| 2015 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Driven: “Turbo” Now Means More than “Turbocharged” |
Sep 27th, 2014 |
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How far can one wander from Porsche’s vaunted 930 yet still wear the capital-t “Turbo” badge? The 2015 Cayenne Turbo is likely the answer. Cut from the same midcycle-refresh cloth as the six-pot Cayenne S, the Turbo adds a pair of cylinders to that model’s equation. Before this year, the Turbo was the only path […]
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| How We’d Spec It: The Oh-So-Aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 Pickup |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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A major event has heralded the imminent arrival of Ford’s groundbreaking, aluminum-bodied 2015 F-150 pickup at dealerships: The truck’s online configurator is live. That means you can now go to Ford’s website and start mixing and matching cabs, bed lengths, engines, and drive configurations. Most important, you can do all of this and see how […]
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| Lamborghini Could Be Planning 2+2 Model Called the Asterion for Paris Auto Show |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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Well, this is unexpected: Lamborghini has announced on its Facebook page that it will debut . . . something at the Paris auto show next week. We suspect that something is a car, based on the teaser sketch accompanying the Italian automaker’s Parisian declaration, and that that car is something entirely fresh from Lamborghini. […]
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| Start Sending E-Mails NOW: Audi USA Mulling Bringing Six-Speed-Manual S3 |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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If you don’t ask, there’s probably no way to get something, right? Well, now’s the time to rally and collectively petition Audi of America president Scott Keogh to offer the fantastic new S3 in the U.S. with a six-speed manual. According to dedicated Audi site Fourtitude, Keogh was asked at a dinner event in Austin last week if […]
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| Johan de Nysschen: Cadillac to Use New Modular Engines, Possibly Expand Lineup with Additional Halo Models (Yes, Sports Cars) |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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General Motors will develop a new set of engines specifically for Cadillac by the decade’s end and sell a halo car above the forthcoming CT6 sedan, so long as top executives keep giving Caddy chief Johan de Nysschen everything he wants. In an interview with Automobile, de Nysschen said future Cadillacs would use a new […]
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| 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Online Configurator Is Live! (Sorta) |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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Chevrolet has finally put a rudimentary online configurator for the 2015 Corvette Z06 onto its website, and while it’s hardly a full-blown “Build It Now” affair, it at least lets users play around with their dream Vette’s basic look. Lacking basic pricing information or even an options list, Chevy’s Z06 website does let you choose […]
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| 2015 GMC Canyon Driven! It Looked Bigger on the Simpsons |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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General Motors has done a remarkable job of keeping its GMC and Chevrolet truck brands unique, even though they share virtually identical DNA. Both brands maintain loyal customers, and through careful analysis of buyer demographics, the carmaker continues to nurture the success of both. Thus, it didn’t stray far from the path when it came […]
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| Volvo Trucks Makes a Novice Italian Valet’s First Day . . . Interesting [Video] |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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Nothing is real these days, from clickbait stories clogging up your Facebook news feed to “reality” television. Everything’s at least a little bit staged, and it’s with that perspective we watched Volvo Trucks’ latest amusing commercial. For a division of Volvo with perhaps the least-exciting products, the Trucks guys sure know how to score a […]
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| Tony Stewart Gives First Interview Since Ward, Jr. Tragedy: “This Was 100 Percent an Accident” |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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In his first interview with the media since his dirt-track sprint car struck and killed 20-year-old fellow racer Kevin Ward, Jr. on August 9, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart told the Associated Press that he knows “100 percent in my heart and in my mind that I did not do anything wrong. This was 100 percent […]
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| Texas Special: Chevy Unveils Colorado Sport Concept |
Sep 26th, 2014 |
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If you want to know the state of the light-truck industry in any given year, pop by the Texas State Fair. The denizens of the Lone Star Republic take their pickups as seriously as they take their barbecue, their music, and their inclination to name things after Lyndon Baines Johnson. As such, Chevy deemed the […]
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