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McLaren turns 50 in 2013 and to celebrate it is pulling out all the stops. The company has already revealed its new flagship supercar, the P1, which it will show in anger for the first time at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK this July. But this being McLaren’s 50th year, the...

One of Alfa Romeo’s most attractive cars that we barely hear of is its tiny MiTo hatchback, which has been on sale since 2008. The MiTo comes exclusively as a three-door and competes with other subscompacts such as the Audi A1 and MINI Cooper. Although the Alfa Romeo brand returns to these...

Few cars available today fit the description of a “sleeper” better than the Ford Taurus SHO. Almost indistinguishable from a stock Taurus, the high-performance SHO, with its 365 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque, will put many sports cars to shame. The guys at Hennessey, however...

An Indian man is facing charges for allowing his nine-year-old son to drive his Ferrari F430 on public roads. News of the stunt first broke a few weeks ago when video, filmed by the father, Mohammed Nisham, went viral on YouTube. The video showed the boy driving the mid-engine supercar on a...

Bugatti now has two world records under its belt: the production car land speed record and the production car land speed record for an open-top car. While the first record, which stands at 267.8 mph, was set almost three years ago by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the second was set only this...

Welcome to our latest Top Photos Of The Week post, which this week has an assortment of pics from a number of different events. The first is a new Pikes Peak racer from a brand we’re not used to seeing compete in the famous Race To The Clouds, Toyota. This wild Toyota GT 86 sports car, sold...

The Jaguar E-Type is nothing less than a legend, a classic, a car that stands alone. And striking cars should come with startling stories. A certain Jaguar 1968 E-Type Coupe offered for sale in Rockville, Maryland, has that, in spades: In its 45 years, it has been loved, abducted, found, denied...

There's still about a month left before Codemasters' GRID 2 racing game hits the shelves, but we've already brought you detailed coverage of the game and its features. Today, we get an extended look at the multiplayer aspects of the game. With up to a dozen competitors across discplines as diverse...

With vehicles that are often intriguing, but haphazardly executed at times, Ford's luxury marque, Lincoln, is struggling to carve itself a niche in the market. To better formulate its plan, Lincoln has put together a profile of sorts, explaining what it sees as the modern luxury consumer. Do you...

Just how likely is anyone to track their Tesla Model S?

There's a lot more to building a fast road car than just dropping a powerful engine in a relatively light body. In fact, there's some very complex math that goes into making a car handle well. The engineers of the 2014 F-Type have done their math well. Stable, predictable, and hugely fun to drive...

Bold new styling, hugely improved interior design and materials, and even greater performance stand to make the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray a significant upgrade from the already impressive sixth-generation Corvette. Despite the upgraded look and feel, the seventh-generation 2014 model will cost...

We recently spent a few days behind the wheel of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Roadster, covering the drive on social the whole way. Check out our impressions and more in this Joy Ride drive. Audi is headed back to Le Mans again this year, but this time, it's bringing the R18 e-tron race car...

Electric cars are many things: efficient, quiet, high-tech, expensive. With few exceptions, however, electric cars are not exciting. This is one of those exceptions. The first all-electric off-road race vehicle will tackle the Mexican 1000 race in the National Off Road Racing Association's series...

Just yesterday we saw Hublot’s new watch commemorating Ferrari’s LaFerrari supercar, and today we have a new watch from Detroit-based Shinola that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. Though the actual anniversary isn’t until April 17, 2014, Shinola is launching...

Detroit Electric, a startup based in downtown Detroit, Michigan, will be teaming up with Chinese automotive giant Geely to develop a new range of electric cars and related electric drive systems, to be used primarily in China. Geely is the current owner of Swedish automaker Volvo and has a number...

Holden tuner HSV has started its official launch campaign for its upcoming range of high-performance sedans based on the new VF Holden Commodore that goes on sale here later this year as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. To get the ball rolling, HSV released this single teaser image, which confirms that the...

Michael Schumacher, seven-time F1 driver's champ and so fast he had to retire twice to make it stick, will soon be back in an F1 car--this time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Schumacher will pilot a 2011 Mercedes W02 F1 car around the long, treacherous course on May 19, according to SpeedTV...

Prior to its confirmation of a return to top-level racing at Le Mans, made in 2011, there was some speculation that Porsche might represent the Volkswagen Group in the world of Formula One. Porsche, whose reputation is built on the performance of its cars, knew at the time it needed to be in some...

It'll be called the Infiniti Q70 next year, but for now, the 2013 Infiniti M is a Top Safety Pick.