| Reverse Pregnant Guppy: The Four-Place DeltaWing Looks Insane |
May 28th, 2014 |
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We won’t lie, the Reverse Pregnant Guppy sounds like a euphemism for something better left unexamined on these pages. But upon our first glimpse of this rendering a four-seat variant of the DeltaWing, we were reminded of a backward version of Aero Spacelines’ ungainly rocket-parts transport plane. See? It’s all very innocent. While the racing […]
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| 2001–04 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: How Has the C5 Version of the Z06 Held up? [Econo-Exotics] |
May 28th, 2014 |
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The C5 Corvette’s Z06 variant made its debut for 2001, reviving an option code last used on the 1963 C2 Sting Ray. The fifth-gen’s Z06 used the hardtop-coupe body and was engineered to be the highest-performing factory Corvette ever. At this year’s Detroit auto show, Chevy showed the upcoming C7 Corvette Stingray Z06, a 625-hp […]
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| Sales Pick Up in Late May |
May 28th, 2014 |
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CNW reported this week that sales picked up in late May, with the firm expecting deliveries for the month to increase 11% from a year ago.
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| Google Envisions Self-Driving Cars With No Steering Wheel |
May 28th, 2014 |
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Google will test new self-driving prototypes that allow for little human intervention.
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| Standing Mile: 2014 Fiat 500 Abarth vs. 2014 Mini Cooper S |
May 28th, 2014 |
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Automobile Magazine pits two compacts against each other in a mile-long race.
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| Short Shift: Jeep Cherokee 9-speed Automatic Gets Second Update for Rough Shifting |
May 28th, 2014 |
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We’re not the only ones finding problems with Jeep’s nine-speed automatic transmission. Owners of the 2014 Cherokee have complained loudly enough that Chrysler is reflashing the ZF-sourced ’box a second time to fix rough and delayed gearshifts. According to Automotive News, Jeep dealers will update the transmission software on all unsold 2014 Cherokees and for […]
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| Brutal: McLaren F1 Crashed in Italy, Comes to Rest Upside Down Against Tree |
May 28th, 2014 |
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One look pretty much says it all: There’s one less McLaren F1 currently roaming the world’s roads. There are no details of the crash other than it happened in Italy and that British actor Rowan Atkinson was on the scene immediately after the incident. (He wasn’t in the car, but has wrecked one before and […]
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| 2015 Subaru WRX Automatic: Don’t Be Lazy, Use Your Left Leg |
May 28th, 2014 |
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A collective groan went out from the car-loving world when Subaru announced that its WRX would be getting a CVT. This is the first two-pedal WRX since 2008, an autobox reprieve we knew couldn’t last. But a CVT? Beulah, fetch my pitchfork and torch. READ MORE ››
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| 5 Reasons You Should Fear the Google Autonomous Car |
May 28th, 2014 |
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Call me a Luddite or worse, but the Google Car, a prototype of which was just unveiled to great fanfare among those who hate to drive—who might even hate to live!—is a thing to be feared. How ironic that those too timid for the dust and heat of the open highway have finally created the […]
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| Driving Not Optional: Google Shows Off Prototype Autonomous Car with No Steering Wheel or Pedals |
May 28th, 2014 |
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Well here it is, the moment the sheep have been waiting for: Google just announced the prototype of the first wholly Google-spec autonomous car. It has no steering wheel or pedals, instead packing GPS navigation and a stop-go button as its only means of control. According to Google, the self-driving prototype’s principle job will be […]
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