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The Light Car Company Rocket Is A Dream Unfulfilled

What more do you need from a car than a few hundred kilos of frame, engine, suspension, wheels, tires, and controls?…

PublishedDecember 9, 2019

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The Glorious De Tomaso Pantera Is Very Hard To Drive

I can’t tell you how happy I am that people are talking about De Tomaso again. The P72 is gorgeous and striking, but…

PublishedNovember 4, 2019

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8/5/19

The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Is Only Fully Realized As A Convertible

The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante is one of the best looking cars on the road at the moment. Thanks to its…

PublishedAugust 5, 2019

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The 2020 Polestar 1 Hides Its Ridiculous Weight With a Surprisingly Simple Suspension Setup

Many modern performance cars come with some sort of fancy technical adjustable suspension setup. But not the Polestar…

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PublishedJune 21, 2019

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The E92 BMW M3 GTS Demands Respect

Time passes in a very strange way if you don’t pay attention to it. If you’d asked me this morning what year the E92…

PublishedMay 6, 2019

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The E46 BMW M3 CSL Might Be a Better Collector's Item Than a Driver's Car

The BMW E46 design is widely considered one of the company’s best. Maybe I only think that because it was “the new…

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PublishedMay 3, 2019

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The VW Golf GTI TCR Is a Great Hot Hatch But It Could Be Hotter

The 2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR is a GTI bumped up to 286 horsepower with a top speed 161 mph. It’s something of a…

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PublishedApril 26, 2019

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The Lamborghini LM002 is the One True Supertruck

There have only been a handful of SUVs with 12 cylinder engines. Bentley’s Bentayga has a W12, of course, as did…

PublishedMarch 24, 2019

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Your '90s Supercar Knowledge Is Not Complete Until You Meet the Best Lotus Esprit

The Lotus Esprit is a quintessentially 1990s small-batch supercar. Its intensely pointy body is punctuated by square…

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PublishedJanuary 19, 2019

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11/14/18

Five Years on, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage Still Feels Like the End of An Era

The 2018 Aston Martin V12 Vantage V600 is the company’s 600 horsepower naturally-aspirated V12, dog-leg manual…

PublishedNovember 14, 2018

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7/24/18

The Aston Martin V8 Cygnet Is as Hilarious to Drive as It Is to Look At

Look at that goofy thing, the Aston Marin Cygnet V8. Of all the silly and hare-brained ideas, this has to be one of…

PublishedJuly 24, 2018

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7/23/18

The Porsche 911 Speedster Concept's Delights Are in the Details

The Porsche 911 Speedster Concept, which we saw in June, was a lovely 70th birthday present Porsche gave itself to…

PublishedJuly 23, 2018

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6/18/18

Rolls-Royce's Hood Ornament Is Actually A Tribute To A Secret Affair

Rolls-Royce is one of the few automakers left today that still uses a hood ornament to adorn the front of its cars.…

PublishedJune 18, 2018

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5/22/18

We Are So Mad The 2018 Ford Fiesta ST Has Launch Control

Hey, so, you know how the 2018 Ford Fiesta ST (THAT WE WON’T GET HERE) has launch control? Do you know how freaking…

PublishedMay 22, 2018

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5/20/18

Ford's New 3-Cylinder Fiesta ST Deserves To Be An RS

With a 1.5-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged engine producing nearly 200 horsepower, launch control, a trick new rear…

PublishedMay 20, 2018

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2/7/18

The McLaren Senna Is Less Ugly When You Look At All Of Its Parts Separately

Visually, the new McLaren Senna is a lot to take in. I distinctly remember grimacing when I first saw the press…

PublishedFebruary 7, 2018

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2/5/18

The New BMW i3s Is A Sporty Hatch In Name Only

BMW tried to spice up its electric i3 city car with a new sport model, but it’s not quite the EV hot hatch that’s…

PublishedFebruary 5, 2018

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1/4/18

The Alpine 110 Is A Watershed Moment For Performance Cars

Alpine has returned, updating the formula of its classic rally-winning sports car for the modern world, and teaching…

PublishedJanuary 4, 2018

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10/9/17

The McLaren 570GT Is At Its Best On The Roads Around Its Ancestral Home

Bruce McLaren, the man who founded the automaker of super fast, incredibly technical sports cars, came from New…