| Ferrari Celebrates 15 Million Facebook Fans with Lap of Fiorano—in a LaFerrari [Video] |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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Ferrari’s fan base can be broken into several tiers. The topmost tier, of course, belongs to those lucky few who own something with a prancing-horse badge. That exclusive group is followed by a larger one consisting of those who have driven a Ferrari, then a few million more who’ve ogled the cars on the road, […]
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| Hyundai and Kia’s Shared Chief Designer Working on Unique Hyundai Look, Hints at Kia Sports Sedan |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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Last year, Kia chief designer Peter Schreyer was given a pretty big new responsibility: Oversight of parent company Hyundai’s design strategy, in addition to his role at Kia. He recently told us that he wants to create a signature “Hyundai face” in order to even better emphasize the different characteristics of the two Korean brands. […]
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| Name That Shifter, No. 185 |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day 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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| An STD We’d Like to Catch: 2015 Ford Focus ST Diesel Output Revealed |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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We’ve known a diesel-powered Focus was a sure thing for months, and when the 2015 Ford Focus ST debuted at Goodwood yesterday, it slipped its compression-ignition doppelganger into the mix. We—and several sharp-eyed Backfires members—immediately noticed that the tachometer in some of the images of the ST’s dash had a rather diesel-like redline of about […]
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| GM Recalls 428,000 Cars Including 2014 Chevrolet Cruze |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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More recalls from GM...
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| Con Brio! Alfa Romeo’s 4C Sports Car Could Get a Higher-Output Variant |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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The Alfa Romeo 4C sports car is just now arriving on our shores, yet parent-company Fiat’s R&D chief Harald Wester is already thinking about higher-powered derivatives. He recently told us that the 4C’s off-the-shelf 237-hp, turbocharged 1.75-liter four-cylinder engine has more potential: “We are only at 136 horsepower per liter, so there is space.” We’d […]
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| 2015 Subaru Outback First Drive: An Altogether Better Looking Hiking Boot |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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Subaru’s Australian pitchman, Paul Hogan, is long gone, but the Outback he once peddled is humming along quite well without him. And considering you haven’t thought about Mick “Crocodile” Dundee in years, you’ve probably been doing just fine without him, too. READ MORE ››
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| 2015 Subaru Outback first drive: Subaru's fifth AWD wagon refocuses on refinement |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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What is it?
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| 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LTZ Crew Cab review notes: Chevy's heavy hauler is now much more comfortable |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: The HD Silverado takes all the light duty truck's improvements and applies them to the big rig.
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| 2015 Hyundai Sonata Sport 2.0T Test: Dialing Back Flash, Amping Up the Chassis |
Jun 30th, 2014 |
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Over its life span, the Hyundai Sonata has rarely made a powerful styling statement. (We’re not counting the powerfully ugly ones.) But the last Sonata stood as the looker in its set until it was eclipsed by its elegant Kia Optima stablemate and Ford’s new David Brown Fusion-Martin. For 2015, Hyundai has dialed back the radical in […]
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