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The 2014 SEMA Aftermarket Show in 320 Photos
New Cadillac ATS-V Coupe Does a Teaser Burnout – Can You Tell If It's a V6 or V8?
Maker Of Airbags At Center Of Scandal Knew About Flaw In 2004
New Corvette C7 Probably Won’t be Sold in Korea Because It's Too Loud
BMW 2-Series AT, Nissan Pulsar and Skoda Fabia Get 5-Star Euro NCAP Ratings
You Might End Up Feeling Sorry For This Guy
Lexus RC Media Event in Japan Canned Due to Lack of Interest
Would Supermodel Harriadnie Beau Convince You to See This Jensen FF?
This is Harry Metcalfe’s 1993 Mercedes SL600 that Lives in Southern France
Scion to Rejuvenate Range With Two New Models at 2015 NY Motor Show
New Rolls Royce Wraith Tester Hints at Sportier Model
Ferrari Test Driver Raffaele De Simone Reviews New California T in Monaco
Fiat Parades New 500X Crossover in 177 Photos
Mitsubishi to Launch New Sedan Based on Renault Latitude
Canadian Motorcyclist Gives Zero Shucks About Snow
Ex-Brunei Royal Family’s 1994 Jaguar XJ220 Going to Auction
Infiniti's New Mercedes-Based Q30 Hatch Spied for the First Time
Future VW Models to Have Shorter 5-Year Life Cycles
Top Gear to Go on its Biggest UK-Wide Tour Ever in 2015
All-New Honda Legend Is Japan’s Acura RLX
Tanker Truck Smashes Through Cars and Falls Into a River
Expert Says 50 Percent of All Radio Stations Will be Gone by 2024
Mercedes Announces Launch of 12 Completely New Models by 2020
Cosworth Launches Power Packages for Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ
How A Morgan Is Assembled, From The Tree To The Trim

The 2014 SEMA Aftermarket Show in 320 Photos

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 06:38 PM PST

Start your engines and take a walk with us through the aisles of this year's edition of SEMA, the Mecca of aftermarket and customization shows.
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New Cadillac ATS-V Coupe Does a Teaser Burnout – Can You Tell If It's a V6 or V8?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 05:04 PM PST

With the 2014 LA Motor Show literally just around next week's corner, Cadillac dropped its first official teaser for the new 2016 ATS-V Coupe doing a very appropriate burnout.
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Maker Of Airbags At Center Of Scandal Knew About Flaw In 2004

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 04:32 PM PST

In a huge blow for embattled airbag manufacturer Takata, a new report from former employees reveals the company knew about the problems with its devices for a decade.
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New Corvette C7 Probably Won’t be Sold in Korea Because It's Too Loud

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 04:03 PM PST

While there may not be a huge market for the seventh-generation Corvette in South Korea, that may be culled completely by the country's noise regulations. They rate the C7's noise levels as excessive, therefore making the car illegal.
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BMW 2-Series AT, Nissan Pulsar and Skoda Fabia Get 5-Star Euro NCAP Ratings

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 03:33 PM PST

Besides the Tesla Model S, Euro NCAP's latest crash test session also involved four new models for the European market: the BMW 2-Series Active Tourer, Nissan Pulsar, Skoda Fabia and Suzuki Celerio.
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You Might End Up Feeling Sorry For This Guy

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 03:06 PM PST

You shouldn't normally feel sorry for people driving through pedestrian crossings, blatantly violating the rules and common sense, but you might just make a small exception for this remorseful fella.
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Lexus RC Media Event in Japan Canned Due to Lack of Interest

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 02:33 PM PST

This is kind of embarrassing for Lexus. Their racy-looking RC coupe, which has been quite prevalent on the scene ever since it was revealed, failed to garner enough interest for the manufacturer to justify holding a press drive event for journos in Japan.
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Would Supermodel Harriadnie Beau Convince You to See This Jensen FF?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 02:02 PM PST

True enthusiasts don't need any kind of incentives to see an interesting car other than, well, the vehicle itself and their own fuel-fed curiosity, or do they…
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This is Harry Metcalfe’s 1993 Mercedes SL600 that Lives in Southern France

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 01:35 PM PST

The SL600 is a page from Mercedes' overengineered past. It's the kind of car that's now like twenty times its original value, though if you find a well maintained one, you will avoid the huge associated parts bills.

Harry Metcalfe's own SL600 is in tip-top shape and it's the car he chose to cruise up and down the French Riviera.
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Scion to Rejuvenate Range With Two New Models at 2015 NY Motor Show

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 01:03 PM PST

Scion will be revealing two new production models at next year's New York auto show, in the hopes of rejuvenating its dusty range. One will be the a production-spec iM concept which was teased (though, not revealed) in October.
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New Rolls Royce Wraith Tester Hints at Sportier Model

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 12:31 PM PST

You might think they do, but premium carmakers never really run out superlatives. When Rolls Royce presented the Wraith coupe at the 2013 Geneva show, it described it as the brand's most powerful and fastest production car ever. But that was last year…
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Ferrari Test Driver Raffaele De Simone Reviews New California T in Monaco

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 12:02 PM PST

The Ferrari California T may be the brand's cheapest and "softest" model, but it's still a sports car that delivers driving thrills.
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Fiat Parades New 500X Crossover in 177 Photos

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 11:35 AM PST

Want a better and closer look at Fiat's new 500X? The Italians have just dropped more than 170 pictures of their small crossover on the occasion of its media presentation in Europe.
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Mitsubishi to Launch New Sedan Based on Renault Latitude

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 11:00 AM PST

Mitsubishi is apparently going to focus all of its automotive creative energy towards the SUV and crossover sector. This, for instance, translates into them entering a partnership with Renault-Nissan, which will spawn a model with common underpinnings with the Renault Latitude (also known as Samsung SM5 in Korea; pictured).
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Canadian Motorcyclist Gives Zero Shucks About Snow

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 10:32 AM PST

It takes a lot of guts and an equal amount of craziness to ride a motorcycle on snow-covered roads in freezing temperatures in the middle of nowhere.
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Ex-Brunei Royal Family’s 1994 Jaguar XJ220 Going to Auction

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 10:06 AM PST

Here's your chance to own a vehicle that has been part of the Brunei Royal Family's famous car collection, a low-mileage Jaguar XJ220.
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Infiniti's New Mercedes-Based Q30 Hatch Spied for the First Time

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 09:31 AM PST

The new Infiniti Q30 has finally come out of the shadows with our photographers capturing the first shots of the prototype model before it debuts in 2015.
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Future VW Models to Have Shorter 5-Year Life Cycles

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:25 PM PST

Volkswagen has confirmed that its next-generation models will have five-year life cycles and will receive facelifts after three years on the market.
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Top Gear to Go on its Biggest UK-Wide Tour Ever in 2015

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 08:31 AM PST

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will embark on their biggest UK tour yet in 2015, bringing Top Gear's petrol-fueled show back home after a short stint in Glasgow earlier this year.
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All-New Honda Legend Is Japan’s Acura RLX

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:25 PM PST

The fifth-generation Honda Legend has just been unveiled in Japan, but to our US-based readers there's nothing "all-new" about it.
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Tanker Truck Smashes Through Cars and Falls Into a River

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:25 PM PST

An out of control fuel tanker reportedly crashed into several cars before smashing through the protective gates on a bridge and tumbled into a river this morning in Russia.
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Expert Says 50 Percent of All Radio Stations Will be Gone by 2024

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:10 AM PST

With the revolution in how we interact with cars via their dashboards, which are becoming increasingly tech-rich, the way we listen to music and the radio will also change.

Gordon Borrell, a specialist in the field of media history, for instance, believes that half of all terrestrial radio stations will have gone extinct within the next 10 years.
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Mercedes Announces Launch of 12 Completely New Models by 2020

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 06:30 AM PST

It seems we're set to see 12 all-new Mercedes models make their debut by the year 2020, according to the brand's R&D boss, Thomas Weber.

He recently spoke at the opening of the firm's new design facility in Beijing and detailed the plan – that's the venue where the G-Code concept was revealed; it's pictured below and maybe a sign of things to come?
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Cosworth Launches Power Packages for Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 05:50 AM PST

There's probably not a single automotive reviewer out there that didn't at one point comment that the Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S need (and could handle) more power.

Now, Cosworth has announced two power packages for the Subaru-developed FA20 engine, the more potent of which pushing the horsepower up to 280.
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