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  • Could HCCI be the future of the internal combustion engine?

    The internal-combustion engine is something with which you're no doubt very familiar. Air, spark, and fuel come together over the course of four strokes to create power and move your vehicle forward. That's for a gasoline engine; in a diesel engine, fuel is compressed until it explodes, after it's sprayed in as air and pulled in by the piston. There's a third type of engine on the horizon though and it's called a Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition engine, or HCCI for short. HCCI engines, in theory, have the same four strokes, but there's simultaneous combustion of air and fuel and it's...

  • Someone turned a Toyota Supra into a replica Bentley GT3 R
    A Toyota Supra was turned into a Bentley GT3-R, for some unfathomable reason

    Who can explain the heart of man? Specifically, who can explain the heart of a man that would, for some unfathomable reason, take a 1992 Toyota Supra and turn it into a replica of a Bentley Continental GT3-R? Our heads are spinning with questions. We weep for the poor Supra under that excessive...

  • Ariel Atom Aero-P concept
    Ariel brings back the ‘fan car’ with Atom Aero-P concept

    Generating massive amounts of downforce without the added drag that most aerodynamic elements add to a car is the holy grail of designing fast track machines. One of the more out-there solutions is the addition of a fan that literally sucks air from below the car in order to create an area of low...

  • Teaser for Zava Prometheus
    Italian firm promises 1,341-horsepower electric car

    An Italian firm by the name of Zava claims to be developing an electric car capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in 2.0 seconds. Such pace would make Zava’s car, called the Prometheus, the fastest accelerating car to ever enter production. That alone is enough to tell you the company...

  • Porsche 918 Spyder takes on a Red Bull Zivko Edge 540
    Porsche 918 Spyder pitted against a Red Bull Air Race plane

    The car versus plane video is a thing that may have run stale. It seems that everyone watched Top Gear do it, and then proceeded to dream up ground versus air battles of their own. There was probably such a stunt done even earlier, but it seems Clarkson and company opened the flood gates to these...

  • 2018 Land Rover Discovery off-road testing
    Land Rover shows off new Discovery’s off-road skills

    Get ready to say goodbye to the aging LR4 and hello to the new Discovery. The handsome SUV makes its world debut this month at the 2016 Paris auto show and will be on sale by mid-2017, arriving as a 2018 model. Although it’s aimed at soccer moms—it’s Land Rover’s rival to...

  • N2A Camaro 789 SS Convertible

    Prepare thine eyes and feast them upon this! What you're looking at is the latest creation from American coachbuilder N2A Motors. Under that bodywork sits a fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro. It's now called the Camaro 789 SS, and that's because N2A has taken styling cues from Chevys of 1957, 1958 and 1959. To our eyes? It's a bit of a miss, though we've never been fans of taking a modern car and giving it retro-looking bodywork. We love old cars. We love modern cars. We even love old cars hiding modern powerplants, yet we've never found a modern car turned retro that's really worked from a...

  • 2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Alfa Romeo Stelvio leak, F-150 Raptor power numbers, VW Golf R spy shots: Car News Headlines

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] accidently revealed the look of its new Alfa Romeo Stelvio in a video highlighting the production facility where the SUV will be built. The world debut won’t be taking place until the 2016 Los Angeles auto show in November. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is...

  • A behind-the-scenes look at the amazing effects from Mad Max: Fury Road
    'Mad Max: Fury Road' looks just as amazing minus the CGI

    If you haven't yet seen Mad Max: Fury Road, there's a glaring hole in your life right now. You must see this film, and you must enjoy it in a dark room with the volume set to a level that will have your neighbors ready to call the cops. It's a masterpiece of old-school Mad Max action with minimal...

  • Site of Aston Martin plant in St Athan, Wales
    Aston Martin starts hiring for SUV

    Aston Martin’s new plant in St Athan, Wales will be up and running in 2020. The automaker will initially use the plant to build an SUV and later add production of two sedans, possibly wearing Lagonda badges. A former military base has been chosen as the site. Construction will commence in...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio leaked
    Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV leaked ahead of 2016 L.A. auto show

    It isn’t due to be unveiled until November’s 2016 Los Angeles auto show but Alfa Romeo’s first SUV, the Stelvio, has been partially revealed in an official promo video. The video was posted to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] YouTube page and has since been removed...

  • PSA Peugeot Citroën logo
    Maker of Peugeot and Citroën cars confirms LA car-sharing service

    PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares on Monday confirmed the French auto giant will launch a car-sharing service in Los Angeles and possibly more cities in the United States. PSA, which represents brands Peugeot, DS and Citroën, will work with fellow French firm Bollore to launch the service. Bollore...

  • Lazareth - LM 847

    Remember that Viper V-10-powered Dodge Tomahawk concept from 2003? That mean machine was a non-street-legal concept of which nine were built. They were sold as replicas through the always bonkers Neiman Marcus catalog and the asking price was a cool $550,000. If you feel like you missed out on that over-engined quad-tired goodness, well we have something special to share with you. Say hello to the Lazareth LM847. You're looking at a behemoth of a bike that gets its power from a Maserati-sourced V-8 engine. The power output is rated at 470 horsepower and 457 lb-ft of torque, and it sends that...

  • Ford Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Vehicle
    Ford thinks it will sell you a self-driving car in 2025

    Autonomous cars are less than a decade away, according top Ford brass. Wait, let's back up. Nearly all the major automakers are working on self-driving cars, from Volvo and Mercedes to Toyota and Honda, the future is supposedly clear as day. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] recently announced it will...

  • 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor
    New 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor coming with 450 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque?

    Both the new Ford GT and F-150 Raptor are coming for performance enthusiasts, but the Blue Oval's been pretty quiet when it comes to one key detail regarding both vehicles: power. Considering both models will be down two cylinders from conventional car logic (twin-turbocharged V-6 vs. V-8)...

  • 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition
    Do you mourn the loss of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution? Poll results

    The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is finally dead. We'll give you a moment. Far outliving its sell by date, the Evo is dead, but whether anyone will miss it or not is another story. In fact, that was the topic of our recent Twitter poll, which asked whether you mourn the loss of the Evo. Despite the...

  • Volvo Drive Me autonomous car pilot project in Gothenburg, Sweden
    Volvo builds first prototypes for ambitious Drive Me autonomous car trial

    Volvo in 2014 announced an ambitious project that would see autonomous car prototypes handed to members of the public for evaluation. As part of the project, called Drive Me, 100 of the prototypes, all of them based on the XC90 SUV, would be lent out to participating customers in Gothenburg, Sweden...

  • McLaren P1 finished with color-changing carbon fiber
    McLaren P1 features a chameleon carbon fiber finish

    There's a new McLaren P1 roaming around Southern California, and it's owner has taken to calling it the P1 MK Edition. When you buy a car like that, you can pretty much call it whatever you want. When you're dealing with McLaren's MSO (McLaren Special Operations), you can also get the exterior...

  • 2018 Mazda CX-5 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    A redesigned Mazda CX-5 is just around the corner, as evidenced by our latest spy shots. They show a prototype for the new compact SUV which is slated to arrive on the market in 2017, as a 2018 model. It’s possible the world debut will take place as early as the 2016 Los Angeles auto show this November. The CX-5 is Mazda’s most popular model so the design of the new generation is crucial. Fortunately it appears the designers have taken the handsome lines of the latest CX-9 and shrunken them to compact size. Under that pretty sheet metal will be a revised version of the platform...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Mercedes-AMG E43 driven, mid-engine C8 Corvette spied, Bolt EV range revealed: Today’s Car News

    Mercedes-Benz has redesigned its E-Class and new to the range is an E43 model from the folks at Mercedes-AMG. It’s got all-wheel drive, a twin-turbocharged V-6 and a paddle-shifted, 9-speed automatic transmission, all wrapped in one very handsome and cosseting package. Find out what...

  • 2018 Ford Fiesta 3-door spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Ford Fiesta 3-door spy shots

    Ford Motor Company [NSYE:F] is working on a new generation of its Fiesta and today we have spy shots of a prototype for the popular subcompact’s three-door hatchback option. It should debut alongside the five-door at one of the major European auto shows in 2017, and eventually we should also...

  • Scene from Ken Block’s ‘Gymkhana Nine: Raw Industrial Playground’
    Ken Block 'Gymkhana Nine' has landed, looks awesome

    Ken Block is at it again. The rallycross racer and gymkhana king on Tuesday released the ninth installment in the Gymkhana series that started almost a decade ago. It’s called Gymkhana Nine: Raw Industrial Playground and is a must for anyone that’s into fast cars and ruin porn. No, it's...

  • New Pirelli tire for the Jaguar XJ220
    Bridgestone and Pirelli developing new tires for... the Jaguar XJ220?

    The Jaguar XJ220 is a supercar that often gets unfairly left out of the conversation of all-time greatest cars. This is because the XJ220 arrived at a time when the Porsche 959 and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F40 had already captured the hearts and minds of auto-loving folks around the globe and McLaren...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
    2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV promises 238-mile range

    Chevrolet on Tuesday confirmed its 2017 Bolt EV electric hatchback will be coming with an EPA-estimated range of 238 miles. That beats Tesla’s [NSDQ:TSLA] 215-mi estimate for the Model 3 by a significant margin, and the Bolt EV will also beat the Tesla into showrooms, arriving in late 2016...

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