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By now you’ve probably read our first drive report on the 2015 Ford Mustang and come up with your own impressions of the car. But would your impressions be any different had the new Mustang turned out like the one pictured here? It’s just one of the hundreds of design proposals for the...

Volkswagen is working on a new generation of its Phaeton flagship sedan, and it’s to be sold in the U.S. market once again. However, the German auto giant isn’t rushing things so it’ll still be several years until we see the car. The last we heard, the new Phaeton will arrive in...

Back in January, it was revealed that the head of Audi’s quattro performance division, Franciscus van Meel, was being reassigned to an R&D role in China. No reason was stated but it was rumored at the time that more senior Audi managers were displeased with van Meel’s progress on...

The German retail arm of Mercedes-Benz has released images and figures on the upcoming 2015 C63 AMG sedan, and so far, things are looking rather great--including the wagon. Of course, given the looks and performance of the standard 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, that’s no...

Filmed from the premises of what appears to be a diner, through the window shade, this video captures a certain sort of vigilante justice we’ve all been known to want: the righteous out-jerking of a jerk parked like a jerk. The scene: the owner of a C6 Corvette Grand Sport has parked his car...

One of the highlights of the annual Detroit Auto Show is the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards, where the best car and the best truck or SUV available for the latest model year are recognized. The awards have been around since 1994 and rely on the impressions of more than 50...

Saleen’s first take on the 2015 Ford Mustang will wear the tuner’s S302 badge. Today we got a few more glimpses of the upcoming muscle car. Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation GLK-Class has been spotted. It’s due on the market next fall, as a 2016 model, and might be rebranded a...

With its new CEO Johan De Nysschen at the helm, Cadillac is making some major changes: it will no longer call Detroit home, instead moving to New York and becoming its own business unit. The new offices in New York will be Cadillac’s global headquarters, to open in 2015. ALSO SEE: Brand New...

While we’ve frequently reported on autonomous cars and the impact of the technology on the car industry, one of the areas we’re likely to see the technology take hold first is in interstate trucking. Mercedes-Benz is well aware of this and at this week’s 2014 Hannover Commercial...

The quagmire that is Infiniti’s decision to change its entire model lineup to a range of Q- and QX- based alphanumeric sequences may gain its ultimate justification at the 2014 Paris Auto Show, where the Q80 Inspiration Concept will make its debut. A sleek, four-door, four-seater coupe...

At last year’s SEMA show, we saw Hyundai and Californian tuner Bisimoto unveil a Genesis Coupe with, wait for it, 1,000 horsepower! Well, the two have partnered up again and this time the basis for their modding is a humble 2015 Hyundai Sonata. Bisimoto specializes in extracting huge output...

Only yesterday we brought you details of a McLaren 650S Spider that crashed in Austria. Now we have details of a crash involving the car’s Italian rival in neighboring Germany. This sorry looking Ferrari 458 Italia is only a month old but it’s already likely destined for the scrapheap...

If you’ve ever hungered for a Ferrari F40, you’re not alone. If you’ve ever wanted an even more uncorked racing version of the F40, but still legal to drive on the street, you’re exactly the right kind of crazy. And now it’s possible. Wearing LM-spec front and rear...

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to ride in a Countach at full tilt, wonder no more—this video gives you a great taste of what it’s like. It may be as close as you’ll ever get to the real thing. MUST SEE: Drag Racer Comes Out His Own Windshield As He Crashes, But...

Drag racing is great for many reasons. One of those many reasons is that it produces some truly spectacular crashes. This is one of those crashes. MUST SEE: Moron Drives Off Flatbed Tow Truck To Avoid Parking Ticket: Video At the Colorado Street Outlaws race at Pikes Peak International Raceway, a...

The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 Speciale is tipped to feature the VS name, and we have some leaked images of the new open-top supercar. The debut is scheduled for next week’s 2014 Paris Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz’s next plug-in car will be from the C-Class family. The car will...

This sorry looking McLaren 650S Spider is one of the first examples of the newest McLaren supercar to end up in a crash. The driver of the 650S Spider was traveling on a highway in Austria just south of the capital Vienna and lost control in what appears to be wet conditions. The car then crashed...

Many automakers in the luxury segment use lightweight but pricey aluminum in the construction of their vehicles to help shed weight and thus boost fuel economy, including Lexus which has several models with aluminum hoods. Going forward, Lexus plans to increase its usage of the lightweight stuff...

Mitsubishi has revealed a new plug-in hybrid concept that it will be showing at next week’s 2014 Paris Auto Show. The concept is called the Outlander PHEV Concept-S and it’s described as a special design package for the regular Outlander PHEV first shown at the 2012 Paris Auto Show and...

Lotus looks set to fade further into obscurity in the U.S. market with news emerging that sales of the Evora 2+2 sports car in local showrooms could soon cease for the same reason Lotus’ Elise and Exige lines are no longer sold here. Like the Elise and Exige, the Evora doesn’t meeting...