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As cars become more and more connected it won’t be long until they are communicating with each other as well as with the surrounding infrastructure to aid traffic flow as well as safety. In fact, some of the technology is now available. Audi is the first automaker to launch cars capable of...

We all know Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] LaFerrari-based FXX K is fast but nothing can prepare you for the rawness and sheer exhilaration of the car as it races around a track. The video from Speedracer38 gives us a tantalizing taste of what the experience is like. It was filmed during the...

The Dodge Challenger range is being expanded with a new model, the all-wheel-drive GT. Unfortunately the Challenger’s V-8s have been ruled out due to tight packaging and torque constraints of the all-wheel-drive system, which is borrowed from the Charger. If you prefer your muscle cars to...

The first trailer for the fifth installment of the Transformers franchise, “Transformers: The Last Knight,” has been released ahead of the movie’s screening next summer. It gives away some sizable clues about the plot but car fans are going to be disappointed as there isn’t...

It's time to come clean, friends. Don't worry, You're in a safe space here. Just admit it. You're power-hungry. But just how much power will it take to get your fix? 300? 400? 500? How about 603 horsepower—stuffed into the latest, greatest version of the Benz E-Class? Works for us. We're just...

Holden on Tuesday revealed its redesigned Commodore sedan, a slightly revised version of which will be sold in the United States as the 2018 Buick Regal (shown below). The only real difference between the Holden and Buick versions will be a more conventional notchback sedan shape for the Regal...

Breathe easy, elite members of society. McLaren is here to make sure you don't have to spend too much money fixing your supercars. How? McLaren is going to let buyers extend their warranty plans up to 12 years. The McLaren warranty is of the extended variety and is a nice jump over the standard...

The 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 is a monster. It's already proven itself by setting a sub 7:30 lap time on the Nürburgring. That was achieved in part due to the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 under the hood. It's the LT4 that also powers the Corvette Z06, and in the Camaro ZL1 it produces 650 horsepower...

Jay Leno has driven more combined horsepower than most people on this planet. Heck, his own Blastolene Special is a hand-built "thing of awesome" powered by a tank engine that produces 810 horsepower. That's nothing anymore for Leno. He recently had the opportunity to jump into the driver's seat of...

Back in August, a startup by the name of nuTonomy made headlines following the launch of the world’s first taxi service built around self-driving cars. Albeit a trial only, the service, which covered a few streets in Singapore, provided an early look at a likely future where self-driving cars...

More details have emerged on the new hypercar being developed by Aston Martin in partnership with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. The latest details come from Aston Martin design boss Marek Reichman who spoke recently with Motoring. He revealed that the new car, code-named the AM-RB 001 and...

Mercedes-AMG has provided a first look at its new GT4 racer based on the GT sports car. It features a sinister look that should help it stand out on the grid among the rest of the GT4 fold. Honda will unveil an electric city car concept during next month’s 2017 Consumer Electronics Show. The...

Audi has demonstrated how it is using machine learning to help refine its self-driving system. Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence where computers “learn” how to perform actions on their own, i.e. without the need to be explicitly programmed, typically via trial and...

Volkswagen is working on a successor for its CC sedan, which the automaker in November confirmed would feature the new name Arteon. Prototypes for the car have already been testing for close to a year and hint at a much more handsome design than the predecessor model. We’ve also been given a...

General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] on Tuesday released the first details for a new 9-speed automatic transmission designed for front-wheel-drive applications. The transmission, code-named the 9T50, makes its debut in the 2017 Chevrolet Malibu and by the end of calendar year 2017 will be available in...

The home of Lamborghini lies in the town of Sant'Agata Bolognese, in northern Italy. Along with sharing the name of a delicious type of sauce, the city is where the big bag bullish supercars are researched, developed, and built. Lamborghini recently held a competition to help it establish a greater...

If you're going to do work on your own vehicle, you'll most likely need to get underneath it at some point. Unless you own a monster truck, this means that you're going to have to lift your car in the air. This is intimidating for many, but there's a way to make it less so and Engineering Explained...

If you've ever had a stolen car then you know well the Boy Scout principal: Hope for the best, plan for the worst. If the car in question was 40 years ago, chances are that you haven't given up hope as much as you've completely forgotten about the hope whatsoever. But, perhaps if that stolen car...

After a long career of left turns, Jeff Gordon's retirement just took a hard right back into the driver's seat. According to Road & Track, Gordon is putting down the Werther's Original to jump behind the wheel of a new racing machine from Cadillac. The car in question is Cadillac's all-new...

Didn’t think the turbocharged and supercharged Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat X was real? Well, here it is barreling down the highway, with its pair of turbochargers whooshing away while its supercharger whines. In case you’ve forgotten, the Challenger SRT Hellcat X is a one-off project...