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| 2015 Hyundai Genesis – A Bargain Luxury Car |
| Hyundai no longer must beg for a place at the big kids’ table, hoping that premium features, refinement, and a low price might lure Mercedes, BMW, and Lexus buyers who didn’t care that valets wouldn’t park their cars in front. |
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| Bentley Flying Spur – A Remarkable Luxury Sedan |
| With its Continental-esque external styling, the new, second-generation Flying Spur stands apart from Bentley’s other luxury saloon, the Mulsanne, but its similarity to the performance two-door Continental doesn’t end with its appearance. |
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| BMW i8 : Carbon-lite racer |
| Half-expecting the driver in a growling be-winged Mitsubishi Evo pulling ahead to cut into my lane, I eased off the throttle. |
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| Mercedes plans cheaper AMGs |
| The first two AMG Sport models, based on the C-Class sedan and coupe variant of the GLE sport-utility vehicle, will be presented next month at the Detroit Motor Show. |
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| New Aston Martin for 007 |
| Aston Martin is developing a limited-edition car for the James Bond movie Spectre next year, continuing a 50-year relationship between the luxury-car manufacturer and the spy-film franchise. |
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| Car black box for insurance savings |
| Insurance companies around the world are promising lower rates on car coverage. The catch? They want to install the equivalent of an airplane's black box to track how and where you drive. |
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| 2015 Chevrolet Colorado – Global Entry |
| Over the last 10 years, the biggest change in the compact/midsize truck category is that it has gotten a lot smaller. There once were 11 compact trucks sold in the United States, and as of 2014, that number is down to two. |
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| 1974 Mazda RX-2 Series 3 (Part 2) |
| The first track-outing for the new combination saw an improvement over the 13B times, but the old FC RX-7 gearbox was not up to the task of shifting at high rpm |
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| 1974 Mazda RX-2 Series 3 (Part 1) |
| For most prospective car buyers, the dream is always to find that one-lady-owner, mint condition,never been past 5000rpm and still with the plastic on the door cards classic – that of course hasa ridiculous (she didn’t know what she had) price tag. |
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| MITSUBISHI Pajero Sport 2.5 DI-D GLS 4×4 AT (Part 1) |
| UR last outing with the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 3,2 DI-D in the December 2009 issue was something of a bittersweet affair. We appreciated its rugged Triton-based underpinnings, practicality and generous specification. |
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| Nissan NV200 1.6 Combi – A Perfect Car |
| In the recent past, Nissan has impressed with sensible and enjoyable- to-drive offerings such as the Livina/Grand Livina, Qashqai and Juke. Surprisingly, the NV200 was no different. |
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| JZX100 – A Perfect Car For Distance (Part 2) |
| Now Philip knew that the motor was up to the task, he figured there was no better time to feed a little more power through the 1JZ through both a little headwork and set of angrier Tomei cams, as well as an upgrade in the turbo department to a Tomei ARMS M8280 direct bolt-on unit |
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| JZX100 – A Perfect Car For Distance (Part 1) |
| It seems that in recent times more and more of the cars in our scene are going to one of two extremes – either very minimally modified, or all out, over-the-top, barely-legal race cars for the road or simply trailer-only race cars, as is becoming more and more common these days |
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| Jaguar F-Type R Coupé – Well, I’ll Be Blown |
| They say that this F-type coupé is the most dynamically capable performance-focused Jaguar yet, but the big news is the arrival of a 405kW supercharged 5-liter V8 R coupé good for a 4-second 0-100km/h dash. |
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| 2015 Honda Civic Type R – Welcome Back, Honda |
| Honda is set to return to its performance roots with a new performance-oriented range spearheaded by the new 208kW 415N turbo 2-liter Civic Type R said to accelerate to 100km/h in well under 5.8 seconds for over 260km/h top speed. |
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| BMW 435i Coupé Sports Steptronic – One Small Leap (Part 1) |
| In the automotive industry, niches within model lines simply beg to be filled. There are two simple premises at play: if you don’t create that niche, a rival will stake its claim there and net a wider audience; and it can breathe new life into an existing model line. |
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| 2015 Nissan GT-R – Finding Nismo (Part 2) |
| The first drive was in the base car, a half-hour loop spent on Japanese country roads in a right-hand-drive GT-R on the left side of the road. While it is still powerful as all get-out, the entire experience was, indeed, greatly refined. |
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