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2015 BMW 435i Gran Coupe Test: If Looks Could Thrill

-Those who know they want a mid-size BMW still have many decisions to make. BMW’s 3- and 4-series family now contains 25 permutations spawned from six body styles, five engine choices, and two driveline configurations. Among such sprawling variety, this BMW 435i Gran Coupe stands out as one of our favorites. READ MORE ›› –

Getting Groovy and into the Groove: The Car and Driver Covers of the 1960s

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Audi Q6 Electric Vehicle to Also Offer Plug-In and Fuel-Cell Powertrains

– We’ve learned that Audi’s fully electric, “Model X fighting” Q6 crossover, which is confirmed to arrive in roughly three years, will be just the first version, and it will be joined by other iterations with plug-in hybrid and hydrogen-fuel-cell powertrains. These will come to market after the initial model. – A first glimpse of Audi’s fully electric “Sports Activity Vehicle,” as the company calls it in an appropriation of BMW terminology, will be offered in

Car bomb explodes in Yemen capital near mosque used by Houthis, two dead

Islamic State group said it was behind a car bomb that exploded in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday near the Qiba al-Mahdi mosque, killing two people and wounding six others, witnesses and a security source told Reuters. The group said in a statement published on militant Twitter accounts that the attack was targeting the Houthi militia, whose fighters have used the mosque, located in the old city of Sanaa. On

U.S., allies conduct 16 air strikes in Iraq, six in Syria

U.S. and coalition forces targeted the Islamic State on Friday with 16 air strikes in Iraq and six in Syria, the U.S. military said in a statement on Saturday. In Iraq, one strike hit a checkpoint for the Islamic State and also destroyed a storage container near Al Qaim, according to the statement. Striking a checkpoint is intended “to reduce their ability to restrict the movement of, and extort from,