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  • Maserati confirms mystery concept, Zegna edition QP for Geneva

    Debate ensued last week around the Autoblog offices when we first heard rumors that Maserati was bringing a new sports car concept to the Geneva Motor Show this year. Could there be any truth to the rumors? Did the timing make any sense?

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  • Did Seat take FWD Nürburgring lap record with new Leon Cupra?

    While Porsche and McLaren vie for sub-seven-minute lap records at the Nürburgring, there's another hotly contested category, and it's not for the fastest time of any vehicle. It applies specifically to front-wheel-drive cars, and is contested between European hot hatches. The record was set and the…

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  • Ugur Sahin Design Project F is a Ferrari 458-Based Work of Art

    There’s no question that a Ferrari is a very special vehicle, but not all Prancing Horses are created equal. When the Ferrari 458 was first unveiled, the motoring world loved it — but then LaFerrari debuted, and we kinda forgot about the 458. But Ugur Sahin Design’s latest custom Ferrari may have…

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  • The Engine In Lamborghini's All-New Supercar Sounds Terrific

    The Geneva Motor Show starts this week, and the world is about to get its first in-person look at the all-new Lamborghini supercar, the Huracán.

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  • EVTV offers deal of the decade on used Better Place battery packs

    For the next five days, these 24-kWh packs will be available for a mere $3,600.

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  • 2014 Honda Accord V6 Touring

    Few would argue that the new shape isn't an upgrade over the prior model, though it has been hit with criticism for being too derivative.

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  • Is Walmart's WAVE Concept Truck The Fuel-Efficient Future Of Semis?

    That's why Walmart is getting into the truck-design business with the WAVE--Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience--concept. Walmart says this is the first example of a carbon-fiber trailer ever produced, and that its 53-foot side panels are the first single pieces of carbon fiber that large that…

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  • WINTER'S TOLL: 1 Million Flights Cancelled Or Delayed, Costing Travelers $5.3 Billion

    The official meteorological winter has ended, and three months of bitter cold and endless snow in much of the U.S. have taken their toll. More than 1 million U.S. flights were cancelled or delayed between December 1 and February 28, nearly 20% more than in previous winters.

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  • Buick Adam a reality after all... but only in China

    General Motors may have parred down its brand portfolio, but it still has more under its umbrella than most. That's why, while a company like Ford might market the same vehicle under its own name in markets around the world, GM uses different brands in different markets. But no two are aligned…

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  • The Amphibious Bicycle: An Old Idea, Revived [video]

    Bicycles are great in that they can take you many places with just the movement of your feet. Though speed bikers can go faster, mountain bikers can get more places, and overcome more terrain obstacles. But the MTB folks have nothing on the Cyclomer, a bike that can roam on the water as well as […]

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  • Electric Cars Drive Silently Into Reality TV Shows

    Cars have been mainstays of reality television for years, but until now, not electric cars. Last week, the Discovery Channel's Rods N' Wheels--a show centered on a California custom-car shop--featured a 1959 Volkswagen Beetle converted to electric power. In one episode, the characters from Da Rod…

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  • Mazda Hazumi concept gets punchy, comes out of its corner early

    The official images Mazda Hazumi concept, which previews the next-generation Mazda2, have leaked out from Chinese website Auto.sohu.com ahead of its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The subcompact, four-door hatchback shows off Mazda's Kodo design language in its smallest size yet. Hazumi means…

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  • Nissan Leaf sales up again in January, Chevy Volt dips deeper

    Nissan expects the Leaf's sales momentum continue in March.

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  • Honda Opens High-Pressure Hydrogen Fueling Station In SoCal

    In preparation for the launch of its 2015 fuel-cell car, Honda has opened a new high-pressure hydrogen fueling station at its Torrance, California, research facility. The station uses a new fueling process developed by Honda called MC Fill, which the Japanese automaker hopes to make the industry…

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  • Audi TT images leak out ahead of Geneva debut

    Audi has done an incredibly poor job of keeping the third-generation Audi TT a secret. The first images of the car's rear leaked out late last week, and Audi released its own teaser video for the car last week, too, showing off its aluminum body. Now, the first official photos have surfaced out…

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  • 2015 Jeep Renegade Hits the Web, Looks Adorable

    Is America ready for an Italian-built baby Jeep? We better be, because it’s here, and it’s pretty freakin’ adorable. The 2015 Jeep Renegade just hit the web ahead of its official reveal in Geneva later this week. With Chrysler and Fiat now in bed together, it’s no surprise that this mini-Jeep…

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  • BMW's $55,000 Luxury SUV Understands Your Handwriting

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  • Fiat reconsidering Mazda-based Alfa Romeo roadster? [w/poll]

    Alfa giveth and Alfa taketh away. With apologies to Job (he has gone through a lot, after all), that's how things are looking at the Italian automaker – whether it's the promise of new products or its impending return to the North American market. But it's especially true when it comes to new…

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  • Geneva Motor Show: 15 Rides to Expect

    We’re more than ready for this year’s Geneva Motor Show. And that’s good news, because it seems like every automaker has pulled something out from under a sheet and prepared to show it off. From the speed demons to the city dwellers, and from the supercars to the not-so-super-cars, here’s what you…

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  • Fiat updates Euro-spec 500 with new equipment, Cult trim

    It's been seven years since Fiat relaunched the 500, and it has, by and large, been a runaway success for the Italian automaker. Numerous variations on the theme have followed – from the convertible 500C and performance-oriented ...

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