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The 2014 BMW M5 has hit the web a little early thanks to an employee who accidentally uploaded the car’s configurator ahead of schedule. Looking instantly recognizable, the updated model has a new grille with larger vertical slats that echo those on the M6. There doesn’t appear to be any other major changes but the headlights could receive some [...]
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Video: How the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor became a reality
The camouflaged Ford F-150 SVT Raptor prototype captured above blazing its way across the desert during a test run left company engineers giggling in amazement, reveals Jamal Hameedi in a new Autoweek video. Ford’s global performance vehicle chief engineer, accompanied by senior exterior designer Bruce Williams, sat down with the publication to discuss the concept and development of the [...]
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BMW MZ8 rendered
Designer Christophe Jourd’hui created a BMW MZ8 render as a tribute to the 8-Series and Z8 models. The BMW 8-Series was manufactured between the years 1989 and 1999, while the Z8 was on sale from 1999 until 2003. Christophe Jourd’hui merged the designs of these two cars but in a more futuristic approach to create the MZ8.
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Audi Scorpion Rendered: The Roadgoing Le Mans Racer
What It Is: Audi’s upcoming, race-bred hypercar, based directly on the R18 e-tron Quattro Le Mans racer that took victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last year. Audi intends to use the new car, known internally as Scorpion, as a rolling showcase of the technologies the brand has developed throughout its racing endeavors. A design has [...]
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The 2014 Mercedes S-Class Offers Cloud-Based Infotainment And Hot Massaging Seats
Ever since the Maybach debuted, the Mercedes S-Class has slightly lacked in top-of-the-line prestige at Daimler-Benz. Judging by these interior shots of the new 2014 W222 S-Class, it looks like that’s finally changed. Now it’s more like the hi-tech interior of a private jet, just as it should be.
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Official: Corvette Stingray Shooting Brake under consideration by Callaway [w/poll]
Callaway has released a few renderings of a design study for a shooting brake version of the C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The company says it wants to create a long-roof version of America’s sports car to offer buyers more interior room and a vehicle with “unique style.” The company says it will use structural carbon fiber for [...]
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The Sexiest Supercar Wing Mirrors
The Pagani Zonda used to rule the world when it came to outrageously alien rearview mirrors on insectile carbon fiber antennae but it’s suddenly got company. The LaFerrari’s wing mirrors extend into the atmosphere on footlong stalks and they look stunning. Are you a Zonda man?
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The One GIF That’ll Make You Fall In Love With LaFerrari
Are your friends giving you crap for liking LaFerrari, the ridiculously-named hybrid hypercar from Modena? Show them the gif below and it should put their mind right. Yes, while Ferrari’s marketing department yammers on about F1 tech this and hybrid that and saying nonsense about aerodynamics being the only justification for any styling trait in the entire car world or whatever, [...]
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2014 Corvette Convertible
This is it, ladies and gentlemen: the 2014 Corvette Convertible headed to theGeneva Motor Show in just a few days. Road & Track this evening managed to score photos of the roofless version of the new Corvette Stingray a few days ahead of its Geneva Debut. Now we know what the car will look like with both its soft [...]
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Official: Alfa Romeo shares tasty new 4C sports car pics including interior
Alfa Romeo released most of the details on its new 4C sports coupe a couple of weeks ago, but they only included a few images to paw over. Now we’re finally getting to see some more shots of the car, including our first official look at the interior. The glimpse inside the 4C shows us details we did not [...]
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Preview: 2014 Corvette Convertible
Earlier this week I showed you images of what looked like the 2014 Corvette Convertible that popped up in a couple of places, just after the reveal of the 2014 Corvette last Sunday. Were they real? Were they fake?
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: It’s Out
Two-thousand thirteen is shaping up to be a frantic year for Chevrolet, with over a dozen reveals and launches on its calendar. New iterations of the most financially and emotionally important vehicles to the brand are launching little more than a few weeks apart – the 2014 Silverado (financially) and the 2014 Corvette (emotionally). Better than any other models, these [...]
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Official: IIHS says these are the safest cars of 2013
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has revealed its annual list of Top Safety Picks, an award that highlights automobiles it says offer “superior crash protection.” A new and still more significant award, the Top Safety Pick+ honor, is given to those vehicles that earn good ratings for occupant protection in four out of five areas of [...]
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First Images of 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-class Leak Ahead of Debut
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-class’s element of surprise finally has been completely blown. After the E-class was caught completely undisguised in Spain, Mercedes itself posted teaser photos of the E’s new headlight design and let us take a spin in the 2014 E63 AMG sedan. Now, images of the refreshed E-class have spilt onto the internet.
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2014 BMW X5 Spy Photos: The Next X5 Will Look Like, Well, Most Other Current BMWs
What It Is: The next-generation BMW X5, which is rapidly losing its camouflage. We last saw BMW’s big SUV almost a year ago, when it was more difficult to recognize. Now the production headlights, taillights, and grille have been applied, and are only partially hidden beneath the psychedelic graphics.
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What to Expect from the Next-Gen Mercedes C-, E-, and S-classes
Mercedes-Benz is chasing every niche in the market. A few years ago, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche revealed in a group interview that the then-14 model lines were quite sufficient and adding more vehicles was not a top priority. Today, we stand at more than 20 body variations, and that doesn’t include Smart or the moribund [...]
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What Long-Lost Car Feature Do You Miss The Most?
Some would say that you and I are living in a sort of golden age of automobiles. Right now, in 2012, cars are generally faster, safer, and more efficient than they have ever been before. But as any technology advances, it loses something along the way, and not always in a good way.
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