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    Video: McLaren MP4-12C totalled during Goldrush Rally
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    Every year in the Goldrush Rally, a convoy of high-end luxury cars snake across the States, their occupants enjoying all the opulence their $14,000 entry fees can afford. As our own Michael Harley can attest, it's a low-speed affair, not an all-out speed-fest. As the rally passed through Texas ...

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    Official: 220-mph Vencer Sarthe supercar to be revealed at Salon Prive
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    The last time we heard about Dutch supercar upstart Vencer was a little more than a year ago when it announced it would call its one offering Sarthe. Vencer says the Sarthe will be officially unveiled to the UK in early September at London's Salon Privé. The Sarthe sure seems to bring the ...

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    ETC: Stay in this converted 1918 gas station when you're in New Orleans
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    New Orleans has great charm, awesome parties and some of the best food in the nation. We highly recommend a visit. And if you want to add some automotive flavor to your trip, this converted 1918 Sinclair gas station would certainly do the trick. The 2000-square-foot loft-style house is packed ...

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    Official: Transit Courier completes Ford's new commercial van line, will we get it?
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    This week Ford rolled out the 2014 Transit Courier, the fourth addition to its Transit range. Ford says its the first time for the nameplate in the compact van segment. "Ford has now completely transformed its commercial vehicle line-up, with four all-new, class-leading Transits for European ...

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    Report: Italian border agents find $6M in gold bars hidden in car [w/video]
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    Border police in Italy struck gold when they dug a little further into a car trying to pass into Switzerland. The car's occupants, a family of five, claimed to be on an Easter vacation. But police said their nervous behavior prompted them to go on an Easter egg hunt. The officers ...

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    Official: NHTSA SaferCar app allows consumers to track safety ratings, recalls
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    While many car shoppers say safety is a big factor in their choice of new car, there hasn't been an easy to way to access data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The government agency's website is clunky at best, and close to unusable on mobile devices. That's why NHTSA ...

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    Official: Honda confirms 2014 Odyssey and Acura MDX for New York
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    Look beneath the seats of a Honda Odyssey and you'll likely find a handful of that iconic loop cereal loved by toddlers nationwide. And to show that Honda understands its minivan's target market, it is using the breakfast staple to announce its plans to reveal the updated 2014 model at next ...

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    Report: How nasty, foot-long "wandering meatloaf" snails could improve car batteries
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    "Slow" and "ugly" are words used to describe some hybrid cars and, coincidentally, the gumboot chiton. Soon the two may have even more in common thanks to a discovery by researchers at the University of California, Riverside. Gumboots, also known as the "wandering meatloaf," are foot-long ...

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    Spy Shots: SpyCamp is summer fun for the most hardcore car enthusiasts
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    If long hours of solitude spent in the searing hot Arizona desert, punctuated by mere seconds of fleetingly frantic excitement sound appealing to you, then you're the perfect candidate for Brenda Priddy's SpyCamp. Brenda will host the first class of her SpyCamp this July in an undisclosed ...

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    Motorsports: How federal budget cuts could curb motorsports pageantry
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    At your next NASCAR event, you might hear, "Look! Up in the sky! It's, well, nothing." That's because government sequestration budget cuts will probably nix Air Force flyovers that have been a long-time tradition at many NASCAR races. If fully implemented, the sequestration cuts would force the ...

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