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Check out USA’s safest and most dangerous cities to drive a car in

Driving a car, in some conditions, might be the most dangerous thing you can think of, especially if you live in large, congested cities.
That’s why insurance company Allstate decided to survey the safest and the most dangerous US cities in terms of driving a car.
The winner was Fort Collins, Colorado, where drivers get into an [...]

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Video: Bad Habits Monster Truck jump goes wrong

If there’s one motorsport that uses competition between vehicles to the fullest, it’s Monster Truck racing.
After the famous Big Foot truck managed to jump a distance of 202 feet, Joe Sylverster, driver of the Bad Habits monster truck decided to one-up his adversary.
As such, he has been practicing the routine at his own home in [...]

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Video: Top Gear USA teases its future Lamborghini special

Top Gear USA, for those unfamiliar, will be an American version of the famous British car show.
In it, the three presenters, Adam Ferrara, Rutledge Wood and Tanner Foust, will be doing all sorts of crazy things, while testing out some of the hottest cars on the market.
We’ve already seen the first trailer of Top Gear [...]

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Ferrari 458 Italia recalled over fire risk

It seems Ferrari has finally took blame for the recent fires suffered by 458 Italia supercars, and has issued a recall for the exotic supercar.
It seems that there is a problem with the adhesive used to stick a heat shield onto the rear fender. Under extreme temperatures, the adhesive can ignite, causing a fire in [...]

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Video: Lucky driver escapes running a red light unharmed

Running a red light is extremely dangerous as not only do you expose yourself to danger, but also those who drive respecting the rules of the road.
Luckily for the driver in the video below, his timing was unbelievable. He managed to run a red light through a busy intersection, yet no cars managed to hit [...]

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Ford Explorer-based Police Interceptor Utility showcased

After unveiling the Taurus-based Police Interceptor at the beginning of the year, the Blue Oval is back with another police offering, this time based on its latest SUV, the 2011 Explorer.
The Ford Police Interceptor Utility will pack in all of the latest technologies and equipment from the civilian Explorer but add in a lot of [...]

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Maybach luxury brand to survive, might launch new models

Good news if you’ve got more money than you know what to do with it, as new reports indicate that the Maybach luxury brand might stay alive, even though Mercedes-Benz was rumored to pull the plug on the high end division.
According to a new report, the next generation Mercedes-Benz S Class will supply a new [...]

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Concept: De Tomaso Ghepardo

Designer Frederick Tjell tried out his hand on designing a new De Tomaso car, inspired by the Panthera. This concept is said to want to measure muscles with the Aston Martin Rapide, the Porsche Panamera and the Fisker Karma. Design-wise, the press release says the following:
“the Ghepardo concept takes inspiration from a tailor-made Italian [...]

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Video: Check out 13 trucks crashing into the same low trestle

A low trestle (the support for a bridge) in Durham, North Carolina, in the USA, has claimed, in a period of 13 months months, more than 13 trucks that crashed into it.
It seems that its height, 11 feet and 8 inches, has tricked a lot of truck drivers who thought that they could clear the [...]

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Video: Thunderstorm causes massive 69-car pileup on Arizona Interstate

Driving through bad weather, from fog to thunderstorms, should always be avoided whenever possible, or approached very carefully, when it can’t be helped.
Phoenix residents learned that the hard when, when a thunderstorm erupted on Interstate 10 in Arizona. The storm caused almost zero visibility, which resulted in a massive 69-car pileup and the closure of [...]

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