| Pardon Our Drool: Audi Teases RS3 with Awesome 525-hp Concept |
May 15th, 2014 |
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The Volkswagen Group loves to use the Wörthersee GTI meeting—held on the shore of the eponymous Austrian lake—to showcase its latest and most obscenely powerful concepts and ideas. “Political correctness” as a concept is specifically excluded. And that’s why we see models like the wicked and fantastic 525-hp Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro, which just so […]
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| The Physics of Injectables: Hypodermic Horsepower |
May 15th, 2014 |
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Engines are designed to run on commonly available fuels, but as every street racer knows, injecting a little something extra can help performance. (Certain athletes seem to have picked up on this concept, too.) Auxiliary injection systems provide tremendous power gains in a relatively easy-to-install package. What is injected generally falls into one of three […]
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| 2015 Jeep Renegade Dissected: The Import-Fighting Import |
May 15th, 2014 |
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The significance of Fiat Chrysler’s decision to unveil the 2015 Renegade in Geneva in March is plain: It will be the first U.S.-market Jeep to be built abroad. Sharing a platform with the Fiat 500L and built in Fiat’s Melfi, Italy, assembly plant, the Renegade also has a simple mission: to give Jeep an entry-level […]
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| Don’t Need Eyes In Your Face Anymore? Check Out Brabus’s New 850-hp Mercedes E63 AMG |
May 15th, 2014 |
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If it’s possible to proclaim that an 850-hp, Brabus-tuned Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG isn’t the baddest E63 extant, we’re doing it. That’s because as awesome as this Brabus 850 6.0 is, the wagon version is even more rad. Still, for those without the five-door fetish—what’s with those people?—this four-door 850 6.0 is more than worthy of […]
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| Coulda Had a V-8: Porsche Shows Off Eight-Cylinder 911/959 That Never Was [Video] |
May 15th, 2014 |
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With its rear-engine configuration, Porsche’s 911 has needed to stay in the good graces of the forces of physics as much as possible. It’s one reason it’s kept a flat engine layout over the decades, because with a heavy engine out back, such a cylinder arrangement at least allows the mass to reside down low. […]
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| German Circus: Porsche Condemns Dealers’ Use of Live Tigers to Sell Macans |
May 15th, 2014 |
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Can you guess what’s more exciting than those wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube men you see at car dealerships? Tigers! Trouble is, besides the chance they’ll maul the bejeebus out of some customers, there’s the even graver threat that an animal-rights organization will take umbrage with the enslavement of innocent tigers for commercial purposes. Which […]
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| 2014 Bentley Continental GT V8 S Tested: This Gray Fox Can Bust a Move |
May 15th, 2014 |
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Driving a Bentley is always special, even when it is another variant of the familiar Continental GT line, but our V8 S test car’s stunning Quartzite paint stopped us in our tracks. Keys in hand, we had to fight the urge to drive the thing and instead deployed folding chairs to stare at it like […]
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| 2016 Mercedes C63 AMG Spied: The Kick-Ass C-class Flies Past at Last |
May 15th, 2014 |
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What It Is: The spiced-up version of Mercedes-Benz’s already tasty 2015 C-Class sedan, making its inevitable spy shot debut in Europe. Just as the standard C-class is a shrink-wrapped version of the S-class, the C63 AMG will look like a scaled-down S63 AMG, with similarly gaping outboard front air intakes, LED headlamps, and an integrated […]
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| DOJ Investigating Fifth Third Bank’s Auto Lending Practices |
May 15th, 2014 |
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Fifth Third Bancorp revealed in a regulatory filing last week that its indirect auto loan portfolio is being examined by the Department of Justice to determine whether the finance source engaged in discriminatory practices.
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| Tesla: New Wording in Missouri Bill is ‘Sneak Attack’ by Dealers |
May 15th, 2014 |
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In a statement posted on its website, Tesla denounced the last-minute addition of wording to legislation in Missouri that would effectively ban the automaker from selling directly to consumers in the state.
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