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Aston Martin stunned the world with the reveal of its all-new DB11 during last week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show, though so far we’ve only been able to see the car motionless. That’s no longer the case as Aston Martin has released a video showing the DB11 carving up some great driving...

Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] much-hyped Gigafactory battery plant is currently under construction in Nevada, but it's not the only plant of its kind from an automaker. Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has confirmed plans to build a new battery plant to supply lithium-ion batteries...

The car world is hurtling off on new and exciting and in some cases, highly speculative vectors. From Tesla to Google to Apple, a batch of new auto arrivals are owning the tech mantle without having built generations of backstory. Or even a business case. They haven't left the old guard behind just...

Your chance to own a slice of Aston Martin history will happen next month when Prince Philip's 1954 Lagonda 3 Litre Drophead Coupe goes to auction in the United Kingdom. But the Aston has even more provenance than having been a part of the Royal motor pool. The Duke of Edinburgh was so smitten with...

British sports car builder Morgan adheres to tradition like no one else, which is why its retro roadsters are a rare sight in the United States. That's because American safety regulations aren't exactly easy for Morgans to pass. However, a $305 billion bill signed into action by President Barack...

The 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350, especially in GT350R track tune, is probably the greatest performing Mustang of all time. It's built to kick ass at the track, sound mean on the street, and erase any notion of the straight-line only solid rear axle performance of some of...

Croatian firm Rimac first presented the Concept_One at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Even back then the company, which at the time few knew about, was confident that its electric supercar would enter production, complete with a promised four-motor, 1,088-horsepower output and 82-kilowatt-hour...

The official Porsche Museum near Stuttgart, Germany, is something approaching Mecca for car enthusiasts, but the automaker is saving you the airfare and passport stamp if you happen to be at one of many automotive events this year. The company's historians have selected numerous events for what it...

Chevrolet’s Camaro turns 50 next year and the Bowtie brand is celebrating with a special edition trim. It will be offered on the 2017 Camaro, but only for top-trim versions of the V-6 and V-8-powered models. Fiat’s feisty 500 Abarth is getting a major update. Look for new styling, a new...

Bugatti’s new Chiron has been generating a lot of buzz since its debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. However, so far Bugatti has only shown the car in two colors. These include a solid navy blue and a two-tone configuration featuring two lighter shades of blue. Now you can view the Chiron in...

Toyota is a powerhouse in the auto industry but its manufacturing capabilities stretch well beyond cars. Toyota also has a nautical department that has been building a range of boats for several years, mainly aluminum-hulled models equipped with engines borrowed from some of the firm’s cars...

French automaker Peugeot is working on a new compact crossover, as evidenced by our latest spy shots. The vehicle is the second generation of the 3008 and should be launched in markets where the French brand is sold sometime early next year. That means a reveal should take place this year, most...

Since the middle of last year, Polestar, once a standalone motorsport and engineering firm, has been an official subsidiary of Volvo. Going forward, Polestar will continue to develop dedicated performance vehicles for Volvo like the previous S60 and V60 Polestar models, as well as offer performance...

There’s a new FIA-sanctioned racing series known as the TCR International Series, where the cars competing are all based on affordable compacts. The series was started by organizers of the World Touring Car Championship and prides itself on having a low cost of entry and low running costs...

It seems like the current Fiat 500 has been around forever—it was actually in 2007 that we first saw the covers come off—but the car has a few years left in it until a complete redesign is introduced so in the meantime the designers are giving it an update. The updated version of the...

No matter how good you think you are on a racetrack, or even a roundabout in your neighborhood, you can always learn a thing or two. That's one of the goals of Porsche's new series of videos featuring race driver Patrick Long teaching driving techniques in the new 911 R. DON'T MISS: How the...

Not only will the Maserati Levante mark the brand's first foray into the world of SUVs, it will also usher in a new era of powertrains by offering a plug-in hybrid variant, the company has confirmed. Speaking with Motor Trend last week at the Geneva Motor Show, Maserati's CEO confirmed that the...

Last week at the Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini introduced a new special edition car. Meant to celebrate the 100th birthday of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, the Centenario LP 770-4 is essentially a special body on the ultra-high-performance $400,000 Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce. Basing...

Infiniti’s new Q60 coupe will be the second model to offer the Red Sport performance trim, the Japanese firm confirmed during the past week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Already offered on the Q50 sedan, the performance trim indicates the most potent powertrain of the range, in this case a...

A software hacker may have spoiled Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] plans for its next major product announcement, which may be a new, higher-capacity battery. Hacker Jason Hughes, whose name is no doubt spoken in hushed terms at Tesla's headquarters, revealed in a recent tweet found by Electrek (via...