Spy Shots: New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Takes Up Skiing Lessons in Sweden

There's a replacement for the current Mercedes-Benz CL-Class luxury 2+2 coupe in the horizon, and as you probably have heard already (we'll repeat it just in case you missed out), it won't carry the same name, as the Stuttgart-based carmaker has made the decision to use the S-Class Coupe moniker instead. The well-camouflaged model seen in these latest photos was spotted undergoing winter testing in Northern Sweden. From these images, Benz's new upscale coupe appears to have a more muscu…

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Ogier takes charge to hold the early lead in Rally Mexico

Sebastien Ogier completed the second day of Rally Mexico with a 33.0sec lead in his Volkswagen Polo R. The Frenchman won seven of the 11 stages on the car’s gravel debut to ease clear of Mads Ostberg’s Ford Fiesta RS.

Ogier held a narrow advantage after last night sprint stages and built on that in today’s two longest tests. He won the morning passes of the 21.91km El Cubilete and the 30.57km El Chocolate and repeated the feat this afternoon.

“When you think about the road position we had, to lead …

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Wheels: A 1960 Cadillac Takes Center Stage at the Metropolitan Opera

The Cadillac is the real thing, bought on eBay, then painted indigo blue with metallic flecks by the Met staff and illuminated by the lighting designer, Kevin Adams, to reach the high C of automotive fantasy.

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Used Volvos for sale: First $290k takes both: K-PAX Racing unloading C30s

Having decided to focus solely on their Pirelli World Challenge GT effort involving Volvo’s S60, K-PAX racing has decided to sell off their two-year-old C30s.

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Harvick takes victory in Daytona Unlimited non-points race

Daytona Beach, Fla. – On an unseasonably cool Saturday evening in Florida, Kevin Harvick
raced to victory in the 75-lap Sprint Unlimited, a non-points event for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series.

The race was run in segments of 30, 25 and 20 laps with fans deciding such things as
number of tires to be changed and the outfit worn by Miss Sprint in victory lane.

Driving the Budweiser Chevrolet, Harvick captured this event for the third time in five
years. He earned $205,000 for the victory and joi…

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Super Bowl MVP Flacco takes keys to new Corvette: 2014 C7 included in MVP prize

Joe Flacco, 33-year-old Super Bowl MVP, got an extra surprise on Sunday after receiving his trip to Disneyland and a football signed by a

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Video: NYT takes us behind the scenes of the 2014 SRT Viper assembly line

Wondering how the new 2014 SRT Viper by Chrysler is produced? Well, lucky for you, New York Times decided to go behind the scenes of the assembly line where the new Viper is produced and they brought their cameras.

Check out more news on the SRT Viper.
Check out the video after the break.
Refresher: Power for the 2013 SRT Viper comes from a mid-front 8.4 liter V10 engine pumping out 640-hp and 600 lb-ft of torque. The engine is mated to a Tremec TR6060 6-speed manual transmission with a shorter throw…

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Jay Leno Takes Volvo’s 508 Horsepower Polestar S60 Concept for a Spin: Video

Volvo seems to have found a new recognition among automotive enthusiasts especially with their new R-Design and Polestar line of vehicles. With that said, the latest Swedish Hot-Rod to embrace paved roads is the Volvo Polestar S60, currently in concept form and in Jay Leno’s garage for his latest test drive video.
Said to be 99% stock parts, the new Volvo S60 Polestar, packing in a healthy 508 ponies, is good to hit 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Jay Leno gets to experience the ‘Volvo on steroids&#8217…

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Consumer Reports takes delivery of its own Tesla Model S

The delivery of our Tesla Model S last Friday culminated over two years of wait. We put a $5,000 deposit in October, 2010 and waited our turn. California start-up Tesla is a new kind of company that builds only electric cars. And as if that’s not innovative enough, the purchase process is quite novel as well. While we were waiting for our own car, we borrowed one for an early look back in November:

After going out on a limb and laying out our deposit, we endured a long period of silence. It was only t…

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Consumer Reports takes delivery of its own Tesla Model S

The delivery of our Tesla Model S last Friday culminated over two years of wait. We put a $5,000 deposit in October, 2010 and waited our turn. California start-up Tesla is a new kind of company that builds only electric cars. And as if that’s not innovative enough, the purchase process is quite novel as well. While we were waiting for our own car, we borrowed one for an early look back in November:

After going out on a limb and laying out our deposit, we endured a long period of silence. It was only t…

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