Thursday, 31 December 2015

Aging Punx! Re-Live Your Fumbling Youth with this 1960 Valiant!

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http://ift.tt/1RbZR7z The mighty Road Toad! In the 1990s, Mopar A-bodies were a staple mode of transport in the Bay Area punk scene. Cheap-as-free, largely unrusted under the California sun, simple to work on, and boasting oodles of cred owing to a mention in the Circle Jerks’ cover of “Wild in the Streets”: “Got a ’64 Valiant, a handful of Valium, a couple of beers really do me right.” And really, what more did a misanthropic Gen-X’er...
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Car and Driver’s Auto Executives of the Year

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Sketchy: Mercedes-Benz Teases the New 2017 E-class

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http://ift.tt/1YUudMx “Emotional design and intelligent high-tech perfectly embody the Mercedes-Benz design philosophy of Sensual Purity,” Mercedes gushes on various social media channels today, with the release of this sketch. The car to which they are referring is, of course, the next-generation E-class, which will be fully unveiled at the Detroit auto show in less than two weeks. The highly accurate teaser sketch by exterior design...
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Stump-Puller to Tree-Hugger: My Power Stroke Diesel Bronco Now Runs on Biofuel

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After Delay, Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon Diesels Are Being Released to Dealers

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http://ift.tt/1Oz6LF5 Tested: All-New 2017 Audi Q7 3.0T The driver’s people mover. Ford Escape 2.0L EcoBoost Tested: Why Wait? Making its own run for the exit. Absurdity, Compared: X6 M vs. GLE63 AMG Coupe The battle of high-performance coupe-ified SUV things. The Middle Child: Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Tested! Prime real estate between M-B and AMG. The Best Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and More for 2016 Our editors' top choices...
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Jerry Seinfeld Puts President Obama Behind the Wheel of a ’63 Corvette Sting Ray [video]

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http://ift.tt/1R0Cy1W We’ve already shown you the teaser for President Obama’s appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, but now the full episode is out. And yes, the Commander in Chief slides behind the wheel of that gorgeous ’63 Corvette Sting Ray.  The full episode, which you can watch here, breaks with some of the traditions of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. First off, there isn’t...
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Faraday Future Shows Flickers of Its EV Concept, the Car Looks Wild

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http://ift.tt/1PzrIwO We’re just days away from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, and still we have not gathered a single good look at upstart EV manufacturer Faraday Future’s concept car that’s scheduled to debut there. There has a been a teaser photo of . . . some part of the car, a darkened photo depicting the car’s general profile, and a promise that the company plans to spend $1 billion on a factory. Thin stuff, but today Faraday...
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The Very Best Car and Driver Stories of 2015

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http://ift.tt/1YQdwle Absurdity, Compared: X6 M vs. GLE63 AMG Coupe The battle of high-performance coupe-ified SUV things. Ford Escape 2.0L EcoBoost Tested: Why Wait? Making its own run for the exit. The Middle Child: Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Tested! Prime real estate between M-B and AMG. Clean and Pure: Porsche Cayman GTS Manual Tested! The essence of the brand. The Best Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and More for 2016 Our editors'...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

2016 Kia Optima 1.6T Test: Painless Frugality

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2016 Kia Optima 1.6T – Instrumented Test

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http://ift.tt/1YQdwle Absurdity, Compared: X6 M vs. GLE63 AMG Coupe The battle of high-performance coupe-ified SUV things. Ford Escape 2.0L EcoBoost Tested: Why Wait? Making its own run for the exit. The Middle Child: Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Tested! Prime real estate between M-B and AMG. Clean and Pure: Porsche Cayman GTS Manual Tested! The essence of the brand. The Best Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and More for 2016 Our editors'...
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Char-S: Blackened Mazda Racing Concepts for the Tokyo Auto Salon

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http://ift.tt/1MHEg0w With the Tokyo Auto Salon just over the horizon, Mazda’s trotting out a trio of “Racing Concept” vehicles based on production models. Featuring shadowy color schemes, the Mazda 6, CX-3, and Miata concepts sport subtle enhancements illustrating the long dark teatime of Kodo, Soul of Motion. Roadster RS Racing Concept Perhaps presaging a future Mazdaspeed variant of the Miata—a thing for which the teeming masses...
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Char-S: Blackened Mazda Racing Concepts for the Tokyo Auto Salon

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http://ift.tt/1YQdwle Absurdity, Compared: X6 M vs. GLE63 AMG Coupe The battle of high-performance coupe-ified SUV things. Ford Escape 2.0L EcoBoost Tested: Why Wait? Making its own run for the exit. The Middle Child: Mercedes-Benz C450 AMG Tested! Prime real estate between M-B and AMG. Clean and Pure: Porsche Cayman GTS Manual Tested! The essence of the brand. The Best Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and More for 2016 Our editors'...
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These Were the Biggest Automotive News Stories of the Year

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http://ift.tt/1PxJ6Uj Biggest-News-Stories-Lead Scandals, surprises, records, big names, and bigger numbers all made this a huge year for automotive news. We’ve chosen 16 topics (including a few important cars) that made waves throughout the entire industry—and beyond—in 2015. These aren't necessarily our most-read stories, but rather a recap on the issues, trends, and more that we think mattered most in this automotive year. Read on...
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