| 2015 McLaren 650S Le Mans Evokes Legendary F1 GTR, Right Down to the Snorkel |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Two decades ago, the legendary McLaren F1 was not only an exotic supercar for the street, but it was terrorizing the racetracks worldwide in F1 GTR form. In 1995, five McLaren GTRs raced across the finish line at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 13th place. To commemorate the […]
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| Takata Announces Six Members of Quality Panel, Including One Who Oversaw Cerberus Ownership of Chrysler |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Six panelists will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls, the Japanese airbag supplier said today. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner, named by Takata in December to lead the panel, selected six people for […]
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| 2015 McLaren 650S Le Mans Evokes Legendary F1 GTR, Right Down to the Snorkel |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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| Porsche to Bentley: “No, *We* Will Make the Fastest SUV” |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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The battle to build the world’s quickest SUV looks set to become an obsession for the top of the car industry over the next few years. Luxury carmakers are plowing huge sums into developing vehicles capable of challenging what—to rational people like ourselves—appear to be the most pointless of records. And there’s no surprise that […]
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| Interview: Google’s Self-Driving Car Director on Its Autonomous Car, the Future of Mobility, and Drifting Priuses |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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While it may not happen anytime in the near future, the autonomous car is on its way. Having successfully logged more than 700,000 miles in two dozen Lexus RXs as proof of concept, Google soon will bring its koala-esque electric autonomous car to California roads. Roush has assembled a handful of the 25-mph devices for […]
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| Kart-Racing Prodigy, Age 6, Is the Great F1 Hope of the UAE |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Is it too early to start saying things like Rashid al-Dhaheri, 6 years old, “is seen by many as Arabia’s great driving hope”? For The New York Times, the answer is no. A profile of the young, admittedly F1-obsessed kart racer published on Wednesday follows a profile on CNN back in November. What’s al-Dhaheri up to […]
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| A Styling Tour of the Buick Avenir, From the Australian Team That Designed It |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Buick dropped jaws at the 2015 Detroit auto show with the Avenir concept, a taut, evocative four-door with muscular rear-drive styling. It’s dripping in modern American class—not kitschy retro frippery but rock-solid class and substance. Which is why it might surprise you that the Avenir was penned nearly 10,000 miles away from Buick’s home in […]
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| Q&A with Ford GT Chief Engineer Kip Ewing |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Kip Ewing is the assistant chief engineer for Ford Performance and is the chief engineer on the 2017 Ford GT. But when he isn’t masterminding the next supercar, he’s tinkering on custom car and art projects in his classic Detroit workshop/building. We talked to Ewing about blurring the lines between art and engineering at the […]
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| Q&A with Ford GT Chief Engineer Kip Ewing |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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| Jaguar Land Rover Demos “Instinctive” Bicycle and Motorcycle Warning System [w/ Video] |
Jan 20th, 2015 |
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Active safety systems in cars often struggle to cope with the imperfect world in which we live, sometimes warning excessively about obvious hazards. And sometimes, for the increasing number that exert some degree of control, triggering unwanted automatic brake inputs in response to perceived threats that we’d put down as being “the real world.” And, of […]
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