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  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR, 2015 MAMA Spring Rally

    The new 2016 Dodge Viper ACR is coming at you hard and fast. Following the reveal late last week, Dodge has released the all-important pricing details and we’ve also managed to get the first live shots of the car along with a video of its engine starting up and revving. Pricing starts at just $122,490, which includes the car’s $2,495 destination charge and $2,100 gas guzzler tax. That’s not a bad deal considering the 2016 Viper ACR is the fastest street-legal Viper ever to emerge from the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, and it’s probably just as quick—or...

  • Koenigsegg One:1 - Image via The BHP Project
    1,341-HP Koenigsegg One:1 Hits 225 MPH--Updated With New Video

    Koenigsegg plans to build just six examples of the 1,341-horsepower One:1 the Swedish supercar manufacturer revealed at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, and one of those six cars, believed to be the only example with right-hand drive, belongs to The BHP Project. The BHP Project is a group of well-heeled...

  • Kahn Design WB12 Vengeance teaser
    Kahn Design’s Aston Martin DB9-Based WB12 Vengeance Revealed In Official Images

    Known for its modified Land Rovers and other prestige models, Kahn Design recently transitioned to the world of coachbuilt cars with its new range of Flying Huntsman models based on Land Rover Defender underpinnings. Now the British firm has something in the works for performance fans: a new grand...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG A45 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 Mercedes-AMG A45 Spy Shots

    Mercedes-Benz is preparing a subtle facelift for its A-Class compact hatch sold overseas, and that means the high-performance A45 variant developed by Mercedes-AMG will receive the same round of updates. But beyond the visual tweaks common to the updated A-Class, we hear Mercedes-AMG’s...

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
    2016 Dodge Viper ACR Tech Overview Video

    Even five years after its launch, the previous-generation Dodge Viper ACR is still one of the fastest production cars around a track, with only the all-wheel-drive Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 918 Spyder managing to upset the car’s 7:12.13 Nürburgring lap time, set in 2011. Now...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro’s aerodynamic features
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro Revealed Further In New Teasers

    Chevrolet has released what’s likely to be the last of its teasers for the sixth-generation Camaro muscle car due to be unveiled to the public at a special event being held at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park on Saturday, May 16. The latest teasers hint at some of the aerodynamic features of...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang GT Convertible California Special

    The sixth-generation Mustang has been in showrooms for less than a year but already we’ve seen a new track-focused Shelby variant introduced and a host of tuning firms announce mega-horsepower packages for the muscle car icon. Now the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has announced a new round of updates for the Mustang’s 2016 model year, whose timing no doubt has been purposefully made to coincide with this week’s arrival of an all-new Chevrolet Camaro. At the top of the bill is a new California Special based on the Mustang GT Premium trim level. This is available for both coupe...

  • Mercedes AMG's Nico Rosberg at the 2015 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix
    Nico Rosberg Back In The Championship Race After Winning 2015 Spanish Grand Prix

    After pushing hard throughout the 2015 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg ended the weekend with a decisive victory. His teammate Lewis Hamilton was second, but the current 2015 Drivers’ Championship points leader finished...

  • 2015 Roush RS3 Mustang
    2015 Roush RS3 Mustang Delivers 670 HP and 545 LB-FT: Video

    Tired of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owners having all of the fun at the drag strip? For any sixth-generation Mustang owners out there, famous Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] tuner Roush has a package that may just silence those Hellcat owners. It’s called the RS3, short for Roush Stage 3, and...

  • Volkswagen Group’s new twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W-12 gasoline engine
    Volkswagen Presents Next-Gen W-12 Engine At Vienna Motor Symposium

    The future of the Volkswagen Group’s W-12 is safe thanks to innovations that ensure the big brute of an engine meets more stringent emissions regulations coming into force over the next several years. At the past week’s Vienna Motor Symposium, the same event where Audi presented its...

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
    2016 Dodge Viper ACR street-legal racer revealed

    The Dodge Viper American Club Racer has become the stuff of legend. The track-focused but street-legal machine was first launched in 1999 and by its second generation had already smashed the Nürburgring lap record for a production car with a time of 7:12.13, a feat surpassed only by the...

  • Audi TT Clubsport Turbo concept, 2015 Wörthersee Tour
    600-HP Audi TT Clubsport Turbo Concept Heads To Wörthersee Tour Tuning Fest

    Austria’s annual Wörthersee Tour tuning fest is on again this month, and Audi is set to be one of the stars thanks to its 600-horsepower TT Clubsport Turbo concept unveiled today. The track-tuned concept looks similar to Audi’s TT Cup racer but it sports a larger 2.5-liter...

  • Rolls-Royce Wraith - Inspired by Fashion

    Rolls-Royce has been on a—for lack of a better word—roll lately with its special edition models, with the latest out of Goodwood, the Wraith - Inspired by Fashion, perfectly expressing the virtues of the automaker’s Bespoke personalization division that churns out these creations. The Wraith - Inspired by Fashion, as its name suggests, was inspired by the world of Haute Couture, where the very finest materials are crafted into the most luxurious and desirable clothes money can buy. ALSO SEE: 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Street-Legal Racer Revealed: Video In developing the car, the...

  • 2016 BMW 3-Series
    2016 BMW 3-Series benefits from significant updates under the skin

    Forty years on since the launch of the original 3-Series, the E21, BMW has unveiled its most advanced version of its bread-and-butter sedan and wagon yet. The updated 3-Series range goes on sale later this year, arriving in showrooms as a 2016 model. Importantly, the changes also affect the M3 and...

  • Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
    What Makes The New Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 So Good At The Track

    On the previous generation Mustang—and particularly with the Boss 302 Laguna Seca Edition—Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] engineers demonstrated just how capable they could make a vehicle with a live rear axle. And while current Mustangs sport independent rear suspension, the Ford...

  • Lamborghini Urus concept, 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
    Italy May Offer Incentives For Lamborghini SUV Production

    Although senior executives at Lamborghini are confident the green light will be given for production of a new SUV based on 2012’s well-received Urus concept, there’s still a chance fear of the model cannibalizing sales of other Volkswagen Group brands, or perhaps damaging the...

  • 2016 Ferrari 488 GTS spy shots - Image via Niki Motorsport
    2016 Ferrari 488 GTS Spy Video

    The convertible version of Ferrari’s new 488 GTB has been spotted in prototype form outside the Italian automaker’s Maranello headquarters. The new car, which replaces the mechanically-similar 458 Spider in the Ferrari stable, should be revealed later this year or early next (a debut at...

  • 2017 BMW 1-Series sedan spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 BMW 1-Series Sedan Spy Video

    Last year, BMW broke with tradition by introducing its first-ever model with front-wheel drive, the 2-Series Active Tourer. Next year, the German automaker will do the unthinkable once more, this time by introducing a front-driving sedan. That sedan will be called a 1-Series, and it’s been...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz G-Class

    We recently reported that Mercedes-Benz, in an effort to curb the emissions on its G-Class, was planning to replace the current 5.5-liter V-8 in the G550 (a G500 in other markets) with a smaller yet more powerful 4.0-liter mill. Well, the German automaker has now confirmed the news while also announcing a series of other updates for the 2016 model year. Those other updates include a new suspension setup together with a more sensitive stability control system, plus some new interior and exterior options. CHECK OUT: Bugatti Veyron Successor To Do 0-60 MPH In 2.0 Seconds: Report The big news...

  • 2017 Jaguar F-Pace spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf / SB-media
    2017 Jaguar F-Pace Spy Video

    Jaguar is entering new ground with its first-ever SUV, the recently confirmed F-Pace, which is featured as a prototype in our latest spy video. The new F-Pace is currently undergoing final testing ahead of a world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. You may recall that it was at the...

  • AMG GT S Cigarette Boat
    Mercedes-AMG And Cigarette Racing Partnership Makes For Smoking Hot Boat

    If you're a Mercedes-Benz fan, you'd be forgiven for thinking that if an AMG product winds up in the drink, something has gone terribly wrong. But the three-pointed star's tuning wing has a history of working with uber-boat manufacturer Cigarette Racing, and over the years the partnership has...

  • 1985 GTI vs. 2015 GTI - Image via VWPartsVortex.com
    Tale Of The Tape: 1985 GTI Vs. 2015 GTI

    Among enthusiasts, there will always be a portion of the population primed to lionize classic models and lament the introduction of electronic nannies like traction control. ALSO SEE: Power Surge: Watch An All-Electric '68 Mustang Attempt A Record Run Now, while those conversations...

  • 2016 Cadillac ATS-V
    Cadillac May Offer More Aggressive V-Series Tune To Target Mercedes’ Black Series

    Cadillac’s new ATS-V may be a genuine rival to BMW’s M3/M4 and Mercedes-AMG’s C63, but right now the American luxury brand doesn’t have an answer to more potent offerings from the Germans such as BMW’s GTS-badged cars and Mercedes’ Black Series models. That might...

  • 2016 Mazda CX-3 first drive, Phoenix, May 2015
    2016 Mazda CX-3 first drive review

    So, you’re growing up. That two-seat sports car was a great companion for many years, but there’s just not enough space for your stuff, your friends, your dog. What are you to do? Check out the 2016 Mazda CX-3, that’s what. ALSO SEE: Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology...

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