| What Replaces Gasoline? Hydrogen May Be Winning the Zero-Emissions Battle |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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Anyone who believes battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles don’t have a future greatly underestimates the bullheadedness of Californians. This special breed of American lives in a state wracked by drought, choked with traffic, and bisected by a fault zone. Yet Californians think there’s no better place to be. For further proof of Californians’ obstinate nature, […]
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| Watch Tiff Needell Race a Volvo Big Rig Against Koenigsegg’s Insane One:1 |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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British gearhead TV personality Tiff Needell has participated in some oddball races in his career. This one is an absolute head-scratcher: Needell behind the wheel of a Volvo FH big rig, lining up against Koenigsegg’s Bugatti-beating One:1 hypercar. Wait, what? Let’s just appreciate the astonishing mismatch going on here. The Koenigsegg One:1 is so named […]
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| 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell First Drive: Hydrogen-Powered, but Not Quite a Gas |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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The fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) is an automotive holy grail that promises the low emissions of a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) with the range and refueling convenience of a gasoline-powered car. But with the exception of roadgoing experiments such as Honda’s FCX and Clarity, the FCV always seems years away. READ MORE ››
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| Take Notes: Mercedes-Benz Announces New Nomenclature |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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The rumors were true: Mercedes-Benz is launching a new nomenclature for almost everything beyond the core A-, B-, C-, E- and S-classes. If it sounds daunting, know that the new names basically affect only the vehicles that we currently know as the ML, the GLK, the GL, and the SLK. Under the new plan, crossovers and SUVs […]
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| Maybach Returns with a Vengeance with New Mercedes-Maybach S600 |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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The new AMG GT sports car saw Daimler launch a new subbrand: Mercedes-AMG. And now another has been confirmed: Mercedes-Maybach. Maybach? Twelve years ago, the name was revived on a precious upper-luxury sedan that was launched on the platform of the Mercedes-Benz W140 S-class using many W220 components. It didn’t do well on the market and was mercifully killed […]
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| iM Not Alone: Scion Also Planning Funky Crossover and Sporty Sedan |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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With the exception of the vibrant FR-S sports car, the Scion brand has been more or less dormant in recent years. But the forthcoming Scion iM will change that—as will two additional new models we’ve learned about from an insider. In our previous report on the iM, we learned from Scion corporate manager Dave Harbuck […]
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| Musical Chairs: Ex-Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo Taking Over Italian Airline Alitalia |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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In case you were feeling blue over Luca di Montezemolo and his abrupt departure from what he called an “American” Ferrari, relax, he now has a new job now at Alitalia—and a severance package from Fiat worth a couple of dozen LaFerraris. The 67-year-old ex-Ferrari chairman is not being hurt by Italy’s fragile economy, either. If the European […]
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| F&Idol Winner Earns Master AFIP Certification |
Nov 11th, 2014 |
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Justin Gasman, who was named the 2014 F&Idol winner, recently attained master certification from the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals.
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| Mon Dieu! French Edition of Top Gear in the Works |
Nov 10th, 2014 |
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The sun may have set on the British Empire, but nobody seems to have informed Mssrs. Andy Wilman and Jeremy Clarkson. Their creation, a revamp of the old staid ‘n’ standard English motoring show Top Gear, has an estimated global audience of 350 million people. An unqualified smash hit boasting a longer run than M*A*S*H—although […]
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| Watch a 207-mph, Jet-Powered Bicycle Decimate a Ferrari in a Drag Race |
Nov 10th, 2014 |
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Which is the more amazing feat: Switzerland’s Francois Gissy leaving a Ferrari 430 Scuderia sitting still at the dragstrip as he recorded 3.1 g’s of accelerative force on his way to a top speed of 207 mph, or that he did this on a BICYCLE? That bicycle, incidentally, was equipped with a rocket engine supplying […]
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