| Kimi Räikkönen, F1′s Ice Man, Tackles His Next Frontier: Lawn Mower Racing [Video] |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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It could be said that Kimi Räikkönen‘s first Formula 1 season back at Ferrari hasn’t gone as well as it could, and Kimi would be the first to say it—with his hallmark brevity, of course. So what does a perpetually bored-seeming but highly skilled F1 driver do to forget the season’s woes, if even temporarily? […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 186 |
Jul 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 Manuals button and sticker.* Good luck! (* Offer open […]
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| 2015 Lexus NX Crossover First Drive: Take Equal Parts RAV4 and Lexus IS, Stir Auspiciously |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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Lexus is about to go off its meds. And it isn’t because the brand’s regimen for success hasn’t been effective. On the contrary, since the aptly named RX hit the market in 1998, Lexus has ruled the roost in the mid-size luxury crossover segment. Competing formulations have come and gone, but the RX’s ability to […]
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| LeMons Sebring Day 1: Porsche 944 Leads, Duff Beer Civic Close Behind |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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After inspecting the machines of a small but devoted band of racers on Friday, the first race session of the first-ever Humidi TT 24 Hours of LeMons took place on Saturday at Sebring International Raceway. Even though a wild afternoon lightning storm blasted several pieces of track infrastructure and forced the evacuation of the flag […]
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| LeMons Sebring Inspections: ’64 Fairlane vs ’64 Dart, Some Fast Cars, and a Pair of Chrysler Sebrings |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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The 24 Hours of LeMons series is following up our visit to an old familiar track in California with our first-ever trip to the legendary Sebring International Raceway. It’s hot and muggy and buggy here, and the Florida summer weather coupled with the holiday weekend have chased away all but the most devoted racers; with […]
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| Linux Wants Automakers to Stop Failing at Infotainment by Using Common Software |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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While it seems that Apple and Google rule the world, we often forget about that little penguin in the corner, Linux. Sure, it doesn’t have the slick design of something with a pre-bitten fruit logo or control over the world’s internet queries, but Linux quietly runs most of the rest of the internet and the […]
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| American Revolution: A Pair of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats Declares Independence From Traction [Video] |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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What we have here is a 700-horsepower Dodge Challenger burning quite a bit of rubber. Watch the video here.
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| American Revolution: A Pair of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats Declares Independence From Traction [Exclusive Video!] |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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When news broke that the supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8 Hellcat engine destined for the top-grade 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT would get a whopping 707 horsepower, everything forever skipped a beat. But while everyone was scrambling to get their mind around that impressive figure, we were busy getting to know each and every one of those […]
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| 2014 Kia Forte Koup SX Turbo Manual Tested: You Kould Do Worse |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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Like its Forte5 hatchback sibling, Kia’s Forte Koup got restyled and a newsworthy power upgrade this year in the form of a direct-injected 1.6-liter turbocharged four cranking out 201 horsepower; the pre-refresh car settled for 173 ponies from a naturally aspirated 2.4-liter. And like the hatch, the Koup shares the turbo’d mill with Hyundai’s funky-doored […]
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| Next-Generation Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Coming for 2016, Current Model to Be Sold Until Then |
Jul 8th, 2014 |
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With the new, seventh-generation Hyundai Sonata hitting dealerships now, avid followers of the car’s hybrid iteration might be wondering where the hybrid model is. Well, if those folks existed, they’d surely be curious; so far, the 2015 Hyundai Sonata lineup consists of three gas-only powertrain combos. The outgoing Sonata offers a hybrid version (pictured here), […]
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