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In late 2015 a little known automotive startup by the name of Atieva announced plans to compete in the electric car space. Beyond that intention, the company, which is based in Silicon Valley, has been mostly quiet on all fronts. Now, however, Atieva has previewed the performance of its powertrain...

The hero of 1986’s animated movie The Transformers: The Movie is finally making an appearance in the live-action version. Director Michael Bay in his latest teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight has confirmed the appearance of the Autobot Hot Rod. This time, though, Bay revealed the...

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a handful of electric cars over the coming years to counter models already offered by Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], as well as newcomers from its fellow German rivals Audi and BMW. The first of these electric cars are to include a pair of sedans and a pair of SUVs, and...

Aston Martin turned out garage rock and roll for decades. Of course, the small British carbuilder got some big help from deep-pocketed benefactors who tried every way to Sunday to turn a profit. They failed. But the sound from the factory at Gaydon has always been raw, reckless, and—excuse...

While the 2017 Aston Martin DB11 may not be the exact same car featured in "Spectre," the slinking grand-tourer is every bit the DB10's successor. The differences? That car had an ejector seat and parachute; this car has active aerodynamics. That car slid through Vatican City at night; this car can...

It's a site that sends out a siren call to many auto enthusiasts. It's called Bring A Trailer (BaT) and many of us spend too much time looking at it on a daily basis. It's a gearhead's utopia of rare, vintage, and unique vehicles for sale all in one location. While the site features Craigslist...

Audi recently conducted its 100th durability test, known as an "INKA" test, on a 2016 A4. INKA is the acronym for Ingolstadt Korrosion und Altern (corrosion and aging). The testing replicates 12 years of vehicle life in 19 weeks. This corrosion and aging test is conducted in five phases. First, the...

Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel recently went up against a driver in a 488 GTB in a race against the clock. However, the four-time world champion wasn’t in one of his F1 cars, or even in another exotic. Instead, he faced the 488 in an ambulance. To make the competition...

The owner of a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 recently found out the hard way why it’s never a good idea to do burnouts and speed on public roads. His car ended up a total wreck after he pulled some antics best left to a restricted area such as a track. As this video from YouTube channel Tucson...

When selling a car at auction, a little star power never hurts. This 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is already pretty striking on its own, but it also has a notable former owner. When he wasn't selling grills, George Foreman was driving this Lambo from new. Now the classic supercar is heading...

Volkswagen’s next-generation Polo has been spotted testing, and the version spotted is the sporty GTI. The new subcompact looks to be growing in size and the GTI version may offer slightly more power than its predecessor. A new generation of the Honda Civic Type R will bow in 2017, and this...

While autonomous driving technology may still be in its infancy, there are efforts underway to get a fully autonomous racing series up and running. The series has even been given a name: Roborace. We first learned of Roborace back in March. The cars would be identical, right down the various...

Porsche introduced a race car based on its limited edition Cayman GT4 for the 2016 motorsport season. Ahead of the 2017 season, there’s a new, more hardcore version. It’s called the Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR, and it was developed by German motorsport and engineering firm Manthey-Racing...

When he’s not out waging war in Westeros, it appears Jon Snow has a penchant for reciting poetry and driving luxury coupes. More accurately, Kit Harington, who plays the popular character on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, was been recruited by Infiniti to help promote its new Q60...

We're pretty sure no one is saying the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R is slow. If someone does, you can show them this: John Hennessey running a stock 2016 Shelby GT350R to 169 mph. It's important to note that, according to Ford, the 2016 Shelby GT350R doesn't have a speed limiter. Rather, it's...

It's a generally held rule: Let your car warm up a bit before heading off to tackle the day. But is it really necessary? In a word? No. Our friend Jason Fenske from Engineering Explained is here to explain why today's cars don't really need to be warmed up before driving. Basically, it comes down...

It doesn’t get more badass than this. Strapped to the dyno of Hennessey Performance Engineering is a 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat dishing out hypercar-like numbers. The car features the tuner’s HPE1000 Twin Turbo package. That’s right, the folks at Hennessey have added a pair...

The 2016 model year will be the last for Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe, the automaker has confirmed. A successor is planned but will be sold under Hyundai’s new Genesis luxury brand. The successor will be a larger, more luxurious model possibly hinted at by 2015’s Vision G concept car...

BMW’s M3 nameplate turned 30 this year and to celebrate the automaker rolled out the 30 Jahre Edition based on the latest, fifth-generation M3. Just 500 are being built for worldwide consumption and 150 will make it to the United States. They'll arrive as 2017 models. They’re all likely...

Designing and engineering a car is a balance. If an automaker puts a lot of money into one aspect of a car, other areas may suffer to meet a price target. The struggle between engineering and design is real: good cars can look bad, and vice versa. If the car is meant to handle well, how much power...