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BMW tuner Alpina’s 2015 B6 xDrive Gran Coupe 4-door sports car is headed Stateside

Alpina, BMW’s most famous outside (but intertwined) tuner, released images and specs of its latest model, the B6 xDrive Gran Coupe.
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VW’s T-ROC concept has T-tops and crawls over rocks, get it? You’ll still want one

The VW T-ROC carries forward much if the German brand’s SUV heritage, but takes a distinctive twist by removing two doors and adding a heavy-duty all-wheel drive system.
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McLaren’s staggering 650S goes 0 to 60 faster than you can pronounce MP4-12C

McLaren’s new supercar, the 650S, has been out for a week or so. Now, however, it’s performance figures are known – and they’re staggering.
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Volvo Concept Estate: A gorgeous and sinewy brown shooting brake fit for the Saint

Images of Volvo's third concept, the Concept Estate, has hit the web. It shows a brown two-door wagon shooting brake.

Smokescreen! Bisimoto’s 1,029-hp Honda Odyssey is a family-hauling burnout monster

Bisimoto has done what few have ever dared: squeeze 1,000+ horsepower from a Honda Odyssey minivan.
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201 horsepower and 157 mpg: VW’s Golf GTE is a plug-in hybrid that handles like a GTI

Volkswagen will unveil the all-new Golf GTE plug-in hybrid in Geneva next month.
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Who says convertibles have to be lame? Audi’s 300-horsepower S3 Cabriolet is all class

Audi’s S3, when becoming the Cabriolet, loses two doors and a roof.
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Audi’s next-gen TT will use the Matrix to light the road ahead and – perhaps – drive itself

The third-gen Audi TT will make its world debut next month in Geneva.
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Your next dream car: McLaren’s 650S hits the web before official Geneva debut – UPDATE

Images of the McLaren 650S have hit the web – albeit grainy ones – before the new mid-range supercar’s official unveil next month in Geneva.

Good news, Saudi Princes! McLaren’s 650S mid-range supercar coming to Geneva

McLaren’s all-new, mid-range supercar, the 650S, will debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

This insane-looking Lamborghini rendering makes the Huracán look like a Camry

The Lamborghini Sinistro Black Spec rendering concept by Thebian Concepts is a car we wish we could 3D print. What's under the hood? We don't know. If it were up to us, though, we'd spec the 740-horsepower 6.5-liter V12 from the Veneno.

Devil reclaims his Corvette ZR1: Sinkhole swallows 8 cars at National Corvette Museum

Eight collectable Chevrolet Corvettes fall into a subterranean cave when a sinkhole forms in the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum.

Forbidden fruit: Honda’s ‘racing car for the road’ Civic Type R Concept coming to Geneva

Honda teases the Civic Type R Concept coming to the Geneva Motor Show.
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Audi brass confirms production for both the quattro concept and a TT crossover

Audi’s chief designer has confirmed that the German automaker will be sending both the Audi quattro concept into production as a grand tourer.

Koenigsegg One:1 hypercar test drives start February 26th (and no, you’re not invited)

A new rendering of the Koengisegg One:1 hypercar has hit the Internet.
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VW’s Snowreg uses tank treads to conquer mud, sand, swamps, bogs, and – oh yeah – snow

Volkswagen has built an ultimate off-roader called the Snowreg for the World Rally Championships.
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Hungarian renderer does what Subaru refused: Design a 2015 WRX wagon for dog lovers

Hungarian renderer X-Tomi released two stunning Subaru wagon renderings this week.
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This is the future of motoring: Nissan unveils 400 hp 3-cylinder engine for Le Mans racer

Nissan’s DIG-T R 400 horsepower three-cylinder race engine could change the face of road-going performance efficiency.
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How I (kind of) set a range record in the Chevy Spark EV

Chevy may know how far its Spark EV can go under real-world conditions, but what if you tried to get every last mile out of it? We braced ourselves for the long road ahead and took the wheel.
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You could own Paul Walker’s Nissan Skyline GT-R for $1.35 million

A German car site has listed Paul Walker’s Nissan Skyline GT-R from Fast & Furious for sale at $1.35 million.
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Before the McLaren P1 hybrid hypercar, there was the 1898 Porsche P1 electric car

Porsche’s first car, long before the 356 of 1948, was the 1898 P1 electric car.
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AMG’s Vision Gran Turismo Racing Series is one more reason we wish games were real

Gran Turismo 6 has already re-teamed with Mercedes-Benz to redesign the new AMG Vision Gran Turismo.
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For the economy-minded millionaire, Bentley planning diesel model – hopefully a V12 SUV

Volkswagen’s brass has confirmed that Bentley will be offering a diesel model in the future. We’re hoping it’s a V12 variant of the newly confirmed SUV.
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Images of BMW’s 4 Series Gran Coupe hit the web. Yes, it’s just a 3 Series with a shorter roof

Official images of the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe have hit the web.

The 1950s future is now! This robot can refuel your car while you stay behind the wheel

The Husky Fuelmatics “Automatic Refueling System” is a boxy robot that can automatically refuel your vehicle.
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Michael Schumacher being lifted out of artificial coma, likely never to be the same

Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is being lifted out of his artificial coma.
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Wondered what a $200,000 homemade EV that achieves 207.5 MPGe looks like? It’s not pretty

An Illinois team built an electric sedan that achieves 207.5 MPGe. While this might sound great; hold your applause.

Top Gear Series 21 teaser includes McLaren P1, Mercedes 6×6, and Alfa Romeo 4C

The BBC 2’s Top Gear is back for its 21st Series this Sunday. And, like always, Clarkson, Hammond, and May are up to some wacky hijinks.
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Koenigsegg’s mind-melting One:1 hypercar to debut at Geneva in March

Word has come that the Koenigsegg One:1 will be making the jump from vaporware into reality at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.

Too few cup holders in your Tesla Model S? 3D print a couple extra

The Tesla Model S, for all its genius, did not include a center console. Now you can 3D print one from Thingiverse.
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Tops down, fists up: Corvette Stingray, Jaguar F-Type designers square off

Both award-winning cars, the Stingray and F-TYPE have changed the sports car world in their own unique way. But which is best: murderous sea urchin or jungle wildcat? That’s exactly what we decided to dig in and find out.

Enliven your Monday morning with the sounds of Hennessey’s twin-turbo Corvette Stingray

Texas-based performance tuner Hennessey released a video of its HPE700 Corvette Stingray on the dyno.
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Spring Breeeaaak! WaterCar’s Panther is the fastest aquatic car … in the world

Sometimes simply having a car that can drive both on the road and on the water isn’t enough.

Mark Zuckerberg bought himself a GTI, so VW sent him a present and made a video about it

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, of all the cars in the world, chose to buy a VW GTI with a manual transmission.