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The Mini Countryman was updated for 2015 but development of a successor is nearing its final stages. A prototype for the new Countryman has just been spotted, revealing many of the details of the next-generation compact crossover. It appears designers have adopted a boxier, more rugged look for the...

Ever dreamt of a car made from titanium? Well, your dreams have come true thanks to Icona, the design house and coachbuilder founded in Turin and based in Shanghai. Icona is selling its Vulcano Titanium supercar for a cool 2.5 million euros (approximately $2.78 million). ALSO SEE: 2018 Ford Mustang...

China’s Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) made headlines last week after the company behind the project, TEBtech, conducted a first real-world test. However, questions have been raised as to whether it's just one big scam. As China’s Global Times points out, much of TEBtech's capital has been...

An ambitious group of like-minded folks aim to produce a track-day special that should set your senses tingling. Called Project 917, the team is looking to produce a real, track day-oriented Porsche 917 and they're turning to the power of crowdfunding for help. Along the way, the team hopes to...

All-wheel-drive systems are numerous, and some of them work in different ways. A Subaru, an Audi, and a pickup truck all have different needs to meet in powering all their wheels. They use systems that employ various different technologies, and once more our friend at Engineering Explained is here...

Dodge made a statement when it unleashed its Hellcats with 707 horsepower. Naturally, GM answered that call with the new 2017 Camaro ZL1, which packs 650 horsepower. Last week we ran a fun Twitter poll with the question in our headline. While 67 percent of the respondents said no, 33 percent of you...

I bet you thought lane splitting was fully legal in California. You are sort of right... and sort of wrong. The legal ability for the two-wheeled riders of California's roads to split lanes has been a gray area. You could say the right to do so was splitting the lanes of legality. There wasn't a...

Croatian firm Rimac showed us its Concept_One electric supercar in production trim in March at the 2016 Geneva auto show. The company is still fine tuning the design, though, and recently provided a behind-the-scenes look at some of the testing helping to hone this 1,088-horsepower steed. In the...

Formula One is currently on its summer break and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] driver Kimi Räikkönen, 36, took advantage of the time off to marry his 29-year-old model girlfriend Minttu Virtanen. The couple, who have a son together, Robin, tied the knot on Sunday in the town of Siena, located in...

As cars become more connected, hacking is becoming more of a concern. Last year, researchers took control of a Jeep Cherokee in a highly-publicized hack, but it seems hackers can cause other kinds of mischief as well. A pair of hackers were arrested last week in Texas after stealing more than 30...

Karma, the company born out of the remains of bankrupt automaker Fisker Automotive, hopes to be selling its updated version of the Fisker Karma by the end of 2016. The extended-range electric sedan, which will be known as the Karma Revero, will be sourced from a new plant set up in Moreno Valley...

When it comes to democratization of horsepower, you can’t beat a Detroit muscle car. The 707-hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat started the current trend with its base price of only $60k. Now the even more capable 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has picked up the baton with its starting price...

Cars and Coffees are great for getting acquainted with other car lovers in your area, but the events aren’t always a pleasant affair as one Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 458 Speciale owner recently discovered. A woman driving a Mercedes-Benz 380SL at a Cars and Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia on...

Tragedy struck Saturday morning at an airfield near Burns Flat, Oklahoma when a replica of an airplane designed by Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti in the 1930s crashed during a test flight, killing its pilot Scotty Wilson. Wilson, an Air Force veteran, was the leader of the small team developing the...

BAC has unveiled a version of its street-legal Mono track car fitted with body panels made from graphene. The advanced material is similar to carbon fiber but consists of sheets just one atom thick. Its strength is derived from the arrangement of the carbon atoms which form rigid, honeycomb-like...

We saw it coming, but that doesn't soften the blow much now that it's here. Toyota announced this week that prices for its 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD, an off-roading pickup powerhouse, will start at $41,700, including destination. That's the entry price for a 6-speed manual transmission pickup with all...

It wasn't all that long about that a Chevrolet Corvette took more than 9 seconds to sprint to 60 mph, let alone 150 mph like this 1,100 horsepower beast of a 'Vette Z06 created by the folks at Advanced Modern Performance. All right, so the last time a Corvette leisurely ambled to 60 mph in 9...

Mercedes-Benz made significant weight savings with its latest C-Class thanks to the use of materials much lighter than conventional steel in the car’s construction, such as aluminum and even some composites. A senior Mercedes executive has hinted that the next-generation model, due early next...

In the '90s, "Skateboarding is Not a Crime" stickers became extremely popular. Of course, skateboarding was a crime back then, and in many places, it remains so today. But as of this week, along with the prospect of a misdemeanor trespassing charge, another possibility exists for skateboarders...

We rode shotgun in the 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo, learned that the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will have more power than originally thought, and heard the story of a track enthusiast in a 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350 losing his brakes at 100 mph. It's the Week in Reverse...