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  • Multiple scooter crash in China

    If there ever was a video you had to see to believe, this latest clip of a very unusual crash taking place in China would be ranked among the top contenders. The action unfolds almost straight away. A man in a white shirt riding a scooter, and with a passenger in tow, is first seen crashing head-on into a white van. For some unknown reason, he then proceeds to pick up his scooter and shoot off, leaving his passenger behind. We should also add that he’s not wearing a helmet throughout the video. In his attempted escape, he crashes into the side of a black hatchback just feet away from...

  • Porsche Carrera Cup cars race at the 'Ring
    Porsche Carrera Cup Cars Battle At The 'Ring: Video

    The sound of a 991 Porsche 911 uncorked is a beautiful thing. It's even more intoxicating when it's converted to Carrera Cup form. Here, there are two of them, and they're battling for position at the Nordschleife. Filmed during the third round of the Porsche Carrera Cup, this video shows Kevin...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - 2013 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
    NFL’s Jim Harbaugh To Pace Indy 500 In 2014 Corvette Stingray

    The head coach of NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, Jim Harbaugh, will be driving the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car at this Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, the 97th running of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.’ Harbaugh will lead the pack of 33 cars to the start of the...

  • VL Automotive Destino with Bob Lutz at 2013 Detroit Auto Show
    Bob Lutz And China’s Wanxiang In Bid To Buy Fisker: Report

    The auto industry can never seem to rid itself of Bob Lutz, but maybe that’s a good thing as where others see failure the inexorable exec sees opportunity. Having spent years in senior positions at major auto firms, Lutz more recently has been flogging extended-range electric trucks for Via...

  • 2013 Kia Quoris (K9)
    Report: Kia Quoris (K9) flagship sedan coming to US in 2014

    While it’s long been expected that Kia’s Quoris flagship sedan would eventually make it over to the U.S., we now know roughly when that will happen. Speaking with Kia officials at the recent launch of the 2014 Kia Cadenza, website Automotive learned that the Quoris would go on sale in...

  • 2013 Land Rover LR2
    Next Land Rover LR2 And LR4 Likely To Adopt Discovery Name

    Land Rover is currently working on its next-generation LR2, which is expected to ride on an extended Range Rover Evoque platform and make its debut late next year. However, the new vehicle isn’t expected to be called an LR2 nor is it likely to adopt the Freelander name used for versions of...

  • McLaren F1 car powered by Honda

    Honda is heading back to Formula One racing, and the automaker is doing so with former motorsports partner McLaren. This is big news for F1 fans, as it reminds many of a truly glorious era of Formula One racing. Interestingly, McLaren has a made a bit of news as of late on the street-legal side of the road. The MP4-12C is, by all accounts, a supremely super supercar and the new P1 should prove to be even wilder. Now comes talk that McLaren wants to build a car to take on the Porsche 911. Motor Trend seems to think this might mean that Honda and McLaren are cozying up even more tightly than it...

  • Forza Motorsport 5
    Forza Motorsport 5 Coming To Xbox One: Video

    Like it or not, there's a new Xbox on the way, the Xbox One. Apart from the impressive new stats, the Xbox One is also expected to carry an impressively hefty price tag. But whatever it costs, the Xbox One will also be the home for the fifth iteration of Forza Motorsport. This brief video gives you...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari, 2013 Geneva Motor Show
    No Trident-Wearing Version Of The LaFerrari Per Maserati

    Rumor had it that Maserati was planning a Trident-wearing version of the new LaFerrari for its own stable. After all, Maserati followed up the Ferrari Enzo with its own iteration called the MC-12. Now, however, it seems that there's only room on this planet for one truly outrageous Italian supercar...

  • Visteon HABIT
    Visteon Working On Teaching Cars New HABITs: Video

    Despite Will Smith's aversion to technology in iRobot, there's really nothing to worry about the current and near-future crop of artificial intelligence products coming our way. In fact, many of them are designed to make our lives easier. Such is the case with a future product from Visteon called...

  • Ionut Budisteanu wins award for autonomous car technology
    Student Develops Inexpensive Autonomous Driving Tech

    When I was 19, I was in Rhode Island attending college while trying to figure out ways to make the radio in my '87 Honda Prelude louder. I wound up being forced to sell that car when I got bad grades my first semester and nearly lost an academic scholarship. Romanian student Ionut Budisteanu is...

  • 2014 Bentley Flying Spur
    2014 Bentley Flying Spur first drive review

    It's hard to pick out the landmarks through the dusty permahaze, but even just before dawn it's clear. Beijing does not play around with scale. Second to none is the general theme, and it holds true as you pan from one side of the hotel window to the other. The Olympic Torch towers off stage left...

  • 2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV based on the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

    How does a seven-passenger, front-wheel drive van-like BMW sound to you? You'll find out for sure soon enough--spy shots of the 2015 BMW 1-Series GT have hit the web. Hennessey is never content to leave well enough, or even way too much, alone. Enter the VelociRaptor SUV, a seven-seat version of the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Now you can terrify up to six of your closest soon-to-be-ex-friends. And the Ferrari 458 may get its more hardcore, track-focused Scuderia variant soon. A new report puts the car making its debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. You'll find all of this and more in today's...

  • Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
    An Exotic Italian Recall Starring The Alfa Romeo 8C And A Pair Of Maseratis

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall notice for a few sultry exotic Italian machines. It seems that owners of the 2005-2008 Maserati Quattroporte, 2008 Maserati Granturismo, and the 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C could face serious handling issues. The tie rods could fail...

  • Inside IIHS video series shows the how and why of crash testing
    Inside IIHS Video Series Goes Behind The Car-Crashing Scenes

    Have you ever wondered how the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety goes about its crash-testing process, naming Top Safety Picks or crash-test losers? Do you just love to see brand-new cars get slammed into immovable objects at high speeds? Either way, this new "Inside IIHS" video series is for...

  • 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake - image: Mecum Auctions
    1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake Is The Most Expensive Mustang Ever Sold

    While all eyes at last week’s Dana Mecum 26th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis was on the sale of the ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from 2000’s hit movie Gone In 60 Seconds, another rare Mustang also went under the hammer and ended up selling for considerably more. That...

  • Leilani Münter and the Tesla Model S
    NASCAR's Leilani Münter Gets Tesla Model S, Goes Activist

    If you don't know who Leilani Münter is, you probably should. Apart from being a NASCAR ARCA-series racer, sister-in-law to the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and very easy on the eyes, her motto is "never underestimate a vegetarian hippie chick with a race car." And she now drives a Tesla Model S...

  • Toyota Logo
    Toyota Overtakes BMW To Regain Most Valuable Brand Title

    Brand value can be a fickle thing. It’s impossible to measure accurately and it can be affected by numerous volatile factors. But at the end of the day, if a consumer is willing to pay more for one brand over another then brand value becomes a vital indicator of a company’s overall...

  • 2013 Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV based on the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

    The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is one of the most capable vehicles off the road, and with a bevy of upgrades offered by the tuning masters Hennessey, the awesome pickup can also be quite capable when it comes to the track. Where the standard F-150 SVT Raptor, and even Hennessey’s custom VelociRaptor, fall short, however, is carrying capacity. But now Hennessey has taken care of that problem, too. What you’re looking at here is Hennessey’s new SUV conversion for the F-150 SVT Raptor. Starting with the F-150 SVT Raptor’s four-door SuperCrew model, Hennessey engineers remove...

  • Paddy Lowe
    Mercedes AMG F1 Team Names Paddy Lowe As Technical Director

    Back in February it was revealed that McLaren’s Formula One Technical Director Paddy Lowe would be ditching the Woking-based team to join the Mercedes AMG squad in nearby Brackley. At that time, it wasn’t clear what role Lowe would take at his new employer and when he was officially to...

  • 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia
    Ferrari 458 ‘Scuderia’ Set For Frankfurt Auto Show Debut: Report

    The hardcore version of Ferrari’s 458 Italia supercar, the spiritual successor to 2007’s 430 Scuderia, is reportedly set for debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show this September. The biannual event has been favored by Ferrari of late for debuts concerning its entry-level mid-engine...

  • BXR Motors Bailey Blade XTR
    Bailey Blade XTR Gets Funding, Coming To SEMA

    The long-running garage project of BXR Motors, or perhaps more accurately the indefatigable Neal Bailey, the Bailey Blade XTR is a garage project no more. The car isn't complete yet, unfortunately, but it should be in about five months--just in time for the 2013 SEMA show. Without disclosing the...

  • 2009 Maserati Quattroporte Bellagio
    Now Is Your Chance To Put A Maserati Wagon In Your Garage

    Wagons are truly a beautiful thing. The long roof creates a wonderfully stretched canvas for the eyes, and the proportions are often perfect. Additionally, wagons offer up extra utility without taking away any performance. As opposed to a crossover or sport utility vehicle the center of gravity...

  • Michael Schumacher drives the Nordschleife in an F1 car
    Schumacher, Rosberg Hit The Nürburgring In F1, AMG Cars: Video

    As promised, F1 legend Michael Schumacher and current Mercedes AMG F1 driver Nico Rosberg have hit the Nurburgring in F1 and AMG cars. This video captures the screaming of Schumacher piloting the 2011-spec W02 Mercedes Silver Arrow F1 car as it flirts with a small herd of AMG cars. Oh, and there...

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