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An ultra-rare Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] headed to auction next month on the sidelines of the ritzy Monaco Historic Grand Prix could sell for upwards of $26 million. The 1968 Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART Spider was one of just 10 assembled, and it was the only one originally sold new in Europe. The other nine...

Mitsubishi falsified fuel economy information on a pair of small cars it builds for its home market, the automaker said this week. While the Japanese automaker isn't the first company to incorrectly self-report fuel economy for some of its products, what makes this situation unique is that a number...

The supercar—and often celebrity—studded annual road trip that is the Gumball 3000 rally is on for another year. This year, the rally kicks off in Dublin, Ireland and will snake its way through the United Kingdom and across to Europe before ending in Bucharest, Romania. Around 100 cars...

Honda’s new Clarity Fuel Cell will soon be joined by plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Clarity Fuel Cell goes on sale in late 2016. It’s powered by a 174-horsepower electric motor that draws its energy from a battery that can be charged on the run by a hydrogen fuel cell...

Audi’s next-generation S5 Cabriolet has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding streets and so far there doesn’t appear to be any major surprises regarding the design. The second-generation S5, along with the regular A5, will...

Update: The eighth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise has received the new title 'Fast 8.' Lead actor Vin Diesel had previously announced the movie would be called 'Furious 8.' No matter what you do, you can't stop the Fast and the Furious franchise. It's now entered its perpetual...

Audi’s new A5 is almost ready for its world debut and once again there will be multiple bodystyles and performance levels. Today we have the first spy shots of a prototype for the new S5 Cabriolet (we've already seen the S5 coupe and S5 Sportback). It’s also the first time we’re...

Chinese tech giant LeEco has unveiled a striking concept previewing a new electric car that could potentially rival the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S or its successor. The concept is called the LeSee, short for Le Super Electric Ecosystem, and it was unveiled this week during a press conference...

What you see here is the sad sight of a mangled McLaren P1. The hypercar met its demise in China and the extent of the damage is massive. Both sides of the car are all bashed up and plenty of the carbon fiber bodywork has been shredded. There's no word on what caused the accident and how many...

Automotive quiz question: Which automaker has had the worst engine on the market for, oh, the last decade or so? Surprisingly, the answer is Lexus. The Japanese luxury brand's 2.5-liter V-6 offered little in the way of power, and made up for that shortcoming by delivering mediocre fuel economy. And...

It's been fun learning more about how cars work with Engineering Explained. Now, though, it's time to dive into some basic maintenance tips that will help you grow ever closer with your own machine. Working on your own car can be a joy, but it can also be a pain in the backside, which is why so...

The world has spoken. It has used its various forms of currency to declare the Ford Mustang as the best selling sports car on the planet. Last year marked the first time that the Mustang has ventured out into the world at large. As a result, more than 140,000 people snapped them up and embraced the...

By now you’re probably tired of reading about Alfa Romeo’s new Giulia, whose introduction in the United States seems to be taking forever. Recall Alfa Romeo showed us the Giulia—in high-performance Quadrifoglio trim—for the first time in the summer of 2015. The good news is...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] last week fired up the ordering process for its new GT supercar. The process involves filling out a lengthy online application form at the website www.FordGT.com, which Ford will then vet to determine who the limited run of GTs to be produced will end up with. ALSO SEE...

Buick will start selling this summer a mid-size crossover SUV sourced from China. The crossover is called the Envision and starts at a hefty $42,995. Lower-cost versions will arrive by the end of the year, though. Yesterday Alfa Romeo finally started production of its long-awaited Giulia. The...

Buick’s made-in-China Envision crossover SUV goes on sale this summer. It arrives as a 2016 model and only in two well-equipped but pricey options. The good news is lower-cost options will be offered once the 2017 model arrives in the fall. The base option for 2016 is the Envision Premium I...

Fresh from an appearance with its updated Evantra supercar at the 2016 Top Marques Monaco, Mazzanti has released a video teasing its next major announcement. That next announcement will be the reveal of a new, much more potent version of the Evantra code-named the EV-R. The car is due for its world...

The 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia is finally in production. The first examples rolled off the line yesterday at a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] plant in Piedimonte San Germano, Italy. The first car off the line was a dark gray example of the base Giulia. Production of Giulia sedans for the United...

Owners of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S and Model X electric vehicles who didn't pony up for the automaker's Autopilot semi-autonomous system can test it out for a month for free. If they like it, they can add the software—the hardware is already there—for $3,000. The prize for...

A new report suggests Jaguar is looking at shoehorning a V-8 engine, presumably a supercharged one at that, into its new F-Pace crossover SUV. The F-Pace is Jaguar's first high-riding model, and while the brand says it has given up on wagons based on sedans, that doesn't mean that it has no...