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  • Aston Martin production facility in Gaydon, England

    Aston Martin is working on an all-new platform to underpin its future sports, starting with a next-generation DB9, but there’s much more to the British automaker’s growth plans. Aston Martin is also investing in its manufacturing facilities and looking to hire new staff. Among the upgrades to Aston Martin’s plant in Gaydon, England is the creation of a new pilot build area, new offices and an expanded parts and logistics storage area. The new facilities will cover an extra 100,000 square feet and the major development work is due to be completed in 2015. Around £20...

  • BRABUS program for the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class
    Brabus Reveals Upgrades For Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class

    If you like Mercedes-Benz cars but find the brand's own AMG line isn't quite fast or eye-catching enough, you've probably heard of Brabus. The Bottrop-based tuner modifies Smarts to S-Classes and everything in between—and now it's turned its attention to the brand-new GLA-Class crossover...

  • Volkswagen future tech
    Volkswagen Previews Future Tech

    Volkswagen in July will reveal a new generation of the Passat sedan that the rest of the world enjoys. The new sedan will be packed with the automaker’s latest technologies which will eventually filter across to more of its models, and some of those technologies were recently previewed. DON'T...

  • Audi RS 5 TDI concept
    Audi Previews Electrically-Driven Turbo In RS 5 TDI Concept

    We first heard Audi was working on an electrically-driven turbocharger back in 2012, but now the automaker has revealed an engine fitted with the technology in a new concept car. The concept is based on the RS 5 but the car’s standard V-8 has been replaced by an advanced twin-turbocharged...

  • 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet spy shots
    2015 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet Spy Shots

    Porsche is working on a new variant for its 911 family that’s expected to revive the GTS badge last used on the iconic sports car back in 2010 to help send out the previous Type-997 generation. We’ve already spied the new GTS coupe but now we have our first look at the convertible...

  • Google Self-Driving Car Prototype
    Google Unveils Its First Self-Driving Car Prototype: Videos

    Cute as a button and spelling doom for the enthusiast; no, it’s not the Rabbit of Caerbannog. It’s Google’s first in-house-designed self-driving car prototype, built from the ground up to deliver a seamless driving experience. But you won’t be doing the driving. Still a...

  • Pastor Maldonado receives his new Lotus Evora S

    The best weekend of racing this year is just behind us, and while most of us only had hangovers or lots of nacho-cheese-fueled regret to show for it, Lotus F1 driver Pastor Maldonado drove off in a brand-new Evora S. Lucky guy. ALSO SEE: McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip With Rowan Atkinson Maldonado is especially lucky to get the new car (a part of his deal as a “brand ambassador” for Lotus) considering the lead sentence in the official announcement: “Despite a disappointing race weekend, Lotus F1 Team driver Pastor Maldonado takes the Lotus prize with a brand new Lotus...

  • 1986 Nissan R 85V
    Nissan’s Le Mans History: Gallery

    This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be an exciting race, both in the GT classes and in the headline P1 category. With Porsche’s return to the top tier, Audi and Toyota will face new and somewhat unknown competition. Next year, Nissan will throw its hat back in the same ring with the...

  • Caterham logo
    Caterham To Be Sold?

    Caterham, the British sports car manufacturer and Formula One team, is reportedly going up for sale, with an information memorandum said to have already been sent to potential investors in the Middle East. The information was first reported by The Edge Malaysia, citing an unnamed source...

  • Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Sea Monster
    Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 Appropriately Dubbed The Sea Monster

    The Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 is a glorious monument to excess. It's both perfect, and way too much at the same time. It's both useless, and incredibly useful. It's beautiful and ugly. It's wonderful. Also, it's wonderfully expensive, which is why most of these limited-edition machines are finding...

  • 2014 Indianapolis 500
    Indy 500 Tops Must-Attend Sports List: Infographic

    Sporting events across the globe draw in passionate fans who show support for their favorite teams, players, drivers, riders, and combatants. Watching a live sporting event is a wonderful way to spend a few hours, regardless of which sport you out there enjoy the most. Some sports, however, are...

  • 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
    Dodge Drops More Photos And Specs For 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat

    We got our first look at the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat a week ago but now Dodge has dropped a few more details and photos for what’s shaping up to be the brand’s most potent muscle car in its entire history. No, we still don’t know how much power and torque will be...

  • ken block jumps audi r8

    Castrol is keen on promoting its Edge oil lineup, which utilizes a component called Titanium FST to make sure it lasts for a long time. One way to help with such promotion is the creation of a video spot that shows off the benefits of said products. Or you can go in a different direction, and have a handful of race car drivers square off in a large blacked out environment lit up with lasers. Castrol went with the latter. ALSO SEE: McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip with Rowan Atkinson The oil company is calling the video Blackout, and for good reason. It pits Ken Block, Mike Rockenfeller...

  • Pagani chief test driver Davide Testi lashes the Pagani Huayra in first-person view
    Pagani Huayra From The Driver’s Point Of View: Video

    The closest most of us will get to driving the boutique-built Pagani Huayra hypercar will be in Gran Turismo 6. Or, possibly, right here in this video. MUST SEE: The World's Strongest Brakes Stop The 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC: Video With a camera strapped to Pagani’s chief test driver’s...

  • 2015 Volvo XC90 spy shots
    2015 Volvo XC90, Seven-Seat Cadillac Crossover, Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6: Today’s Car News

    Volvo has 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 decisively more upmarket than in the outgoing model, and it also features some cool new tech like a touchscreen interface...

  • 2015 BMW i8
    2015 BMW i8 Tech Highlights Revealed: Video

    If you bought a 2015 BMW i8 based on its styling alone, we'd not begrudge you for it. While BMW's i3 has gone for high-tech and futuristic styling, the i8's designers added some good, old-fashioned beauty to the plug-in hybrid sports car. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View...

  • 2015 Cadillac Escalade
    Cadillac Drops Plans For Crossover With Third-Row Seats: Report

    Cadillac will no longer launch a crossover with third-row seats to slot in below its Escalade SUV, according to a new report. Instead, the role will likely be filled by premium versions of the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia. The information was first reported by Ward’s Auto (subscription...

  • 1956 Maserati 450S at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014
    1956 Maserati 450 S named Best in Show at Villa d’Este

    Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is one of the world's premier classic and vintage car events, and visitors can be assured that any vehicle coming away with a trophy is among the best in the world. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video This year, that honor goes...

  • Infiniti Q60 stuck on a railroad crossing in Maitland, Florida

    Video has been released showing a dramatic scene where the female driver of an Infiniti Q60 stuck on a railroad crossing in Maitland, Florida managed to escape just moments before her car was struck by an oncoming train. The driver of the car, 28-year-old Kristen Taylor, is alleged to have stalled the manual-equipped car, which she had only recently purchased new, just before the railroad crossing traffic arms were lowered. The accident occurred Monday of last week. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video As the video from LiveLeak reveals, Taylor was in the car up...

  • MINI Superleggera Vision concept
    MINI Superleggera Vision, Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, Indy 500: Car News Headlines

    It may be Memorial Day but there’s still plenty of hot news to catch up on. MINI over the weekend revealed a cool little speedster concept that may just hint at a new sports car in the works at the British automaker. It was built by MINI and coachbuilder Touring Superleggera as a concept for...

  • Mansory Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6
    Mansory Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6: No More Wheels, Much More Power

    When Mercedes-Benz showed off the G63 AMG 6x6, many declared it the ultimate iteration of the venerable "G-Wagen"--more wheels, more luxury and more power than ever before. We all forgot one thing, though: Companies like Mansory exist. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video...

  • Ryan Hunter-Reay - Anne Proffit photo
    Ryan Hunter-Reay Wins 2014 Indy 500

    Ryan Hunter-Reay took his second win of the 2014 IndyCar season at the weekend, emerging victorious in the 98th running of the famous Indianapolis 500. Hunter-Reay, driving the DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport, has become the first American to win the event since 2006, snatching the lead from Helio...

  • Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
    Zagato Shows Off Bespoke Lamborghini 5-95 At Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

    A partnership between Lamborghini and Zagato that dates back to 1965, when the Italian design house built a pair of special 3500 GTZ models on the bones of Lamborghini’s first model, the 350 GT, has just seen a new chapter written. That chapter is the Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato, which made its...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2014 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix
    Another One-Two Finish For Mercedes AMG At Formula One Monaco GP

    As always in the Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying is critical, and this was proven yet again with polesitter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG winning the 2014 race in spectacular form. Once again the only real challenge came from Mercedes AMG’s other driver, in this case Lewis Hamilton, who...

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