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• The Mercedes-AMG One sounds just like a Formula One car

  10-12-2019 23:05
  
  Filed under:Auto News,Green,Mercedes-Benz,Hybrid,SupercarsContinue reading The Mercedes-AMG One sounds just like a Formula One car The Mercedes-AMG One sounds just like a Formula One car originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:05:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Volkswagen previews updated 2021 Atlas crossover

  10-12-2019 22:57
  
  Filed under:Chicago Auto Show,Volkswagen,Crossover,SUVContinue reading Volkswagen previews updated 2021 Atlas crossover Volkswagen previews updated 2021 Atlas crossover originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:57:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Nissan Kicks gets a cost-of-living price increase for 2020

  10-12-2019 22:30
  
  Filed under:Etc.,Nissan,CrossoverContinue reading Nissan Kicks gets a cost-of-living price increase for 2020 Nissan Kicks gets a cost-of-living price increase for 2020 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:30:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• These are the best new car deals of December, 2019

  10-12-2019 21:59
  
  Filed under:Car BuyingContinue reading These are the best new car deals of December, 2019 These are the best new car deals of December, 2019 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:59:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• The legendary Holden Commodore is dead, brand to sell only SUVs and pickups

  10-12-2019 20:57
  
  Filed under:Auto News,Holden,Truck,SUVContinue reading The legendary Holden Commodore is dead, brand to sell only SUVs and pickups The legendary Holden Commodore is dead, brand to sell only SUVs and pickups originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:57:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Gordan Murray's T.50 supercar partly revealed with its fan-assisted aerodynamics

  10-12-2019 19:54
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Coupe,SupercarsContinue reading Gordan Murray's T.50 supercar partly revealed with its fan-assisted aerodynamics Gordan Murray's T.50 supercar partly revealed with its fan-assisted aerodynamics originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:54:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Volkswagen survey sheds light on Americans' love for their SUVs

  10-12-2019 19:30
  
  Filed under:Volkswagen,Crossover,SUVContinue reading Volkswagen survey sheds light on Americans' love for their SUVs Volkswagen survey sheds light on Americans' love for their SUVs originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:30:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Junkyard Gem: 1998 BMW 528i

  10-12-2019 18:43
  
  Filed under:Etc.,BMW,Automotive History,Classics,sedanContinue reading Junkyard Gem: 1998 BMW 528i Junkyard Gem: 1998 BMW 528i originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:43:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Nissan to offer test drive program with car-sharing service Turo

  10-12-2019 17:46
  
  Filed under:NissanContinue reading Nissan to offer test drive program with car-sharing service Turo Nissan to offer test drive program with car-sharing service Turo originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:46:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• New Jaguar XE Reims Edition arrives with unique paint and extra kit

  10-12-2019 17:02
  
  Alex Ingram2019-12-11 00:01
  The limited-run Jaguar XE Reims Edition gets unique ‘French Racing Blue’ paint and extra kit beyond the R-Dynamic S modelJaguar has revealed the new XE Reims Edition. Only 200 will make it exclusively to the UK, and each are available to order now priced from £38,295. 
  The limited run model gains a variety of cosmetic upgrades over the R-Dynamic S trim model on which it’s based. The most obvious is the ‘French Racing Blue’
  
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• 2020 Mazda3 Hatchback Drivers' Notes | Luxury with a manual

  10-12-2019 17:00
  
  Filed under:Reviews,Mazda,New Car Reviews,HatchbackContinue reading 2020 Mazda3 Hatchback Drivers' Notes | Luxury with a manual 2020 Mazda3 Hatchback Drivers' Notes | Luxury with a manual originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:00:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• New Porsche Taycan 4S 2019 review

  10-12-2019 16:51
  
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  Image 1 of 23 10 Dec, 2019 11:00pmVicky Parrott
  The Porsche Taycan 4S is the new entry-level model in the brand’s all-electric range, but is less actually more?It’s rare to drive a car that feels truly revolutionary, but that is exactly what the Porsche Taycan is – a vehicle that shows how much fun a plug-in future can be.
  It’s even more refreshing to know that the new ‘entry-level’ Taycan is as remarkable as its Turbo stablemate. Proba
  
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• All 10 F1 teams vote to stick with existing Pirelli tires for 2020

  10-12-2019 16:20
  
  Filed under:MotorsportsTeams were testing a mixture of the 2019 and 2020 specification tyres in post-season testing and Pirelli said last week that they had received mixed results from teams and their drivers.A vote required at least 70% of teams to agree to continue using the current compounds for the next season."The vote resulted in a unanimous decision to keep the 2019 specification tyres for the 2020 season by the Formula One teams," the FIA said in a statement.Continue reading All 10 F1 te
  
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• Vietnam sales decline in November

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  New vehicle sales in Vietnam declined by 2.7% to 27,989 units in November 2019 from 29,709 units in the same month of last year, according to wholesale data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
  
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• New Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar to get F1-inspired, 654bhp V12 engine - pictures

  10-12-2019 16:00
  Pictures of the new Gordon Murray Automotive T.50
  
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• New Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar to get F1-inspired, 654bhp V12 engine

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) has confirmed that its McLaren F1-inspired T.50 supercar will be revealed on 4 August, and has teased some of the details of its new Cosworth-developed 3.9-litre, naturally aspirated V12 engine. 
  Describing the engine as “a Formula 1 engine for the road”, the new 3.9-litre unit is supported by a 48-volt mild-hybrid system and produces 654bhp, with 467Nm torque at 9,000rpm.Best supercars 2020The aluminium-intensive engine weighs 178kg – roughl
  
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• New 2022 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar undergoes first shakedown

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  The Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar has been driven for the first time, during a brief shakedown near the firm’s headquarters in Surrey.
  Legendary F1 and car designer Gordon Murray took the wheel of the T.50’s XP2 prototype for some low-speed running at Dunsfold aerodrome - the same site where GMA’s teams of engineers and designers are based, and also where the T.50 will go into production. The car’s Cosworth-developed V12 engine was restricted to just a few thousa
  
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• New 2022 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50: specs and performance - pictures

  10-12-2019 16:00
  Pictures of the new Gordon Murray Automotive T.50
  
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• New 2022 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50: specs and performance

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  Gordon Murray Automotive has released more details on its upcoming, McLaren F1-inspired T.50 supercar, including the specific weight of its powertrain and monocoque. The finished product is expected to make its official debut in May next year, before going on sale in 2022 – with each example carrying a price-tag of £2 million.
  The T.50 was dreamt up by the legendary motorsport and automotive engineer, Professor Gordon Murray, who is responsible for the McLaren F1 and the controversia
  
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• New 2022 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 rewrites the supercar rule book

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  Gordon Murray has revealed his self-styled successor to the McLaren F1: the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50. The famed automotive engineer describes it as a true analogue supercar and the perfect antidote to increasingly heavy modern hypercars.With 2020 marking the 50th year of Professor Murray’s career, the T.50 features nods to his work in car design and Formula One. It features ground-effect aerodynamics and a bespoke V12 engine from Cosworth, while all of the major components have been s
  
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• Gordon Murray Group plans £50 million HQ in Surrey

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  Gordon Murray Group, the creator of the T.50 supercar, has announced plans to move into a new UK-based global HQ by 2022.
  The new 130,000 sq ft facility near Windlesham, Surrey, will be constructed with help from a £50 million investment from the firm’s existing backers. It will also result in the creation of roughly 100 new jobs over the next three years.SEE MORE Best supercars 2020The T.50 is the work of former Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 engineer Gordon Murray. Murray has create
  
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• Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 supercar engine revs to 12,000rpm on video

  10-12-2019 16:00
  
  New, ultimate ‘analogue’ supercar from McLaren F1 creator will use brand new 3.9-litre V12 from Cosworth
  
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• Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 prototypes hit the track

  10-12-2019 16:00
  Upcoming GMA T.50 supercar undergoes shakedown tests at Dunsfold
  
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• Japan vehicle sales continue to drop in November

  10-12-2019 15:55
  
  Japan's new vehicle market continued to decline sharply in November 2019, by almost 13% to 385,859 units from 441,943 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).
  
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• Struggling GM Holden axes remaining cars

  10-12-2019 15:53
  GM Holden is to cull the Astra and Commodore, the final two car models in a line-up which will soon be reduced to one pick-up and four SUVs. The embattled brand recently lost its managing director and was last month reduced to twelfth place in Australia, a market it once dominated.
  
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• BMW 4 Series spy shots give us a glimpse of that giant grille

  10-12-2019 15:28
  
  Filed under:Spy Photos,BMW,Coupe,LuxuryContinue reading BMW 4 Series spy shots give us a glimpse of that giant grille BMW 4 Series spy shots give us a glimpse of that giant grille originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:28:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• GM loans $40 million to Lordstown Motors to buy, retool shuttered factory

  10-12-2019 15:19
  
  Filed under:Green,Hirings/Firings/Layoffs,Plants/Manufacturing,GMGeneral Motors Coconfirmed on Monday it agreed to loan $40 million to an electric vehicle start-up to facilitate the acquisition of its shuttered Lordstown Assembly plant in Ohio.Lordstown Motors Corp, which is 10% owned by Workhorse Group Inc , bought the plant and equipment for $20 million in November as part of its ambitious plan to begin building electric pickup trucks by the end of 2020.The loan agreement, which was reported e
  
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• The Nissan Leaf Christmas Tree has light-up snowflake wheels

  10-12-2019 15:01
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Weird Car News,Nissan,Hatchback,ElectricContinue reading The Nissan Leaf Christmas Tree has light-up snowflake wheels The Nissan Leaf Christmas Tree has light-up snowflake wheels originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:01:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• New vehicle sales in China fall for 17th straight month

  10-12-2019 14:50
  
  Filed under:By the Numbers,GreenBEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Auto sales in China fell for a 17th consecutive month in November, with the number of new energy vehicles (NEVs) sold contracting for a fifth month in a row, data from its biggest auto industry association showed on Tuesday.Total auto sales in the world's biggest auto market fell 3.6% from the same month a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said.Car sales in the country contracted last year for the f
  
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• 2021 Chevy Trailblazer's five trims priced from $19,995 to $26,395

  10-12-2019 14:31
  
  Filed under:Chevrolet,Car Buying,CrossoverContinue reading 2021 Chevy Trailblazer's five trims priced from $19,995 to $26,395 2021 Chevy Trailblazer's five trims priced from $19,995 to $26,395 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:31:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Tesla Cybertruck: Is it daring or dumb? Design experts weigh in

  10-12-2019 14:01
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Green,Tesla,TruckContinue reading Tesla Cybertruck: Is it daring or dumb? Design experts weigh in Tesla Cybertruck: Is it daring or dumb? Design experts weigh in originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Tesla Cybertruck fills design experts with dystopian dread

  10-12-2019 14:01
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Green,Tesla,TruckContinue reading Tesla Cybertruck fills design experts with dystopian dread Tesla Cybertruck fills design experts with dystopian dread originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what top design experts think

  10-12-2019 14:01
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Green,Tesla,TruckContinue reading Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what top design experts think Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what top design experts think originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what design experts think

  10-12-2019 14:01
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Green,Tesla,TruckContinue reading Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what design experts think Is the Tesla Cybertruck horrifying or brilliant? Here's what design experts think originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• 3 details about the Tesla Cybertruck that are particularly strange

  10-12-2019 14:00
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Green,Tesla,Truck,ElectricContinue reading 3 details about the Tesla Cybertruck that are particularly strange 3 details about the Tesla Cybertruck that are particularly strange originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:00:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Honda CEO Hachigo seizes the wheel as quality crisis hits profits

  10-12-2019 13:30
  
  Filed under:Design/Style,Earnings/Financials,Green,Plants/Manufacturing,HondaAt a two-day gathering for Honda's suppliers in March, Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo sounded the alarm.At the Hotel Higashinihon in Utsunomiya, Hachigo told them the Japanese automaker was facing a crisis after a string of costly recalls and other quality blunders and it needed to plot a new course, according to two people who attended the meeting.Since then, Hachigo has been quietly working on reforms to centralise
  
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• Going Global: around the world in a Jeep Wrangler

  10-12-2019 12:17
  
  Hugo Griffiths2019-12-11 08:30
  A Kiwi couple are mid-way through an around-the-world odyssey in a Jeep Wrangler. We catch up with the pair in IcelandThe greatest promise the motor car makes is that of freedom: the ability to go where you want, when you want, as you wish. SUVs have always promised a little more freedom than hatchbacks or saloons because they can reach the parts other cars simply can’t, even if the furthest most are driven off road is a dropped kerb.
  But what if yo
  
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• Russia November sales fall 6.4%

  10-12-2019 12:14
  
  Sales of new passenger cars and LCVs in Russia decreased by 6.4% in November, with among the top ten bestselling models so far, all are locally produced.
  
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• BYD lands Europe's largest ever electric bus order

  10-12-2019 11:03
  
  BYD says it has secured the largest ever single order for electric buses in Europe in a deal with Keolis Nederland BV, the Dutch subsidiary of global public transport provider, Keolis.
  
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• Is your council a clean-air hypocrite?

  10-12-2019 10:56
  
  Hugo Griffiths2019-12-10 23:30
  An average of 91.6 per cent of council vehicles use diesel, with London still running 724 non-ULEZ-compliant diesel vehiclesThe vast majority of the 66,000 vehicles operated by UK councils run on diesel, Auto Express has discovered, with authorities admitting that no “viable electric alternative” to the fuel exists in “the vast majority” of cases. And, in areas where emission zones are operational or planned, council vehicles often breach th
  
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• Avtovaz buys GM stake in Togliatti joint venture

  10-12-2019 10:56
  
  Avtovaz has signed an agreement with General Motors to purchase its 50% share of the Togliatti-based GM-Avtovaz joint venture.
  
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• EC backs EUR3.2bn State aid for battery research

  10-12-2019 10:39
  
  European Commission (EC) authorities have approved, through EU State aid rules, a EUR3.2bn (US$3.5bn) Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in batteries.
  
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• Valeo Investor Day outlines content opportunities

  10-12-2019 10:30
  
  Valeo's management team is presenting the supplier's 12 new technological platforms at its Investor Day in Paris (10 December).
  
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• What is aquaplaning and how to avoid it

  10-12-2019 10:16
  
  We look at aquaplaning what it means, how it affects your car and what to do if it happens to you
  
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• Should you use snow chains in the UK?

  10-12-2019 10:15
  
  Your comprehensive guide to using snow chains in the UK. Do you really need them?
  
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• Preparing your car for winter: top tips and things to check

  10-12-2019 10:13
  
  Driving in cold weather can be a challenge, read on for our winter car maintenance checklist
  
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• How to control understeer and oversteer in your car

  10-12-2019 10:10
  
  Controlling a skid is something most drivers don't have to do often, but understanding understeer and oversteer is useful all the same
  
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• This poop-scooping bot is like a Roomba for your yard

  10-12-2019 01:48
  
  Filed under:VideosContinue reading This poop-scooping bot is like a Roomba for your yard This poop-scooping bot is like a Roomba for your yard originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 9 Dec 2019 19:48:00 EST.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Email this | Comments
  
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• Trump, Dems in tentative deal on NAFTA replacement

  10-12-2019 01:06
  
  Filed under:Government/Legal,Plants/Manufacturing,UAW/UnionsHouse Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President Donald Trump.The tentative accord was revealed by a Democratic aide not authorized to discuss the talks and granted anonymity because the agreement is not official.Details still need to be finalized and the U.S. Trade Representative will need to submit th
  
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