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  • 2014 Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III

    Mitsubishi will tackle the Pikes Peak Hill Climb for the third time in a row using an electric race car packing similar technology to that found in its i-MiEV zero-emission minicar. The Japanese automaker will be bringing two third-generation electric racers, known as the MiEV Evolution III, and has recruited the same driver pairing as last year: Hiroshi Masuoka and Greg Tracy. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video Masuoka came second in the Electric Modified Division last year, after having been defeated by Pikes Peak legend Nobuhiro...

  • Flying Huntsman 105 Longnose by A. Kahn Design
    Kahn Design Set To Join The World Of Coachbuilding With New Bespoke Cars

    British tuner Kahn Design, a company renowned for its expertise in building bespoke Land Rover SUVs, is about to expand its business with a new coachbuilding service. Kahn Design’s first model will be a ‘long-nose’ version of the iconic Land Rover Defender called the Flying...

  • 1984 Porsche 911 Aero Concept
    Porsche's Secret 911 Aero Concept: Video

    Not everyone has the time or money to visit Porsche's official museum in Stuttgart, but that's okay, as Porsche is bringing its museum to you. In a series of videos revealing secret Porsche concepts, the German automaker has revealed an old V-8 prototype 911 and even a mid-engined concept—but...

  • Scene from Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction
    More Transformers 4 Cars Revealed In New Television Spots: Video

    The fourth installment of the Transformers movie franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction, is now just a few weeks out from its June 27 theatrical debut, and in the lead up four new television spots have been released. Each of them are about 40 seconds in length and blend previously seen footage...

  • 2016 Audi RS 7
    2016 Audi RS 7 Preview

    Following the debut of the updated Audi A7 and S7 models at the Leipzig Auto Show in Germany a week ago, Audi has now revealed the updated version of the bahn-storming RS 7 model. There’s no additional power under the hood, which is fine by us since the RS 7 was all-new just a year ago, but...

  • Moments before a Mercedes-Benz promotional stunt goes wrong
    Promo Event With Mercedes Racing Drivers Pascal Wehrlein & Nico Rosberg Goes Wrong

    On Tuesday a promotional event involving Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Rosberg went horribly wrong, with two people needing to be taken to hospital. Wehrlein, a DTM driver, and Rosberg, current points leader in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, were driving in...

  • 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue

    Subaru’s BRZ sports car is getting the special edition treatment for the 2015 model year. No extra power is available but some new STI tweaks are—our favorite element has got to be the aggressive-looking front chin spoiler. Volvo this week revealed the interior of its next-generation XC90 and confirmed that the SUV will be shown in full for the first time this August. The look of the interior is decidedly more upmarket than in the outgoing model, and it also features some cool new tech like a touchscreen interface. At the 2014 Busan Auto Show in South Korea this past week, Hyundai...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari replica
    First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production? Yes, But Not At Mansory Cars

    UPDATE: Earlier today we brought you a story about a company called Mansory Cars (no relation to German tuner Mansory) claiming to offer replica supercars for sale, including one styled like Ferrari’s LaFerrari flagship. After receiving some accusations that the company is a scam we decided...

  • Ferrari F40 donuts
    Ferrari F40 Gets Nasty With Smoky Burnouts, Hard Launches: Video

    The Ferrari F40 may be the most hardcore, utterly bonkers supercar ever. Stripped down, minimalist, and without any regard for things like driver safety nets or passenger comfort, it’s a purified, surgical machine. And it’s utterly brilliant. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks...

  • Pneumatic Lego V-8 engine by Huib van der Hart
    Lego V-8 And Six-Speed Sequential Gearbox Are Awesome

    So you want to get to better know the inner workings of a V-8 engine, and, perhaps, how a sequential gearbox works? Well, you could always build your own. Out of Legos. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini Aventador: Video That’s exactly what Huib van der Hart has done...

  • Porsche charging connector patent drawings
    These Patent Pics Probably Aren't Proof Of A Plug-In Porsche 911

    The internet loves a good rumor and a bit of wild speculation, and the latest you might have seen is a set of patent drawings that supposedly prove Porsche is working on a plug-in hybrid version of its iconic 911 sports car. Now, it may indeed be true that Porsche is working on a plug-in 911. It...

  • 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
    2015 Hyundai Genesis Coupe To Drop Turbo Four

    The Hyundai Genesis Coupe is currently available with either a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder rated at 274 horsepower or a 3.8-liter V-6 rated at 348 horsepower. For 2015, the turbo four option is expected to be dropped, making the Genesis Coupe a V-6-only model. The information was revealed...

  • Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV Evolution Vision Gran Turismo

    It's dead. No wait, it's alive! Okay, it's kind of dead, but we might bring it back as something different. Fine, it's dead... or is it? It is. Nope, we fooled you because it's coming back to life, as a playable piece of a video game. If you're a fan of the Mitsubishi brand, you'll immediately know what vehicle I'm talking about. That would be the Lancer Evolution, or Evo for short. It's that much-loved rally-bred street machine that has a place in the heart of many a fan of fun cars. The Evo has been treading water for the last few years and is now long-since overdue for an, ahem, evolution...

  • Google Self-Driving Car Prototype
    Google Self-Driving Car, Indy 500, Mustang In Europe: The Week In Reverse

    The Week In Reverse is where we take a look back at the most significant stories of each week and pull them all into once place for you to ponder, ogle, or catch up on what you missed. From motorsports to spy shots to new cars and more, these are the stories we'll all be talking about this weekend...

  • 2015 Lamborghini Huracán first drive
    Lamborghini Huracán Racer, Mercedes Autonomous Car, LaFerrari Replica: Car News Headlines

    Lamborghini has recruited some new drivers for its Squadra Corse motorsport division to help develop its new Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo race car ahead of the 2015 racing season. The new race car will start testing later this year and will feature the same 601-horsepower output as the...

  • Volkswagen Golf GTI Wolfsburg Edition at Wörthersee 2014
    VW GTI Wolfsburg, Golf SportWagen Concepts Star At Wörthersee

    Every year since 1981, thousands of Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts have convened in the Austrian town of Reifnitz, beside lake Wörthersee, for one of the world's biggest Volkswagen group festivals. And for several years, recognizing the value of such a gathering, Volkswagen group brands have...

  • 2015 Lexus RC F
    Lexus Details Its 2015 RC F Development: Video

    Lexus is set to launch a new RC F sports coupe to do battle with the likes of the Audi RS 5, BMW M4 and a future C63 AMG Coupe from Mercedes-Benz, and just to make sure the car is fully capable of competing with its German rivals Lexus took several prototypes to the home of German performance car...

  • Mercedes-Benz S500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE prototype
    Mercedes Doesn’t Want You To Forget Its Autonomous Car Development: Video

    This week Google unveiled its first car, a prototype autonomous vehicle devoid of a steering wheel and brakes yet capable of transporting passengers at speeds of up to 25 mph. Like most fully autonomous cars, Google’s prototype can only travel on pre-set routes but the plan is to eventually...

  • 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS spy shots

    Porsche was originally due to reveal its new 911 GT3 RS this summer but decided to delay its arrival following the discovery of a fault with the 3.8-liter flat-six engine in the 911 GT3 that the 911 GT3 RS was to share, albeit in uprated form. Now it’s being reported that the new 911 GT3 RS may benefit from a unique turbocharged version of the engine. Though no 911 GT3 RS models in the past have been turbocharged, at least from the factory, Autocar is reporting that Porsche is considering the move in order to increase output without placing too much strain on the engine. Porsche...

  • Ford Adaptive Steering system
    Ford Introducing Adaptive Steering: Video

    Ford already offers electronic power steering, which helps to conserve fuel by using an electric motor to assist the steering instead of a hydraulic system drawing energy from the engine. Now Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is enhancing its steering system with a new feature called Adaptive Steering...

  • Mastretta MXT
    Mastretta Founders Walk Away From Sports Car Startup

    Mexican sports car startup Mastretta has hit a roadblock, with the company’s founders, brothers Carlos and Daniel Mastretta, announcing they have left the company due to differences with a key investor, believed to be Latin Ideas Ventures. The two brothers founded Mastretta back in the 1980s...

  • Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4
    Lamborghini Recruits Test Drivers For New Huracán LP 610-4 Super Trofeo Race Car

    Now that Lamborghini’s new Huracán LP 610-4 supercar has been revealed and is on its way to customers all over the globe, attention turns to its racing variant being developed for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series that runs in North America, Europe and Asia...

  • Hyundai Veloster Midship concept, 2014 Busan Auto Show
    Hyundai Reveals Veloster Midship Concept And AG Luxury Sedan In Busan

    At the 2014 Busan Auto Show in South Korea yesterday, Hyundai revealed a radical race car concept based on its Veloster sports car as well as a new luxury sedan codenamed the AG. The concept is the Veloster Midship, which as its name suggests is a mid-engined version of the Veloster sports car. The...

  • 1920s New York Fire Department dashcam
    Ur-Dashcam: Ride Along With A 1920s Fire Chief Through New York City Mayhem

    If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to drive to a fire through the streets of New York City in the 1920s, wonder no more. This video shows what it was like—and it’s one of the earliest dashcam videos anywhere. MUST SEE: First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production: Video...

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