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A Wonderful Retrospective of Classic Porsche Cars

Do you love yourself some Porsches? If you’re a fan of the German sports car brand, you’ll be thrilled with this short retrospective video which features a few classic Porsche designs from the last sixty or so years.

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The Teslonda Is a Crazy Tesla-powered Honda Accord

We all know that the electric motors in the Tesla Model S can push out a tremendous amount of torque, and at breakneck speeds. But what if you don’t like the way the Model S looks?

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“Inferno” Hellcat Wrangler 6-Wheeler Up for Auction

Those looking for a Jeep pickup truck now have the Gladiator as an option straight off the production line. But Jeep’s official pickup truck doesn’t have six-wheel drive, nor does it have a Hellcat engine. If you want those things, you’ll want to check out this auction.

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Rare 1970 Ferrari Modulo Concept Car Sounds Off

The 1960s and 1970s gave us some of the coolest looking concept cars of all time. The streamlined wedge-shaped cars were my personal favorites, like the Lamborghini Marzal, the Toyota EX-III, and this gloriously futuristic machine, the 1970 Ferrari Modulo 512.

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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Horsepower and Torque Specs Revealed

It’s been a few months since we first heard about the latest iteration of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, and until now, we’ve had no details on performance specs other than the fact that it would make “more than 700hp.” That changes today with Ford Performance announcing the pony car’s engine figures.

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Simone Giertz Turned Her Tesla Model 3 into a Pickup Truck

We’ve known for a while that Tesla was working on its own electric pickup truck. But the company has a long history of overpromising and slow times to market, so I wouldn’t expect to see a production Tesla pickup for a while.

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7 Excellent Excuses for Buying a Lexus LC 500 (As If You Needed Any)

When first presented with the option of driving the Lexus LC 500 for a week, I damn near broke out in song. In recent years, Japanese luxury automaker Lexus has gone to great lengths in order to distance itself from the longstanding impression that it only makes boring automobiles.

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The History of Porsche in 9 Minutes

To this day, Porsche is renowned as one of the finest manufacturers of sports cars in the world. From its humble beginnings in 1898 with the electric P1 carriage, to the development of the Volkswagen Beetle under Nazi rule, to the great 911 in 1963, to their 21st century 918 Spyder hybrid hypercar, Porsche has a long and storied history.

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Concepts from Future Past: 1975 Opel GT/W Geneve

The beautiful Open GT/W Geneve was a concept car developed by the German manufacturer, and first seen at the Geneva Motor Show in 1975. The 2-seater was designed around the Wankel rotary engine, which is why the car was given the designation GT/W instead of the typical GT.

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Gemballa Teases Its Own 800hp Supercar

In the 1980s, two Porsche tuners made wild cars that many kids of the era had posters of plastered on walls – they were RUF and Gemballa. Both companies are still around making fast Porsche cars faster, and Gemballa currently has a 911 Turbo to its credit that produces 818 hp and can hit 62 mph in 2.38 seconds.

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2020 Ram EcoDiesel V6 Makes Horsepower and Torque Specs Announced

Ram has announced that its third-gen EcoDiesel 3.0L V6 engine will debut in Q4 2019. The engine will be available in all Ram 1500 models, meaning that Ram Rebel buyers can get diesel power for the first time.

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Honda Mean Mower Mk2 Went 0-100 mph in 6.285 Seconds

We all hate mowing the lawn so the faster it gets done, the better. Honda’s Mean Mower Mk2 can actually cut grass and its stupid fast. It recently grabbed a Guinness World Record for fastest 0-100 mph acceleration for a lawnmower, turning in a time of just 6.285 seconds with driver Jess Hawkins behind the wheel.

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£6M Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato to Debut at Le Mans

Aston Martin has announced that its most expensive car ever, the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation will be on display at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Only 19 of the cars will be made, and the one on display is number 1 of that series.

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Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 4Matic Is Too Cool for the States

With Americans crazy over SUVs and shunning station wagons, cool cars like the Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 Shooting Brake rarely make it stateside. The wagon uses a 301 hp 2.0-liter turbo-four paired with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and AMG Performance 4Matic AWD.

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Jaguar XE SV Project 8 Touring is a Milder Shade of Crazy

Jaguar has announced a milder form of the XE SV Project 8. The new Touring edition looks just a bit more tame, giving up the giant carbon fiber rear wing of the original, in favor of a low profile fixed rear wing.

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