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June 12, 2015 AUTOS

It’s Official: The New Ford GT Will Race at Le Mans Next Year

– Ford finally has made the announcement we’ve all been waiting for ever since the new Ford GT supercar made its debut at the Detroit auto show (if not before): The company will campaign a racing version of the new GT and will return to Le Mans for the 2016 race. – The word came in a press announcement at Le Mans featuring Ford executive chairman Bill Ford, president and CEO

June 12, 2015 AUTOS

Norwegian Woods: A First Drive of the 2016 Bentley GT Speed and GT V8 S

-They came seemingly out of nowhere. Nearly 3000 feet above sea level and hours from the nearest city of consequence, a group of approximately four-dozen camera-wielding tourists of random nationalities spun on their heels and began to snap pictures of, well, us. The fact that we arrived at this Norwegian mountaintop overlook in a fleet of candy-hued 2016 Bentley Continental GT coupes may have contributed to their elation. Although we

June 12, 2015 AUTOS

3D Print Your Own 2017 Ford Raptor for Just $5

The all new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor won’t hit dealers for awhile; same for the Focus RS, the Mustang Shelby GT350R, and the astounding GT. But what if we told you Ford will let you make your own, today? And what if we told you it would only cost you five bucks? And what, then, if we told you you’d need a 3D printer, and you’d never be able to

June 12, 2015 AUTOS

The Long, Strange Trip Continues with New VW Camper Bus

-That hippie-era icon of slow and hazy motoring freedom, the VW camper, may be only a fading memory here, but the camper-ized Volkswagen van lives on in Europe. There, the latest iteration of the concept has just been introduced. – Today called the California—fittingly named after the state that so warmly embraced it back in the day—this VW camper is based on the new sixth-generation of Volkswagen’s T series van.

June 11, 2015 AUTOS

You Can Buy Steve McQueen’s Last Porsche 911 Turbo

The first-gen Porsche 911 Turbo is already a special beast, a legend of turbo lag and lift-throttle oversteer that excited the capable and terrified (or harmed) the unaware. This 1976 example has all of that specialness intact, with a huge added dose of uniqueness: It was special-ordered by none other than Steve McQueen. And come August 13th, you’ll be able to bid on it. – This Slate Gray 1976 Porsche

June 10, 2015 AUTOS

Musk: More Tesla Battery-Swapping Stations “Unlikely”

-Remember the quick battery-swapping system that Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk was so jazzed about just a few months ago? At yesterday’s shareholder meeting in Mountain View, California, the electric car pioneer’s opinion seemed to have cooled considerably. – In response to a shareholder question regarding Tesla’s single battery-swap station in Harris Ranch, California, Musk had this to say (as transcribed by Sebastian Blanco at Autoblog): – We have, basically,