| Hugs All Around: Aston Martin and Fisker Amicably Resolve Their Differences |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Just as thunder ultimately fades to silence, so too will the legal fight between Aston Martin and Fisker around “Project Thunderbolt.” Shown at this year’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, the so-called “design study” used the Aston Martin Vanquish as its base and infuriated Aston Martin, which claimed that the car too closely resembled other Aston […]
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| Long-Suffering Honda Crosstour Given Sweet Release, Killed for 2016 |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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First, the practical but dorky Mercedes R-class was discontinued for the U.S. in 2012. Then last month, the Toyota Venza died. Now, the Honda Crosstour will shuffle off this automotive coil at the end of its 2015 model cycle. Funky wagon-posing-as-crossover things, we hardly knew ye. The Crosstour discontinuation makes sense, of course, given that sales were never […]
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| Alfa Romeo Announces Two New Engines, Still Doesn’t Have Cars to Put them In |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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So, remember that molto ambizioso plan Alfa Romeo laid out last year? The one where it fully returns to the U.S. market—let’s be real, the ultra-niche 4C sports car isn’t exactly a triumphant re-storming of America’s beach—and adds eight new products (that it’ll sell 400,000 of) by 2018? Well, one year on, we’ve got the first big […]
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| This Device Determines What Ails Your Car and Finds a Repair Shop—Automatically |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Openbay, an online marketplace that assists with booking auto repairs, is moving the vehicle-repair diagnostic process online. The Boston-based startup recently announced it will roll out its newest service, OpenbayConnect, which allows the company to read error codes in cars and then matches users with local shops that can perform the required service. The app relies […]
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| Tesla Model S P85D vs. Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Rematch: There’s Been Some Practicin’ [Video] |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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A few months ago, a video showing the 707-hp Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat being spanked by the all-electric Tesla Model S P85D at the drag strip came out. The internet nearly broke with the pro-Hellcat, anti-Hellcat comments-section battles that ensued. As we pointed out, the Hellcat clearly suffered from a terrible launch, pitifully spinning its […]
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| Lamborghini Open to Sub-$200K “Derivative” Model, Asterion Plug-In Won’t Make Production |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Lamborghini didn’t have a booth at the New York auto show. Instead, CEO Stephan Winkelmann hosted a private party downtown and let a local dealership feature a Huracán and an Aventador at the show next to a Veyron and a Koenigsegg—right across from McLaren’s official stand, which featured its brand-new, smaller, and much less expensive 570S. We stole 15 minutes with Winkelmann at […]
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| 2016 Acura NSX Dissected: Powertrain, Chassis, and More |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Acura clearly wants to get this thing right. The original aluminum-intensive 1991 NSX was a stunner, a sunrise of engineering inspiration that chased away the darkness in the realm of sports cars and laid bare the multitude of sins being committed there. For the first time, a large automaker that took quality seriously had applied […]
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| 2016 Acura NSX Dissected: Powertrain, Chassis, and More – Feature |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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| The Tesla Model S 70D Is the New, 514-hp AWD Base Model |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Tesla Motors has a new base trim for the sublime all-electric Model S sedan: the 70D. Replacing the former bottom-rung—and current 10Best Car—Model S 60, this new variant has a bigger battery, standard all-wheel drive, and, naturally, an inflated starting price. Oh, and did we mention it makes 514 horses? The new base-model Tesla features the […]
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| CATA’s Sloan Joins Midwest Compliance Summit |
Apr 8th, 2015 |
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Dave Sloan, president of the Chicago Auto Trade Association (CATA), has agreed to serve as luncheon speaker for the Midwest Compliance Summit, to be held this month.
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