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Audi Racing in TUSCC GTD Class with Flying Lizard Motorsports

Audi Racing in TUSCC GTD Class with Flying Lizard Motorsports

It is the first time that the team will not use Porsches

Next year is bringing huge changes to the United States sports car racing landscape in 2014. The American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sport Car Series are merging into the Tudor United Sports Car Championship. ALMS stalwarts Flying Lizard Mo...
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Rare Maserati Indy America Being Auctioned by Silverstone Auctions

Rare Maserati Indy America Being Auctioned by Silverstone Auctions

It combines coupe looks and the ability to carry four people

Maserati built the Indy America coupes from 1969 to 1975, and Silverstone Auctions is selling one of them at its auction on November 15 and 16.  The cars were meant to celebrate Maserati’s back-to-back wins of the Indy 500 in 1939 a...
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Long Wheelbase Jaguar E-Type Updates Classic with Modern Utility

Long Wheelbase Jaguar E-Type Updates Classic with Modern Utility

It combines the look of the original car with the size of a Series III

Paul Branstad sent his heavily frontend damaged Series I Jaguar E-Type to Classic Motor Cars in the UK over a year ago, and his one-off, long wheelbase is finally complete. CMC even built him a unique E-Type trailer to compliment the car. Bran...
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Nissan London Taxi Development Will Be Complete by End of Year

Nissan London Taxi Development Will Be Complete by End of Year

It will reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption over the current taxi

Nissan has entered final durability testing of its next generation NV200-based London Taxi. The final car is expected to be ready by the end of 2013. Nissan has been testing them around London for the last 12 years. Sales will begin in the second ...
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Kia Working on Soul EV to Launch in Second Half of 2014

Kia Working on Soul EV to Launch in Second Half of 2014

It is slated to have a 200km range

Kia and Hyundai are still quite young in the hybrid and electric car segment, but the only way to build experience is to work with the technology. Kia is developing an EV version of the Soul that it plans to put on sale in the second half of 2014....
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Aston Martin Brings Union Jack Vanquish to Lord Mayor's Show

Aston Martin Brings Union Jack Vanquish to Lord Mayor's Show

It had four cars in the 3.5-mile long parade

Aston Martin celebrated the Lord Mayor’s Show in London on Saturday, November 9, by painting a special Vanquish Coupe in a complete Union Jack livery. Three other Aston Martins also took part in the 3.5-mile long parade. Aston Martin did...
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Lexus CT200h Gets Spindle Grill in Latest Refresh

Lexus CT200h Gets Spindle Grill in Latest Refresh

It will debut at the Guangzhou Motor Show in November

Lexus is giving the CT 200h its corporate spindle grill in the car’s latest update that will debut at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China on November 21. The car was first introduced in 2010, and the refresh includes an update to the exter...
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Honda Previewing Look of 2015 Fuel Cell Car at LA Auto Show

Honda Previewing Look of 2015 Fuel Cell Car at LA Auto Show

It will also show changes to the 2014 Civic

While Honda will reveal its new compact crossover in Tokyo, its lineup for the LA Auto Show is much smaller. It is bringing the FCEV Concept, which points to the styling of Honda’s planned hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in 2015 and will show fur...
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Ducati-Engined XL1 Being Internally Developed at Volkswagen

Ducati-Engined XL1 Being Internally Developed at Volkswagen

Limited production is also a possibility

Ferdinand Piech’s idea to create a sporty version of the XL1 using a Ducati V-twin engine is gaining traction within the company. Piech showed a rendering for the car during a presentation to students at the Technical University of Vienna. ...
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BMW Group Worldwide Sales Hit October Record

BMW Group Worldwide Sales Hit October Record

The company will likely have another year of record sales

BMW Group set another monthly sales record for October with 165,851 cars sold worldwide, up 5.2% from the previous year. From January to October, sales are up 7.3% to 1,602,018. “We remain on track with a new all-time high in sales in Oc...
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