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2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed Tested: We Go Camping with a $400,000 Mega-Sedan

-Lest you leap to the conclusion that we’ve gone soft, joining up with some sort of New Gilded Age glamping caravan, understand that taking the 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed camping was in no way premeditated. A site had been reserved at Silver Lake State Park long before this Sopwith Camel–hued limo arrived at Eisenhower Place. It was actually the flat, lacquer look of the green paint (a $5715 option that

Round Up: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Tires

– Beyond their obvious round and black traits, tires are paragons of mystery. Over the years, we’ve helped you decode the secrets with stories on how to read a sidewall, how to make your tires last longer, and how to know if your vehicle rides on manufacturer-specific rubber. We’ve conducted tire comparison tests and sliced open tires to explain what’s inside. But tires evolve as quickly as cars do, so

Round Up: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Tires

– Beyond their obvious round and black traits, tires are paragons of mystery. Over the years, we’ve helped you decode the secrets with stories on how to read a sidewall, how to make your tires last longer, and how to know if your vehicle rides on manufacturer-specific rubber. We’ve conducted tire comparison tests and sliced open tires to explain what’s inside. But tires evolve as quickly as cars do, so

True Detective’s Dodge Charger Exhaust Note: Could It Be Real?

– Say what you will about season two of the HBO series True Detective, but of all the show’s implausible over-complication, and as Wired points out, its impossible driving timelines, it did get one unexpected thing so very, very right. All season, those on staff watching the show have wondered how the various cop-spec Dodge Chargers driven by Detective Velcoro (played by Colin Farrell) could possibly sound so bad-ass. There’s

Greece, lenders clinch bailout deal after marathon talks

By George Georgiopoulos and Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece and its international lenders reached a multi-billion euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after talking through the night, officials said, potentially saving the country from financial ruin. The agreement, reached after a 23-hour session of talks, must still be adopted by Greece’s parliament and euro zone countries. The single currency bloc’s finance ministers are due to meet on Friday, giving time