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Instead of traditional franchised dealerships, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] sells its electric cars directly to customers through a chain of company-owned retail stores. These stores are usually located in shopping malls alongside upscale department stores and boutiques, but now Tesla plans to actually...

The hardcore version of Mercedes-AMG’s GT sports car is now a little over a week away from its debut. The official tuner to Mercedes-Benz has confirmed the car will be called the GT R and make its debut June 24 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Along with the confirmation, Mercedes-AMG...

Maybe this is how we'll remember sports cars. Once everything runs off a silent pack of cells charged wirelessly overnight. Once no one actually owns a car outright. Once cars turn into self-driven transportation devices, run by apps, pre-programmed for convenience, drained of life. Savor this one...

What's in an acronym? In the case of the 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR, it's not just a pretty face and a $126,945 price tag. As it does with the gutsy Range Rover Sport SVR, Jaguar Land Rover doesn't spare much in the mission to give those letters real meaning. That meaning: pretty obvious. SVR stands...

The biggest hindrance to electric cars has been their limited range and poor battery durability. However, thanks to companies like Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] electric cars are starting to catch up with their internal-combustion counterparts as we now have some that can travel more than 300 miles on a...

BMW’s 7-Series has always been seen as the sportier option in the full-size luxury sedan segment, and we’re glad to report that hasn’t changed with the latest generation. Introduced for the 2016 model year, the latest 7-Series’ evolutionary styling belies the technological...

Hyundai unveiled a new generation of its Elantra compact sedan (shown below) at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. And like the previous Elantra, this new one will eventually spawn an Elantra GT hatchback variant, a prototype for which has just been spotted testing in Europe. In other markets, the...

Anyone that’s owned a plug-in car of some sort will know the pain of coming home late, fiddling around with a cable and actually plugging the car in for charging. The solution to this admittedly minor problem is wireless inductive charging, where to start the charging process one need only...

If you’ve just taken delivery of a Land Rover Discovery Sport and wished it was as plush as one of the British automaker’s Range Rover models, then vehicle customizer and coachbuilder A. Kahn Design might be worth a look into. A. Kahn Design has unveiled a sinister-looking Discovery...

The Forza Horizon series of Microsoft-exclusive racing games gets its third installment later this year, and Forza Horizon 3 is going Down Under. While the related Forza Motorsport series focuses on ultra-realistic driving on racetracks, Forza Horizon games are open-world free for alls that take...

Maserati’s Quattroporte receives a sharp new look for the 2017 model year. The big sedan also gets a more refined interior though sadly there’s no extra power under the hood. Subaru’s BRZ is also being updated for the 2017 model year and yes it has a few extra horsepower. Subaru...

Volvo’s in-house tuner Polestar offers everything from off-the-shelf parts to dedicated performance cars like the S60 and V60 Polestar. In between, Polestar, which started out life as an independent racing team but was brought into the Volvo fold a year ago, offers dealer-installed...

It might be as American as apple pie, but the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang looks surprisingly correct swathed in the distinctive neon Battenburg paint scheme of the British police. Ford's pony car is being "assessed" by police forces in the United Kingdom as a potential patrol car. British...

Bad ideas aren't exclusive to the car business--but sometimes, they get mass-produced there. Not all of the cars on this list are bad, but they sure were short-lived. Maybe it was timing. Or maybe they really deserved it, you make the call. Here's a concise compendium of cars that lasted just a...

Subaru’s BRZ has just been updated for the 2017 model year with a new look, a small bump in power and a more refined cabin. But the rear-wheel-drive sports car also gets a special edition model, the Series.Yellow, which benefits from a flashy paint job and the BRZ’s top-shelf...

The current generation of BMW’s venerable 3-Series is now entering its sixth year on the market and even though a successor has been spotted there are still some significant updates to be found on the existing car. For the 2017 model year, expected to be the last for the current 3-Series...

There’s no shortage of lightweight track specials hailing from the United Kingdom. After all, that’s where we got classics like the AC Cobra and Lotus Seven. The segment has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to companies like Ariel, BAC and KTM and their respective Atom, Mono and...

Director Michael Bay has revealed a new vehicle mode for one of the giant robots in the fifth Transformers movie currently under filming, Transformers: The Last Knight. The vehicle mode is for the Decepticon Barricade who in previous movies was represented by a fifth-generation Ford Motor Company...

The country club racetrack phenomenon continues to grow and this time it is in the heart of car country: Pontiac, Michigan. Opening this summer is the new M1 Concourse. Built on 87 acres of land off Woodward Avenue, M1 Concourse intends to be a center for automotive enthusiasts, with a 1.5-mile...

The Los Angeles Police Department will buy 100 BMW i3 electric cars for non-emergency use. The LAPD announced plans for this order last year, when it took delivery of an i3 and a Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S for testing. It turns out officers preferred the i3. ALSO SEE: 2017 Volvo S90 first...