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The Best Concept Car Never Made. Reader Poll
Reader Poll: What cool concept car should have made production? Let's face it, concept cars are usually a pointless exercise involving manufacturers…
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Breitling for Bentley B05 Unitime Watch. Countdown to 2014
Bentley officially returns to motor racing in 2014 in the Blancpain Endurance Series. When the marque returns to Le Mans, you may…
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Hunt vs. Lauda Book. Paul Fearnley. Imminent Rush
Hunt vs Lauda by Paul Fearnley is just the thing if you want to read up on the 1976 Formula 1 season…
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Nissan Patrol. Guinness World Record. Sharjah, UAE
Nissan Patrol sets new Guinness World Record by towing a 170.9 ton cargo plane over 50 metres at Sharjah Airport, UAE. Some…
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Free ice cream from Skoda. Bring a step ladder
Skoda super-sizes an ice cream truck. Who likes ice cream?! We like ice cream. And Skoda likes ice cream. So much so…
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The Magic of Cars and Coffee. Nino Karotta
Nino Karotta and talented film dude, György Szeljak of OMG Visuals, hang out State-side at Cars and Coffee. Nino Karotta should be…
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Bentley Handbags. Ladies, rejoice
Something nice for the ladies to have, courtesy of Bentley. Bless. There are some that say that the motoring community is far…
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Cadillac Elmiraj Concept. A crankandpiston special edition
Cadillac unveils the new Elmiraj concept. And we’ve made a couple of subtle changes… Sometimes a limited edition model comes along that…
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Hublot MP-06 Senna. ‘The Most Complicated’
Hublot celebrates its fourth tribute to Ayrton Senna with ‘the most complicated Hublot watch to date’, the MP-06 Senna. You don’t often…
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Dress up like a McLaren! Sort of…
New clothing from McLaren lets you dress like a Hunt. As it's been pointing out of late, McLaren is celebrating 50 years since…
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Cars with inaccurate names
A selection of cars that don't really live up to their names. Car naming is a dark art. Many brands prefer to…
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Wilton Classic Supercar. Massive gallery of awesomeness
Supercars. Lots and lots and lots of them. It was the Wilton Classic Supercar show in the UK last weekend, and our…