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  • 2011 Infiniti Etherea Concept

    We're in the midst of the holiday season, and despite a pending major auto show, the carmakers are slowing down on their daily output of new cars, plans, and updates--but there's still some good news to be had. Lotus has launched a new package for the Evora, called the Sports Racer. With a new race-inspired look and more luxurious accommodations in the cabin, it's an interesting upgrade for those eying an Evora. Hyundai's bulletproof Equus sedan got an important new customer this week: the Secretary General of the United Nations. The armored Equus weighs an incredibly 8,448 pounds and can...

  • 2013 Jaguar XF
    2013 Jaguar XF Recalled Due To Faulty Fuel Pumps

    Jaguar has issued a recall on certain versions of its 2013 XF sedan due to a problem that could see the affected cars’ fuel pumps shut down. The recall only affects those 2013 Jaguar XFs built from October 3, 2012, through October 12, 2012, of which just 13 examples are said to be in the...

  • McLaren accessories range
    McLaren Presents 12C-Inspired Accessories - Just In Time For Christmas

    With Christmas just around the corner, there's no better time to tell you about a new range of accessories being launched by McLaren. McLaren boasts that the range is inspired by its top-selling MP4-12C supercar, and looking at the choice of materials and colors it’s hard to disagree. Most of...

  • 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible first drive
    Volkswagen Confirms Advertising For Super Bowl XLVII

    In 2011, Volkswagen’s unforgettable Super Bowl XLV ad (featuring a young Darth Vader, amazed at the sudden emergence of his mystical powers) earned the brand the Number One Ad of 2011 award from Adweek. Last year, it’s follow-up, called “The Dog Strikes Back,” earned it...

  • MINI John Cooper Works Paceman
    MINI Lays Out 2013 Detroit Auto Show Plans

    We’re now just a few weeks out from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and in the lead up to the event a number of automakers are starting to preview their cars and concepts set for debut. Just yesterday we saw Cadillac tease its new 2014 ELR as well as BMW announce its full Detroit lineup, and now...

  • Lotus Evora Sports Racer
    Lotus Adds Sports Racer Package To Evora

    Lotus is launching a new option for its Evora sports car in Europe, which it hopes will bring the excitement of the semi-successful Evora race car to the road. Labeled the ‘Sports Racer’ package, the new option is available on both the naturally-aspirated Evora and the supercharged...

  • 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello

    A silver 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello once owned by Afzal Kahn, the man behind bespoke British outfit A. Kahn Design, has sold at auction for 41,400 pounds (approximately $67,455). While a car selling at auction isn’t usually a big deal, this particular 550 Maranello has a bit of history behind it. It was one of Kahn’s first Ferraris, his first expensive one in fact, and no doubt was used to showcase a number of his company's products over the years. The car was bought brand new by Kahn in 1998 and held until 2010 when it was sold to a man who kept it in a museum. Now, one lucky...

  • Romain Grosjean
    Romain Grosjean Sticks With Lotus In 2013, Sauber With All-New Drivers

    Romain Grosjean has another reason to smile, with the Lotus F1 Team announcing the Frenchman will stay on in the team’s driver lineup for the 2013 Formula One season. The news comes just days after Grosjean was crowned champion at the 2012 Race Of Champions in Bangkok, Thailand. There was...

  • 2011 Infiniti Etherea Concept
    Infiniti Will Build Etherea-Based Compact In U.K.

    Infiniti’s new compact car based on its Etherea concept from 2011 will be built at Nissan’s Sunderland plant in the U.K. The car, which will utilize a platform developed by Mercedes-Benz for its own range of compact cars, is expected to enter production in 2015 and could be on sale...

  • 2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon
    2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon Priced From $31,860

    If you're a fan of wagons, especially somewhat sporty and luxurious wagons, you're limited to a handful of choices here in the U.S. The 2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon is one of those choices, and it's one of the most affordable as well. Pricing, announced today, starts the TSX Sport Wagon from $31,860...

  • The Ford Gyron design study - image: Wright Auctions
    Ford Gyron Design Study Scale Model Sells For $40,000: Video

    In the late 1950s and early 1960s, it seemed like a future filled with flying cars was inevitable. Automotive designers and engineers weren’t afraid to push the boundaries of design, as evidenced by the gas turbine-powered Chrysler Turbine Car and the nuclear reactor-powered Ford Nucleon...

  • Mental Block hoons a very small Ford Fiesta in Snowkhana
    Snowkhana One Spoofs Ken Block's Automotive Antics: Video

    Ken Block’s resume contains things like "actor," “shoe company CEO” and “part-time World Rally Championship competitor,” but let’s be honest here - he’s probably best known for his series of Gymkhana videos, featuring Block hooning in whatever car...

  • The vault at the Petersen Museum  - image: Petersen Museum

    If you’ve never been to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the only word we can think of to sum it up is “impressive.” Regardless of where your automotive passion lies, there’s something at the Petersen to get you salivating like one of Pavlov’s dogs at a dinner bell. As overwhelming as the museum may be for first time visitors, its displayed exhibits only scratch the surface of the cars in its collection. Under the museum lies a vault full of the good stuff - cars or memorabilia that aren’t currently on display for one reason or another, yet...

  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon checks out his armored Hyundai Equus - image: Hyundai
    UN secretary general gets bulletproof Hyundai Equus limo

    Ban Ki-moon, the current Secretary General of the United Nations, originally hails from South Korea. Now in his second term as Secretary General, it seems fitting that Ki-moon would travel in an armored limousine that comes from the land of his birth. Yesterday, Hyundai handed over the keys to a...

  • The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E Class Wagon
    Mercedes-Benz Highlights New E Class Features: Video

    Want to learn more about the new Mercedes-Benz E Class models, but find yourself pressed for time? There’s no need to wade through an eighteen-page press release (written in German, translated into English) when we recapped all the relevant information for you last week. That’s still...

  • Alleged patent drawings for production Gumpert Tornante supercar
    Alleged Patent Drawings Reveal Production Gumpert Tornante Supercar

    Germany’s Gumpert is a manufacturer of some of the most capable supercars on the planet. In fact, its Apollo Sport managed to lap the Nürburgring in just 7:11.57, a time that’s second only to the barely-road-legal Radical SR8’s time in the production car stakes...

  • 2014 BMW Z4
    2014 BMW Z4, Infiniti Goes Q, 2014 Cadillac ELR: Car News Headlines

    BMW has taken the wraps off the updates to the 2014 Z4 roadster, and while the changes are minor, the result is a fresher package with the same great drivetrains we've already enjoyed and new ConnectedDrive features. Infiniti has announced a wholesale renaming of its entire lineup, built around the...

  • 2010 Lexus RX 350
    Toyota To Pay Record Fine Over Lexus Pedal Entrapment

    Just two years after Toyota paid fines totaling $48.8 million, including a then-record single fine of $16.4 million, the automaker has been hit with a new $17.4 million fine over a delayed pedal entrapment recall on 2010 Lexus RX 350 and RX 450h models. As CNN Money explains, the NHTSA contacted...

  • 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Nurburgring

    The Corvette ZR1 was introduced for the 2009 model year as a take-no-prisoners attempt to build the fastest production Corvette in Chevrolet’s history. As the C6 Corvette approaches its extinction, time is running out for the ZR1, but that doesn’t mean the car is going quietly into that good night. Motor Trend recently had the opportunity to benchmark the Corvette ZR1 against its primary domestic rival, the all-new SRT Viper GTS. On paper, the cars are remarkably close, as if the Viper’s engineers copied all the test answers from the ZR1’s paper. The Corvette makes 638...

  • Infiniti’s new naming strategy
    Is Infiniti Planning A New Flagship Sedan?

    During yesterday’s surprise announcement that Infiniti would be changing the names of all its models to include either a Q or QX, the latter representing tall-riding crossovers and SUVs, the brand’s global president Johan de Nysschen explained the move was necessary to ensure customers...

  • Irwindale Speedway - Image courtesy of Irwindale Speedway
    Oval Track Racing To Return To Irwindale Speedway In 2013

    In February, we heard the sad news that Irwindale Speedway was closing its doors and canceling all events for the remainder of 2012 due to the bankruptcy of its operator, Irwindale Speedway LLC. Following the original announcement, Irwindale Speedway’s owner, Nu-Way Industries, announced it...

  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class
    2013 European Car Of The Year Finalists Announced

    With the U.S. getting ready to celebrate its own car and truck of the year awards at next month’s 2013 Detroit Auto Show, over in Europe a separate award for the car of the year is being played out, and today the list of finalists has been revealed. Out of an original field of 35 contenders...

  • 2014 BMW 1-Series Coupe and Convertible Limited Edition Lifestyle
    BMW Announces Limited Edition 1-Series, Confirms Detroit Lineup

    The BMW 1-Series Coupe and Convertibles, on sale since 2008, are about to enter their final model year, and to mark the occasion BMW is launching a pair of special edition models. The new special editions, dubbed the Limited Edition Lifestyle models, will be available in both coupe and convertible...

  • Bentley Continental GT3 race car concept
    Bentley Gives Update On Its Motorsport Comeback

    The overwhelmingly positive response to its Continental GT3 race car concept has given Bentley the confidence to return to the world of motorsports, something it’s been wanting to do for a long time. The automaker has already received significant interest for its Continental GT3 from numerous...

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