool |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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| Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid to Arrive in U.S. With “Made in China” Label |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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A Chinese Cadillac? Sold in the U.S.? It’s about to happen, as the brand’s chief marketing officer Uwe Ellinghaus told Bloomberg that the CT6 plug-in hybrid sedan will only be built in China, and thus will be exported to the U.S. when it goes on sale later in 2016. Socket to Me: Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid […]
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| Porsche CEO: Diesel Cayenne Emissions Fix Is In, Awaiting Approval from CARB, EPA |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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While the diesel-emissions scandal focus has largely focused on Volkswagen these past few months, remember that both Porsche and Audi are also swept up in the controversy thanks to a shared, non-emissions-compliant 3.0-liter diesel V-6. At the 2016 Detroit auto show, Porsche’s CEO Oliver Blume outlined in general terms his brand’s proposed fix to bring […]
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| 2017 Mini JCW Convertible Unveiled: More Power Under the Sun |
Jan 15th, 2016 |
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If there are three things we can count on when it comes to a new Mini variant, they are 1) it will look cute, 2) it will be introduced in Cooper and Cooper S form, and 3) at some point, a more intense John Cooper Works version will appear, to push the model’s envelope in […]
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| Jeep CEO: Hellcat-Powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Coming in 2017 |
Jan 14th, 2016 |
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From the things-we’ve-been-telling-you-for-more-than-a-year-and-are-now-pretty-much-confirmed department comes this: Jeep CEO Michael Manley says the long-speculated Hellcat-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk will happen, and it will arrive in 2017. The news comes from a video uploaded by journalist Brian Makse, who interviewed Manley at the 2016 Detroit auto show. When Makse asked Manley if a 6.2-liter supercharged […]
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