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  • Nissan GT-R spins at 220 mph, escapes unharmed

    This is a story of disaster narrowly averted. Arriving rapidly at 220 mph during a brutal half-mile run, this Nissan GT-R driver soon finds himself pirouetting through the desert. ALSO SEE: Bargain Ferrari Enzo For Sale: May Need Some Minor Buffing A parachute attached to the car doesn’t bother opening; the car continues to spin. Eventually it comes to a rest, having kept the shiny side up(we promise, it’s shiny under that inch of dust) by some not-so-minor miracle throughout the process. Many others who have crashed at such high speeds haven't been so lucky. The driver then...

  • M2K Motorsports twin-turbo Ford GT on the dyno
    Twin-Turbo Ford GT Spins Up 1,894 HP On The Dyno

    Ford’s GT supercar was a short-lived but much-loved reinterpretation of the Le Mans-proven GT40, and while it’s no longer in production, it continues to have a strong following in the modification and tuning world. Here, we see an M2K Motorsports-built example turn out a monstrous 1,894...

  • 2015 Lamborghini Huracan
    2015 Lamborghini Huracán: Best Car To Buy Nominee

    When you say “Lamborghini,” many people, even non-car-enthusiasts, have a certain image—both of the car and the owner. For some it’s the iconic Countach, with its owner decked out in a slick ‘80s Italian suit, driving gloves, and painfully narrow shoes. For others...

  • 2015 Jaguar F-Type R Coupe
    2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupe: Best Car To Buy Nominee

    Beautiful to look at, glorious to hear, and incredibly fun to drive, the 2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupe is a car any enthusiast would love to wake up to every day. But are its charms enough to overcome the highly competitive field that make up Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015 nominees list?...

  • 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost
    2015 Ford Mustang: Best Car To Buy Nominee

    The Ford Mustang has a half-century of history building its reputation for muscle car dominance, and while a few models have missed the mark along the way (we’re looking at you, Mustang II), the current Mustang is easily the best ever. Redesigned to look the part in its evolution toward a...

  • RJ Anderson XP1K2
    RJ Anderson Officially Loses His Mind In XP1K2: Video

    Last year, off road youngster RJ Anderson dropped a video bomb on top of the Internet. The 10-minute amaze-fest is called XP1K, and it features Anderson going cuckoo-bananas in a modified Polaris RZR. He has out-Blocked Ken Block on the vehicular video crazy meter. Now he's done it again, outdoing...

  • Mercedes-Benz Metris Party/DJ Van by RENNtech, 2014 SEMA show

    Mercedes-Benz’s Sprinter van is about to get a smaller sibling in the form of the new Metris, previewed in concept form at the 2014 SEMA show this week and due to go on sale in the fall of 2015. If you’re thinking the Metris looks a bit familiar that’s because it’s essentially the commercial version of the new V-Class unveiled earlier this year. In other markets, the Metris will be known as the Vito. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang Already Suffers Its First Crash The four concepts on show at SEMA this week hint at some possible applications for the midsize Metris. The...

  • One of the first 2015 Ford Mustangs to suffer a crash (Image via Mustang6G)
    2015 Ford Mustang Already Suffers Its First Crash

    Well that didn't take long. Deliveries of the 2015 Ford Mustang have only just commenced but already photos of a crashed example have turned up on the web. The car is a base V-6 model equipped with an automatic transmission, and it had been driven just 469 miles before its mishap. The crash...

  • 2015 Toyota Sleeper Camry, SEMA 2014
    Toyota Drops Sleepiest Sleeper Ever At SEMA--An 850-HP Camry

    A 2015 Toyota Camry is turned into a flip-top dragster.

  • Teaser for new Audi design concept debuting at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Audi Previews New Design Concept Ahead Of L.A. Auto Show: Video

    Audi is set to reveal a concept at the upcoming 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show that lays out the design strategy of its new design chief Marc Lichte, who only took over the design reins at the German automaker late last year. The concept is thought to be in the form of a grand four-door coupe, meaning...

  • Left Hand Utes HSV Maloo, 2014 SEMA show (Image via Carsguide)
    Yes, You Can Get Left-Hand-Drive Holden Utes In The U.S.

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] came close to importing the Holden Commodore Ute (short for utility) as a Pontiac G8 Sport Truck late last decade but was hampered by CAFE regulations and its own bankruptcy. That doesn’t mean all is lost as a number of smaller firms are independently...

  • 2015 Porsche Cayenne GTS
    2015 Porsche Cayenne Base And GTS Models Headed For L.A. Auto Show

    When Porsche introduced its updated 2015 Cayenne range at the recent Paris Auto Show, the base model and sporty GTS were noticeably absent. It turns out Porsche were saving these for this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, and we now have the first photos and details ahead of the show’s...

  • World of Speed screenshot

    There are plenty of automotive video games out there at the moment, and they reach out to a number of audiences. There's the hard core sim lovers, the console wars fueled by fans of Gran Turismo and Forza, and there are also plenty of arcade choices as well. A new entry into the field is always welcomed, and the latest virtual driving experience looking to make an impact is called World of Speed. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang Already Suffers Its First Crash The game is currently in beta, and you can sign up to try and gain access if you're interested. It seems that the goal of the game is to...

  • 2016 Mazda Global MX-5 Cup race car
    Mazda Announces New Global MX-5 Cup Race Series At SEMA

    The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show is getting underway in Las Vegas today, and among the more interesting announcements to come from the event is Mazda’s new Global MX-5 Cup race series. To be populated by a fleet of identically-prepared race cars, the spec series promises...

  • 2015 Lexus RC 350 by Gordon Ting and Beyond Marketing, 2014 SEMA show
    2015 RC Coupe Headlines Lexus' 2014 SEMA Show Lineup

    The 2015 RC coupe is the star of Lexus’ stand at the 2014 SEMA show, which is currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two of the standouts are a custom RC 350 and RC F developed using off-the-shelf parts by Gordon Ting at Beyond Marketing. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Debuts At SEMA...

  • Ken Block's Hoonicorn RTR for Gymkhana 7
    The Hoonicorn RTR Is An 845-HP AWD Retro Mustang Beast For Ken Block’s Gymkhana 7

    SEMA is kind of ridiculous, most of the time, with everyone from tuners to manufacturers unveiling their most extreme—and often most tasteless—takes on everything from the family minivan to the heaviest super-duty trucks. But one item on display at SEMA this year is utterly badass. ALSO...

  • 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 'Blue Devil' restoration
    First Restored 'Sinkhole' Corvette Rolled Out At SEMA

    The 2009 Corvette ZR1 "Blue Devil" was the first of three recovered cars to be restored.

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
    2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee

    707 horsepower. Seven. Hundred. Seven. Horsepower. It’s an entire 19th century town’s worth of productive capacity. And it all lives under the hood of the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. That power comes from the centerpiece of the Hellcat’s appeal: the 6.2-liter supercharged...

  • 2015 BMW M3

    Very few cars have the following or the legacy—both on the street and the track—of BMW’s M3. The latest generation of the M3 mixes up the formula quite a bit, in ways going back toward tradition, in other ways moving into the future. In nearly every way, the 2015 BMW M3 (and its coupe variant, now called the M4) is very, very good. So good, in fact, that it was an early front-runner for Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy 2015 award as soon as we had the opportunity for our first drive of the dynamic duo. With a 425-horsepower twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter in-line...

  • 2016 Audi R8 LMS ultra race car spy shots
    New Ford Performance Car, 2015 Chevy COPO Camaro, 2016 Audi R8 LMS: Car News Headlines

    Ford plans to unveil a new performance car on November 17, and today the automaker released a teaser video that suggests the car could be the long-awaited Mustang GT350 built by the SVT performance division. The 2014 SEMA show is currently underway in Las Vegas, and one of the highlights is the...

  • 2014 F1 United States Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas
    2014 F1 United States Grand Prix: A Talk With Mercedes AMG Petronas Chief Toto Wolff

    The race is over, the trophies handed out, the trucks packed, the crowds gone home. The full grid couldn’t even make the trip to America this year. But despite controversy and hyperbole, F1 in the U.S. is still going strong—and growing stronger. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford Mustang RTR...

  • 2015 Ford Mustang RTR
    2015 Ford Mustang RTR Revealed, Offers Up To 725 Horsepower

    Drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. has completed development of his RTR package for the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang, which he revealed today at the 2014 SEMA show taking place this week in Las Vegas. The 2015 Ford Mustang RTR is available with any of the 2015 Mustang’s engines, with a Spec 1 package...

  • 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray personalized by KISS member Paul Stanley, 2014 SEMA show
    Something Old, Something New For The Chevy Corvette At SEMA

    The Chevrolet Corvette is one of the more popular blank canvases for tuning firms presenting their wares at SEMA, but two of the standouts this year come from Chevy itself. One is a 1971 Corvette Stingray that’s been personalized by NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, and the other is a 2015...

  • 2015 Roush RS Mustang
    2015 Ford Mustang Gets 600+ HP With Ford Racing And Roush Supercharger Kit: Video

    The 435-horsepower of the 2015 Ford Mustang GT a bit too tame for you? Well, the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] performance partners Ford Racing and Roush have come up with a new supercharger kit that will help the car’s 5.0-liter V-8 deliver more than 600 hp. CHECK OUT: 2015 Ford...

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