2010

Saying your brand is all about performance is one thing, but actually putting your own butt on the line in an all-out open road rally is another. SRT Brand president and CEO Ralph Gilles isn't afraid--even when he's doing it in a Dodge Viper SRT10. Gilles will join experienced Targa Newfoundland...

The 2013 Dodge Viper is expected to be revealed early next year, possibly at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show in January.

Development of Volkswagen’s MkVII Golf is well underway, with the new car on track to come onto the market towards the end of next year as a 2013 model. While a conventional hatchback shape will remain, designers are thought to be going for much sharper styling in an effort to make the new...

One of the first fruits of the joint-venture established by Zagato and CPP was the stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato.

Now here’s the kind of news that makes our day; Ferrari enthusiasts using the spectacle of exotic and vintage supercars to raise awareness and funds for worthy charitable organizations. We’re talking about California’s Ferrari Owners Group (FOG) and the organization’s annual...

A little over a decade ago Chrysler was dominating the international GT circuit with its first-generation Dodge Viper race car, taking home a hat-trick of GTS-class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1998 to 2000, as well as a win at the 24 Hours of Daytona during the same period. Now, with a...

The 2013 Dodge Viper, the third iteration of the iconic American supercar, is on track for a debut early next year, most likely at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. The information was revealed recently by Ralph Gilles, the new head of Chrysler’s standalone SRT performance division and current...

Sales of Aston's $200,000-plus super sedan may not be hot enough to support the company's planned production volume.

Certain versions of the iconic Porsche 911 are being recalled due to a potentially dangerous central locking hub on the wheels, which if untreated could cause a crash. The affected models are the high-performance--and high-pricetag--911 Turbo, GT3 and GT2 models from the 2010 and current 2011 model...

One of the Nurburgring Nordschleife’s living legends, ‘Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz, will no longer be offering enthusiasts the chance to ride shotgun with her in a BMW M5 around the famous German circuit as she, along with the current BMW M5 ‘Ring Taxi’, are retiring from...

Volvo, together with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has issued a recall on 2010 and 2011 model year XC90 SUVs due to a potential fault affecting the vehicles’ power steering system. The affected vehicles, of which there are 350 units across the country, are those...

Perhaps in celebration of the extension of his Formula 1 contract with Ferrari to 2016, Fernando Alonso took a Ferrari 458 around the test track in Fiorano. He brought a passenger along for the ride, and the unidentified man seemed to enjoy it, based on his unabashed giggling. We'd probably giggle...

Remember the Ferrari 575M Superamerica? The one based on the 575M Maranello but with a cool folding hard-top that simply flipped over? Well, Ferrari has built another exotic with the innovative roof system, this time based on the 575M’s successor, the 599 GTB Fiorano. Like the previous car...

Remember the Saab 9-3 wagon that received a heart transplant from a Dodge Viper we reported on yesterday? Well, here is the Dodge Viper, minus its body, just before being inserted into the shell of the awaiting Scandinavian wagon. As we can see from this video, the bodyless Dodge Viper, complete...

Saab's future may or may not be in jeopardy, and that's a shame, because if the brand disappears, we won't see creations like this hopped-up 9-3 wagon anymore. Some crazy Swedish tuners took a crashed Dodge Viper SRT10 and turned it into the Saab 9-3 SRT10 MegaPower. The builders had planned on...

The 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is a beast of a car, and as we reported last month, it has set the lap record for a production car at Miller Motorsports Park. Driven by Kuno Wittmer, the car set a time of 1:59.995 on the 3.048-mile Outer Course at Miller. At an average of 91 miles per hour, its the...

Truth be told, the all-new Zagato TZ3 Stradale isn't exactly a concept. It's more of a very limited special edition street car. But the press release that accompanied its debut refers to it as a "design exercise" and "avante-garde car," which pretty much equates to "concept car" in our book...

The outgoing Dodge Viper was known for its brutish driving dynamics, and that separated it from other similarly-priced sports cars. Now, the company is looking to cast a wider net for potential buyers. Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles told Automotive News that Dodge is talking to owners of competing models...

Aftermarket performance maven Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has more Camaro upgrades in store for the Camaro5Fest that takes place this weekend at the Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. The company will be bringing an 800-horsepower twin-turbocharged Camaro to the festival...

A cryptic and somewhat oddball release from Chrysler today reveals that testing is underway for the next-gen Dodge Viper, due in late 2012. The subject of the test? Stability control. Sadly no details on the next-gen Viper, expected to bear a 2013 model-year tag, were released. Testing is currently...