I saw a Fisker Karma in the wild for the first time last week, cruising up Ocean dr in South Beach. It's a big and heavy car and if this analysis is correct, probably not as thoroughly engineered as it should be.

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Expert: Fisker Karma's engine packaging, not batteries, likely caused fire
LOS ANGELES — A garage fire last week in suburban Houston has been linked to a Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid, but the company quickly noted that the battery remained intact and unplugged — and did not…

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The first full prototype of the upcoming Porsche 918 Spyder makes an appearance on the road in Germany

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Porsche 918 Spyder scooped –
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During my 4 years at Autoblog I wrote a lot of first drive reports and vehicle reviews. This one was by far my shortest drive experience!

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First Drive: Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, watch out for second!
2008 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet – Click above for high-res gallerySaturday afternoon we went for what may have been the shortest and quickest first drive in

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Seeing the +Ford Racing post about the new 5.0-liter Cobra Jet V8 this morning brought to mind my first official experience with drag racing a few years ago. I was invited to participate in the Ford Racing Invitational at Milan Dragway against a dozen other auto writers.

I quickly learned that drag racing is a lot more complicated than simply slamming the go-pedal against the floor board. Check out my story to learn more about drag racing.

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Ford Racing Invitational '08: The aftermath
Click above for a high-res gallery from the Ford Racing InvitationalI went into the Ford Racing Racing Invitational drag race this weekend with only a

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Over the last several years +Ford Racing has created three separate runs of the Mustang Cobra Jet factory-built drag racers all of which have been powered by the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 that also powers GT500.

For the 2013 models, Ford Racing has adopted the new 5.0-liter Coyote V8 in either normally aspirated or supercharged versions and the base version recently spent some time on the dyno.

I was lucky enough to try out one of the 2008 models at Milan Dragway several years ago http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/15/first-drive-ford-mustang-cobra-jet-watch-out-for-second/

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2013 Cobra Jet naturally aspirated 5.0L Ti-VCT engine on Ford Racing's 17G engine dyno.

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