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BMW is supplying 4,000 cars for dignitary transport during the upcoming Olympic games, but only 200 will be electric powered.

If you haven't been tracking the progress of Lamborghini's rumored rebirth of the SUV, you could be forgiven--but now Bentley is working on one of its own, and the Lamborghini is looking likely as well. Hyperlux SUV battle royale? We like it. In other news, yet another Ferrari 458 Italia has been...

It's difficult to discuss the weight of modern cars without referring to the old Colin Chapman adage, "add lightness". Still, the old Lotus chap had a point--by making a car lightweight, you improve it in every dynamic area, and efficiency increases too. Automakers are once more starting to take...

Buoyed by its best sales results since the 2008 global financial crisis Bentley looks set to give the go ahead for a new upscale SUV to be launched sometime in 2014 and come powered by a 12-cylinder engine. Importantly, Bentley intends for its model to be positioned above any SUV currently on the...

Prior to the global financial crisis commencing in late 2008 Bentley’s sales levels were hovering at more than 10,000 units annually. Then the crisis hit and it was no longer in fashion to be buying up luxury cars with six-figure pricetags, sending sales for ultra-luxury marques like Bentley...

After the launch of its first SUV, the G Class, more than 30 years ago Mercedes-Benz is now celebrating the sale of its two millionth luxury soft-roader. As you may have guessed, most of those SUVs have ended up in the U.S., though China is fast on its way to overtaking it, and despite fuel prices...

This gruesome wreckage is the result of the actions of an alleged drunk driver who lost control of his Ferrari 458 Italia outside a nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He reportedly was trying to show off to a girl when he lost control of the bright red supercar, first crashing into a...

It looks like Fiat’s next major launch in the U.S. will be a compact crossover internally referenced as the “Ellezero” (pronounced L-0) and due for a world debut at March’s 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The vehicle, which is predicted to resemble a five-door Fiat 500 on steroids...

Jari-Matti Latvala isn't exactly a household name in the U.S. unless that household happens to be chock full of rally nuts, but this video should bring him one step closer. The footage shows the 2012 Ford Fiesta RS WRC in testing as the team preps for the return of the Rallye Monte Carlo to the...

A ring of car thieves targeting luxury peer-to-peer car sharing service HiGear has caused the company to shut its doors. The thieves used fake identities and stolen credit cards to bypass the company's security and fees on the way to stealing four cars worth approximately $300,000. The closure...

MINI looks set to expand into the lucrative commercial vehicle segment with a new cargo hauler based on its long-wheelbase Clubman model. MINI is reportedly looking to preempt the arrival of the Fiat 500 ‘Giardinetta’ wagon by launching its new Clubman variant at the 2012 Geneva Motor...

In the early part of 2007 Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the owner of automaker Porsche AG and several other firms, started increasing its ownership in the Volkswagen Group. By 2009 Porsche’s stake in VW had increased to 50.76 percent and a full-blown takeover seemed just around the corner...

Remember last week’s video of a Bugatti Veyron leaving a mildly tuned Nissan GT-R in the dust at a drag strip in Florida? Well, here’s two new videos of the night, filmed from directly beside the Veyron as it lights up its wheels and heads down the strip. We even get a few words from...

In just a few days’ time Indian design firm DC Design will unveil a new supercar concept at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo, and the good news is that a production version is planned. DC Design, of course, is the firm responsible for the Rolls-Royce inspired coupe that made headlines back in 2006...

Just when we thought Dodge had reached about as deeply as it could into its Mopar-muscle retro-performance catalog, it’s pulling out all the stops at the upcoming Detroit auto show with the introduction of a new 2012 Dodge Charger Redline that finds some retro inspiration from 1970—plus a...

The 2011 Pebble Beach Best Of Show winner, a 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne Coupe, stops by Jay Leno's Garage for a visit.

Ford will launch an available Lane Keeping System, usually reserved for luxury cars, on its new 2013 Fusion sedan.

If we asked you to name the oldest sports car in production that still resembled its original ancestor, which car would you pick? The Chevrolet Corvette is out, since the 2012 version doesn’t even bear a passing resemblance to the 1953 model. The Porsche 911 would be a good guess, since even...

A new racing series, based in India, will pit famous F1 drivers from years past against rising stars in Indian motorsports.

Cadillac has stepped up the security features on the 2012 Escalade, making the SUV harder to steal and (hopefully) de-listing it as one of America's most stolen vehicles.