-What can we say about the Volkswagen GTI that we haven’t said before? After subjecting the perennial 10Best winner to innumerable reviews, it’s hard to come up with any praise or criticism that hasn’t already been heard. But just as the new seventh-generation Golf exists in many forms, there are many flavors of GTI, too, all of which are worth knowing from a raw-numbers standpoint. So this time, we’ve strapped
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– Ever since Jeremy Clarkson was let go from Top Gear and James May and Richard Hammond vowed not to return without him, rumors have been swirling that the trio could bring their brand of automotive entertainment to Netflix. Now, British tabloid The Mirror adds some fuel to that whispered possibility, with an Underwood-style twist: Apparently, the team wants to call the show House of Cars. – That, of course, would
– The test mules are rolling and we expect the endurance-racing version of Ford’s GT supercar to be presented next month (June) in Paris shortly before the 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Until then, here are some tidbits of information—some new, some merely reminders—dribbled from Ford’s severely restrictor-plated PR engine at a recent media event. – The twin-turbo EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6 engine will share bore and stroke dimensions
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– Hey, you! Stateside moneybags enamored of Speed Speedback’s baadasssss song! British boutique concern David Brown Automotive informs us that you’re finally in luck! Their Astonoid Speedback GT is coming to the United States and will make its American debut at The Quail during Monterey’s August cavalcade of high-dollar automotive things, stuff, ’n’ spendy whatnot. – – Priced at $795,000, the Speedback isn’t exactly what we’d call cheap. Built on
– Audi is having itself a busy little year, having so far debuted the redesigned 2016 R8 and TT sports cars; refreshed (and priced) the A6, A7, S6, S7, and RS7; and introduced a new Q7 SUV. Having already covered those cars in depth, we’re focusing this latest Audi model lineup update on the 2016 A3/S3, A5/S5, Q5/SQ5, A4 sedan, and Allroad wagon, which have just been given new prices and minor equipment
By Hamid Shalizi and Kay Johnson KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on a popular guesthouse in Kabul that killed at least 14 people, including foreigners attending a dinner and arriving for a concert. Four Indian nationals, a Briton, an American and a Kazakh national were confirmed among the dead in a five-hour assault at Park Palace guesthouse in an upscale neighborhood of
By Ross Adkin and Krista Mahr CHARIKOT, Nepal (Reuters) – Military helicopters flew over eastern Nepal and a team sent up a drone on Thursday to search for a missing U.S. Marines Huey chopper, as the death toll rose from the Himalayan country’s second big earthquake in less than three weeks. A Reuters correspondent flew on a Nepali military helicopter along the Tamakoshi river that runs by the town of
British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian long-range bombers near UK airspace north of Scotland, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. Intercepts of Russian aircraft by NATO have increased over the last year amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. “The aircraft were identified as Russian Bear aircraft which were escorted by the RAF Typhoon fighters until