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General Motors has announced the recall of 2013 Cadillac XTS models built between October 12, 2011 and August 30, 2012. On the 12,626 cars affected by this recall, the rear seat head restraints may not fully lock in the upright position after being folded. As a result, the rear seat head rests...

The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, which comes in normally-aspirated, supercharged and (now) twin-turbo variants, is designed with a singular purpose in mind: to get through the quarter-mile as quickly as possible. The turn-key drag racer, which can be had for as little as $85,490 (for the...

Car 2 Car and Car 2 Object communications are the next big steps forward in vehicle safety, and both are necessary milestones on the road to fully autonomous cars. Automakers such as Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Ford, General Motors and Nissan have been active in research for years, and now Toyota...

Development of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost Coupe is progressing nicely, as evidenced by this spy video showing a prototype being flung around the arduous Nürburgring-Nordschleife with sports car-like pace. This makes sense, as the Ghost Coupe, which may end up reviving the Corniche name, is to...

General Motors is hard at work developing eight-speed transmissions for both transverse (front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive) and longitudinal (rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive) applications, which will ensure the brand’s competitiveness with others in terms of both performance and fuel...

Rolls-Royce knows how to please customers within a given market segment. In the past year, it’s introduced a Year of the Dragon Phantom special edition for China, shown an Art Deco range of bespoke models at the Paris Auto Show and debuted its Aviator Collection Phantom Coupe at Pebble Beach...

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche is best known as the designer of the iconic Porsche 911, but his artistic vision extended far beyond the world of the automobile. In 1972 F.A. Porsche founded the Porsche Design Studio, which would ultimately bring trend-setting style to the world of consumer goods...

McLaren is one of the dominant forces in racing, with its Formula One team second only to Ferrari in motorsport’s highest echelon when it comes to the total number of wins. What many readers may not know, however, is that McLaren is much more than just a race team. In fact, McLaren has...

In August, we heard the sad news that Germany’s Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur, maker of the legendary Apollo line of supercars, was forced to start insolvency proceedings following a failed deal to market its cars in China. At the time of the announcement, the administrator overseeing the...

At January’s 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz will unveil its updated 2014 E Class range, which once again will include a high-performance E63 AMG variant. The reveal of the new E63 AMG, in particular, is very important as this will be the first time that we’ll be seeing the bold...

Here’s what we know for sure: Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in the United States, losing money in Las Vegas and driving a Lexus LFA, an SRT Viper and an Aston Martin Vanquish. Autoblog was first to decipher this from the ramblings of Jeremy Clarkson on...

To outsiders, the life of an automotive journalist is second only to the life of fictional spy James Bond. After all, we get to travel to exotic locations, drive the latest, fastest cars and eat meals we couldn’t possibly pay for on our own dime. Sadly, the reality of the job is countless...

The problem with most barn find stories is that they generally start out with “I knew a guy who’d heard of a guy whose neighbor bought a mint-condition Cobra at a garage sale for $500.” The further away from the point of origin, the taller the tale generally gets. In reality that...

We announced the nominees for this year's Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2013. The nominee spread this year includes everything from the Porsche Boxster and Cadillac ATS to the Mercedes-Benz SL and GL, to Japanese sports cars such as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ. Land Rover is working on a faster...

Honda isn’t as well known as a hybrid manufacturer as its primary Japanese rival, Toyota. Though Honda has been producing parallel hybrids nearly as long as Toyota, its Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid system lacks the popularity of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system. Now Honda is...

Actions have repercussions, something that Jeff Gordon was well aware of before he deliberately hunted down and crashed Clint Bowyer in last Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 in Phoenix. Arizona. We now know what those repercussions are, as NASCAR was swift in handing out penalties to drivers and crew...

Magnus Walker, star of the documentary Urban Outlaw, has an extreme passion for early Porsche 911s. While he owns numerous examples, one of his favorites is a 1971 911T built as a “streetable race car.” Walker’s 911T is built much like any club racer, with a nod towards increasing...

Range Rover’s best selling models in the U.S. market are its Sport variants, and it’s no secret that a new Range Rover Sport is under development. Like the all-new Range Rover, the Sport will benefit from the extensive use of aluminum in its construction, shaving serious weight from all...

Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor has become the brand’s best selling performance-enhanced pickup in the United States, winning over buyers from coast to coast. It’s earned fans overseas as well, including China, where pickups traditionally aren’t seen as status vehicles. Until now...

Acura may not quite have the prestige or the cachet of longtime luxury marques like Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, or even Lexus, but it does have top-drawer access to the most innovative powertrain and chassis engineering developments from Honda. And with Acura’s upcoming flagship sedan, the 2014...