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Formula 1: Williams Stronger than Mercedes in a Few Areas

New Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe says the F1 team is already stronger than world champion Mercedes in certain areas. Lowe returned to work at Williams last week, having last worked for the team in the early 1990s, off the back of a stint at Mercedes that yielded three consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ championship successes.

While Lowehas played down the chances of his arrival…

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Bike Review: The 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 650

Kawasakiʼs Ninja 650 has come a long way since its introduction all the way back in 2006. Originally billed as an entry-level middleweight motorcycle, it’s since become a popular option for everyone from club racers, to commuters, to returning riders. Times, emissions regulations, and styling preferences change, and so for 2017, Kawasaki has set out to update the venerable 650platform yet again.…

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Latest News: Ferrari 812 Superfast takes to the road

The F12 Berlinetta is no longer the ultimate Ferrari grand tourer. In its place is the 812 Superfast which made its debut earlier this month at the 2017 Geneva auto show. So far we’ve only seen the car stationary but now it’s here on the move, tackling an empty stretch of winding road. Official Video:

The 812isn’t an all-new car.…

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Latest News: Tesla to Discontinue Model S 60 and 60D

Buyers will no longer be able to purchase a Tesla Model S with a 60-kilowatt-hour battery pack starting next month, according to recent reports. Tesla sent out an email last week to inform potential buyers of the change. Tesla discontinued the 60-kWh variant of the Model S in 2015 before bringing it back in 2016. Currently, the base model has a range of 210 miles, or 218 miles for the…

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Spyshots: The 570bhp Jaguar F-Pace SVR Spotted!

The Jaguar F-Pace SVR, a super-hot version of Jaguar’s first SUV model, has been spotted winter testing ahead of its anticipated 2017 reveal.

This second sighting is of a model wearing US-spec lights, and it comes close to six months after the first F-Pace SVR was seen high-speed testing at the Nürburgring.

Bodywork fitted to both of these cars suggests that Jaguar’s production Porsche Macan Turbo

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Car Review: The 2017 Audi RS3 Sportsback

Sister car to the mechanically identical RS3 Saloon in an extended line-up of models from Audi Sport, the much anticipated updated RS3 superhatch has received a number of key mid-life upgrades that are claimed to both enhance its dynamic prowess and, more crucially, make it more entertaining to drive. The big news with the newly reworked four-wheel-drive Mercedes-AMG A45 4Maticrival revolves…

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Featured: Scarlett Johansson Rides the NM4 Vultus for Ghost in the Shell

YOU may not have seen many on the road but you will soon be able to see one in a film. Honda’s weird, futuristic, manga-style NM4 Vultus is the basis for a bike ridden by a weird, futuristic, manga-style cyborg played by Scarlett Johansson in the forthcoming film Ghost in the Shell. Obviously.

Honda released the above rendering this morning.

The machine itself appears briefly in the trailer for…

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Spyshots: The 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Spied!

A closer look at a camouflaged 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 attached to a massive rear wing.

Caught on camera, the ZR1 top dog of the C7 generation looked rather peculiar with its multi-colored body and different types of camouflage. It did not seem to have all of the final bits judging by the fact that it largely carried over the Z06’s body, but with a huge rear wing covered in a swirly disguise…

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Geneva Motor Show: Pininfarina H600 to enter production by 2020

Introduced earlier this month at the Geneva Motor Show, the Pininfarina-designed H600 concept will evolve into a production model scheduled to go on sale in United States towards the end of the decade. The reveal was made by Chinese EV startup Hybrid Kinetic (previously known as “HK Motors”) while speaking with Automotive News.

The car’s 5.2-meter body penned by Pininfarinais going to be largely…

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MotoGP: KTM needs a few tenths to fight for points at Qatar opener

KTM’s Bradley Smith reckons the Austrian manufacturer needs to find a few tenths in next weekend’s Qatar MotoGP opener to be able to challenge for points. The Briton completed the final pre-season test in Qatar in 21st, only beating his teammate Pol Espargaro and KTM test rider Mika Kallio.

His time of 1m56.351s was less than two tenths off Aprilia rookie Sam Lowes and the injured Tito Rabat, but…

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Bike Review: The 2017 APRILIA RSV4 RF

BACK to basics. That seems to be the mantra in motorcycling at the moment, from ‘yard built’ cafe racers to unashamedly gadget-free budget bikes. It seems that a growing core of bikers are searching for that honest motorcycling experience, from an era where you could tweak the throttle and trace the tightening cables through the bike. Old-school. Just you and the bike. No gizmos, no gadgets.

If…

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Latest Car News: 200mph TVR super coupe revealed to buyers ahead of launch

TVR’s new super-sports coupe is revealed at last — but only to the exclusive group of enthusiasts who have already agreed to buy one.

The car, a 200mph, front-engined V8 two-seater very much in character with the traditional Blackpool TVRs but entirely new from the ground up, is being unveiled in series of secret launches at designer Gordon Murray’sHQ near Guildford, south east of London. Only…

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Latest News: Lotus Elise drops 90 Pounds for the all new Sprint Special Edition

The British automaker thought the featherweight Elise looked a little flabby, and rectified this by somehow slicing an additional 90 pounds off the barebones roadster for a new Elise Sprint special edition.

The regular Elise was already exceptionally basic, so Lotus engineers had to be fanatical about their devotion to weight loss. Somehow, the new Elise Sprint barely tips the scales at a skinny

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