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Mercedes-Benz is struggling in the United States market to displace BMW from the top of the luxury auto sales pyramid. Its strategy seems to be based on introducing a dizzying array of new cars, some positioned to attract new and younger buyers into the Mercedes family. This much is clear: its...

If you've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Lexus IS range, check out our latest spy shots to get the best idea yet of what the Japanese luxury brand is planning. ZF's CEO thinks nine-speed automatic transmissions are the natural limit of the technology. Do you see the need for more...

In September, we told you that BMW was partnering with automotive crowdsourcing expert Local Motors for an urban automotive technology design contest. The idea was simple: use Local Motors’ Forge community to address challenges faced by urban drivers in the coming years. As The Forge has...

If you like your racing sims filled with bump drafting and fender-banging action, we’ve got good news for you: Activision is releasing NASCAR The Game: Inside Line to stores today. Developed by Eutechnyx, Inside Line gives players over 40 drivers and teams to choose from, as well as a...

To celebrate the lifelong contribution of Sergio Pininfarina, who passed away earlier this year at age 85, Ferrari is running an exhibition dedicated to the late designer at its museum in Maranello, Italy. The exhibition features examples of most of Pininfarina’s creations for the Prancing...

Development of the 2014 Lexus IS sedan is progressing nicely, with the latest prototypes now wearing the least camouflage gear yet. We can clearly see elements of the car’s new spindle grille, as well as its sharply creased character lines and coupe-like proportions. The overall dimensions of...

With the financial backing of its Indian parent, plus a string of recent successes, Land Rover is about to embark on an ambitious plan to expand its lineup to 16 models (up from six) and potentially double its sales by 2020. While Land Rover has no plans to move away from SUVs and crossovers, to...

Yesterday, Maserati took the covers off its all-new, sixth-generation Quattroporte sedan, ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January. Along with the reveal, Maserati CEO Harald Wester reaffirmed his company’s plans to boost sales to around 50,000 annually...

Trademarks are a bit of a dodgy business when you get down to the ways corporations use them to protect past, present, and potential future products. You can't always rely on a trademark database to indicate a company's--especially a carmaker's--future product direction. Nonetheless, the filing of...

Big engine, little car: it's a classic formula. Sometimes it is taken to extremes. Sometimes it's taken to ludicrous extremes. And sometimes, someone shoehorns a 7.0-liter LS7 from a Corvette Z06 into a Chevy Spark. The car, which appears to also wear extensive track-focused modifications like a...

MINI, it seems, is going to great lengths to stay in the public eye these days. YouTube is filled with videos showing MINI in increasingly-odd and vaguely-disturbing scenarios, such as its “Not Normal” series. If there’s a point in showing a guy dancing in a bear costume, or a...

If you grew up in the 1970s and had any interest in cars, you know the names Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen. Rivals on track and (mostly) friends off-track, the pair created a marketing juggernaut that paved the way for modern motorsports marketing...

For decades, automatic transmissions had three or four speeds, which were deemed sufficient to provide reasonable acceleration and fuel economy. Then came the five speed automatic, which was standard issue on most cars until just a few years back. Then, the race for more gears in the transmission...

BMW will be launching six new diesels in the U.S. over the next two years. That's great news for people that like torque and MPGs but maybe aren't interested in going hybrid. Fisker has investigated the cause of the fires of a group of Karmas after flooding during Hurricane Sandy, and claims the...

There’s a lot more to building a car capable of 200 mph (under the right conditions) than stuffing in a massively-powerful engine and calling it done. While the 2013 Shelby GT500’s supercharged 5.8-liter V-8, rated at 662 horsepower and 631 pound feet of torque, can deliver the...

The covers have finally come off one of the most anticipated cars of next year, the all-new 2014 Maserati Quattroporte. Set to debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January, the new flagship sedan is the first of Maserati's modernized lineup with which the automaker hopes to increase sales almost...

The BMW M Performance range of vehicles, performance upgrades and accessories are still not available in the U.S., but it’s only a matter of time until they head our way. We’re betting that one of the more popular items will be the BMW M Performance steering wheel featured in this...

You may be wondering why Honda is out testing a facelifted version of its Civic, when the car was all-new just a year ago. Well, the main reason is the drab reviews the car has received since its launch at the 2011 New York Auto Show. With the likes of the new Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Hyundai...

Audi is addressing the claim that its cars all look the same by taking its design in a bold new direction. The automaker plans to introduce greater differentiation between each of its model lines, with its future styling expected to reflect in greater detail the technical aspects behind the cars...

Despite not officially being on sale yet, the 2014 Jaguar F-Type has already racked up more than 2,000 sales, which is almost a third of the 6,000 to 7,000 examples Jaguar is hoping to sell in 2013. Most of those orders come from customers in Europe, where the F-Type made its official debut, but...