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Road Test Review – 2014 BMW X1 sDrive28i M Sport – Alpine White
This summer’s 2013 BMW X1 sDrive28i press loaner still makes me smile when looking at the photos. As my first week-long loan from BMW, the pressure was on to a) write a brilliant review and b) not hurt the car in any way! The X1 is a hilarious riot to drive in 28i sDrive configuration, which denotes rear-wheel-drive versus the optional xDrive. The turbo-charged engine is zingy and potent, with a broad and low torque plateau and the exceptional ZF eight-speed automatic handling changes. The test car included EcoPro mode and automatic stop/start for stoplights and traffic. EcoPro mode really …
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All-New 2014 MINI Hardtop Debuts LEDs Galore and Futuristic Cabin Tech
BMW’s MINI is absolutely a future textbook example of how to revive and relaunch a silent brand into a loud, crowded age. While the original 1960s Mini was much more of a phenom inside England, BMW’s ambitions have always been far more global. Spending ten years with the nightmare of Rover Cars Limited taught BMW many lessons in the 1990s about what *not* to do with a classic brand. Divesting Rover and Land Rover helped BMW pivot to a far more logical and promising ownership of Rolls-Royce, Mini, and a few other moribund sports car brands in the early 2000s. …
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2015 Cadillac Escalade In-Depth Specs + Mega Galleries
Introducing the 2015 Escalade. The 2015 Escalade is looking pretty desirable as the winds change and snow starts falling in Chicagoland. The full line of codename “K2XX” SUV’s are all vastly improved for 2015, with Tahoe’s starting in the high $30,000’s at the low end. At the high end is the latest Escalade, which repositions itself as the true flagship of Cadillac. And, perhaps, General Motors. Starting with prices about at the same level as previous models, the Escalade is scheduled for an early Spring 2014 roll-out to dealers nationwide. Exterior The Escalade is not quite as exciting as …
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Visualizer – Every Paint Color and Wheel Style
The 2014 Stingray is an incredible sports car with the interactive handling and playful engine harmonics of the best supercars. This is coming from an import-driving, turbo-loving guy who has never even liked the Corvette before this year, let alone wanted to own one. The Stingray just proves it case on the roads. It drives so well, is so fast, and also versatile with a removable targa panel that fits inside that big trunk. The all-new cockpit with has premium tech and materials. (Seriously!) So, if the Corvette Stingray is so good: what about its old-man designs for the …
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2015 Audi A3 Cabrio Seeks Cheer Team Leaders (Video and All Interior/Exterior Photos)
My bad jokes aside, the A3 Cabrio will be very popular with all types of sun-seekers. The cute A3 Cabrio joins the U.S.-bound 2015 A3 line-up that also includes an all-new compact sports sedan and plug-in hybrid Sportback body styles. The little A3 Cabriolet has been quite a hit in Europe in its current generation, where it brings (some of) the classy and expensive-looking style of its larger A5 and S5 Cabrio siblings. While the display model wears the full S-line body kit, far more humble A3 Cabrio’s should start with pricing in the low $30,000 range when arriving stateside …
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When In Doubt: Porsche. LMP1 Glory Past, Present and Future
Porsche will fly twin missions under the Volkswagen Group. But only four letters really matter: LMP1 As the production cars division spreads the 911 ethos across a wide variety of new body styles over the next decade, vehicles with a Porsche badge will come in all sorts of new shapes and prices. Along with this proliferation of bad-ass sports cars? Winning the world’s toughest and most-respected race of any kind. Swimming laps? No. Running laps? No. No Olympic athletes are asked to perform for 24 hours in a row. The reason? Ostensibly, it cannot be done. Many have said the …
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Cool 2015 BMW i8 Animations + Live Visualizer Links
The 2015 BMW i8 is beautiful. Make no mistake about it: this will instantly be the most-exciting car on the roads from the second half of next year. BMW i Visualizer – see this exact i8 and change the colors, wheels, leathers… It is significantly more challenging to grasp the i8’s performance potential in advance, like we can for most new sports cars and even hypercars from the big names. But while the i3 might be a bit funky, the i8 is stunning. Low roof, scorching pace, style for days: this i8 is hot. It also brings forth never-before-executed concepts …
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Hottest LA Debuts: 2015 Audi A3 and S3 Spell Trouble For Subaru, Lexus, Ford, Acura…
The $29,000-plus luxury compact market just got very hot under the collar. Audi revealed the 2015 A3 line-up in LA this week, and it is a direct hit for stylish urban executives. Coming in two sedans (the A3 and S3), a PHEV Sportback, and also a cute A3 cabrio —- the A3 is poised to take sales off the books of the WRX, Lexus IS250, Ford Focus ST, and many others. Pricing an arrival time estimates vary, but by summer 2014 seems like a safe bet. 2015 Audi S3 Sedan – Exterior Gallery 2015 Audi S3 Sedan – Interior Gallery …
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Ford Ka Concept Debuts Funky Style and Affordable Mechanicals in Brazil
The Ka is Ford’s smallest nameplate – literally. Just two letters and a quick sound. I like to pronounce it like a Southie from Boston, someone who ‘Pahhks the kaaah in ahhvaad yaaad.’ Alas, we can’t all be Good Will Hunting. Even so, the Ka’s broad appeal seems like a sure thing with this new five-door layout and cutting-edge technology. Even the style of the simple halogen headlights shows that Ford wants to be with the cool kids from MIT, and perhaps not the book-worms from Harvard. This Ka proves how silly the current model is, unfortunately. Based on the …
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Hottest LA Debuts: 2014 Ford Mustang Official Homestead Pace Car
Mustang mania is building up! The reveal promises to be one of the most exciting from Ford in years, and the anticipation is palpable! One last hurrah for this generation of Mustangs comes in the 2014 Official Pace Car, which led the NASCAR Miami Homestead race earlier in the month before jetting west for SEMA and the LA Show. Quite a stunner, with huge fender flares that are far better integrated than most Mustang wide-body chops.
Hottest LA Debuts: CrossBlue Coupe Wearing Tough New VW Truck Face
Five-seat SUV concept is based off the new MQB architecture and features a plug-in V6 gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain Concept features dramatic new interpretation of Volkswagen design DNA 415-horsepower gasoline-hybrid concept is capable of 70 MPGe The vehicle can travel up to 13 miles as an EV Top speed of 147 mph; 0 to 60 mph in just 5.8 seconds VW CrossBlue Coupe – Concept – Exterior Gallery VW CrossBlue Coupe – Concept – Tech Gallery VW CrossBlue Coupe – Concept – Interior Gallery Animations
Jaguar Makes a WINNER! 2015 F-type Coupe Debuts Three Gorgeous Flavors, Pricing, Up to 550 HP!
Hooray for Jaguar! If anything, this latest coupe F-type Jaguar is even more beautiful than the white-hot 2014 F-type that is available this month at Jaguar dealers nationwide. The 2015 coupes pack similar trim levels to the drop-top, but a stance and design boldness that is far more intense than expected. 2015 Jaguar F-TYPE Coupe – Debut Gallery 2015 Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupe – Exterior Gallery 2015 Jaguar F-TYPE Coupe – Interior Gallery Animation – downloadable Official Details: U.S. Models and 2015 MSRP1 F-TYPE Coupe $65,000 F-TYPE S Coupe $77,000 F-TYPE R Coupe $99,000 At-A-Glance Originally penned as …
What To Watch: NISMO GT Academy Is High-Quality, Big-Budget Reality Competition!
Updated 11.10.14 The new season of GT Academy is online and watchable via the below YouTube embed! To celebrate, we’ve paired the episode with some of the coolest NISMO cars from SEMA 2014. Mostly, relaxing for me is commercial-free online television of some kind. Just stumbled upon the latest for GT Academy, and feel compelled to share this exciting series. Imagine a mix of a few shows like Toughest Soldier Challenge, TopGear, … and … America’s Next Top Model…. and you will get an idea of what GT Academy offers viewers. Instead of shooting or pouting, these guys train to …
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Hot New Trucks: 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Brings Cool Style, Big Power
The 2015 Colorado looks amazing! These all-new midsize Chevrolet trucks stand tall with their big Silverado brothers. Z71 off-road packages raised the ride height, while the extra-short overhangs will surely be an asset off-road. Capabilities will vary across the Colorado line, with engines topping out with a five-cylinder…. Just kidding! The top engine is the excellent 3.6-liter V-6 best known from the Cadillac portfolio, but this time delivering great torque and even 302 horsepower through a standard six-speed automatic. Even the base 2.5-liter four-cylinder has ‘bulked up’ – producing 193 horsepower and about the same torque level in the …
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RM Auctions and Sotheby's Triple Pre-Sale Estimates at NY Gala
The landmark collaboration between auto experts RM Auctions and artful Sotheby’s set new heights with November 2013’s “Art of the Automobile.” The week-long extravaganza sounds like it went perfectly, at least in terms of the pricing delivered to sellers and the variety of exceptional cars on display. This might have been one of those weeks in a city like Manhattan. Where millions of people walk by a dark building without a clue how much majesty is just a few feet away through the bricks. The cars were on display for pre-sale viewings, making this a bit of a secret garden …
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RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Triple Pre-Sale Estimates at NY Gala
The landmark collaboration between auto experts RM Auctions and artful Sotheby’s set new heights with November 2013’s “Art of the Automobile.” The week-long extravaganza sounds like it went perfectly, at least in terms of the pricing delivered to sellers and the variety of exceptional cars on display. This might have been one of those weeks in a city like Manhattan. Where millions of people walk by a dark building without a clue how much majesty is just a few feet away through the bricks. The cars were on display for pre-sale viewings, making this a bit of a secret garden …
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HD Video Reviews – 2014 Chevy Camaro 2LT RS With New LED Lights and Active Exhaust
Some great Camaro driving videos in the vault from my press loaner RS a few weeks ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the Camaro RS – as you can clearly see in these videos, hopefully. Highlights include: 323-horsepower V6 engine’s sonorous exhaust bellow as the active baffles open up incredible JATCO six-speed manual overall improvements to the handing, tech, and refinement Here are some images of this $33,000 plaything, including the latest LED lights front and back. Out back, this RS has strong 1990’s SC400 overtones about its proportions – a very good thing. The original GS and SC were styled by …
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2014 E63 AMG 4MATIC S-Model in 30 High-Res Images
Fun Car Gifs – 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 4MATIC S-Model Fun Car Gifs – 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 4MATIC S-Model (Slight Variation) 2014 E63 AMG 4MATIC S-Model in 30 High-Res Images
Subaru BRZ Color Fight – World Rally Blue or Light Silver?
Subaru BRZ Color Fight – World Rally Blue – Downloadable GIF Subaru BRZ Colors Showdown – World Rally Blue – Exterior Gallery Subaru BRZ – Interior Gallery Subaru BRZ Colors Showdown – Light Silver – Downloadable GIF Subaru BRZ Colors Showdown – Light Silver – Exterior Gallery
V8 Bellow of 2014 Maserati Corsa Stradale Gran Turismo Twins Will Melt Your Heart
HD Exhaust Howl These two extremely limited-production racing specials are truly sublime. Every exterior detail is massaged, including the deep carbon-fiber left unpainted in some close-ups ofmthe MC Stradale GranTurismo. The cabrio in white is even more erotic, almost. Updates for 2014 include the rear seat available as an option, which is a fantastic benefit for the Maserati super-coupes. The back seat size is far closer to the Bentley Continental GT’s than the tiny parcel shelves in the Porsche 911 or the Aston Martin Vanquish. Enjoy this exclusive animated video of the twins in action, including the official soundtrack of …
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Range Rover Asks: Wanna Play? #IamDriven #Contest
There is a new Cayenne killer on Madison Avenue. U.S. Range Rover fans now have a chance at the lofty life in a 2014 Range Rover Sport via a social media contest requesting four videos or photos of a wild, driven individual. This theme carries across the “Driven” launch themes that will accompany the new RRS’s arrival stateside later this year. The clever and playful #IamDriven social media challenge promises a fun and down-to-earth next step in the globetrotting launch roll-out so far this year. Highlights have included a drag race on an unpaved airstrip vs a Spitfire Supermarine …
New Tech: Graphene Replaces Carbotanium as Ultimate Automotive Material
Graphene is new on the scene but exploding with promise. It makes carbon-fiber look like a wool sweater from the 1800s. Graphene is two-dimensional sheet of honeycomb lattice molecules just one atom thick, but stronger than any other substance on earth. As a sheet, it’s carbon. As a stack, the material is graphite. The applications are tantalizingly endless, as the material is super-lightweight and even has conductive properties to relay electricity better like a circuitboard. In the car world, the 2D sheets will be layered and stacked to create 3D panels that are customizable in strength as needed. Future applications …
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Eagle Low Drag GT Finished! Only Two More Chassis Available…
Eagle Low Drag GT Launches New Website Since discovering Eagle’s latest project a few months ago, the anticipation of the finished car has been palpable. After hitting the lawns of Buckingham Palace with the St James’s Concours d’Elegance in early September, it appears that the car is in finished form for the latest photos on http://www.lowdrag-gt.com/ Secrets Secrets While the pricing and the buyer for this first Eagle Low Drag GT are very private, Mr. Brace let us know that the single car has been in progress for more than the last five years. He also hinted that there is …
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2014 SRT Viper GTS – Huge Wallpapers
2014 SRT Viper GTS – Huge Wallpapers Come and get ’em while they are hot! Although we did not have time to meet the Viper’s dark side during a 5-min jaunt around Autobahn Country Club’s parking lot, the deep colors and meticulous finish is visible on SRT’s latest test cars. The carbon-fiber of the trunk felt a bit more like Lexan, but that is not too relevant… The humongo sizes of these images should be linked to each file, just open in a new window for the full glory of this V-10 supercar – at rest. A courteous and polite …
Mega Galleries – 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport Premium
This car is calling out to me from the Cadillac.com configurator! 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport Premium – Exterior Gallery 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport Premium – Interior Gallery 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport Premium – Animations
LEVORGY: Inside Scoop On Subaru's Success, c/o Porsche's Famed Creative Agency
Subaru is very busy these days. From a usually-quiet and predicable company, years of continued success are finally bringing out some excitement. Here is some juicy dirt on the marketing behind this success: Perhaps the real kudos (definitely in Japan, at least) is shared with the BRZ project. But regardless: Subaru is awesome. #Love really is the greatest ad slogan, c/o Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis. Many may know that name best from their three decades of legendary work for Porsche Cars North America. When Porsche left for greener pastures, Subaru assigned the firm their whole account without a review. That …
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2014 GT-R + 2015 GT-R NISMO Now Far More Beautiful, Luxurious… and EVEN FASTER!
The next GT-R just debuted in Tokyo, and boy is it magnificent. A beautiful vision in anthracite grey. Hugely redesigned surfaces appear all over the exterior, with the nose and grille graphic perhaps the most improved versus the current car. All-new LED lighting is featured throughout, finally bringing the GT-R’s styling up to the same caliber as its world-beating performance. The evolution of the 2015 GT-R brings much of the revised technical solutions from the brand-new 2014 Nissan GT-R NISMO — but wraps the enhancements in that far prettier exterior and now, even a lavish interior. The Infiniti ‘leathers and …
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2015 GT-R + GT-R NISMO Official Debut! Now Far More Beautiful, Luxurious… and EVEN FASTER!
The next GT-R just debuted in Tokyo, and boy is it magnificent. A beautiful vision in anthracite grey. Hugely redesigned surfaces appear all over the exterior, with the nose and grille graphic perhaps the most improved versus the current car. All-new LED lighting is featured throughout, finally bringing the GT-R’s styling up to the same caliber as its world-beating performance. The evolution of the 2015 GT-R brings much of the revised technical solutions from the brand-new 2014 Nissan GT-R NISMO — but wraps the enhancements in that far prettier exterior and now, even a lavish interior. The Infiniti ‘leathers and …
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Nissan Sentra NISMO – Now This Is A Sport Compact
Nissan brought all the big guns to the auto shows in LA and Tokyo this week, with no less than ten stunning debuts. From the BladeGlider – a light-weight DeltaWing EV sports car – to the 2015 GT-R, the news is coming faster than one man can type it up! One interesting tidbit to start with is the Nissan Sentra NISMO concept. First off, the car looks outstanding. It has a deep drop in ride height, totally reworked grilles, and a red-accented lower air splitter like the best NISMO race cars. The Juke NISMO RS also bowed this week, promising …
Concept Flashback – 2013 VW Design Vision GTI Wants To Eat Your Babies
This is the meanest-looking Golf GTI… ever. Wow. Very impressive designs, and hopefully this nose will show up some time in the future as well. Design Vision Volkswagen GTI Concept – Exterior Gallery Design Vision Volkswagen GTI Concept – Interior Gallery Design Vision Volkswagen GTI Concept – Animated Gallery
2015 Subaru WRX Nears 270 Horsepower, Looks Hot!
2015 Subaru WRX – Exterior Gallery 2015 Subaru WRX – Interior Gallery 2015 SUBARU WRX® MAKES WORLD DEBUT AT LOS ANGELES AUTO SHOW New platform offers a stiffer, more agile chassis for Subaru global performance icon New torque-vectoring system reduces understeer New 268-hp 2.0-liter direct-injection turbo BOXER engine New standard 6-speed manual transmission New Sport Lineartronic® CVT with manual modes Los Angeles – Subaru of America, Inc. today introduced the 2015 WRX, a more powerful and better handling version of the brand’s iconic high-performance model, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. …
Supercar Showcase – 1995 Ferrari F50
The F50 has always photographed well, and that is still true in 2013 with these two beauties recently sold by RM Auctions.
Ford Explorer Sport – Photo Showcase and Animated GIF
Animated GIF Ford Explorer Sport – Photo Showcase – Gallery
Supercar Showcase: 2013 Ford Shelby GTR1
This front-engine marvel is for sale now via Galpin Ford in California. Animated GIF Exterior Gallery Interior Gallery
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Production and Bespoke Design
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars – Bespoke Design – Showcase Many things of beauty make up a single Rolls-Royce. Please enjoy this photo showcase of the Bespoke Division, a few snaps of the Arizona launch chat with Alex, and a few historic images to round things out. Who said GIF’s cannot be classy? Enjoy the below text from Rolls-Royce, a true icon. bespoke home of rolls-royce collection Wednesday 15 May 2013, Goodwood On 1 January 2013,Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated 10 years of production at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, England. To mark this latest chapter in the marque’s 109-year history, …
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Lexus RC350 is Hot Hot Hot! Plus UX Updates
Finding the right user experience of a web site is challenging. At Meebo, the chat company I called home for a few years, visiting the office on Castro Street in Mountain View was always an incredible experience. One trip we dropped in on some of the testers – gaggles of giggling teenage gals. In a little closet of a room, there were two computers set up for this menial task. The gals navigated around the pages, leaving heat traces, eye-ball-tracks – the works – for the engineers to analyze later. I am the first to admit: we are all in …
Mobil 1 Glamour Photo Shoot + Turbo Internals Video
A glamour photo shoot for a bottle of motor oil? As much as we all love our cars, they often need to feel that love. In the form of Full Synthetic. Cranked over the Subaru today and it was very unhappy. Battery self-discharging seems to be fixed – but I am now trapped in AutoZone hell. This one failed after three months, the one before: six. They are getting less polite at handling the returns, and will only process the exchange with a stink-eye. Why is this relevant? Mobil 1 is absolutely the best motor oil available. It is …
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2014 Buick LaCrosse Trumps Jaguar XJL AWD In Almost Every Way
2014 Buick LaCrosse – Animated GIF of 80 High-Res Photos This new LaCrosse is a real sweetheart. I closely compare it with the Jaguar XJ – which I also got to sample recently in its new AWD V-6 setup at the low end of the price range. Despite the Jag’s panache, it did not look happy with its extra L length and a perceptible increase in rear ride height versus the ultra-sporty XJR. The Jag and its tall rump. Both fabulous, comfortable limousines. The Buick impressed me quite a bit with its incredible NVH isolation, honestly decent steering and …
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The Evolution of the Chevrolet Suburban from 1915 to 2015
One thing has been pretty constant throughout the last 100 years: Chevrolet. The icon of Chevrolet for most people is the truck line. Imagine a world where Chevy could only keep making one car. That is it. Which model would you pick to evolve through year 2100? Many people would choose the Suburban. The “Chevrolet One Ton Commercial Truck” can do it all. As an all-new model arriving to Chevy dealers just before the Super Bowl 2014,all signs show this upscale workhorse will be a huge hit with shoppers. Who does not have an awesome Chevy Suburban memory? Growing up, …
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Record Prices Expected at This Week’s 2013 RM Auctions and Sotheby’s NY Gala
Record Prices Expected at This Week’s 2013 RM Auctions/Sotheby’s NY Gala The art world is in a frenzy. From Gurlitt to Rothko to Warhol, checks are being cut in denominations so large they might need an official escort. This certainly extends to cars. Beautiful dry weather brought out the big spenders all spring an summer. Even versus a three-pack of masters, the $50-million-plus recent Ferrari total is unbelievably huge. It is particularly interesting that such a sale was so public, in some regards. Typically, buyers in that type of market are not browsing the night of the auction. Closed-doors deals …
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Record Prices Expected at This Week’s 2013 RM Auctions and Sotheby’s NY Gala
Record Prices Expected at This Week’s 2013 RM Auctions/Sotheby’s NY Gala The art world is in a frenzy. From Gurlitt to Rothko to Warhol, checks are being cut in denominations so large they might need an official escort. This certainly extends to cars. Beautiful dry weather brought out the big spenders all spring an summer. Even versus a three-pack of masters, the $50-million-plus recent Ferrari total is unbelievably huge. It is particularly interesting that such a sale was so public, in some regards. Typically, buyers in that type of market are not browsing the night of the auction. Closed-doors deals …
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1985 Porsche 959 Vorserie [pilot] from RM Auctions – Fun Car Gifs
1985 Porsche 959 Vorserie [pilot] from RM Auctions – Fun Car Gifs Enjoy this slow-motion GIF of the all-time hero 959 from 1985. Vorserie indicates pre-production, so this was one of the first customer-ready cars from this incredible series. This 959 sold for $737,000 in 2013 by RM auctions, and is worth every penny. As always, right-click to download like any other image! Here is a shorter version that is under 2MB. Original images thanks: RM Auctions
Iconic Classic Showcase: Porsche 959 Komfort and 959 Vorserie from RM Auctions
Iconic Classic Showcase: 1985 Porsche 959 Vorserie This start-up sequence video from RM Auctions must be the most blissful 30 seconds ever recorded. Plus, the 1988 Porsche 959 Komfort from RM Auctions Sometimes I find it helpful to look at two pristine examples of a classic masterpiece when prepping these articles. All the variations in styling, specification and lifestyle really cannot be summed up with one car. Unless it only came in Rosso Corsa red and had a twin-turbocharged V-8 mounted mod-ship, that is. The 959 has always been a beguilingly brilliant exercise in refined aerodynamics, among its other achievements. …
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2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR – High-Res Photo Gallery
Here Comes the GIF! Mitsu EVO GSR Animated in 44 High-Res Images
HD Video Reviews – 2014 Ford Escape 1.6L EcoBoost
Excited to bring you these exclusive HD driving videos of the 2014 Ford Escape sitting out front this week. The goal was the make these clips much more “watchable.” Yes, Drake was a skilled partner for this day of photos at his local dog park. HD Video Reviews – 2014 Ford Escape 1.6L EcoBoost The first video outlines the powertrain and pricing of this extremely affordable and versatile crossover. It also touches on the engine configuration of the FWD 1.6-liter EcoBoost – and its merits versus the base 2.5-liter four-cylinder that also serves duty on fleet-spec Fusion models. The second …
2014 Lexus IS350 AWD F Sport – First-Drive Photos
2014 Lexus IS350 AWD F Sport – First-Drive Photos 2014 Lexus IS350 AWD F Sport – Interior Gallery 2014 Lexus IS350 AWD F Sport – Under the Hood 2014 Lexus IS350 AWD F Sport – Exterior Gallery The Lexus is also available in a more-efficient 250 engine spec, as well as a variety of tastey shades. Here is a gif of these 32 images with a subtle delay, and no audio. The Lexus IS felt great, with a far lower seat than I recall from the previous IS350. Check it out this weekend with or without F Sport …
Rolls-Royce Wraith – Color Showcase – Salamanca Blue
Since being swept away on a huge wave of new-found enthusiasm for the Double-R, Wraith has never been more than a few thoughts away. As fun and posh and unforgettable as the ride in a *brand new* Phantom Series II was – the time spent inside Wraith is most tingly. I should mention this now: the name of the vehicle is simply “Wraith” – without anything in front. It might be a bit formal at first, but if not for a 624-horsepower, twin-turbocharged V-12 coupe.. when? Some of the colors that really make Wraith leap into action are set to …
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Driven Car Review – 2014 Buick LaCrosse Is Huge, Smooth and Silent
The Buick LaCrosse is fresh for 2014 with a variety of improvements in almost every area, but with pricing that holds the base line at $34,000. The outside is sharper than before with LED and bi-xenon lighting up front, while new LED styles for the brake lights come in out back. Inside, everything takes a step toward classier finishes and surfaces, while tech integration for the touchscreen infotainment and active safety is now one of the best from any luxury brand. Larger wheels all around are a LaCrosse feature for 2014 as well, but the most notable improvements to this …
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 in 102 Photos
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 in 102 Photos The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is poised to be the absolute hottest sports car for 2014, with pricing just below $70,000, carbon-fiber galore, and even the handy targa roof panel that stows in the trunk. During our chance to test out this incredible car, we were astounded by its amazing chassis rigidity, vastly improved touch points all around, and the easy performance on offer. Even after driving a Viper and a few other tasty machines, the pure joy of hearing the Corvette howl through its vocal range is deeply memorable. Enjoy these photos …
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Time To Start Playing Grand Theft Auto 5?
The video game business is evolving much more rapidly than many movie studios in terms of their broad reach and level of interactivity with the players who devote hours to winning the race, collecting a mad fleet of exotic cars, or even doing the most efficient kill shots on robo retro future zombies. Or something. The automotive genre of the car business is quite a unique subset. Guys and gals who have never enjoyed most console games with first-person-shooters, RPGs and other fantasy wizard content can somehow really love car games. Gran Turismo is obviously the mack daddy franchise, but …
2014 Unimog U5023 Now Packing Scary Style and Tech
2014 Unimog U5023 Now Packing Scary Style and Tech The legendary Mercedes-Benz Unimog all-terrain trucks are refreshed for 2013 with a comprehensive makeover inside the cabin, underneath that boxed ladder chassis and outside with a menacing new grille and LED lighting. The top of the new Unimog lineup in terms of off-road ability is the new U5023 model, which replaces the previous U5000 nameplates. Sharing the nose layout with its shorter sibling, the U4023, these models are the freshest outside with a dramatic new single-wing grille to house the dinner-plate-sized Mercedes star emblem. This is a unique touch for the …
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2014 Nissan Juke NISMO in 57 High-Res Photos
2014 Nissan Juke NISMO in 57 High-Res Photos The Juke Nismo is incredible value at just below $25,000 all in, with a choice between a manual transmission and front-drive or a NISMO-tuned CVT auto and AWD with a “V” mode for extra shenanigans. Sunny Day Gallery Rainy Day Gallery
Zero to 15,000 Page Views in Seven Days
Car Revs Daily – Status Update! Morning car news hounds! How has week one of this all-new site been as a viewer? – Lots of big layout and design changes cleaned up the site early last week, and the results have been striking. – From Zero traffic this time last week, we are now at about 15,000 page views daily! This is impressive growth, but the best is still far on the horizon. While we iron out all the technical aspects of the site, we hope you enjoy the evolution of this dream car news magazine. In the coming …
Exclusive: 2014 RR Wraith – Fast GIF
Wraith Launch Photos As Fast GIF How to swallow 80 photos in 20 seconds? =]
WOW! Nissan BladeGlider Concept Is Stunning – But Confusing
WOW! Nissan BladeGlider Concept Is Stunning – But Confusing Nissan today revealed an exciting new prototype sports car that blends the best thinking in racing EV tech, track-day lightness, and Z-car purity. As a pinched nose design, the BladeGlider is most similar, in negineering terms, to the Nissan-backed 2012 DeltaWing experimental LeMans entry. Sharing key rear-axle torque vectoring should allow the BladeGlider to have the precision and incredible pace of the DelaWing — but the affordable pricing and market potential of a Mazda MX-5 competitor. Interesting. Confusing. Exciting.
Fun Car Gifs – 2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS
Fun Car Gifs – 60 High-Res 2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS Images As a GIF If you love gifs, just right click the image file and save it like a normal JPG. it can then be an animated wallpaper or desktop background almost anywhere on the web!
2014 Mazda6 i Touring – 40 All-New, High-Res Images
2014 Mazda6 i Touring – 40 All-New, High-Res Images Hopefully the Mazda6’s stunning lines can do some of the talking for us. Enjoy! The 2014 Mazda6 is an amazing achievement – a sports car within reach of Camry buyers. 2014 Mazda6 i Touring – Exterior Gallery 2014 Mazda6 i Touring – Interior Gallery
Iconic Classic: 1938 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H6C Xenia
Iconic Classic: 1938 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H6C Xenia If it seems like we have an unhealthy fascination for the Mullin Automotive Museum, you might be right. The cars inside this collection just… write their own stories. I have a dozen more that I would like to feature, but we must start at the true nexus – or “Xenia” perhaps – of the art of French coach-building by Jacques Saoutchik and his contemporaries. How all these cars got to sunny California is no accident. In many cases – the cars in the collection were painstakingly built – sometimes from only drawings – …
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Hot New Track Specials: 2014 HSV Gen-F
Note: This article is a few months old, but unpublished until now.. HSV has launched their latest generation of track-ready vehicles under a new nomenclature: Gen-F. The Gen-F lineup consists of hot sedans, ‘utes and wagons all powered by the monstrous 6.2 liter LSA V-8, available magnetic damping, and even the latest MyLink infotainment package. The biggest news is in the noses of the cars. They are all significantly restyled to address the embarssing grille and LED setup on the current models. The noses vary noticeably between the donor Holden Commodore up to the hardcore GTS model. Stateside, the Commodore …
1960s Classics Changing Hands At Record Prices – And Frequency
1960s Classics Changing Hands At Record Prices – And Frequency Throughout 2013 Springtime is auction season, and this year things were hotter than ever in the market for early 1960s exotica. Last weekend, Bonhams sold a one-off 1960 Bertone DB4 GT Jet for $4.9 million at a special event by the AM Works Service based at the old factory in Newport Pagnell. This weekend, a 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Coupe Aerodinamico is on the block the RM Auctions Lake Cuomo event. The rush of car buying in Pebble Beach in August also reached a fever pitch this year, but …
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Fun Car Gifs – 2014 SRT Viper GTS at Autobahn Country Club
Fun Car Gifs – 2014 SRT Viper GTS at Autobahn Country Club Normal Animation Classic 2-sec Gif Animation
2014 Chevrolet Spark EV – First-Glimpse Photos Inside and Out – Looks Cute In White!
2014 Chevrolet Spark EV – First-Glimpse Photos Inside and Out – Looks Cute In White! We did not get a chance to silently disappear in the Spark EV, but those who did came back full of praise. The cabin is dramatically lifted from its original roots with high-tech kit everywhere, plus a few glossy accents for good fun. The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV also wears a gorgeous shade of “Escalade white” that looks really nice in almost any situation. It also keeps things cool in the warm West Coast climates who will see the fist Spark EV’s for sale …
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KIA Launches All-New Kia.com – With Help Of Brilliant Denuo Digital Brains
KIA Launches All-New Kia.com – With Help Of Brilliant Denuo Ad Agency The race to have the best consumer-facing car manufacturer website is really heating up toward the close of 2013. The combination of new shopping habits among car shoppers, far better graphics and personalization options online, and the old classic – hating any car showroom experience. As GM runs trials with a few all-star dealers on an online ordering process for private shoppers, Kia is also upping its game dramatically. Kia.com is all-new today, with a far more simplified and relaxing layout than any other OEM website we can …
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2014 Kia Sorento SX-L – Inside and Out – 86 High-Res Press Loaner Photos
Press Loaner Photo Gallery – 2014 Kia Sorento SX-L in Snow White Metallic Same situation… great pics, but review is still a week away from being complete. Please enjoy these until then! 2014 Kia Sorento SX-L – Exterior Gallery 2014 Kia Sorento SX-L – Interior Gallery
CarRevsDaily – Site Beta Updates + 2014 Cadillac CTS4 2.0T Real-Life Photos
Hey guys! Well, this is my first Monday morning in years with a blank slate and a future wide open. Let’s go for a drive. CarRevsDaily is refining its Kickstarter proposal, which we hope will bring enough micro-funding to hire an engineer to develop the site. While we can *definitely* write and photoshop and drive and rant… We are not HTML5 literate. Please ‘excuse the dust’ during this very BetaMax launch of my dream car publication. Hopefully yours too. The defining goal will be “car stories *I* would want to read.” That might be culture, vintage, travel, or TV show …
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CarRevsDaily – Launch Timeline
CarRevsDaily – Launch Timeline https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwBiJsrdm0UwUFhkQlJCWkxwSUU/edit?usp=sharing
High-Res Images – 2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS – Flash Gallery beta
High-Res Images – 2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS
2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS Stars in Our Most-Watched Driving Video: 50,000 Views and Counting!
My most popular YouTube driving reviews ever? I’m glad you asked! Without a doubt – it is the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro RS 2LT and its dual-mode exhaust — slinging around the Chicago suburbs on a rainy Tuesday morning. Just goes to show me… that I cannot anticipate which videos will be popular, and which will not! But a hot car and a heavy right foot seem to be requirements overall. =]
Classic Supercar Showcase – Chevrolet Corvette C2 Sting Ray 1963-1968
Chevrolet Corvette C2 – Don Davis Collection Images courtesy of RM Auctions
2013 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Concept – Gallery
2013 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Concept – Gallery
Welcome to Car Revs Daily!
________________________________________________________________________________ 10.31.13 Tom Burkart This is a work-in-progress on an exciting new business venture called Car Revs Daily. Kickstarter Intro Video http://youtu.be/Z1e-464E3nQ Mission Statement: CarRevsDaily.com We are hoping to bring the best-of-web: – car news – first drive reviews – press loaner journeys – track day events – concepts – design studies – and more Overall, CarRevsDaily.com strives to bring first-hand experience, facts, and insights about all the latest 2014 models. As we get the site into tip-top condition over the coming months, the layout of the photo galleries will improve dramatically. Growing Pains Likely… Until then, …