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Waiting For Clarity: Is An 80-mile Range Enough For Honda

Is 80 miles of driving range enough for an electric car in 2017" Honda seems to think so with its upcoming Clarity Electric, the battery-powered vers ...

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2018 Subaru Wrx Sti, Tested In Depth: Sport-compact Stalwart

The Subaru WRX STI has been a mainstay in the sport-compact scene for years, but the mid-cycle revisions that the current iteration received for 2018 ...

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March 2019 Issue Out Now!

   Our March 2019 issue features Porsche GT3, McLaren F1, Rally, Formula E, Hydrogen racing, Battery technology and much more.    Get y ...

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Stuttgart Is Back: Porsche In Lmdh.

High-performance hybrid drives have enjoyed a long and extremely successful tradition at Porsche Motorsport. In 2010 and 2011, the Porsche 91 ...

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2016 Scion iA 6-Speed Manual Review

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We tested both the 6-speed automatic and now the 6-speed manual gearbox Scion iA compact sedan ...

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Gumtree: Where Cars & People Come Together

One of the things we enjoy most about automotive culture is the vast array of friendships we have. The car world is like that and it’s one of th ...

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First Look: Escort Max 360 Laser & Radar Detector

While you are on the road, there are many ways police can catch you for speeding violations. Some of them include radar and laser guns, red light came ...

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Saving The World & Other New Year’s Resolutions

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); New Year’s resolutions are common right about now. Although made with honest intentions, ...

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Automoblog’s Top 5 Racing Games of 2015

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It’s been a memorable year for racing games and racing inspired console releases. Racing ...

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2016 Toyota Tacoma V-6 4×4 Manual Tested: Toyota?s Clas

Chevrolet?s recent advertising for its Colorado mid-size pickup, which courts buyers with the tagline ?You know you want a truck,? and features stage ...

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Nissan GT-R: The Perfect Tool for Taking Down the Christmas

Fresh from the “why didn’t we think of that” file comes a post-holiday video from Nissan, in which the automaker demonstrates the G ...

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How We’d Spec It: The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu In the Mid

It seems that Chevrolet has trouble maintaining goodness in its Malibu sedan. The hugely popular, import-fighting fifth-generation model that debuted ...

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Bored Over the Holiday Break" These 10 Auto Museums Are

Bored over the holiday break" Pay a visit to one of these ten excellent automotive museums. Petersen Automotive Museum ? Los Angeles, CA The r ...

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What’s In a Name" Infiniti Changes Q30 Name Befor

Infiniti has a fetish for nomenclature changes, it seems. After confusing everybody with its switch to a Q-everything naming scheme for its cars and ...

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Killed by Death: Motörhead?s Lemmy Kilmister Was the Sound

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself on a Moto Guzzi Griso (more on that in a future Year of the Goose installment) hurtling down I-5 from Seattle t ...

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Prices for Updated 2016 Nissan Sentra Rise Slightly

After three years, Nissan’s current-generation Sentra compact sedan has gone in for a mid-life nip-and-tuck. (We covered its changes in full wh ...

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Honda Civic Si Details Hit Forum, Point to a Spicier Si Line

Honda’s latest Civic sedan and coupe are doing hard work undoing the damage done by its preceding two generations, which were uncharacteristi ...

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Halt! Ferrari Issues 488GTB Stop-Sale for Faulty Fuel Line

Remember yesterday when we reported that Ferrari had issued a recall for the California T because there was risk of a fuel-line leak that could poten ...

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Volkswagen’s Microbus-Like CES Concept to Be Named 

What are buddies for, if not a name association to a yet-unrevealed Volkswagen electric vehicle concept" Volkswagen’s tease for its Consu ...

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Mazda MX-5 Miata, Demio (Mazda 2) Racing Concepts?We Want Bo

Here in the U.S., putting the letters N, R, and A next to one another can conjure two highly differing opinions. However, stick those letters, plus a ...

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Char-S: Blackened Mazda Racing Concepts for the Tokyo Auto S

With the Tokyo Auto Salon just over the horizon, Mazda?s trotting out a trio of ?Racing Concept? vehicles based on production models. Featuring shado ...

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2016 Kia Optima 1.6T Test: Painless Frugality

When it debuted at the New York auto show in 2010, the now-outgoing Kia Optima wowed spectators with its attenuated roofline and determined visage, p ...

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Automakers and the Arsenal of Democracy

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 75 years ago, on December 29th, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?s “Arsenal of Democr ...

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Up for Auction: The Volkswagen Jetta from the First “T

Remember that white Volkswagen Jetta that Jesse (played by Chad Lindberg) took to Race Wars in the original The Fast and the Furious" It?ll be ...

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Fiat-Chrysler Recalls 412,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs for Fires,

Fiat-Chrysler is recalling 412,938 Jeep and Dodge SUVs to fix potential electrical fires and power steering failures, the automaker said over the Chr ...

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Your Arsenal: Chrysler and World War II Production [Video]

Seventy-five years ago, on December 29, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his famous “Arsenal of Democracy” speech to the American peo ...

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2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e Tested: The X5 Sprouts a Plug

The first thing you need to know about the new plug-in-hybrid version of the BMW X5 is that the EPA rates its electric-only range at just 14 miles?an ...

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Not a Car, Don’t Care: You Have to See This Custom, 75

Built by Hannes Tscharner, this Falcon is based on the version that appears in the latest Star Wars installment, The Force Awakens (note the rect ...

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Audi?s logistics of the future: Goods being commissioned mov

Driverless transport systems supply parts autonomously New concept saves space and improves ergonomics Audi is the industry leader with its ?supermark ...

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Audi clean-up of international awards: distinctions in Novem

China: Audi A3 receives ?J.D. Power Award? In China the ?J.D. Power Award 2015? went to the Audi A3. This award, which is made on the basis of exten ...

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First Look: 2016 Infiniti QX60

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In 2014, Infiniti decided to rename all their vehicles starting with the letter “Q” ...

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Audi Confirms Q2 Baby Crossover in 2016, Also New Q5

At the rate Audi is filling out its lineup of crossovers, the brand soon will run out of single-digit numbers to pair with the letter “Q.” ...

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Chevrolet Adds Midnight Edition Trax Featuring All-Black Eve

Midnight comes once every 24 hours, and Chevrolet is approaching that sort of frequency with its release of “Midnight Edition” versions o ...

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Only You (and This Recall) Can Prevent Ferrari California T

Ferrari has issued a recall for up to 185 examples of its newly turbocharged California T sports car for a potentially “improper low pressure ...

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Honda Recalls More CR-V Models, Ninth Takata Airbag Death Co

Honda recalled 127,000 more cars to replace passenger frontal airbags, as a ninth death related to the exploding Takata airbag recalls has been ident ...

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Evel Knievel’s 1976 Harley Sportster Is Headed to Auct

One of Evel Knievel’s stunt bikes, a customized 1976 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL 1000, is coming up for auction next month in Las Vegas. The ...

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BMW’s Vision Future Interaction: It Reads Your Hand

The current BMW 7-series is the first vehicle on the market that allows you to control some functions with gestures. With a prototype to be unveiled ...

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Are Dash Cams a Necessity or Problematic Accessory"

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Dash cams are still somewhat rare in the United States despite their wild popularity in other ...

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Age of Consent: Charting the Longevity of Automotive Namepla

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE400 4MATIC From the January 2016 issue Last year was the end of the line for the Mercedes-Benz M-class. There?s no more GLK, eit ...

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The Dealership of the Future: May Resemble an Apple Store

From the January 2016 issue If Apple enters the auto business, as some observers think is inevitable, it may not be its cars that matter. At least, n ...

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2017 Fiat 124 Spider Dissected: Design, Engine, Chassis, and

Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has made no secret of his desire to hook up with another major automaker in pursuit of massive economies of scal ...

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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Driven: How Does 48/45 MPG Shak

Tell anyone that the new Chevy Malibu hybrid shares much of its powertrain with the Volt and they?ll inevitably ask how far it can go in EV mode. Ans ...

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I Don’t Care What Anyone Says, I Love The Alfa Romeo 4

A fun thing about identity theft is that identity can?t be stolen if it?s not there to begin with. You could say that about a bunch of current automo ...

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Has Tesla Sunk Itself With the Model X"

It had been a few years since I last visited Tesla Motors, that enormous white sheet cake of a factory down at the muddy bottom end of the San Franci ...

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Absurdity, Compared: BMW X6 M vs. Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S Coupe

Gather ?round the fire, folks, and let Uncle Car and Driver tell you a little story. Some people might call it a fable or a fairy tale, but there ain ...

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Subaru Announces STI-Fettled XV Crosstrek, Impreza Wagon

Subaru’s XV Crosstrek can be more than a granola-mobile for taking your kids to organic yoga, it seems. The automaker is preparing a spiced-up ...

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Milan and Rome to Temporarily Ban Cars, So Leave the Lambos

Traffic in Milan (that’s Milan, Italy?not Milan, Michigan) will come to a halt after Christmas weekend to combat the city’s rising smog. ...

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The Next Best Thing to Raspberry Jam: Escort Max 360 Radar D

The Valentine One?s monopoly on glowing arrows is over. After more than 20 years as the only radar detector that could indicate the location of the r ...

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What’s Under Your Tree: Holiday Reflections from a Car

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); When I was a kid, I asked my father how Santa was going to get into our small apartment. After ...

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The Middle Child: 2016 Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Tested

When Mercedes married AMG in 2005 following a lengthy courtship, who would have expected that union to spawn 38 children" Not all those babies c ...

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Is a 247-hp Ford Fiesta RS Still on the Way" The Rumors

Even in the absence of official confirmation or indicators to the affirmative, rumors that Ford will build a high-output Fiesta RS hot hatch refuse t ...

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Mercedes’ Sleigh Configurator Is the Only Configurator

Have you ever wondered what Santa’s sleigh might look like were it inspired by Mercedes-Benz’s G-class, F 015 concept, or its classic Si ...

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2016 Ford Escape 2.0L EcoBoost FWD Tested: The Case Against

The publicity push for a significantly updated Ford Escape coming for 2017 is already under way, so astute shoppers can expect to find some bargains ...

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Buick Trademark Applications for “TourX,” “

General Motors has filed two intriguing U.S. trademark applications for its Buick subsidiary that hint at a future station-wagon variant. Yes, you re ...

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2017 Audi Q7 3.0T Full Test: The Driver?s People Mover

Opting for a crossover utility vehicle with a third row of seats usually means dialing back the driving enjoyment. That isn?t the case with the new 2 ...

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First Look: 2016 Infiniti Q50

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For 2015, Infiniti mildly updated their best-selling mid-size sedan, the G37 but renamed it Q5 ...

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Automoblog’s Top 6: Best Apps For Your Car

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The whole concept of an app is to conveniently deliver content and services to your life by ma ...

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Scion C-HR to Debut in Production Form Next Month at the Det

Toyota has shown more than one concept version of the C-HR compact crossover, and now a source close to Toyota tells us that the production C-HR fina ...

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Kia Sportage Dressed Up for “X-Men: Apocalypse”

Marketing is a powerful tool; wielded properly, it can turn out classic ads and lasting impressions like VW’s 1960 “Lemon” spot  ...

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No More GT-R LM NISMO: Nissan Ends Its World Endurance Champ

Bad news from Nissan’s factory racing division: The team announced this morning that it will not enter the GT-R LM NISMO in the 2016 season of ...

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2016 Toyota Tundra Quick Take Review: Still on the Outside

Overview: Toyota?s Tundra remains an outlier in the full-size-pickup segment, a bit of an iconoclast?s choice compared with the entrenched domestic r ...

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2016 Nissan Titan XD: Yep, It’s More Expensive Than Ha

Depending upon who reads Nissan’s base price for its new Titan XD, the truck will either be seen as a decent deal or an overpriced, Japanese ou ...

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Google Pairing Up with Ford on Its Autonomous-Car Project Ma

Yesterday news broke that Google and Ford will work together to build self-driving cars toward the purpose of creating a new ride-sharing business ...

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Porsche Cayman GTS Manual Tested: The Essence of the Brand

Lacking serious competition, Porsche has owned the $50,000?$90,000 import sports car segment for a while with the Boxster and Cayman. The Jaguar F-ty ...

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Buick Tracking for Record 2015 Sales

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Over the weekend, Danielle and I did some holiday shopping. As we walked through the parking l ...

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New Tailgates Engage Active Truck Owners

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); When the GearGate concept was presented to me a year ago by its founder, Matthew Bader, I was ...

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Hyundai’s Prius-Fighting Ioniq EV/Hybrid Caught Undisg

                        Hyundai’s Ioniq, the brand’s upcoming hybrid/EV entry ...

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So Chill: Lexus Gives the NX Wheels Made of Ice

It would appear as though Lexus is a little bored on its winter break, as it has gone through the considerable effort to have one of its NX crossover ...

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BMW, Nissan Have Set Up 120 DC Fast Chargers for EVs Nationw

Can you hear that" It’s the sound of Tesla Motors letting out a collective giggle over BMW and Nissan’s announcement that they’ ...

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“Corvette E-Ray” Trademarked?Is an Electrified V

Happy Holidays, all ye faithful Corvette fans. General Motors has just shipped out a present: a juicy trademark filing for what could be a new Corv ...

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2016 Ford Fusion Quick Take: The Mid-Size Sedan that Won?t B

Overview: Ford?s Fusion mid-size sedan has led a busy existence since it was last redesigned just three years ago. Now entering the 2016 model year, ...

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Safari 911! Watch Leh Keen’s Porsche Splash and Slide

Deep into the development of its monstrous 959?which ultimately would earn its fame on the sands of North Africa in the Paris-Dakar Rally?Porsche tea ...

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BMW Fined $40 Million for Mini Cooper Recalls

BMW has been fined up to $40 million for a recall involving late-model Mini Cooper vehicles, according to a statement posted by the National Highway ...

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2016 Kia Sedona SXL Review

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We know that minivans get a bad rap and most of it is justified. But when was the last time yo ...

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Taster Test ? 2016 Jaguar XJ

What is it" A mild revamp of Jaguar?s largest model. What?s new" Jaguar?s XJ has always been an exclusive alternative for those who require ...

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Car Hacking: Are You At Risk"

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There is an old cliché that goes, ?they don?t make them like they used to.? With the pronounc ...

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Yes, Please: Lamborghini Considers More RWD Huracán Variant

The launch of the Huracán LP580-2 effectively gives Lamborghini two different Huracán platforms on which to base other models, and the company̵ ...

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Halftime Update: 2016.5 Mazda CX-5 Gets More Standard Conten

It’s a holiday miracle! Or, more realistically, it’s merely Mazda reacting to what customers want. Mazda is introducing the rare mid-mode ...

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Alternate Take: Maybe the Plymouth Prowler Wasn’t a Po

The Plymouth Prowler doesn’t have a sterling reputation in the automotive press. At the time of its 1997 debut, it was criticized for packing a ...

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2016 Chevrolet Equinox 2.4L AWD Tested: The 2.4 Has Us Wishi

Although it was freshened for 2016?updated styling, a couple of new safety features, more infotainment goodies including an onboard Wi-Fi hotspot?the ...

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First UK drive, DS 4

What is it" Revamped version of family hatch for Citroën?s new upmarket brand. Key features: Bespoke DS styling, revised market targeting, off-r ...

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NAIAS Floor Plan Revealed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It takes roughly 12 weeks for over 1,500 skilled union laborers to build the elaborate display ...