| 2015 Nissan Murano First Drive: Bold Style with Substance |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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When Nissan showed its bold Resonance concept at the 2013 Detroit auto show, there was no question that the car forecast the third-generation Murano. That vehicle is now here, appearing in production metal and plastic with most of the show car’s intent intact. Nissan execs are proud of their new “flagship crossover,” as they call […]
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| 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Dyno’d at 585 Rear-Wheel Horsepower |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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How do you break in your brand-new, just-delivered 2015 Corvette Z06? Well, if you’re Vengeance Racing, you do a massive, tire-frying burnout before you even leave the dealership parking lot. Then you drive 20 miles back to the shop and strap that baby on the dyno to see what it’s really putting out. Judging by […]
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| Ever-Growing Top Gear Empire Expands to China |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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Top Gear isn’t just a TV show, it’s a rapidly-expanding nation-state, a united gearhead kingdom with territories in Australia, Korea, Russia, the United States, and most recently, France. Add one more country to that list: Top Gear China, which debuted just a few weeks ago with visuals and layout that will be eerily familiar to […]
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| A Well-Disguised Hatchback: 2015 BMW 428i Gran Coupe Tested |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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What’s this? Yet another derivative of the F30 BMW 3-series? Indeed, that benign sedan has now sired a wagon; a long-wheelbase Gran Turismo five-door; and the 4-series trio of coupe, convertible, and this Gran Coupe—which, despite its name, is not a coupe. Its door count doesn’t make it a sedan, either, because this five-seater is […]
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| Thieves Pilfer Truckload of Red Bull Racing F1 Trophies in Daring Heist |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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Deflating our will to live just a little bit today is news out of the U.K. that thieves made off with more than half of the Red Bull Racing F1 team’s trophy collection on Saturday morning in a brazen robbery at the team’s factory in Milton Keynes, England. (The photo above shows the team’s trophy case as of […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 208 |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until midday Wednesday to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence this shifter came. The first person to respond correctly in the Backfires section below will win a Save the […]
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| Next-Gen Toyota Pre-Crash, Pedestrian-Detection Systems to Debut on 2016 Lexus RX |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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Did you already think of Toyota as being warm and fuzzy, a family friendly everyman brand? Get ready to fluff that fuzz and crank up the heat, because starting next year, Toyota and Lexus will offer more comprehensive safety packages with the automaker’s latest advances, including pedestrian detection with full auto-braking. The company will eventually trickle […]
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| Watching the 1036-hp Ferrari FXX K in Motion Will Liquefact Your Brain |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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Ferrari brought a bunch of its XX models out to play at Yas Marina, but the reason to watch is the FXX K in motion. It makes the noises we all wish current F1 cars made. And it hustles, too—after all, there’s 1036 combined horsepower on tap, and in addition to 188 horsepower of electric motivation […]
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| 2015 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Tested: A Final Romp in the Mightiest Camaro |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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Things have changed since the Camaro ZL1 bullied its way back on the scene for the 2012 model year. A 580-hp 6.2-liter LSA V-8 and a sense of tactile refinement that veiled the beast within led many people to believe that the ZL1 stretched the pony-car blueprint to its limits. READ MORE ››
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| 11 Things You Have to Know About Ferrari’s Insaniac FXX K Hypercar |
Dec 8th, 2014 |
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It packs a 1036-hp hybrid powertrain, has more aerodynamics than a Boeing engineering lab, and will absolutely make your soul ache.
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