• Happy Birthday to Racer and Celebrity, Danica Patrick

    Today marks Danica Patrick’s 32nd birthday, making today as good as any to exam her career, her rise to celebrity fame, and notoriety both on and off the race track. One cannot separate Danica’s career as a race car driver of mixed talent, from her meteoric rise to celebrity spokesperson, and…

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  • March 25: Mercedes makes its public debut on this date in 1901

    "If I cannot obtain more from an automobile than from a coach and horses," said businessman Emile Jellinek at the turn of the 20th century, "I might as well go back to horses!" This insight came courtesy of Jellinek's fascination with the machines of Gottlieb Daimler, which the wealthy traveler…

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  • Autoblog Podcast #373 goes LIVE at 10PM Eastern!

    We're almost ready to record Episode #373 of the Autoblog Podcast! You can check out the topics below, add your own to the Q&A; and join us live via UStream, as well. Keep reading for our embedded UStream player, and thanks for listening! Discussion Topics for Autoblog Podcast Episode #373 2014…

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  • VW chair says component cost decrease keeps him confident of EV success

    It is important to look at the cost of the components: the battery technology, the electric motor and the electric components. Whenever you go into volume production, you of course have economies of scale. In two to three years' time, if we are able to achieve the goals we are setting for ourselves…

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  • Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG gets its Shooting Brake on

    We give BMW a whole lot of grief for its niche-exploiting ways. Check our report on the rumored X2 to see what we mean. But in reality, Mercedes-Benz is very nearly as guilty.

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  • 5 cost-effective cars worth leasing now

    Leases are making a comeback, but rising used car values, shrinking used car supply and a changing credit landscape are making them much different than the boom-era leases buyers may remember. Three years and 36,000 miles with a zero-dollar down payment shrank to two years and 20,000 with a down…

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  • Alfa Romeo to launch new versions of 4C each year

    Alfa Romeo is an exciting brand. You could argue that the MiTo and Giulietta hatchbacks might not speak so much to that effect, but the 4C sure does. Fortunately, Alfa has every intention of keeping the 4C at the forefront of its lineup with a series of upgrades – one to come each year, according…

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  • BMW readying Spartanburg expansion for X7 production

    Prior to the debut of the original X5 in 1999, the idea of a BMW crossover might have seemed like heresy. But here we are, fifteen years removed from the Frank Stephenson-penned design, and the Bavarian automaker ...

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  • The shark that never bit: Flickr photo of the day

    In the backwaters of automotive history swim many models born from desperation. Take this 1939 Graham sedan, the attempt by the former Graham-Paige Motors to recapture some of the style of its brief heyday a decade earlier. While the supercharged engines offered sufficient punch, the design soon…

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  • Tesla's factory-direct sales short-circuited by New Jersey law

    New Jersey recently told Tesla Motors to take the nearest exit out of town, as legislators strengthened existing dealership franchise laws, thereby creating a road block for the automaker’s nonco...

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  • Studiotorino shows new Cayman-based Moncenisio sports car

    While the recent bankruptcy of Bertone shows that it has become very difficult to be a coachbuilder today, it seems there is still a business case in creating unique bodies for premium vehicles. Case in point, Studiotorino a small, Italian coachbuilder that has been creating limited-edition cars…

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  • New Cadillac ELR ad more educational, less controversial than 'Poolside'

    "We definitely have a need to communicate what the ELR is" - Cadillac's David Caldwell

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  • Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #373 LIVE!

    We're set to record Autoblog Podcast #373 this evening, joined this week by Rory Carroll of Autoweek. Check out the topics below, or drop us your questions and comments via our Q&A; module. And don't forget to subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven't already done so.

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  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe to Debut at New York Auto Show

    At the 2014 New York Auto Show, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe lineup adds a new performance-tuned variant designed to deliver greater power, performance, and prestige.

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  • 2015 Porsche Boxster GTS and Cayman GTS Acceleration Times Announced

    Would you like to know how fast the new 2015 Porsche Boxster GTS and 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS can accelerate to 60 mph? The former hits that mark in 4.4 seconds, while the latter achieves the same velocity in 4.3 seconds, according to Porsche.

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  • Maserati offers peek into Alfieri concept's design

    This year marks Maserati's hundredth anniversary, which means we'll be spending the rest of 2014 talking about all the company's planned celebrations. The Alfieri Concept, shown at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, though, is quite possibly ...

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  • Driving the 2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupe, England's buzz bomb at Germany

    Not so long ago, I did a story about a pre-production track drive I experienced in the $99,895 supercharged Jaguar F-Type R coupe in Spain. I’m back now for more, albeit on a different Spanish track, and this time it’s with the actual production car set to hit U.S. dealerships next month.

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  • Senator wants DoJ to create GM victims' fund

    US Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, is echoing the call of safety advocates in requesting that the Justice Department create a compensation fund for those killed or injured behind the wheel of General Motors vehicles with ...

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  • 1968 Ford Mustang Gets A 443-WHP Turbo 2JZ Swap: Video

    In the 50 years the Ford Mustang has been around, just about everything--good and bad--that could be done to it has been done. But this is one we haven't seen too many times before: a Mustang with a turbo 2JZ engine.MUST SEE: Size Matters 2: The Jumping/Drifting Semi Truck Is Back At Work In New…

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