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Audi’s A8 L Security: Like a Safe Room on Wheels

Audi has announced the most exclusive model of its luxury A8 touring sedan line, the A8 L Security. Available in either a 4.0 liter V8 TFSI or Audi’s 12-cylinder 6.3 liter W12 FSI under the hood, the A8…

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2015 Subaru WRX STI

Subaru unveiled the all-new 2015 WRX STI at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit along with a limited edition WRX STI Launch Edition. The new WRX STI packs the venerated 305-horsepower 2.5-liter turbocharged BOXER engine…

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Rally Driver “Drops Outside,” Takes it in Stride

(NSFW: Language) The Brakim Racing Rally Team goes off the road on a “right 5 into right 4, drops outside” corner during the Rally West Virginia. The car goes end-over-end a few times, then finally stops. But…

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Radical RXC Turbo

While most of us don’t think about track-day cars when we hear the words “Ford EcoBoost,” you might just change your mind after reading about this sweet ride from British automaker Radical. The Radial RXC Turbo is powered…

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Lexus RC F Coupe’s Digital Gauges Hurt Our Brains

The 2015 Lexus RC F Coupe is a beautiful car with what looks to be an awesome engine under the hood. The people over at Kaizen Factor had the chance to sit in one at NAIAS 2014 and…

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Superdrift Italy 2013 Highlight Reel

Clashproduction created this great video from the 2013 Superdrift Italy event. From practice through qualifying to the final round, watch as this crop of mostly BMWs gets sideways and destroys a lot of rubber. With cameras mounted on…

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Riding Shotgun in the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3

What happens when Godzilla starts taking steroids? The Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, that’s what. Just imagine taking what is one of the fastest accelerating vehicles on the road today and stripping about 1,000 pounds from its weight, improving…

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Top 5 Reveals at the 2014 NAIAS in Detroit

This year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit gave us some terrific new cars, some that surprised us completely and some that we knew were going to be revealed at the show. We sat down and looked…

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Flashback: 1984 Chevy Corvette

While today we can enjoy Chevy’s impressive C7 generation Corvettes, let’s take a ride back to 30 years in the past to see how Chevy was pimping their then brand new C4 ‘Vette. This amusingly-dated commercial serves as…

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Jaguar C-X17 Concept Sees Red

We’ve seen the Jaguar CX-17 SUV concept before, but we have to say it looks better than ever in the candy-like red color as it heads to the Brussels Motor Show this week. Other than its beautiful red…

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Corvette C7.R Race Car

Chevrolet recently unveiled its stunning 2015 Corvette Z06, and they have also announced the Corvette C7.R race car, which shares a lot of technology with the street version. The two ‘Vettes share engineering and components, including chassis architecture,…

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MINI John Cooper Works Concept Ready to Roll

MINI showcased its new John Cooper Works Concept at the 2014 North American International Auto Show and, from what we saw, it’s a car very worthy of the JCW badge. The JCW comes with a Bright Highways Grey …

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Longest Powerslide Ever

We recently stumbled onto this video clip from a couple of years back, in which stunt driver Mauro Calo managed to put a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG sedan into an insanely long powerslide. The slide itself lasted for a…

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