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  • First BMW i8s delivered to customers

    Although BMW was the first to announce plans to introduce laser headlights to its cars, revealing the technology in concept form as far back as 2011, Audi hinted earlier this year that it may in fact be the first automaker to actually start selling a car with laser lights with the reveal of its R8 LMX. In turns out BMW had nothing to worry about as its laser headlight-equipped i8 has been in production for several months now and the first examples were finally delivered to customers this week. The first eight customers from Germany received their i8s as part of an official ceremony at...

  • 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650 lb-ft, Most Powerful GM Ever

    The most powerful car General Motors has ever built will soon hit the streets, packing 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. It’s the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and it promises to be America’s fastest production car, in both coupe and convertible forms. MUST SEE: Dubai...

  • Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge engine
    Infiniti Boss Hints At Using GT-R Engine In More Models

    The twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 in Nissan’s GT-R produces a stout 600 horsepower and 480 pound-feet of torque in its most potent form, so it’s understandable Nissan would be keen to drop the engine into some of its other models. While most other Nissans couldn’t command the...

  • Teaser for 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1
    New GT-R Development Closely Linked With Nissan's Le Mans Project

    Nissan is expected to introduce an all-new GT-R sports car for the 2016 model year, the highly-anticipated R36 model, and for the first time since the mid-1990s Nissan is developing its GT-R in close collaboration with a GT-R Le Mans racer. Nissan’s previous R33 GT-R first competed in Le Mans...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf family
    2015 Volkswagen Golf, GTI Score Top Safety Pick+ Rating From IIHS: Video

    The all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf and its high-performance GTI variant have proven to be among the safest compact cars on the market, with the entire range scoring the coveted Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) after acing the institute’s latest...

  • Ariel Atom police car
    Don't Try And Outrun This Ariel Atom Police Car

    It seems barely a month goes by without a police force in some part of the world unveiling an insanely fast police car. Usually, that honor falls to Dubai, or Abu Dhabi, but this month it's the turn of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the picturesque south of England. Rather than conspicuous...

  • Spyker B6 Venator (production-spec)

    When Spyker showed its B6 Venator concept at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, it was easy to write off the shapely coupe as just another design exercise from a company struggling to find its niche (and even stay afloat in a changing market). The response to the B6 Venator, however, was overwhelmingly positive, leading the Dutch sports car brand to quickly confirm production and roll out the open-top B6 Venator Spyder concept at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance just a few months later. Despite a number of headwinds, including recovering from a failed attempt to rejuvenate Saab, Spyker...

  • Porsche boxer engine
    First Details On Porsche’s New Four-Cylinder Boxer, 360-HP Version Planned

    Porsche fans who fondly recall the marque's last mid-engine sports car powered by a four-cylinder ‘boxer’ engine, the 914 (1969 - 1976), will be glad to know the German automaker will soon launch another one. Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller recently confirmed the automaker was working on a...

  • 2016 Audi RS 7
    2016 Audi RS 7 Preview

    Following the debut of the updated Audi A7 and S7 models at the Leipzig Auto Show in Germany a week ago, Audi has now revealed the updated version of the bahn-storming RS 7 model. There’s no additional power under the hood, which is fine by us since the RS 7 was all-new just a year ago, but...

  • Porsche charging connector patent drawings
    These Patent Pics Probably Aren't Proof Of A Plug-In Porsche 911

    The internet loves a good rumor and a bit of wild speculation, and the latest you might have seen is a set of patent drawings that supposedly prove Porsche is working on a plug-in hybrid version of its iconic 911 sports car. Now, it may indeed be true that Porsche is working on a plug-in 911. It...

  • 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
    2015 Hyundai Genesis Coupe To Drop Turbo Four

    The Hyundai Genesis Coupe is currently available with either a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder rated at 274 horsepower or a 3.8-liter V-6 rated at 348 horsepower. For 2015, the turbo four option is expected to be dropped, making the Genesis Coupe a V-6-only model. The information was revealed...

  • 2015 Lexus RC F
    Lexus Details Its 2015 RC F Development: Video

    Lexus is set to launch a new RC F sports coupe to do battle with the likes of the Audi RS 5, BMW M4 and a future C63 AMG Coupe from Mercedes-Benz, and just to make sure the car is fully capable of competing with its German rivals Lexus took several prototypes to the home of German performance car...

  • 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS spy shots

    Porsche was originally due to reveal its new 911 GT3 RS this summer but decided to delay its arrival following the discovery of a fault with the 3.8-liter flat-six engine in the 911 GT3 that the 911 GT3 RS was to share, albeit in uprated form. Now it’s being reported that the new 911 GT3 RS may benefit from a unique turbocharged version of the engine. Though no 911 GT3 RS models in the past have been turbocharged, at least from the factory, Autocar is reporting that Porsche is considering the move in order to increase output without placing too much strain on the engine. Porsche...

  • Mastretta MXT
    Mastretta Founders Walk Away From Sports Car Startup

    Mexican sports car startup Mastretta has hit a roadblock, with the company’s founders, brothers Carlos and Daniel Mastretta, announcing they have left the company due to differences with a key investor, believed to be Latin Ideas Ventures. The two brothers founded Mastretta back in the 1980s...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT teaser
    Hear The Mercedes-AMG GT Start Up And Rev: Video

    Mercedes-AMG recently started the official teaser campaign for its upcoming GT sports car by launching a new microsite that is to be continuously updated with new info leading up to the car’s final reveal this fall. Today we have the next installment of the teaser campaign: a series of videos...

  • 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue
    2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue Special Edition Announced

    Subaru will launch a special-edition BRZ with some aesthetic upgrades.

  • Jay Leno drives Steve McQueen's Jaguar XKSS screencap
    Steve McQueen's Jaguar XKSS roars into Jay Leno's garage

    It's hard to say which car is the coolest in the world, but Steve McQueen's 1956 Jaguar XKSS certainly makes our shortlist. MUST SEE: McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip With Rowan Atkinson: Video Update This singular Jag currently resides in Los Angeles' Petersen Automotive Museum, but Jay Leno...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible
    2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Order Guide Leaked

    The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray gets a few updates for its second model year.

  • Abarth 695 Biposto

    The Gumball 3000 rally is gearing up for another year of mayhem, with participants scheduled to take off from Miami on June 4 and travel across the U.S. and Europe before ending in Ibiza one week later. Now, for the first time in the event’s history (the first was in 1999), the Gumball 3000 has an official car: the Abarth 695 Biposto. ALSO SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat: Live Photos And Video The honor means that in each city the rally visits, Abarth, and its Fiat 500-based 695 Biposto, will be carting around guests and offering up test drives to potential customers. Recently...

  • Mercedes AMG's W05 Hybrid 2014 Formula One car
    Mercedes Road Car Division To Work Closer With F1 Team

    The Mercedes AMG Formula One team is dominating the current season, with one of its drivers named the victor at every race held so far. Part of the reason for the winning streak is the hard work engineers at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, England, put into developing...

  • MG's Icon crossover concept.
    MG Eyes New Sports Car, U.S. Return

    The old MG car company is best known for its lightweight, open-topped sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s, but since 2006 the brand has been owned by Chinese firm SAIC. Now, SAIC has plans to return MG to its sports car heyday—and could even bring cars to the U.S., if conditions are right...

  • Caterham logo
    Caterham To Be Sold?

    Caterham, the British sports car manufacturer and Formula One team, is reportedly going up for sale, with an information memorandum said to have already been sent to potential investors in the Middle East. The information was first reported by The Edge Malaysia, citing an unnamed source...

  • 2015 BMW i8
    2015 BMW i8 Tech Highlights Revealed: Video

    If you bought a 2015 BMW i8 based on its styling alone, we'd not begrudge you for it. While BMW's i3 has gone for high-tech and futuristic styling, the i8's designers added some good, old-fashioned beauty to the plug-in hybrid sports car. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View...

  • 1956 Maserati 450S at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014
    1956 Maserati 450 S named Best in Show at Villa d’Este

    Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is one of the world's premier classic and vintage car events, and visitors can be assured that any vehicle coming away with a trophy is among the best in the world. MUST SEE: Pagani Huayra From The Driver's Point Of View: Video This year, that honor goes...

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