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Electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire surges ahead of tradition

If all the news of the latest brace of all-electric SUVs from Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi isn’t enough to convince you that electric drivetrains are quickly gaining mainstream approval, nor would Camaro’s whimsical foray into electric crate engines with the eCOPO Camaro concept make you budge, then the public availability of Harley-Davidson’s new LiveWire electric […]

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Chevrolet’s eCOPO Camaro demonstrates a promising future

The narrative that muscle cars are nothing but big and silly straight line machines is as pervasive as it is misleading. Muscle cars are big and silly straight line platforms for owners to tweak, or drop in bigger engines, to go quicker in a straight line, and Chevrolet showed up to this year’s SEMA motor […]

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Austria lifts speed restrictions for electric vehicles, not speed limits

Good news electric car owners, the Austrian National Council has recently granted electric vehicles an exemption from speed restrictions on the country’s motorways, so now you can objectively show everyone that you are better than them simply by going faster. That being said, this isn’t a license for electric car drivers to go as their […]

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The McLaren Speedtail isn’t quite the F1’s spiritual successor

Ever since McLaren stepped back into the game of making road-going cars in 2010 it never could avoid being in the shadow of the colossal achievement that was the F1. Though through the eight intervening years, McLaren Automotive had charted a clear and definitive course away from the F1’s legacy, there has always been a […]

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Ferrari’s Purosangue SUV will sell, because it’s a Ferrari

From the numerous reports that have been written over the past few months, it is no surprise that Ferrari will produce their own SUV. But here is a depressing thought; Ferrari’s new SUV – the upcoming ‘Purosangue’ will sell, and probably sell more than enough to line Maranello’s pockets to ensure the viability of its […]

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I swore off the MX-5, only to buy another MX-5

If the considerable number of unopened bottles of wine in my cabinet is any sign, it is that I’m quite unlikely to be an alcoholic. This isn’t some humble bragging of being “high on life” and “not needing alcohol to have fun”, I’m very much a social drinker who doesn’t need a moment’s encouragement to […]

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Electric cars won’t save the world from climate change

Amidst all the news and recent activism over the ongoing catastrophe from our decades-long habit of dumping plastic in the ocean, the United Nations has raised the alarm to remind the world of the greatest challenge of our time, climate change. Despite all the headway made in getting nations to agree to The Paris Agreement […]

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This week’s best reveal wasn’t at Paris

For anyone with a passing interest in cars, you’d know that this week is one of the biggest weeks on the calendar as the main European motor show event kicks off in Paris. Even though this year’s event is notably smaller with several brands opting to sit out the show, the show floor was still […]

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Jaguar sets a lap record at a forgotten circuit; should we care?

Ever since Renault set a Nürburgring lap record for a front-wheel drive car with the Megane RS Trophy back in 2011, car manufacturers have started punting their products around in hopes of bagging some that sweet Nürburgring prestige for themselves. Since then there have been titles for the fastest four-door car, fastest estate, fastest electric […]

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The fool’s gold of autonomous technology

Late last year a New York-based beverage producer managed to raise its stock price by an incredible 500%. How did it do it? Did they hatch an evil plan to control the world’s supply of sugar? Do they have Coke’s secret to peddle liquified cocaine? No, what they did was an even greater stroke of […]