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  • 2012 Audi RS5

    The 2012 Audi RS5 is almost here, and luckily for us U.S. fans Audi’s uber-coupe will launch in facelifted form. This latest version of the RS5 made its official debut this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, bringing with it all the latest updates we saw introduced on the 2012 Audi A5 range. Keeping most of the proportions of the pre-facelifted model, the new design sees the RS5 gain several sharp accents, more wheel options, and LED detailing. Thankfully, environmental concerns haven't affected the drivetrain, with power still coming from a high-revving 4.2-liter V-8--one of the...

  • Sebastian Vettel shows off personalized Infiniti FX50 Concept live photos
    Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Flanked by Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Nissan design boss Shiro Nakamura, Formula 1 ace Sebastian Vettel unveiled his personalized Infiniti FX at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this week. Vettel’s personal car just so happens to be a white Infiniti FX50, which he regularly drives to F1...

  • 2011 Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept
    Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept: Fuel Cells Still Waiting On Tomorrow

    While the rest of the auto world dives deeply hybrids and electric cars at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is still convinced the hydrogen fuel cell is the powertrain of the future--absolutely by the year 2050, and likely much sooner than that if new hydrogen-storage technology can...

  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale
    Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    The Lamborghini Gallardo is growing a bit long in the tooth, due for replacement in the next year or so, and it's starting to show it. Never you mind that, however, as there's another special-edition version out today in Frankfurt: the LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Despite its slightly...

  • 2011 Mercedes-Benz F125 Concept leaked
    Mercedes-Benz F125 Hydrogen Gullwing Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Pointing the way towards the design of the next-generation S-Class and CL-Class is the brand new 2011 Mercedes-Benz F125 hydrogen-fueled gullwing coupe concept. The striking concept car will be on show this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, which officially kicks off tomorrow, but many of its...

  • Audi Urban Concept launch, 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Audi Urban Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    On the eve of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, Audi has pulled the wraps of its new Urban Concept and in the process reaffirmed the automaker’s intention to provide future customers with multiple solutions for reduced emissions, congestion and fuel consumption. The Audi Urban Concept, of which...

  • 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show logo

    Summer is officially over, and those of us lucky to have had some time off are most likely back at the office now. However, with the end of summer also comes the first major auto show of the new model year, in this case, the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, press days for which kick off on Tuesday, September 13. Once again, the MotorAuthority team will be on hand at Frankfurt to bring you all the latest info and live shots, and there certainly will be a lot coming over the next couple of days as everything from new supercars to single seat electric concepts is unveiled. Here’s a rundown of...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Getting 580 Horsepower

    The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 may soon take the crown as king of the pony cars. Unconfirmed rumors have the ZL1 testing at over 570 horsepower, which trumps Ford's GT500. For now, at least.

  • 2013 Mercedes-Benz A25 AMG spy shots
    2013 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Spy Video

    UPDATE: The new Mercedes-Benz A Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. We’ve already seen spy shots of the upcoming 2013 Mercedes-Benz A-Class luxury hatchback, as well as the long-rumored A25 AMG performance variant, but now we have an exclusive spy video featuring...

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    Does Chevy's Small-Block V8 Have a Future? GM Thinks So

    In an age known for its electric vehicles, hybrid drivetrains, clean diesels and alternative fuels, you might not think there's a place in the world for a pushrod V8 with architecture dating back to the 1950s. GM disagrees though, and is currently making a case for continuing the lineage of one of...

  • 2011 Audi A2 Concept
    Audi A2 concept debuts at 2011 Frankfurt auto show

    There’s a new Audi model coming that will be positioned between the entry-level A1 and A3 Hatchback and soon-to-be released A3 Sedan, and now we have our first tangible evidence as to how it may look. We’re of course talking about the Audi A2, the long-rumored successor to the previous...

  • Jaguar C-X16 Concept
    2011 Jaguar C-X16 Concept Mega-Gallery: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Jaguar's C-X75 concept, as wild as it is, is still headed for (very limited) production. The latest concept, due for a complete unveiling at the Frankfurt Auto Show, is the C-X16 Production Concept, shown here in the first official images, and it looks much more like something that will see...

  • Koenigsegg Agera R

    Swedish supercar marque Koenigsegg, the maker of the CCX and new Agera, has announced that it has broken no less than six world land speed records for a production car over the weekend. The records were broken with Koenigsegg’s latest beauty, the 1,115 horsepower Agera R, and took place at the automaker’s proving ground in Ängelholm, Sweden. Note, the Guinness Book of Records is yet to confirm the results, although all data was measured and collected by a third party with the officially accepted Racelogic VBox performance recorder. The six new records set were as follows...

  • 2011 Volkswagen Nils single-seat electric car concept
    2011 Volkswagen Nils Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Volkswagen has followed the lead of its upmarket subsidiary Audi and unveiled a new electric pod car concept for the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, which kicks off in less than two weeks’ time. However, while Audi’s concept featured a two-seat configuration, Volkswagen’s new Nils is...

  • 2011 Lotus Evora GTE Road Car Concept
    Lotus Bringing Three New Models Plus Evora GTE Road Car To Frankfurt

    Eager to dust off claims that it has bitten off more than it can chew, Lotus is on the verge of launching an onslaught of new sports car models over the coming years, the first of which we'll see as early as the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show in less than two weeks’ time. The storied automaker from...

  • 2011 Ford Evos Concept
    2011 Ford Evos Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    As promised, Ford is scheduled to unveil a brand new concept car at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show in just two weeks’ time, and in the lead up to the event the Blue Oval has released the first images and details of it: the striking new Evos plug-in hybrid sports coupe. Not only does the Evos...

  • 2011 Alfa Romeo 4C Concept
    Alfa Romeo 4C Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Bellissimo! Alfa Romeo has unveiled what’s destined to be one of the most popular attractions at next month’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, a new version of the stunning 4C mid-engine sport car concept first unveiled in March. The original concept took the 2011 Geneva Motor Show by storm...

  • Toyota electric race car prototype live photos - Copyright High Gear Media
    Toyota Smashes Nurburgring Electric Car Lap Record: Video

    Toyota set a new lap record at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife for an electric car of just 7:47.79 yesterday, smashing the previous record of 9:01.3 as set by the Peugeot EX1 Concept back in May. The quick time around the 13-odd miles of the Green Hell was set by Toyota Motorsports GmbH (TMG) in its...

  • 2011 Audi Urban Concept

    We recently saw spy shots of a camouflaged Audi concept car doing some photography work in the heart of Berlin, Germany, and now the automaker with the four rings has revealed the concept at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show. The new concept is called the Audi Urban, and it’s just the latest in a long line of e-tron electric car concepts, some of which are destined for production in the not too distant future. Audi describes the Urban concept as a 1+1-seater, ultra-light car for congested urban spaces--available in both coupe and 'Spyder' convertible bodystyles. The automaker stresses that...

  • Super Mario Kart
    Friday Fun: Our Top Ten Retro Console Racing Games

    Occasionally, the All Car Tech team gets pangs of nostalgia for times gone by, and we often yearn for the days of 1980s excess, when braces were red and Porsches were white with whale-tail spoilers. Inevitably, the subject of video games will pop up. We love a good racing game here, and the...

  • 2012 BMW 650i Coupe
    2012 BMW 650i Coupe: First Drive

    The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is still a fresh, frenetic memory, but I've spent the last two days driving some of BMW's newest hardware up and down California's central coast. Between clipping canyon apexes and whirring along in high-tech quietude, it became clear: the new 6er coupe is about...

  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class
    2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    The first of Mercedes’ future small car family, the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class, has been revealed ahead of its official world debut in just a few weeks at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Substantially more agile and efficient than the model it replaces, the new B-Class is expected to...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC
    2012 Bentley Continental GTC: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    At the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show in just a few weeks’ time, Bentley will unveil the facelifted version of its Continental GTC luxury convertible, the follow up to the facelifted Continental GT coupe that was unveiled last year. The new Continental GTC will come onto the market as a 2012 model...

  • Department of Transportation vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) program
    Connected Vehicle Tests To Begin In Official NHTSA Trials

    Over the last few months the race to develop connected vehicles that "talk" to each other as they're driven along has picked up the pace, with several technology companies and carmakers developing systems to make our roads safer. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is...

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