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Bernie Ecclestone continues his march toward becoming a James Bond parody villain with his latest move: adding titanium skid blocks to the race cars to make sparks like the cars of the 1980s did. The cars currently use a resin-infused wood-based reference plank, or skid plate. ALSO SEE: Jaguar...

Audi has released pricing information for more of its 2015 A3 range. This striking convertible version will cost you just $35,600 excluding shipping. Mercedes-Benz has started production of its all-new C-Class at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This is the first time that a C-Class has been built...

Take one 1969 Cadillac DeVille, two crazy Canadians living in Los Angeles, a hot tub, and the need for speed, mix thoroughly, and you get this: the Carpool DeVille, on Kickstarter to raise funds for a run at Bonneville. They only need $10,000. You can help. CHECK OUT: $4.2 Million Ferrari F12 TRS...

Forward-looking automotive designs populate a new exhibit at Atlanta's High Museum of Art.

The 2014 Global RallyCross Championship got underway back in May and after the first two rounds it’s America’s Scott Speed, driving for the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, who sits at the top of the points ladder. The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team, which also includes Tanner...

After making its official comeback to motorsport this year, by competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series, British automaker Bentley has already enjoyed a maiden victory with its Continental GT3 race car and is likely set for more victories given its strong performance so far. Now, Bentley is...

Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday started production of the 2015 C-Class at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the same site where it builds the M-, R- (for Chinese market only) and GL-Class models. It was first confirmed that the Tuscaloosa plant would start C-Class production as far back as 2009, and now...

It’s been a year since the Mexican sports car startup VŪHL launched its first model, the 05 track car, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. And now the founders of the company, brothers Iker and Guillermo Echeverria, have taken a look back at all that’s passed. MUST SEE: World's Fastest...

Returning as a leg of the Formula One World Championship for the first time since 2003, the Austrian Grand Prix is one of the sport's classics. The first race was held back in 1964 but the original track, essentially a converted airfield, proved unpopular and so F1 wouldn’t return until 1970...

General Motors’ Australian unit Holden announced last year that it will end production in Australia in 2017. At the time, Holden bosses said the cherished Commodore name, which has only ever been used for rear-wheel-drive sedans built in Australia, will be retained for a future...

Ford’s Australian division is working on a major update for its Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan before production ceases for good in 2016, but the updated Falcon will no longer wear the famous GT badge that has signified hot Falcons since the original XR Falcon GT launched in 1967. At present...

French daredevil driver, skier, and rally racer Guerlain Chicherit's Guinness World Record jump attempt was promoted all around the world earlier this year. Chicherit was aiming to surpass Tanner Foust's 332-foot record with a 360-foot jump in a modified MINI Countryman rally car. The jump, which...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report and images of the accident that injured actor and comedian Tracy Morgan. The report determines that the Wal-Mart truck that rear-ended the van Morgan was traveling in was speeding at the time of the accident. MUST SEE: Jaguar XJ200...

The SRT Viper is no more, returning instead to its Dodge Viper SRT appellation. To match this move, the racing Vipers will shed their rather plain blue-on-silver livery of recent years and don the white stripes over red livery of the last Le Mans-winning Vipers. ALSO SEE: Tracy Morgan's Crashed...

Land Rover is bringing its fastest and most agile SUV ever built to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed next week. The vehicle is expected to be the Range Rover Sport R-S model that we’ve been spying in prototype form for the past year. In the muscle car world, the Plymouth Hemi Cuda is a...

The Global Rallycross Championship is one of the most exciting racing series in the United States, so where better to celebrate it than in the nation’s capital? That’s exactly what Rhys Millen has done, escorted by a police motorcade on his way to the track at RFK stadium. MUST SEE...

McLaren has announced a global premiere for the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place this month and has released this teaser image to whet our appetite. The global premiere will be a new track-focused version of one of McLaren’s supercars, developed by the automaker’s McLaren GT...

In a year that saw the average number of problems experienced by new car buyers increase, Porsche remains on top and actually managed to improve its score. Yes, the results for 2014’s J.D. Power Initial Quality Study are in, and it’s Porsche on top for the second year in a row, followed...

If further proof were needed of the growing value of America's iconic muscle cars, the sale price of a 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible sold at a recent Mecum auction in Seattle should do the trick. Wearing the correct shade of Bright Blue paintwork and matching painted steel wheels, the '71...

Audi recently presented an RS 5 TDI concept car powered by a diesel engine equipped with an electrically-driven turbocharger. The engine features a twin-turbocharger setup where the smaller of the two turbos uses an electric motor to spool up its compressor at lower revs (up to 70,000 rpm in a few...