BMW finally answers Tesla with a “green” supercar

By Rick Newman

Up till now, Tesla (TSLA) has had the market for high-end greenmobiles pretty much to itself. But that first-mover advantage is ending. BMW has just rolled out the head-snapping i8, a plug-in supercar that will test just how much big spenders are willing to pay for a racer with a green badge. This real-life Batmobile starts at about $140,000, but availability is limited for now, and some sellers are asking well over $200,000 for the car. BMW says production should ramp up by next year.

The i8 isn’t a full electric like the Tesla Model S, but a hybrid that has both an electric motor and a nifty little three-cylinder, twin-turbo gasoline engine. What you notice driving the i8 is that you simply go fast, whichever drive mode you’re in. MORE:

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2015 Volkswagen GTI: Yahoo Autos Car of the Year

Overwhelming. That was our first reaction as we began the task of choosing the best new car for our annual Yahoo Autos Car of the Year. The previous winners — the Tesla Model S in 2013, and the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray in 2014 — had been drawn from a tight pack of favorites. The 2015 model year offered dozens of new models, yet not one had emerged as the front-runner by the time we assembled in California last month. That would hold true as we winnowed our choices down to 17 vehicles and ran them through our most extensive battery of tests to date — with hundreds of miles of driving loops and countless sessions around our autocross course. We set loose at speed, opened and closed everything with a hinge and debated questions from the nature of transportation in the 21st century to seat-fabric stitching to whether 707 hp was too much or just enough. MORE:

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Forgotten Corvette collection emerges from the dust after 25 years

By Alex Lloyd:

Peter Max was not a car guy. So when he purchased a collection of 36 Chevrolet Corvettes, one from every year of manufacture up until 1989, he had a very specific plan: He would use this slice of American history as a tool to self-promote his work as an artist, painting the machines in lurid colors while staging them in various oddball scenarios only the most expressive of minds could envision. Only that never happened. Instead, Max left his collection in a New York City storage lot, which is where they've lived for a quarter of a century, sat gathering inches of dust, moved only when switching from one storage location to another. However, that is all about to change, as the cars are now under new ownership – one that will lovingly restore the 'Vettes and get them back on the road. MORE:

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Ferrari building six copies of invite-only supercar

Ferrari just got even more exclusive. The Italian luxury automaker is gearing up to start production on its invite-only supercar known as the Ferrari Sergio, and only six people will be able to get their hands on one. The concept car, unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, was designed in collaboration with Italian firm Pininfarina, and each model is expected to sell for millions, though Ferrari would not disclose an exact price. But if you wanted to be one of the lucky six, you're too late as Ferrari has already pre-sold all the Sergio cars. Long-standing Ferrari clients are the only ones who got the invites. MORE:

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VOLKSWAGEN’S NEW 300 MPG CAR NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA BECAUSE IT IS TOO EFFICIENT

STEVEN BANCARZ:

You won’t find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom, in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient for the American public to be made widely aware of, and oil profits are too high in America with the status quo in place. No tour has been allowed for this car because the myth that 50 mpg is virtually impossible to obtain from even a stripped down econobox is too profitable to let go of, and when it comes to corporate oil profits, ignorance is bliss. Years ago I had calculated that it should be possible to get a small car to exceed 100 mpg by putting parallel direct to cylinder water injectors side by side with the fuel injectors, and using the exhaust manifold to preheat the water so it would enter the cylinders as dry steam, thus providing added expansion (which drives the engine) while allowing the combustion process to proceed without reducing it’s efficiency. But I was obviously wrong with my calculations, because they were in fact over 2x conservative. The 100 mpg carburetor was indeed a reality, and the Volkswagen XL1 proves it with only straightforward nothing special technology we have had since the 1970?s.Though the XL1 can be plugged in to deliver a 40 mile all electric drive, it does not need to be plugged in EVER to achieve 300 mpg. MORE:
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GM warns Corvette drivers new valet mode may be illegal.

Earlier this summer, General Motors (GM) came out with a new “valet mode” for its latest Corvette sports cars. Call it a nanny cam for your car or the Ferris Bueller provision (remember this scene?) GM called it “a baby monitor for your baby.” Essentially, the technology allows you to record video, audio and driving data from the car when you’re not using it. Sounds great, right? With base prices starting at about $55,000, it’s no wonder GM is trying to help you protect your investment (after all, who wouldn't want to take this so-called supercar for a joyride?) But there’s one thing the company may not have considered… the law. Recording laws (which would apply to any conversation recorded by the valet monitor) MORE:

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Restoration of a rare Ruxton

By Justin Hyde:

Say you buy an old car. Not just any old car; one that's over 80 years old, with boxes of spare and broken parts and a good decade of neglect, that's so rare even most car enthusiasts have never heard of it. And let's say you have a little less than a year to take that car from its decrepit state and transform it into not just a running machine, but an almost better-than-new version of its former self — with no manuals or reference materials to fall back on.

Could you do it? Would you even try?

The car you see is a 1932 Ruxton sedan, a piece of forgotten automotive history that was the forebear of most cars on American highways today. Of the 90-odd Ruxtons built, only 19 are known to still exist. The one above was the last one ever sold, and without the interventions of two car aficionados, there might only be 18. MORE:

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