| There’s a New Fastest Star in Top Gear’s Reasonably Priced Car |
Feb 10th, 2015 |
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Red Bull’s 2015 campaign to unseat Lewis Hamilton is off to a fun start, even if Daniel Ricciardo’s first win doesn’t count in the official standings. On Top Gear last night, the 25-year-old Aussie buckled into the show’s Suzuki Liana to take a run at Hamilton’s record 1:42.9 “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car” run. It’s about […]
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| James Bond SPECTRE Villain Cars Revealed! |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Jaguar’s tagline is “Good to Be Bad,” and so it shall be in the new James Bond film, SPECTRE. Rumors that the beautiful Jaguar C-X75 concept—the stillborn, 890-hp hybrid supercar that we drove a while back—would play a role have officially been confirmed, and the car is part of a big chase scene with 007’s new Aston […]
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| Report: Mitsubishi Needs Nissan’s Help Replacing Long-Dead Galant |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Mitsubishi hasn’t had an entry in the popular, profitable mid-size-sedan segment since the long-in-the-tooth Galant made its exit in 2012. Getting back into the family-sedan game will be expensive—perhaps too expensive for the tri-diamond brand. That’s why, according to reports, Mitsubishi is in talks with Nissan to plot a mid-size partnership. The report comes after […]
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| Acura ILX Could Get Honda’s New Turbo Four, But Will the Tuners Return? |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Acura is in the process of waking up its product line—and not just on the outside. At the media launch of the considerably improved 2016 Acura ILX, we asked Acura product planner Gary Robinson when we might see a turbocharged version of Honda’s new 2.0-liter “Earth Dreams” four-banger under the hood of Acura’s smallest sedan. […]
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| Fiesta-Raptor Mashup Is One Mean Baby Ford |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Imagine jacking up a Ford Fiesta to create a little CUV and you’ve got the Brazilian-market Ford EcoSport. With an optional 1-liter EcoBoost engine, this could be the most fun little thing to ever carry the dreaded CUV moniker. (Or better still, pop the Fiesta ST engine in there.) After all, the 1-liter Fiesta is more […]
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| 2016 Porsche Cayenne GTS First Drive: Bring a Heavy Right Foot |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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We brought the wrong footwear. Warned that our first drive of the 2016 Porsche Cayenne GTS would take place in extreme cold-weather conditions in northern Sweden, we’d packed the same heavy, clunky, thermal-lined work boots that serve so well for walking a dog on bitter winter mornings in Michigan. READ MORE ››
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| 2016 Porsche Cayenne GTS – First Drive Review |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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| Senator Issues Report Saying Automakers Are Clueless About Vehicle Hacking |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) just released a strident report [link opens PDF] accusing some of the biggest automakers in the market of having no clue how to prevent hackers from taking over your car. It’s just the latest in an ongoing—and sometimes breathlessly overblown—national conversation about the perils of our increasingly digital vehicles. The report quizzed 16 major […]
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| Did a Tree Fall Somewhere? 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Gets More-Powerful Engine Option |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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Mitsubishi only occasionally passes across our radar—Oooh! Look, an ultra-cheap compact! Ahh! They’re killing their only great car, the Evo!—yet here it is appearing as a blip on our screens. This time, the beleaguered automaker has announced that its Outlander Sport compact SUV is receiving a more powerful engine option for 2015. Previously motivated solely by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder making a […]
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| Did a Tree Fall Somewhere? 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Gets More-Powerful Engine Option |
Feb 9th, 2015 |
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