| Why Settle for a VW Jetta with Six Cylinders When You Can Have One with Fourteen? [Video] |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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The fourth-generation Volkswagen Jetta was a handsome, unassuming little car. Throw the ‘unassuming’ part out for this particular example—some maniacal shade-tree mechanics have cranked the dial on their Jetta to 11 (or, say, 14) by installing another engine in the car’s ass end. Unlike your typical dual-engine car—we know, yawn, right?—this Jetta started life as […]
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| 2016 Bentley SUV Spied: Pretty Sure they Wanted Us to See It |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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What It Is: A lightly disguised prototype of Bentley’s forthcoming SUV, which will make its official debut at next year’s Frankfurt auto show. The production version will follow in 2016. READ MORE ››
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| Reports Say Next Nissan Frontier to Revert to Decades-Old Platform, Our Sources Do Not Concur |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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Musical Frontiers? After the debut yesterday of the all-new global-market NP300 Navara pickup, multiple stories about the future of our Frontier—which wears the Navara nameplate elsewhere—began to swirl. We believe we’ve gotten to the bottom of things, or at least as well as we can for a product that’s still two to three years out. […]
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| Dealership President Crashes Lamborghini Murciélago, Abandons Car While It Burns |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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When hot V-12s and machismo mix with (presumably) ruptured fuel systems, the result is probably going to be a burning Lamborghini. While driving near the George Washington Bridge on the New Jersey Turnpike around 2 a.m. Monday, Deankarte Ditchfield-Agboh crashed his gray 632-hp supercar and fled the scene with an unidentified female passenger, leaving a […]
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| What I’d Do Differently: Michael Bay |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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C/D: In the first Bad Boys movie in 1995, was that your personal Porsche 911 Turbo? MB: Yeah. The studio didn’t want to rent a car and we didn’t have the money to rent one. And Porsche didn’t want to support the movie. The funny thing is, at Porsche, when they saw the movie in […]
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| Ford Fudges EPA Numbers Again, Hybrids and Plug-Ins See Fuel Economy Downgrade |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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Ford’s in trouble again for exaggerating fuel economy ratings, this time on six vehicles. According to a company audit subsequently verified by the Environmental Protection Agency, Ford is lowering mileage estimates on all of its hybrids and plug-in hybrids from 2013–2014—meaning the Fiesta, Fusion hybrid and Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid, and C-Max hybrid and C-Max Energi, […]
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| Audi A6 TDI Diesel Test: That’s What We’re Torquing About! |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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Confession: We can get a little carried away sometimes. Just because a bigger engine or a stiffer suspension is available doesn’t mean everybody should opt for it. We sometimes overlook the fact that not everyone needs more horsepower or higher spring rates for their daily ride. A lot of people just want competent, reliable, and […]
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| 2014 Bentley Continental GT V8 S Convertible: Shaken, Not Stirred |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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For a company that only sells about 10,000 cars per year, Bentley sure knows how to proliferate a lineup. While new metal like the redesigned Flying Spur sedan and the brand’s upcoming first-ever SUV should help boost sales further, there’s no question the “entry-level” Continental GT line still anchors the winged B’s operations. The latest […]
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| Tesla Says Patents Are For Everyone and No One, Goes Full Open-Source |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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In a company blog post hot off the, uh, keyboard, Tesla’s futurist CEO Elon Musk has announced that patents “serve merely to stifle progress” and that the company is taking down the wall of patents decorating its lobby. After the company’s finished remodeling, it will do away with patents entirely. Tesla’s technology will be everyone’s […]
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| Goth-Smacked! Nissan Vision Gran Turismo Teased, Could Appear at Goodwood Festival |
Jun 12th, 2014 |
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Nissan is joining the flurry of manufacturers designing extreme, bespoke Vision Gran Turismo fantasy vehicles for the eponymous Sony video game title’s loyal following, and its entrant is quite the creation. Like the Vision Gran Turismo cars dreamt up by Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, BMW, and of course, Mercedes-Benz/AMG, the Nissan effort looks brutally awesome. That the […]
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