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When it comes to year-end videos, they typically recap memorable news stories, celebrity deaths and other major events of the past 12 months. BMW thinks that the end of the year is a perfect time to show its 2012 highlight reel, thankfully without any overly maudlin tributes. Daryl Jackson, the...

Next year's calendar for the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, Ferrari’s official one-make racing series organized by its Corse Clienti Department and using the 458 Challenge race car, has been announced. The new schedule includes many new venues and the return of some old favorites...

The year is now at its end, and as we look forward to all the exciting reveals of 2013, cars like the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class and Ferrari’s F150 supercar, we shouldn’t forget some of the impressive new cars launched over the past 12 months. Some of those cars...

UPDATE: The 2014 Infiniti Q50 (G37 replacement) has been revealed. Click here for all the official details and photos. Here’s our first official look at the first model to be launched under Infinti’s new naming strategy, where each of the automaker’s offerings will come with...

Porsche’s latest video gives us a rare behind-the-scenes look at the development of one of its concept cars, in this case the Panamera Sport Turismo that turned out to be a surprise star of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The video details the concept car’s gestation from initial drawings to...

Next month, a brand new generation of the Chevrolet Corvette will be launched, the seventh generation of the iconic sports car, in fact. While we wait for the reveal of this new 2014 Corvette, a 'C7' if you’re a die-hard, let’s step back in time and look at some of the most famous...

Despite facing challenging economic circumstances, particularly in its home market of Europe, Audi has committed to investing 13 billion euros ($17.2 billion) through 2016 on developing new products and technology as well as upgrading and constructing new production facilities. A bulk of the...

Get into any new car—okay, well maybe not a Smart Fortwo—and you’ll find power steering. Power steering systems have, for the most part, become so good, so transparent in a way, that we tend to forget that they exist. Yet we should keep in mind that for the typical driver, to...

Looking back over its past year’s results, eBay Motors has generated a handful of useful lists that provide details on car buying trends across the country. The lists show the top five car brands as well as the top five models traded on the popular auction site in 2012, as well as the ten...

Maserati will launch a new sports car in 2015 to challenge the likes of the Jaguar F-Type and Porsche 911; a car that could end up reviving the GranSport name. Unfortunately, apart from its 2015 launch, few details are known about it. A previous report suggested it will feature a mid-engine layout...

If you have a mighty stack of holiday money burning a hole in your pocket, you might want to consider upgrading your car to carbon fiber wheels. Find out more about the positives and negatives in our overview of the technology behind them. Toyota has made a $1.1 billion settlement agreement in a...

After emerging out of the ashes of bankrupt automaker Saab and its local distribution arm Saab Cars North America last June, Saab Automobile Parts North America (SPNA), the exclusive provider of genuine Saab parts and accessories in the U.S. and Canada, has reached an agreement with General Motors...

We’ve just come across a video that shows one of our favorite sports cars, the Porsche 911, in a whole new light. Dubbed Motionless Driving, the video, first picked up by World Car Fans, uses light projection to create the effect of a car driving through the countryside, in sunny, cold and...

Toyota waited until boxing day to announce it had reached a tentative settlement in an ongoing class-action lawsuit representing owners claiming they were negatively impacted in the value of their cars due to the recent recalls spurred by alleged unintended acceleration. The original recalls...

Following the likes of Honda, Nissan and Mazda, Subaru has announced its lineup for the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, the Japanese market’s showcase for its burgeoning aftermarket industry. For the latest event, Subaru has once again collaborated with its in-house performance tuner STI to...

As the industry looks to meet tough new fuel economy targets while still stepping ahead in performance, safety, sophistication, and on-board technology, watching weight by moving to advanced materials like carbon fiber is going to be increasingly common. Using carbon fiber for parts, panels, and...

Mazda’s new Mazda6 sedan and wagon will be the highlight of the automaker’s stands at the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, with three separate concept versions already confirmed for the show. In addition to the Mazda6 concepts, Mazda will also present two concept versions of its CX-5 as...

Having successfully launched its first ‘Supercharger’ fast-charging stations on the West Coast back in September, electric car startup Tesla has quietly added more of the stations on the East Coast. The new stations make it possible for owners of the Tesla Model S, the only model...

We hope your holidays have gone well so far--and that you're not yet nose-to-grindstone once again. Even if you are, you'll enjoy today's assortment of post-Christmas news, as it's chock full of leaked luxury cars that will be headed your way in the new year. First up we have the 2013 Bentley...

Honda has announced a strange assortment of cars for the upcoming 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, which takes place on January 11 in the Japanese capital. The annual show draws in all the big names in the aftermarket business, as well as some of the OEMS. While Nissan has already announced it will be...