Beating Hearts: The 10 Greatest Engines You Can Buy Today
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What Makes This 1972 AMC Gremlin Worth $60K?
– If you were around in the 1970s and paid attention to cars, there’s no doubt you saw AMC Gremlins pretty much everywhere—except examples like this 1972 AMC Gremlin XR. – The Gremlin XR was a dealer-built model backed by AMC. What made it so special was its 401-cubic-inch V-8 engine, a feature that made it one of the fastest cars available for the money. With a base price of less than $4000,
What Makes This 1972 AMC Gremlin Worth $60K?
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2016 BMW 3-series / 340i First Drive: What Was Good Before Is Better
– For the 2016 model year, BMW has performed a near-imperceptible facelift of its 3-series sports sedan, one that will challenge even the brand’s most fervent fans to spot the visual differences. Yet there are changes under the skin that are significant. We spent a day behind the wheel of the new 340i, which is powered by BMW’s all-new 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six. READ MORE ›› –
2016 BMW 340i – First Drive Revew
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Night Falls Again: Cadillac Introduces 2016 CTS Midnight Special Edition
– In our earlier post on the new Cadillac ATS Midnight special edition, we said we’d welcome additional Midnight-themed special edition Cadillacs to the lineup, should they appear. And right on time—pardon the pun—comes news of the Midnight Special Edition of the larger CTS for 2016. – Like its little brother, the CTS Midnight edition comes with a black chrome grille and darkened 18-inch wheels. Also like the ATS Midnight
Tesla Loses Its Freaking Mind, Introduces 762-hp Model S, Ludicrous Mode, New Base Model
– When an automaker announces that it is updating its 691-hp, dual-motor, all-wheel-drive electric supersedan with an extra 71 horsepower and a new “Ludicrous” drive mode, it’s difficult to even care about any concurrent announcements from said company that don’t have to do with Ludicrous anything. We’re of course talking about Tesla Motors, which in addition to dropping a 762-hp bomb today, also announced a new Model S 70 model (a rear-drive
Carbon and Chrysler: Alfa Romeo Giulia Interior Images Surface [Video]
– Last month, Alfa Romeo unveiled its new BMW 3-series–fighting Giulia. For a few days, we hemmed, hawed, oohed, ahhed, and then refocused ourselves on more reality-based concerns, like how many cars have been recalled for Takata airbag issues. Now, as if to wake us from a stupor and remind us, that, yes, there is a new Alfa coming to take on the Jaguar XE and the Cadillac ATS, photos of
2016 Audi R8 – First Drive Review
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2015 Nissan Sentra Reviewed: Value and mpg with a CVT Asterisk
–Overview: Now in its seventh generation, the Sentra is Nissan’s compact car, one competing in a populous and increasingly competent field. Redesigned for the 2013 model year, it’s offered in a single body style—a four-door sedan—with one engine: a 1.8-liter DOHC four-cylinder. There are two choices for routing power to the front wheels, a six-speed manual (only on the base model) and a continuously variable automatic—Xtronic, in Nissan’s nomenclature. There