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  • 2017 Acura NSX GT3 race car, 2016 New York Auto Show

    Sharing the stage with an updated MDX at this week’s 2016 New York Auto Show is a new dedicated racing version of the NSX supercar. While the new NSX has been racing in Japan’s Super GT touring car series for a couple of years now, the race car unveiled in New York has been developed for international racing under FIA GT3 rules. The NSX GT3 will start racing next year, initially in a North American series. The series is most likely the United SportsCar Championship where many of the NSX’s rivals already compete. As the car is still undergoing testing, full specifications are...

  • Genesis New York concept, 2016 New York Auto Show
    Genesis previews G70 sport sedan with New York concept

    Hyundai’s new Genesis brand is signaling its intention to compete in one of the most competitive segments in the luxury sector with the unveiling today of a small sports sedan concept at the 2016 New York Auto Show. The concept is appropriately titled the New York concept, but you can think...

  • Lincoln Navigator Concept, 2016 New York Auto Show
    Lincoln Navigator concept previews more luxurious future for big SUV

    We've heard the whole Lincoln brand renaissance story before, but with the forthcoming Continental and the Navigator concept that Lincoln unveiled at the New York International Auto Show, the idea seems to be sticking this time. Lincoln says it is reinventing the brand through quiet luxury, with...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, 2016 New York Auto Show
    2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 debuts with 640 hp, 10-speed auto

    If you thought the 1LE was going to be the biggest, baddest Camaro on sale this year, then you’d be wrong. The folks at Chevrolet have just dropped a new Camaro ZL1 at this week's 2016 New York Auto Show, and the car is packing a staggering 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. Just...

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG CLA45, 2016 New York Auto Show
    2017 Mercedes-Benz CLA gets updates inside and out: Live photos and video

    Back in 2013, Mercedes-Benz ventured into new territory in the United States with the launch of the CLA compact sedan. However, despite the CLA being the first compact car from the German automaker in this market, it turned out to be a huge hit. Last year, Americans snapped up almost 30,000 of the...

  • 2017 Nissan GT-R, 2016 New York International Auto Show
    2017 Nissan GT-R gets new look, 565 horsepower: Live photos and video

    Nissan today at the 2016 New York Auto Show showed the most extensively updated GT-R since the car debuted in 2007. Performance fans will care that "Godzilla" adds 20 horsepower, but it also gets an extensively updated interior, a new infotainment system, and revised styling front and rear. The...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe, 2016 New York Auto Show

    Mercedes-Benz has a busy 2016 New York Auto Show ahead of it. Not only is Mercedes introducing new GLC43 and E43 performance offerings, as well as an updated CLA range, the German automaker is also introducing its new GLC Coupe. The GLC Coupe goes on sale early next year, as a 2017 model, and as the name suggests the vehicle is a coupe-like version of the GLC. Its Mercedes’ response to BMW’s X4, just as the larger GLE Coupe is the response to BMW’s X6. ALSO SEE: 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet debuts in New York At the market launch, there will be two potent options to...

  • Bugatti Munich boutique and showroom
    Silver Chiron is star of Bugatti’s new Munich boutique and showroom

    If you happen to be in the German city of Munich, be sure to visit the new Bugatti showroom located in the Altstadt-Lehel district. There, you’ll be greeted by a silver example of the latest Chiron supercar, whose world debut took place a few weeks ago at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. CHECK...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H
    Ford Shelby GT-H revived for your rental car needs

    It's been 50 years since the original Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby Hertz GT350-H made its debut. Dubbed the "Rent-A-Racer" and built in a partnership with Carroll Shelby's Shelby American, the GT350-H became a cult classic among collectors. Just 10 years ago Ford brought back the nameplate...

  • Bell & Ross AeroGT concept, 2016 Baselworld
    Watch brand Bell & Ross unveils AeroGT supercar concept: Video

    Bell & Ross used this past weekend’s Baselworld watch and jewelry trade event in Switzerland to unveil a striking supercar concept. The car is called the Bell & Ross AeroGT, and rather than herald an expansion of the French firm’s operations into the world of cars its job was to...

  • 2017 Infiniti QX70 Limited
    2017 Infiniti QX70 Limited set for 2016 New York Auto Show

    While the BMW X6 is heralded as being the first vehicle to combine the raised ride height of an SUV with the sloping roof and sporty proportions of a coupe, Infiniti was already offering such a vehicle five years before its German rival. The vehicle we’re talking about is the FX, which today...

  • Teaser for 2017 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 Coupe
    2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe teased ahead of New York debut: Video

    Mercedes-Benz has a busy 2016 New York Auto Show ahead of it. Not only will Mercedes introduce new GLC43 and E43 performance offerings, as well as an updated CLA range, the German automaker has now confirmed that we’ll also be treated with the world debut of a GLC Coupe. As the teaser video...

  • Volkswagen celebrates end of Phaeton production at Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany

    Volkswagen has finally ceased production of its Phaeton, a full-size luxury sedan first shown at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show and discontinued in the United States midway through the last decade due to poor sales performance. And it wasn't only in the U.S. where the car suffered from slow sales. Worldwide figures totaled only a few thousand in recent years. ALSO SEE: 2017 VW Golf Alltrack to debut in New York, start sales this fall The last Phaeton rolled off the line on March 18 at the car’s glass-walled Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. Here we see staff from the plant standing...

  • Mercedes AMG's Nico Rosberg at the 2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix
    Rosberg wins 2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix, Alonso crashes out

    Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] put on a strong showing at an action-packed Formula One Australian Grand Prix today, though a slip in strategy meant Mercedes AMG would ultimately reign supreme. The race was won by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Fellow Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crossed the line in second...

  • Nissan Winter Warrior
    Nissan tames snow with Winter Warrior track trucks: Video

    My hands are warm from the heated steering wheel. My butt is warm from the heated seats. Classic rock is blaring through the Bose speakers. Everything seems normal about the Nissan Pathfinder I'm driving—except that it is literally climbing up a snow-covered ski slope. Someone at Nissan has a...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTE
    Driving the Volkswagen Golf GTE: Forbidden fruit video review

    Volkswagen has an issue on its hands with its diesel vehicles. You know this. The entire world knows this. That's because when you apply the suffix "-gate" to the end of anything, it automatically becomes a big deal. Diesels, however, aren't the only thing the automaker has to offer besides...

  • 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk leaked
    2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk leaked

    Jeep CEO Mike Manley recently revealed that the brand had some “pretty exciting news” to make about the Grand Cherokee at next week’s 2016 New York Auto Show. This had us excited about the potential debut of a Grand Cherokee equipped with the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 Hellcat...

  • Bugatti Chiron
    Why the Bugatti Chiron looks the way it does

    When you are designing a 1,480-horsepower car that can top 250 mph, cooling and aerodynamics become very important factors. That was the task Bugatti director of design Achim Anscheidt faced when drawing up the Bugatti Chiron, and he came to the same conclusion. "The main elements that you see on...

  • 2016 Volvo XC90 R-Design

    Luxury SUVs are more popular than ever, but let’s get real. Not everyone needs a leather-lined utility vehicle that’s capable of fording rivers and dealing with parking at Trader Joe’s. Most of us need a wagon with all-weather traction and a strong dose of safety. We like nice things, too. That’s where this car comes in--the 2016 Volvo XC90. ALSO SEE: 2017 Acura NSX first drive review The XC90 is a winner. It’s Volvo’s first new vehicle in more than a decade, and it’s carted home armloads of awards, including the North American Truck/Utility of the...

  • Teaser for Aston Martin Project AM-RB 001
    Aston Martin partners with Red Bull F1 team, confirms Adrian Newey-designed hypercar

    Aston Martin has shown the seriousness of its intent to challenge the likes of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] and McLaren Automotive when it comes to building the fastest, most technologically-advanced road cars, by announcing a technical partnership with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. Aston Martin CEO...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, 2016 Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch Drive Program
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and 4-cylinder first drive

    “We were sick of wearing the scarlet letter of mass with the fifth-gen Camaro.” That’s what Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser told journalists at the launch program for the 2016 Camaro convertible and 4-cylinder. To reduce mass from the 2010-2015-generation Camaro, Chevrolet...

  • 2016 New York Auto Show logo
    2016 New York Auto Show preview

    After a barrage of new supercars, stunning concepts and the latest in luxury was unveiled in Geneva a fortnight ago, things are heating up once again as a bevy of new reveals are planned for next week’s 2016 New York Auto Show. The New York show has grown to become one of the major events on...

  • BMW i8 Concept Spyder
    BMW confirms i8 Spyder, hints at more high-end models and M cars

    At a press conference today, BMW outlined some of its future plans for the coming years. Among those plans is the launch of a convertible version of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, which will likely be labeled the i8 Spyder. BMW has already unveiled two i8 Spyder concepts, the most recent being...

  • 2017 McLaren 570S GT4 race car
    McLaren 570S to spawn Sprint and GT4 track models

    Hot on the heels of the arrival of the 570GT are two new additions to McLaren Automotive's Sports Series range, a track-only version of the 570S and a dedicated 570S race car built to FIA GT4 standards. The track car adopts McLaren’s Sprint designation, which we last saw on the 650S Sprint...

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