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    Video: Autocar pits Porsche 911 4S against Cayenne Turbo... who wins?
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    Porsche 911 C4S vs the Porsche Cayenne Turbo around Millbrook – Click above to view the video after the jump
    According to the Porsche, the 4,784-pound, 500-horsepower Porsche Cayenne Turbo gets from zero to sixty in 4.4 seconds. The 3,219-pound, 385-hp 911 Carrera 4S with PDK takes 4.3 ...

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    Video: Autocar and Top Gear test out the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid
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    Autocar gets the Porsche GT3 R Hybrid on track – Click above to watch video after the jump
    Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe and Top Gear magazine spent a day lapping the Porsche GT3 R Hybrid down straights and over the kerbs, and they both caught the action in moving images. Sutcliffe gives ...

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    Fiat's Abarth brand to create its own sports car
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    Abarth SS Concept by IED – Click above for high-res image gallery
    While Fiat's in-house tuning brand appears to be intensely occupied tweaking Punto Evos and 500Cs for the European market – and supposedly a 500 Abarth for us as well – Abarth also has an eye on its own sports ...

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    Report: Hotter Jaguar XKR confirmed
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    2010 Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Jaguar has reportedly confirmed that a more powerful, more vicious version of the XKR will go into production later this year. According to Autocar, the car is based off of the XKR Goodwood Special (pictured), and has ...

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    Rumormill: Volkswagen CC set to get wagon variant. Wait, wha?
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    Volkswagen CC – Click above for high-res image gallery
    We're not sure if you've noticed, but we've officially entered the dog days of Summer. And while that means that temperatures have begun crawling their way to the triple digits in certain portions of the country, it also means that ...

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    Video: Autocar calls Polestar Volvo C30 a 'junior Nissan GT-R'
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    Polestar Volvo C30 – Click above to watch the video after the jump
    Earlier this year, Volvo and Polestar debuted the C30 Polestar Performance Prototype hot hatch, showing what would happen if a Swedish touring car were tuned down for road car use. It's a menacing little devil, what with its ...

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    It's Not Even Out Yet: Toyota reportedly upping price on FT-86
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    Toyota FT-86 Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Toyota touts its hotly anticipated FT-86 coupe as a quick, light and attractive sports car for the masses. One of its strongest selling points is a price tag that reportedly hovering somewhere around $20,000 in base form, making ...

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    Report: Porsche really, really wants to build 918 Spyder. Really.
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    Porsche 918 Spyder Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    We still haven't stopped drooling over the Porsche 918 Spyder concept, a car that debuted at this year's Geneva Motor Show. It's a sexy infusion of both Boxster and Carrera GT influences, with a dash of hybrid power thrown ...

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    Rumormill: AMG working on entry-level coupe
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    Mercedes-Benz F800 Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Mercedes-Benz is diligently trying to attract new, younger customers to its AMG performance line, and one giant step forward might be the introduction of a new small coupe, set to rival small performers such as the ...

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    Report: Rolls-Royce Ghost to spawn coupe, convertible, long-wheelbase versions
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    2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Rolls-Royce introduced the Ghost sedan to the world a scant six months ago, but there's already talk about expanding the model range beyond the traditional four-door variant. Autocar reports that sources have revealed plans to ...

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    VIDEO: Autocar pits Nissan GT-R vs. Porsche 911 Turbo and Audi R8 V10 on Castle Combe
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    Click above to watch the video after the jump
    These are our favorite kinds of car videos. Take a few super hot, fire-breathing, track-ready road cars and pit them against one another on a race track and see who wins. Autocar magazine's Steve Sutcliffe assembled the Nissan GT-R, the Porsche 911 ...

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    Merbanco out, Spyker in as Saab bidding heats up. Was Fritz axed because he wanted Saab closed?
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    2010 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
    As General Motors suddenly finds itself in search for a new CEO to replace Fritz Henderson, it is also looking to secure a buyer for perennially troubled Saab. GM originally thought it had a new parent for the brand in Koenigsegg, but ...

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    Lotus Evora called UK's best drivers car by Autocar
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    2010 Lotus Evora - Click above for a high-res image gallery
    The gang at Autocar have singled out the new Lotus Evora as the best drivers car in the U.K. for 2009. The award came following an evaluation that included the 2010 Nissan GT-R and nine other new models launched in the past year. The ...

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    VIDEO: Embarrassment of Riches - Ferrari F40 meets 430 Scuderia
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    Click above to watch the video after the jump
    When you think of a successor to Ferrari's watershed F40 supercar, the 430 Scuderia, incredible as it is, probably doesn't come immediately to mind. Instead, you're more likely to have visions of the F50 and Enzo dancing in your head. While that's a ...

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    VIDEO: Audi Q7 V12 TDI versus BMW M5
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    Click above to watch the Audi Q7 V12 TDI take on the BMW M5
    Autocar decided to find out which was faster among two unlikely bedfellows sharing one common trait: 500 horsepower. In one lane you've got the BMW M5, with ten petrol-powered cylinders. In the adjacent lane there's the Q7 V12 TDI, with ...

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    VIDEO: AutoCar Ad of the Year - Volkswagen's Singing Dog
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    AutoCar readers have voted on the year's best car commercial, and unsurprisingly, it's not from America. Neither is AutoCar, sure, but that still doesn't quite explain why we get GM's Our Country ads and the rest of you get ninja kittens and singing dogs. We're not ...

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    Takuma Sato gatecrashes Autocar's party
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    Steve Sutcliffe was wrapping up Autocar's annual 0-100-0 test when a well spoken Japanese gentleman wandered over and started checking out the cars. Now what would you do if you had a car park full of supercars, a private track rented for the day and a Formula 1 driver hove in to view? Give him ...

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    Autocar pits GT2 against Z06 in a drag competition
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    What do you do with a Porsche GT2, a Corvette Z06, and an abandoned aircraft runway? That's obvious: you line both cars up, nail the throttle and crown the victor. Thankfully, that's exactly what the chaps at Autocar did when they pitted the new GT2 against the Z06 on a long piece of ...

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    VIDEO: Nissan GT-R vs BMW M3 vs Porsche 911 GT3
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    Britain's Autocar hit the track with the BMW M3, Nissan GT-R, and Porsche 911 GT3 to see which of the musclebound sports cars could best its immediate competition, and they captured the three-way face-off on video. There's been plenty of GT-R vs. Porsche chatter since the Nissan's launch, but how ...

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    PistonHeads.com bought by publisher of Autocar
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    The 8-year old online publication that is PistonHeads was recently bought by "traditional media" publisher Haymarket. Haymarket owns WhatCar? and Autocar in the UK, much like Hachette-Filipacchi operates Car and Driver and Road & Track in the States. And just like that duo, the British pair ...

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