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  • Tesla Roadster Prototype for sale on eBay

    The first Tesla model that arrived to delight the eco-friendly was the Roadster. A cool looking all-electric sports car, it rode on the bones of the Lotus Elise. Tesla reportedly built more than 30 development cars for prototyping purposes. Plenty of those were surely crashed in the name of testing, but a few survived. One of the survivors has popped up on eBay, and it's seller thinks its worth a cool million bucks. This is development car #32. It's now in the hands of a private seller and it shows just under 18,000 miles on its odometer. The seller believes that it's a piece of history...

  • 2017 BMW 5-Series
    2017 BMW 5-Series preview

    Mercedes-Benz has been launching hit after hit for the past few years, making it hard for rivals, even perennial luxury leader BMW, to keep up. Mercedes has catapulted to the top of the sales charts thanks to a focus on traditional values such as handsome design, plush interiors and stout...

  • Bentley Continental takes on a Tram in Zurich
    Bentley Continental GT crashes into tram in Zurich, wins

    The heavyweight bout between a tram and a Bentley Continental GT took place in Zurich, Switzerland. The winner, by derailment, was the Bentley. It used all of the torque at its disposal to ram into the slow-moving tram and knock it right off its own rails. This is a clear victory for the Bentley...

  • 1976 AMC Pacer Waynes World
    'Wayne's World' Pacer hits Barrett-Jackson auction block

    I see a little silhouette of a car...It's a Pacer, a Pacer, will you be the one who buys it? Normally we wouldn't be too excited to share the details about a 1976 AMC Pacer coming up for sale. This one, though, is a bit different. That's because it belonged to one Garth Algar. Yes, the very same...

  • BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100
    BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 deep dive

    BMW’s Iconic Impulses world tour reached its final destination in Los Angeles this week, where BMW Motorrad revealed its vision for the future of two-wheeled mobility. As part of the company’s 100th anniversary, the automaker has produced four unique concept vehicles this year--one from...

  • 2017 Infiniti QX60
    2017 Infiniti QX60 preview

    Infiniti’s QX60 remains one of the top choices in the mid-size luxury SUV segment, thanks mostly to its standard third-row seats and reasonable starting price. However, it’s starting to get a bit long in the tooth. After all, the QX60 traces its roots back to the JX, which Infiniti...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 HPE800 by Hennessey Performance

    Buy a Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350, get Hennessey Performance to install its HPE800 supercharger package on it, and you’re instantly the biggest badass on the block. Don’t believe us? Just hit play on that video above. Make sure to dial the volume down first, though, as the car in the clip is seriously loud, especially when it’s screaming on the dyno. The stock 5.2-liter V-8 in the Shelby GT350 is already one of the best engines in production. Its sound, its thrust, and soaring 8,250 redline are already the thing of dreams. However, strap a supercharger...

  • 2016 Ford Focus RS
    Focus RS driven, Huracán Superleggera spied, sporty Cruze diesel confirmed: Car News Headlines

    We’ve finally had some time behind the wheel of the 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS, and boy is it a brilliant car. We love it so much we’re happy to call it the hottest hot hatch you can buy right now. Another car we love is Lamborghini’s Huracán. Soon, a more...

  • 2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots and video

    The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. We’ll see the updated range in showrooms around mid-2017, with the cars arriving for the 2018 model year. Prototypes are currently testing around Europe. The latest shots and video show a prototype for the...

  • 2018 Hyundai i30 N spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    US won’t get Hyundai i30 N but hot Elantra possible

    The new Hyundai N performance division’s first model will be a hotted-up version of the recently revealed i30, which we'll most likely see next March at the 2017 Geneva auto show. The i30 is a hatchback related to the latest Elantra and is expected in the United States as the replacement for...

  • Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003S, 2015 Geneva Motor Show
    Street-legal SCG003 to be ‘fastest cornering supercar’

    America's Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is in the final stages of development for the street-legal version of its SCG003 supercar and more and more details are leaking out. If you recall, we first saw the SCG003 at the 2015 Geneva auto show. Back then, SCG showed both the race car (SCG003C) and road...

  • 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Superleggera spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Lamborghini Huracán Superleggera spy shots

    Lamborghini has just introduced a rear-wheel-drive Huracán but a new, more hardcore version is just around the corner. We have new spy shots of what's likely to be a Huracán Superleggera (earlier shots showed a test mule). If you look closely, you'll notice the extra aero around the...

  • LUTZ Pathfinder self-driving pod car prototype

    A trial of self-driving pod cars is currently underway in the United Kingdom. There are three cars taking part in the trial, which is part of the U.K. government’s Transport Systems Catapult Autodrive project, and none are actually traveling along roads just yet. Instead, they travel along designated areas in the city center of Milton Keynes, the town where the Red Bull Racing Formula One team is located. Eventually, though, the trial will be expanded to 40 cars, covering both pedestrian zones and public roads. The expanded trial will be run in Milton Keynes and nearby Coventry. The...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Detroit
    Sporty or blowing smoke? Chevy says diesel Cruze RS coming

    General Motors Company's [NYSE:GM] chief in North America said Tuesday the automaker plans on offering a diesel-powered version of the 2018 Chevy Cruze RS and—gasp—it may actually be fun to drive. "We designed these to be sporty, as you can see," said Alan Batey, President for GM in...

  • 2016 Ford Focus RS
    2016 Ford Focus RS first drive review: the hottest of the hatches

    Ford couldn't have released the Focus RS at a better time. The Mitsubishi Evo is officially dead, and the Subaru WRX STI is getting long in the tooth. The most recent generation of the STI is only offered as a sedan, and an Evo hatchback was never offered in the U.S. While other automakers are...

  • Amalgam Collection created a 1:8 scale Bugatti Chiron
    1:8 Scale Bugatti Chiron will set you back over $10,000

    Looking to add some spice to your Hot Wheels collection? Maybe you're a bit more serious about grabbing as many scale versions of your favorite cars as you can, and that means you've already jump up to the AutoArt offerings of the world. Guess what? You're a small-time player. Just like there's...

  • Bloodhound SSC
    South African locals prep track for Bloodhound SSC land speed record attempt

    Hakskeenpan, or Hakseen Pan as we'd say in English, is a desolate stretch of mud and salt that sits in the Kalahari Desert. This South African site is going to play host to the Bloodhound SSC next year as it seeks to break the current land speed record. To prep the desert surface for this run, the...

  • 2017 Dodge Viper
    Dodge closes Viper orders to assess how many are left

    The 2017 model year marks the final run of the Dodge Viper. Its 25-year run is coming to an end, and that end might be happening right now as Dodge has just halted the ordering process for the American high-performance machine. According to The Detroit News, Dodge is examining just how many cars...

  • Ferrari F12 Caballería by Bengala

    A Spanish tuner by the name of Bengala is promising a carbon fiber conversion for the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F12 Berlinetta. The conversion is the first project from Bengala’s new Privilege Program and will be limited to just ten examples. Projects in Bengala’s Privilege Program are to be limited to five or ten examples and only one is planned per year. Bengala claims all ten of the F12 conversions will be completed by the summer of 2017. However, since we’re yet to see a single vehicle actually modified by the company we’re not sure if any conversions will actually be...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro convertible
    6th-gen Camaro overtakes Mustang in monthly sales for first time

    It wasn’t long ago that Chevrolet’s Camaro consistently outsold the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang. In fact, the Camaro enjoyed a five-year streak between 2009 and 2014. But with the launch of its sixth-generation Mustang, Ford suddenly had the edge and has been in front in the...

  • Christian von Koenigsegg and Jay Leno with the Koenigsegg One:1
    Jay Leno drives the 1,341-hp Koenigsegg One:1

    There are only seven Koenigsegg One:1s in the world, and just one of them resides in the U.S.—and Jay Leno has driven it. This is one car Leno doesn’t actually own, although he's still thoroughly impressed by it, as evidenced by his reaction upon seeing it, featured in this recent...

  • 1951 Porsche 356 SL Gmünd Coupe - Image via Drew Phillips Photography
    1951 Porsche 356 SL, Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Ford Mustang upgrades: Today’s Car News

    One of the rarest Porsches in existence, the 1951 356 SL Gmünd Coupe, has been returned to its original glory and is featured in a new video and gallery. It’s the first Porsche sports car converted for racing, and it’s the first to claim a victory for the Porsche marque, in the 24...

  • 2016 Tesla Model X
    Tesla drops entry-level Model X 60D after 3 months

    Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] in mid-July announced the entry-level 60D option for the Model X. Its arrival helped bring the price of entry for the electric SUV down to $75,200. Just three months later, the 60D is no longer available, meaning the entry-level Model X is now the 75D, which starts at $86,700...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang GT
    Mustang EcoBoost boasts V-8 torque thanks to Ford Performance upgrade

    The sixth-generation Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has now been on sale for a couple of years, and those owners used to the performance now have the option of some power upgrade kits offered direct from the factory—i.e. they won’t hurt the warranty. The power upgrade kits have...

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