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  • Paul Walker behind the wheel of a Lexus LFA

    Co-star of the Fast & Furious franchise, car guy, and actor Paul Walker is dead after a fiery car crash in Santa Clarita, California this weekend. Walker was 40 years old. Walker's spokesperson has officially confirmed the death via the actor's Facebook fan page and Twitter on Saturday, stating: "It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are...

  • Teaser for 2016 Audi Q1
    Audi Teases New Q1 Crossover

    Audi will launch a new crossover positioned below its Q3 in 2016, the automaker confirmed today. To be called the Q1, the new crossover will fit in the subcompact segment and will compete against similar tall-riding premium vehicles like the Buick Encore and MINI Cooper Countryman. Production of...

  • 2014 BMW 2-Series with M Performance parts
    BMW Launches 2-Series M Performance Parts At Essen Motor Show

    Buyers of the new BMW 2-Series will soon be able to give their cars the M treatment, with BMW launching at this week’s 2013 Essen Motor Show in Germany a range of upgrades for the car lifted straight out of the M Performance parts catalog. M Performance is BMW’s mid-range performance...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
    2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28: Track Tech For Extra Downforce

    Muscle cars and pony cars have never been the most sophisticated of things. For most of their history, they've relied on great looks and brute force--and captivated hearts and minds as a result. More recently though, things have changed. Customers want their cars to go around corners too, so...

  • 2005 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, Los Angeles Auto Show
    Saleen’s new supercar to be called the S8

    Saleen’s S7 supercar of the previous decade will spawn a successor in the next two years, and it will be called the “S8” (assuming there is no conflict with Audi and its own S8). The information was revealed by Saleen CEO and founder Steve Saleen during the recent Los Angeles Auto...

  • 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition Convertible
    First Corvette Stingray Special Edition Is The New Premiere Edition Convertible

    To mark the sales launch of its 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible and get the holiday season going, Chevrolet is launching a new special edition. The new special edition is called the “Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition Convertible” and it will be produced in a limited run of just 550...

  • Nissan BladeGlider Electric Sports Car Concept  -  2013 Tokyo Motor Show

    Nissan's BladeGlider electric sports-car concept measures up as one of the wildest concepts of the Tokyo Motor Show. And what makes it particularly far out is that Nissan plans to build it. MUST READ: 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO And GT-R Premium: First Drive With its unique '1+2' seating layout, a body modeled after the swept wings of a glider, and a track that's dramatically narrower in front than in the back—plus the use of powerful wheel-hub motors in back—there's lots to potentially dismiss as concept-car dreaming. While those wheel-hub motors almost certainly won't make it to...

  • 2015 Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar
    Polestar-Enhanced Volvo S60 And V60 Confirmed For U.S.

    Swedish motorsport and engineering firm Polestar is slowly establishing itself as the official performance arm of Volvo, starting off with running the automaker’s motorsport program and more recently dabbling in the world of tuning Volvo road cars. Polestar first launched a hotted-up C30...

  • 2015 Nissan GT-R
    2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO And GT-R Premium First Drive

    'Video-game-like' is how we've heard the Nissan GT-R driving experience described on many occasions. The description is apt, especially when you're out on the track. This is a car that's so astonishingly fast—0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds for the current 545-hp version—that you can become...

  • 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO prototype in the wind tunnel
    Watch The Development Of The 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO: Video

    Nissan has released a documentary on the development of the fastest car it’s ever produced, the 2015 GT-R NISMO. The video provides a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the development of the car, including a rundown on many of the tests and simulations executed as well as interviews with...

  • 2014 SRT Viper TA
    2014 SRT Viper TA Limited To 159 Units

    SRT’s awesome Viper TA (Time Attack) track special is ready for its showroom debut but if you're thinking of getting one you had better not waste too much time in deciding as only 159 examples are planned, divided up into 93 in the hero TA Orange color, 33 in Venom Black and the remaining 33...

  • Lamborghini Veneno
    Lamborghini Veneno Takes To The Track: Video

    A Lamborghini Veneno took to a very wet Vallelunga circuit in Italy this weekend as part of the celebrations for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo World Finals, which saw winners from all the Blancpain Super Trofeo series around the globe compete against one another for ultimate glory. This...

  • 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO  -  2013 Tokyo Motor Show preview event, Nissan Global Headquarters

    With three international auto shows all taking place this week (Tokyo, Los Angeles and Guangzhou), there’s no shortage of top photos for you to look at. The first is this menacing brute from Nissan, the 2015 GT-R NISMO. The car is the most potent version of the R35 GT-R platform we’ve seen yet, and it’s the second fastest production car to lap the Nürburgring after Porsche's 918 Spyder. Speaking of Porsche, the German automaker this week rolled out a brand new model: the 2015 Macan crossover. The vehicle makes its debut in top-end Macan S and Macan Turbo trim, and will...

  • 2015 Lincoln MKC, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2015 Lincoln MKC Debuts At L.A. Auto Show: Live Photos

    It has been three years since Lincoln first promised to launch a new compact crossover and now it’s finally here in the form of the 2015 Lincoln MKC. The vehicle, which makes its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show next week, is the production version of the MKC concept first shown in...

  • 2014 Lexus CT 200h
    2014 Lexus CT 200h Debuts At 2013 Guangzhou Auto Show: Video

    Coinciding with auto shows taking place in Los Angeles and Tokyo this week was yet another event, China’s Guangzhou Auto Show, whose doors opened today. One of the main attractions of the show is an updated version of the Lexus CT 200h, which goes on sale in the coming months as a 2014 model...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe spy shots
    2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe Spy Shots

    Mercedes-Benz’s replacement for the CL-Class, the new S-Class Coupe, has been spotted in prototype form for more than a year and in September was previewed at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show by a stunning concept version. Today, we have new spy shots of a prototype for the high-performance AMG...

  • 2015 Subaru Legacy concept, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2015 Subaru Legacy Concept: Live Photos And Video From L.A.

    After scoring solid hits with the BRZ, Impreza, and XV Crosstrek, helping to bank some of its best sales ever over the past year, Subaru is moving to update some of its other sedans at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. We already saw the 2015 WRX live in the metal; now we get a preview of the 2015...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2015 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Revealed: Video, Live Photos

    The V-8-powered 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG offers up everything you could ever want from a full-size performance sedan, but there’s something about having 12 cylinders nestled under the hood that simply makes a car feel a tad more special. Enter the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG, the...

  • Mercedes-Benz Concept GLA45 AMG, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show

    Punchy four-cylinder turbos in compact luxury vehicles have already proved their worth in several brands’ recent offerings, perhaps none better than 2014 Best Car To Buy winner, the Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG. But what about a taller, slightly more rugged take on that concept? Enter the Concept GLA45 AMG. In both studio images and live photos from the 2013 L.A. Auto Show, the GLA45 looks like nothing so much as a taller version of the A45 AMG hatchback we don't get in the U.S. Sharing the same 355-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, on-demand all-wheel-drive system...

  • Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept revealed

    The mystery concept car Mercedes-Benz has been teasing for the past couple of days has turned out to be this stunning supercar concept, designed for the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game. It’s called the “AMG Vision Gran Turismo”, and according to Mercedes it presents a vision...

  • 2015 Subaru WRX, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2015 Subaru WRX: LA Auto Show Video And Live Photos

    A brand-new generation of the Subaru WRX has landed at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show this week, but sadly it shares little resemblance to the striking concept version unveiled earlier this year in New York. Despite Subaru’s promise to further differentiate its new 2015 WRX from the regular...

  • 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Long-Wheelbase Autobiography Black, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Land Rover Launches Long-Wheelbase Range Rover, Autobiography Black Trim: Live Photos

    Since the brilliant new Range Rover SUV went on sale at the end of last year, Land Rover has already introduced a new fuel-efficient V-6 option, added the smaller and sportier Range Rover Sport and showcased an advanced hybrid model that will eventually be headed our way. Now, the British automaker...

  • 2015 Cadillac Escalade, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2015 Cadillac Escalade: More Power, Luxury, Efficiency -- Live Photos

    Already one of the top choices for luxury SUV buyers who actually use their vehicle for serious work (or serious play), the Cadillac Escalade gets a complete redesign for the 2015 model year, bringing a more powerful and efficient new V-8 engine, a completely revamped exterior, and a more...

  • 2014 BMW 428i Convertible, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2014 BMW 4-Series Convertible: $49,675 gets you 3+1 in the sun

    The next extension of the BMW 4-Series is here, and it's even more beautiful than the 3-Series Convertible it replaces in the company's range. Making its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, the new 428i Convertible shows off its hard-top drop-top action, and it's looking pretty slick on first...

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