2012

According to Mazda, conventional hydraulic automatic transmissions—especially with a smart engineering rethink—are better than CVT or DSG units

Ferrari's winter driving course for its new FF supercar will commence next January and last for up to seven weeks.

It's hard to believe, but we're already two days into the R8 GT Week that's trying to top those toothy fishes on the Discovery Channel. The first two videos, entitled "Performance," and "Design," give us a look into just what you'd expect. The R8 GT's performance and design are worthy subjects of...

Manfred Sattler, the owner of the Dodge Viper racing team Vulkan Racing-Mintgen Motorsport, bought the first 2012 Lexus LFA in Germany.

Mazda has long been known for emphasizing engineering, being a little quirky, and emphasizing driving enjoyment across all its products in a way we don't see from bigger automakers

A wrecked 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is on sale on eBay.

You can't fail to have noticed the abundance of Quick Response (QR) codes on products and services these days. They appear on everything from soda cans to billboards, websites and TV adverts. The curious little pixellated codes have become a great way for companies to offer information to anybody...

The 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe (and its S and John Cooper Works variants) have been revealed in detail already, and we know they'll start at $22,000 in the U.S., too. But as yet, we haven't seen the hardtop two-seater in production form in the U.S.--a fact MINI USA will be fixing at Pebble Beach in...

Volkswagen's 1-Liter car may live on as an Audi e-Tron concept. [MotorAuthority] The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 is due next month in Frankfurt. [MotorAuthority] Bernie Ecclestone gets a bit hysterical over "lethal" F1 hybrids. [GreenCarReports] Australia's FPV tweaks a sedan into GT...

Reports of the Lexus LFA having a flying doctor style service team in Europe are completely unfounded says Lexus.

High performance usually means taking a hit as far as economy is concerned, and impressive economy numbers don't often provide much in the way of fun. Proving that MPG and MPH aren't mutually exclusive, Audi's new 1.8 TFSI engine boasts some impressive statistics. Turbocharging, clever fuel...

Buick has been transformed, and in automotive terms, it's a towering achievement. It took Toyota three generations to get its full-size trucks right. It took three decades for Mercedes to realize its cruise-control stalks were ergonomic gotchas. Buick's taken just four years to get from the days of...

It's been a busy 24 hours for teasers: the 2013 Lexus GS shows its new face (barely). [MotorAuthority] Lotus unveils the Final Edition 2011 Elise and Exige. [MotorAuthority] AllCarsElectric merges with GreenCarReports next week. [AllCarsElectric] Nissan answers Top Gear's shenanigans with a new...

Key among the modifications is an engine ECU retune, which can boost output by around 30 to 50 horsepower.

The 2012 Buick Regal GS goes on sale this fall priced from $35,310.

The Audi TT RS has just gone and sale and the next RS model, the RS5, is due out next year.

The Scagliarini Fiat 504 Coupe Zagato Elaborata was commission by a customer in the United Arab Emirates and has no affiliation with Italian design house Zagato.

The 2012 Fisker Karma is a range-extended electric car claimed to return a fuel economy of 100 mpg and costing $95,900.

The 500C by Gucci will goes on sale in Europe this month but there's no word if a version is planned for the U.S. market.

We may spend the day writing about modern car technology, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the classic cars that helped form the industry we know today. Some might even suggest "they don't make 'em like they used to", and they'd be right. Unfortunately, they also lack all the safety...