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2016 Range Rover Evoque Convertible

2016 Range Rover Evoque Convertible

The sporty, yet off-road capable SUV drops its top for the 2016 model year. With the same 240 hp turbo 4 and 9-speed gearbox from the hardtop, the convertible can open its roof in just 18 seconds at speeds up to 30 mph, and has a system that protects occupants from rollovers.

LEGO Land Rover Concept

LEGO Land Rover Concept

A proposal for a LEGO model of the legendary Land Rover Series III by LEGO Ideas member Dadandlad. It has opening doors and bonnet, a removable hard top and a detailed engine that’s also removable. Even Land Rover itself is impressed.

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Our Awesome Camaro Road Trip

Our Awesome Camaro Road Trip

As part of its 48-state road trip, Chevrolet put us behind the wheel of the new 2016 Camaro SS, packing a 455 hp V8, and a 6-speed manual, and let us loose on Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The scenery was epic, and the car equally impressive – even in the snow and rain.

Lotus Evora 400

Lotus Evora 400

The beast to the Cayman GT4’s beauty. The Evora 400 has a new 3.5L V6 engine that makes up to 400 hp and 302 lb-ft. of torque. At just 3075 lb., it’s 55 hp more powerful and 48 lb. lighter than the Evora S. It goes from 0 to 60 in 4.1s and has a 186 mph top speed.

Building a New Jaguar E-Type

Building a New Jaguar E-Type

More than 50 years after its initial creation, Jaguar started building a handful of new E-Type sports cars with aluminum bodies. Watch the British automaker once again handcraft this beautiful car in this 5-minute video from inside Jaguar’s Coventry factory.

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Concepts

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Concepts

It almost seems like Mazda is doing its fans a disservice by dangling these cool 2016 MX-5 Miata concepts in front of our faces. The Spyder is an homage to classic roadsters, while the Speedster is a pure sports car, weighing just 2080 lb.

Jaguar Land Rover’s Spectre Cars

Jaguar Land Rover’s Spectre Cars

XCAR got to drive the bad guys’ rides from the new James Bond movie Spectre. There’s the hulking custom Land Rover Defender, the fast and powerful Range Rover Sport SVR and the inexplicably unproduced hybrid supercar, the Jaguar C-X75.

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Stadium Trucks Reverse POV

Stadium Trucks Reverse POV

Some truly immersive rear-view camera footage captured from the Replay XD action camera on the bumper of Paul “The Dude” Morris’ stadium super truck as Matt Brabham attempts to pass him. The jumps and the 3-wheel action are especially awesome.

ViperSwiper

ViperSwiper

A stick-on wiper to keep vehicle side windows clean and clear. ViperSwiper is easy to install and looks just like weatherstripping so it’s barely noticeable. Its adhesive is weatherproof and easy to remove. One strip should last between three months to a year.

Leno Checks out Aston Martin DB10

Leno Checks out Aston Martin DB10

Aston Martin’s Marek Reichman dropped by Jay Leno’s Garage to showcase one of his latest designs, the DB10. Made solely for the James Bond movie Spectre, the DB10 has an aluminum chassis, a carbon fiber body and the Vantage’s 420hp 4.7L V8 engine.

Alloygators

Alloygators

Protect the pricey rims on your car from getting curbed with Alloygators. These durable strips fit between your rim and tire to absorb any dings or scratches, and can be cleaned up to look good as new. Available in both bright accent colors and stealthy black or alloy hues.

100 Things for Every Gearhead to Do…

100 Things for Every Gearhead to Do…
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Automotive author Jason Fogelson has spent years traveling America experiencing some of its greatest roads, auto shows, factory tours, off-road trails, tracks, driving lessons and more. He shares the best in 100 Things for Every Gearhead to Do Before They Die.

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Car Seesaw

Car Seesaw

A couple of tiny cars perform a stunt in which they balance on a fulcrum like a giant teeter-totter. We’re just impressed that the driver on the left didn’t back off the end of the ramp.

2016 Triumph Bonnevilles

2016 Triumph Bonnevilles

British motorcycle maker Triumph sets its eyes on the future with five successors to the Bonneville. These new models bring more powerful engines, improved chassis and suspension, new assistive technology and damn good looks. More at Bike EXIF.

Yamaha Motobot

Yamaha Motobot

Yamaha has developed an industrial robot that is capable of riding a motorcycle. While we wait for the robot MotoGP races some day, Motoman is helping to make bikes safer and more comfortable for humans. For now, he has training wheels, but they’ll come off soon.

The Cost of Owning a Veyron

The Cost of Owning a Veyron

Auto enthusiast Salomondrin gives us an idea how much it costs to maintain a Bugatti Veyron. Obviously if you can afford to buy a $3 million car, these things won’t matter to you, but it doesn’t make a $20,000 oil change any less insane.

Mazda RX-VISION Concept

Mazda RX-VISION Concept

Mazda’s latest concept sports coupe appears to be the next in the RX-7, RX-8 lineage, with a fuel-efficient and powerful rotary engine and a rear-wheel drivetrain, wrapped up in a wide, low-slung form that embodies the company’s “soul of motion” design language.

Ogo Self-Balancing Wheelchair

Ogo Self-Balancing Wheelchair

Based on the Segway transporter, Kevin Halsall’s Ogo wheelchair is controlled simply by using the abdominal muscles to shift one’s weight. It also has a joystick mode and can be operated manually. Its battery lasts up to 25mi per charge.

1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Vignale

1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Vignale

A grand tourer variant of the Ferrari 250, the Europa used a different V12 than the one used in most other 250s. Only 22 Europa units were built, and of those only four had a body built by Vignale. If James Bond had a two-car garage, this would have occupied the 2nd space.

Gibbs Terraquad

Gibbs Terraquad

An amphibious all-terrain cart with a 140hp gas engine and Gibbs’ jet drive. It transforms in seconds, goes up to 50mph on land and up to 45mph on water. Gibbs also has aa amphibious motorcycle coming, but not even Space Sheriff Shaider could look cool on it.

Daymak Beast D

Daymak Beast D

The Beast electric bicycle’s off road variant has twice the power and top speed – up to 31mph – of the base model, thanks to a second 500W motor. The solar panel built into the battery pack provides supplemental charging when parked in the sun.

Volvo: Tomorrow’s Intelligent Truck

Volvo: Tomorrow’s Intelligent Truck

Volvo gives us a glimpse of its future haulers, which will act much like our mobile devices. These trucks can automatically download updates in real time, change their internal specs to suit the job or the driver, schedule trips to the mechanic and more.

The Self-Drifting DeLorean

The Self-Drifting DeLorean

A group of Stanford mechanical engineers modded a 1981 DMC-12 to study autonomous driving systems that can adjust to extreme situations, particularly ones that require counter intuitive driving. So far they’ve taught their electric DeLorean to drift donuts on its own.

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