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Alex Nunez

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Alex Nunez has loved cars since childhood despite spending his formative years in Manhattan, where automobile ownership is largely impractical and just a little insane. Fortunately, he moved to the suburbs just as he reached driving age, and has owned cars (some quite boring) ever since. His love for automobiles, fondness for writing, and a chance meeting with John Neff brought him to Autoblog in 2006.

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    Official: Aston Martin vanquishes Virage, unveils 2013 DB9
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    As had been speculated, the brief run of the Aston Martin Virage is over with the arrival of the 2013 Aston Martin DB9, shown above. You'll recall that the Virage was introduced as a bridge between the previous DB9 and the now-defunct DBS. Coupled with the arrival of the new range-topping ...

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    Video: DeLorean hovercraft shows up in McCovey Cove
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    What's better than any Back to the Future tribute DeLorean? This. Because hovercraft. And thanks to the guys at Deadspin, we can present video of it frolicking in McCovey Cove outside last night's Giants/Rockies game. As Deadspin reports, the DeLorean hovercraft's build was Kickstarter-funded ...

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    Video: Here's the Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare stunt from X Games
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    Yesterday, Team Hot Wheels drivers Tanner Foust and Greg Tracy suited up and executed the Double Loop Dare stunt at the X Games. The pair went through the 66-foot-tall loops, which replicate a similar Hot Wheels toy track set, hitting 52 miles per hour and pulling 7Gs in the process. Nifty. The ...

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    Happy Father's Day!
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    From all of us here at Autoblog, Happy Father's Day to our dads, as well as all you dads out there among our readers. Enjoy the day with your families, and remember to check back in each day this coming week, because we have a series of Post-Father's Day giveaways scheduled that you'll definitely ...

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    Breaking: Aston Martin's DBS successor resurrects Vanquish moniker, with likely Pebble Beach debut
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    A week ago, Aston Martin showed off the new AM310 concept at Villa d'Este. Now we know what the DBS replacement will be called when the production version arrives, thanks to the snoops at CAR magazine: Vanquish. The resurrected moniker, last used on the V12 GT flagship that Aston retired in ...

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    Official: 2013 BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon unveiled, bound for U.S.
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    The wagon is not dead! BMW has unveiled the latest 3 Series Sports Wagon and announced that it will again be available to U.S. customers. The new long-roof 3 goes on sale in Europe later this year as the 328i, 330d, and 320d Touring. U.S. customers need to wait until Spring 2013 for the 3 Series ...

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    Official: New Mini John Cooper Works GP unveiled
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    Spy shots pretty much said it's coming, and here it is: the new Mini John Cooper Works GP. It's making an appearance at the Mini United Festival in France this weekend, and while Mini has yet to detail specific power numbers or show off the car's interior, it has produced a Nurburgring time: 8 ...

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    Motorsports: This is why LeMons is the best race series
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    This weekend, Audi marked the competition debut of its latest R18 race cars at the second round of the World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps. Yet the most spectacular race car running on any track this weekend was thousands of miles away at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the 24 ...

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    Some Pirelli World Challenge fans are pretty hardcore
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    This is the #33 Volkswagen GLI driven by Tristan Herbert in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car class. This weekend, the series is in Utah, racing at Miller Motorsports Park, and Herbert just took the win in his race this afternoon. While noteworthy, Herbert's victory itself is not the news ...

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    Video: Sand Flea robot goes where your R/C car can't
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    Your nitro-fueled R/C racer may look all badass and be really fast, but it's got its limitations. Namely, walls. The Sand Flea robot shown above, developed by Boston Dynamics, won't win any races or beauty contests, but it laughs at walls. More precisely, it just leaps over them. The little bot, ...

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