Sports Cars

Aston Martin may take advantage of a new sports car platform being developed by Mercedes-Benz to spawn future versions of its Vantage and DB9 models. The new platform, dubbed MSA (modular sports car architecture), is being developed by Mercedes for its next-generation SLK and SL sports cars, due in...

In 2012 French automaker Renault and British track car specialist and Formula One team Caterham confirmed plans to develop a new sports car platform that would spawn separate models for the two parties in 2016. Renault was to launch its sports car under a revived Alpine brand while Caterham’s...

Audi has just revealed its third-generation TT, which arrives on these shores early next year, as a 2016 model. However, if you want to get behind the wheel of a new TT today, Audi is sweetening the deal for buyers of the current model with some special offers for the 2015 model year. MUST SEE: LIT...

BMW will present an assortment of performance vehicles at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed this June, including a special anniversary model. Unfortunately, the automaker hasn’t mentioned which anniversary it will be celebrating or the model that will form the basis for the latest special...

Porsche’s next 911 GT3 RS track monster has been spotted testing in prototype form for the past several months and was originally expected to be launched sometime this summer. We’ve just learned, however, that the car’s arrival may be delayed due to additional testing required to...

Lotus launched the first-generation Elise back in 1996 in some markets, and at the time its extruded and bonded aluminum chassis was on the cutting edge. It weighed very little, contributing to the car's 1,600-lb curb weight, but proved race-car strong and highly adaptable. Lightweight technology...

When Alfa Romeo first revealed the production 4C sports car, many were surprised that the elegant twin-lens design of the original concept’s headlights were replaced with units dotted with a handful of tiny lenses that resembled the eyes of an insect. At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo...

Want to drive something fast, loud and rear-wheel drive on ice? Of course you do. Aston Martin knows this too, putting on an ice-driving program at Crested Butte in Colorado, which is just the ticket as we recently discovered. It gives Aston owners the opportunity to experience the latest Aston...

Mazda will display 15 significant MX-5 models at the 2014 New York Auto Show.

Remember Factory Five Racing’s competition to come up with a design for a new kit car based on the underpinnings of a Subaru WRX? Well, the winning design was the 818 from Nouphone Bansasi, and it’s now available for sale. MUST SEE: Cyclist Hit By Truck Lands Safely On...A Mattress?...

The latest Porsche Boxster and Cayman are two of the most capable sports cars on the planet. In fact, both have been voted Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy in recent years. However, never one to rest on its laurels, Porsche has now enhanced both cars by launching more potent...

No carmaker is infallible, and Porsche has found that out the hard way with a series of fires in its 2014 911 GT3. Now, the German sports car manufacturer has announced how it's solving the problem: It will replace the engines on every single 2014 model year GT3 sold--a full 785 vehicles. As...

We've known since the debut of the 2014 BMW M5 that it would offer an upgrade from the already-monstrous 560 horsepower to 575 horsepower thanks to a Competition Package. Now, BMW is showing off what the new hotter M5 variant can do. MUST WATCH: World's Longest Car Jump Attempt Ends In Fierce...

To celebrate its 25th birthday, American sports carmaker Panoz is launching a special 25h Anniversary Edition Esperante Spyder, with a host of unique features to differentiate it from regular Spyders. Panoz might have fallen from public view when its Le Mans program ended, but the firm still hosts...

BMW has finally released the first video of its new M4 being driven in anger. Behind the wheel is racing driver Andy Priaulx, a European and World Touring Car champion, and he does a great job of putting the M4 through its paces at Brands Hatch in the U.K. There hasn’t been as much excitement...

With the demise of Holden production in Australia, the brand’s in-house tuner Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is looking to expand its business in other markets, and one of those could be the United States. For those unfamiliar with HSV, it’s a builder of V-8-powered sedans, wagons and...

The 2015 Nissan GT- R NISMO is one of the fastest cars ever produced, having set an incredible 7:08.679 Nürburgring lap time at the hands of racing driver Michael Krumm. However, to achieve that time, Krumm’s GT-R NISMO was fitted with some special parts that don’t come on the...

Porsche has come up with a solution for the issue that caused two of its 2014 911 GT3 sports cars to catch fire.

Porsche makes $23,000 per car, the most of any VW Group brand.

One of Caterham’s new Formula One drivers Kamui Kobayashi has taken time out from his busy schedule to test the British sports car company’s Seven 620R at the legendary Silverstone race track in the U.K. The 620R is Caterham’s latest track weapon, and one of the most powerful...