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Do you like luxury? Do you also have a disdain for your local taxi service? Well, you're probably already in luck because there's most likely an Uber Black vehicle circling somewhere not far from your home. Now, though, Lyft users have something upscale they can order with the press of a button...

General Motors is working on some slick new technology that should give twin-turbocharged engines a bit of a boost. According to Motor Trend, the main meat of this patent news is related to how the exhaust gases are routed to each turbocharger. It's designed for simplicity. ALSO SEE: Ford releases...

One of the most car-obsessed countries in the world may soon have a new—and rather intriguing—showcase for the automobile if Miguel Llorente gets his way. Llorente, who is perhaps best known for meticulously tracking down and discovering a Mercedes-Benz 300SL hiding under a banana tree...

While "Top Gear" hasn't exactly worked out for Chris Evans, his co-host Chris Harris is certainly riding the wave. The BBC has announced that its American subsidiary—the creatively named BBC America—will soon air its "Chris Harris on Cars" show. Spawned from the presenter's popular...

A couple months ago Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] released information about the second generation of its EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6, which debuts in the 2017 F-150. At the time, Ford said the twin-turbocharged engine's horsepower output would remain unchanged at 365 and torque would increase from 420 to...

The 2017 model year is the last for the Dodge Viper supercar. To send it off into the sunset, Dodge is launching a series of special edition models. Most of these are already sold out but you can still order the regular version of the car, including the track-focused ACR. Mercedes-Benz is working...

Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] rolled out an updated version of the proposed Formula One cockpit protection system known as the Halo for testing purposes during this past weekend’s 2016 British Grand Prix. The system was tested by Sebastian Vettel during one of the practice sessions. Compared to the...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] in June confirmed that production of the Dodge Viper would soon be coming to an end and that the 2017 model year would be the car’s last. No reason was given for the Viper’s demise but with sales slowing to a trickle (just 676 were sold in all of...

Coming as no surprise, former talk show host and car collector Jay Leno is one of the first people outside of Aston Martin to sample the new DB11 grand tourer. Leno was behind the wheel of the pre-production prototype that was on display at the car’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show debut, and joining...

Production of the iconic Land Rover Defender ceased in January after a run lasting more than decades. While Land Rover is hard at work on a modern Defender, currently thought to be debuting in 2018, it’s being reported that there are efforts in place to resurrect the original. The Sunday...

Acura is the midst of developing an FIA GT3-spec version of its NSX supercar. This week we saw the beauty in bare carbon fiber. Sadly, by the time it’s ready to race all that bare carbon will be covered by sponsor logos. Acura is only willing to state that its NSX GT3 will compete in a North...

A 2-kilometer stretch of the E16 freeway near Gävle, Sweden, nicknamed the e-way might be the world's most advanced stretch of pavement. Electric current running through power lines above the freeway delivers energy to specially-modified Scania trucks. When the big rigs are connected to the...

Microsoft conquered the desktop, but it still tries way too hard to be cool. This week's example of the tech giant's social stumbling comes via the Seattle Times, which reported Microsoft's interns recently received a party invite written in millennial-aping Snapchat speak, and included words like...

Your next delivery guy may not be a human at all, at least if you live in London. That's where the new Starship autonomous delivery vehicle—which may be better known as a robot—will launch before service is expanded elsewhere. Capable of delivering small items like groceries or...

An enterprising Canadian has decided that Ferrari V-12 power isn't sufficiently adequate. Instead, he has created a car powered by two jet engines that is styled to look like a Ferrari Enzo. Over the course of a dozen years, Ryan McQueen acquired two Rolls-Royce jet engines (by selling his own...

Porsche has opened a new engine plant specifically for 8-cylinder units. The plant is located at Porsche’s main facility in Zuffenhausen, Germany and has the capacity to build 200 engines per day. There will be two engines built at the plant initially, one gasoline and one diesel. Both...

Jeep was spotted testing a version of its Grand Cherokee believed to be powered by the awesome Hellcat engine; Aston Martin rolled out a new hypercar that promises to be the fastest production car ever built; and Mercedes-Benz started testing a successor to its almost 40-year-old G-Class. It's the...

China’s Alibaba may have started out life as just another e-commerce business but over the years has expanded into other areas including launching its own electronic payment system and now what it calls "the world’s first smartcar." That means, essentially, a vehicle with an integrated...

Mercedes-Benz’s entire S-Class range is about to undergo a mid-cycle update. Today we have spy shots of a prototype for the updated S63 Coupe from Mercedes-AMG. It looks to be adopting the “Panamericana” grille that’s set to become a fixture for the Affalterbach...

Round 10 of the 2016 Formula One World Championship is the British Grand Prix, which runs this weekend at the legendary Silverstone Circuit. Silverstone is steeped in history: Built on an airfield used during World War II, the track is where the very first F1 race was held back in 1950. But...