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Automotive Legend Carroll Shelby Dies

Famed racer and car builder Carroll Shelby died Thursday. He was 89. Shelby is a bona fide legend in the automotive industry, famous for inventing the Shelby Cobra and for his contributions to special edition Ford Mustangs and Chrysler’s Viper, which used to wear the Dodge badge. USA Today published a fine news story detailing

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Color Us Charmed: 2013 SRT Viper Has Bite—And We Like It

When Chrysler Group unveiled the 2013 SRT Viper (Chrysler dropped the Dodge name off the new supercar) at the New York Auto Show this month, reviews from the peanut gallery were mixed. From the “I can’t afford this” crowd to the “Why don’t they just introduce a 40-mile-per-gallon minivan?” crowd, the new car has its

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