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THEDRIVE: The Porsche Cayenne Will Soon Be Able to Park Itself

August 29th, 2018 by
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 Find a tight spot but don’t feel like wiggling in or out? The Porsche Cayenne will soon be capable of doing it for you. Porsche announced Tuesday that it will debut a new parking assist feature named Remote Park Assist on the updated Cayenne luxury crossover. The system works in conjunction with “parking spot search,”…

MOTOR1: Project Gold Is The New Air-Cooled 911 Turbo You

August 28th, 2018 by
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This Porsche is most decidedly precious metal. From the very first teaser showing us sketches and flashes of a Porsche 993 shell, we had high hopes this special 911 project from Porsche Classic would be truly special. Now we have full disclosure on this creation and frankly, there’s no other way to say it: We love…

The Ferrari 488 Pista Spider Is he Most Powerful FerrariEver

August 28th, 2018 by
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While I’m not a huge Ferrari guy on principle, even I refuse to apologize for how much I liked the 458 Italia and now its turbocharged successor, the 488. And the new 488 Pista is the one you want because it boasts Ferrari’s most powerful V8 engine ever, rated at 711 horsepower. Now this weekend at Pebble Beach, we…

JALOPNIK: Is The 2019 BMW Z4 Super Sexy Or A Giant Misfire?

August 28th, 2018 by
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Photo: Raphael Orlove / Jalopnik The 2019 BMW Z4 had the unfortunate luck of images leaking at least three times, which means most people had already formed their opinion of its new design direction before the car was even revealed. But now it’s here, so does it look good or did BMW overdo it? Back in June, we caught our…

JALOPNIK: This Audi R8 Was Turned Into A Freaking Flamethrower

August 28th, 2018 by
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Good Afternoon. This Audi R8 Was Turned Into A Freaking Flamethrower. It’s not easy to get a car to spit hot fire. It’s especially not easy when that car is an Audi R8, that paragon of Teutonic efficiency. But one way you can get it really cooking is by dumping an extra 775 horsepower into the beast,…

The Best Used Exotic Car Value In The World

August 28th, 2018 by
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An unwritten rule in car culture dictates that in order for a car to be truly remarkable, it has to have forgivable character flaws that give it a unique personality that allows man to truly bond with tamed machine. It is exactly those traits that make this car, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the best used…

MOTOR1: Watch The Bugatti Chiron Take On A Twisty Road

August 28th, 2018 by
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Who said this car was only made for straight lines? The new Divo is Bugatti’s so-called “handling car.” Its advanced aero work and sharper suspension gives it capabilities neither the Veyron nor the Chiron before it had. It’s a whole eight seconds faster around the Nardo handling circuit than the Chiron, in fact. But just because the Divo was built…

MOTOR1: Watch A Diver Help Retrieve A Sunken Ford Ranger Pickup

August 22nd, 2018 by
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This will ruin your day. You’ve heard stories about treasure tucked away in the hull of a sunken Viking ship off the coast Maine. They’re a myth at this point, told over and over again to the point of parody. But there is a bit of truth to the claims – though they’re greatly exaggerated. The…

Someone Turned A Private Jet Into This Awesome Limo

August 21st, 2018 by
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You own a custom Humvee limousine? That’s cute. Friends, when you make your living in the exciting world of automotive journalism, you see all kinds of interesting creations. Between manufacturer concept cars, industry events like SEMA, and custom car shows like Autorama, we’ve seen just about everything on wheels. Then something like this comes along…

$300,000 Reward for Return of His Stolen Mercedes-Benz Gullwing

August 21st, 2018 by
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Photo: Rémi Dargegen A vintage car dealer claims his customized 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwingwas stolen from a hotel near the Nürburgring, and he’s offering nearly $300,000 to anyone who returns it. And, according to a translation of a German news report his dealership’s Facebook page shared, that includes the thief. That report was from German tabloid Bild, which said the…

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