| The Not-So-Simple Tools of the Indianapolis 500: $4500 Wheel Guns, $1500 Sockets, and More |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Forget the yard of bricks, the winner’s bottle of milk, the Purdue University marching band, and Jim Nabors singing “Back Home Again In Indiana.” When the gentlemen and ladies start their engines for the Indianapolis 500, what matters are the drivers, the cars, the pit crews and the tools they use. Plenty is written about […]
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| 2015 BMW Alpina B6 Gran Coupe Driven: Get This, Not an M6 |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Buying an Alpina B6 Gran Coupe is no harder than cutting a check. But you have to know it exists—Alpinas are uncommon in their home country of Germany and they’re virtually unheard of in the U.S.—and you’ll also have to forgo the similarly priced M6 Gran Coupe, which likely will be sitting near the Alpina […]
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| Redhead Revelations: 1985 Ferrari Testarossa Tested! |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Just pulling up to Richard Templer’s driveway is enough to send quivers of anticipation up and down this reporter’s spine. Ordinary suburban houses don’t have wrought-iron gates standing guard against the riffraff. Ferrari dealer Rick Mancuso gives the 400i’s urgent horn a toot, and the formidable barrier parts by remote control. READ MORE ››
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| Mini Superleggera Vision Concept: Body by Touring, Soul by Mid-Century Racer |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Since BMW acquired the Mini brand, it has come up with an almost incredible number of variations and derivatives of the traditional Mini hatchback. From the crossover-y Countryman and Paceman to the convertible and aggressive coupe, much juice has been squeezed from Alec Issigonis’s original Mini, although some have been more successful than others. Take, […]
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| Diminutive Crusher: Brabus Will Tune Your Mercedes-Benz GLA-class |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Oh, hello, Bottrop! It seems like just weeks ago, you brought us news of a convertible variant of your Brabus Widestar Geländewagen. And now you’re back with more? By all means! What’s this new thing? Why, it’s a Brabus-massaged GLA! Merc’s new uticle is now eligible for what the German tuning company calls “an exclusive […]
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| Watch an Audi R8, BMW M4, Lamborghini Aventador, and Ken Block’s GRC Fiesta Have a High-Octane Dance Party |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Motor oil isn’t the sexiest of topics, a truth Castrol seems to have grasped. After all, why simply talk about how awesome your oil is when you can have pro drivers wheeling hot cars around a course lit only by lasers and strobe lights? It’s an effective way of inserting your brand and product into […]
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| This Is the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT Sports Car—In the Dark |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Mercedes-AMG is continuing to parcel out info on the upcoming GT sports car: On the heels of its wild video of a camo car being flogged comes a new minisite complete with an image of the two-door in shadows. Aside from our own rendering of the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT, the darkened photo above is our […]
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| The Inverted Striptease Starts Now: Volvo Reveals 2016 XC90 Interior |
May 27th, 2014 |
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Volvo has officially begun a striptease-style reveal of the all-new version of its XC90 SUV, which will arrive in March of 2015, replacing the ancient current model, which was launched some 13 years earlier. The reveal starts from the inside out, with Volvo releasing two images as well as two videos detailing the interior design […]
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| Bentley Previews SUV Again in New Video, More Styling Details Come to Light |
May 27th, 2014 |
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The canvas that is Bentley’s first-ever SUV has been painted over, and the new work is starting to take clearer form. After hitting the reset button on its poorly received EXP 9 F concept, Bentley stormed back with a teaser of the SUV’s newly Continental-ified front end. Rumor also spread that the blokes in Crewe […]
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| Congress Votes to End Dealer Paperwork Requirement |
May 27th, 2014 |
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The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill last week that eliminates a provision in the Clean Air Act that requires dealers issue a certificate to consumers that confirms a vehicle’s compliance with the law.
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