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July 22, 2015 AUTOS

2016 McLaren 675LT Driven! Slightly More Exciting than Aerial Combat

-This is a great time to be a billionaire gearhead, no question. Manufacturers are practically tripping over each other to bring their adjective-stretching hypercars to market, complete with their four-figure power outputs and seven-digit price tags. This is a golden era for those with bottomless pockets and an urge to go very, very quickly. READ MORE ›› –

July 22, 2015 AUTOS

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC-class Driven: Luxury-Crossover Buyers Should Be Excited

-A new crossover gets us nearly as excited as the prospect of binge-watching C-SPAN. Or maybe binge-watching people who are binge-watching C-SPAN. Yet such vehicles are wildly popular, and so every automaker offers at least as many variations on the theme as there are variations of, well, C-SPAN. (“C-SPAN 7: All Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, All the Time!”) This includes Mercedes-Benz, which

July 22, 2015 AUTOS

2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC-class Driven: Luxury-Crossover Buyers Should Be Excited

-A new crossover gets us nearly as excited as the prospect of binge-watching C-SPAN. Or maybe binge-watching people who are binge-watching C-SPAN. Yet such vehicles are wildly popular, and so every automaker offers at least as many variations on the theme as there are variations of, well, C-SPAN. (“C-SPAN 7: All Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, All the Time!”) This includes Mercedes-Benz, which

July 22, 2015 AUTOS

Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Allegedly Could Provide 30 to 35 Miles of Electric Range

Toyota’s first-generation Prius plug-in was a bit of a dud. First launched for 2013, it was much pricier than a standard Prius but by the time production ended, the price had been slashed to within $2000 of the regular model. But even the price drop didn’t solve its biggest problem: a relatively low electric-only range of about 11 miles—that is, if you could keep the gas engine from firing up.