Top Gear's The Stig is coming to Forza 5

Some say that the red ring of death is what he calls his belly button, and that in a past life, he was the dog from Duck Hunt. All we know is, he's not The Stig, but he is the Stig's digital cousin, and for the first time ever, you'll be able to race him. That's right, as part of Forza Motorsport's tie-up with Top Gear, which began in Forza Motorsport 4 with Jeremy Clarkson's voiceovers, gamers will actually be able to race Digital Stig in the...

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List host Jessi Combs hits 440 mph, becomes World's Fastest Woman On Four Wheels [w/videos]

A couple of weeks ago, Autoblog's video series, The List: 1,001 Car Things to do Before You Die, tackled something that's been top-of-mind since the day we came up with the concept for the series: Drive The Bonneville Salt Flats. If you saw that episode, you know that not only did hosts Jessi Combs and Patrick McIntyre check it off their List, Combs was there to work on getting qualified to make a run for the title of World's Fastest Woman. Autoblog...

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Race Recap: 2013 Japanese Grand Prix flips several scripts [spoilers]

Japan's Suzuka circuit is a great track that all the drivers love, but it doesn't usually provide the most thrilling, head-to-head racing. Where it does excel, however, is with surprises and "What just happened there?!" moments, and this year it was no different. It started with Mark Webber in his Infiniti Red Bull Racing out-qualifying his teammate Sebastian Vettel for the first time this year. They were followed closely by Lewis Hamilton in...

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Hyundai, Broadcom to equip vehicles with built -in ethernet

Hyundai is the 2nd manufacturer after BMW possessing put its Flexray ethernet program into the X5 to pledge to put in Ethernet know-how in its cars and trucks. This just isn't a ploy to give you but one more location to perform on individuals regional sales spreadsheets, it can be about cutting down motor vehicle complexity though producing the vehicles and their programs far more productive. The Korean company will be undertaking so in conjunction...

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GM announces new entertainment offer for 2013 Cadillac SRX

Infotainment devices have occur a lengthy way in improving connectivity and entertainment for front -seat passengers, but Cadillac is about to display what they can do for individuals sitting down in the back again seat. The 2013 Cadillac SRX is presently getting upgraded to contain the automaker's new CUE technique, but now Basic Motors has verified that this well-known crossover will also get an optional CUE- primarily based rear-seat entertainment...

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Toyota Sensible INSECT town car idea helps make the connection

Just like automakers have started off invading the Customer Electronics Demonstrate in Las Vegas, the exact same pattern may well be starting at the CEATEC show in Japan. Past month, we showed you a rendering of the Toyota Smart INSECT, but now we're obtaining our initially dwell seem at the solitary -seat electrical motor vehicle. Though its design is really bug-like, the Intelligent INSECT's brand is in fact an acronym that stands for " Info...

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Espera Sbarro 8 Strategy is the finest college student project car or truck in history

Here is a showstopper. Tucked away in a corner of the Fourth Pavilion below at the 2012 Paris Motor Demonstrate was this carbon fiber incredibly hot rod from the Espera Sbarro Montbliard School of Design. Identified basically as the 8, cribbed from the Maserati-sourced V8 engine, this device was reportedly designed and developed in just eight weeks. We also hear that it truly is driven by the impure thoughts of heathens, or probably just gas. ...

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