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Following this past weekend’s leak, BMW has released the first official images of its new Concept M5 ahead of its world debut later this month at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. Like previous concept cars from the hallowed M division, the design you see here is pretty much what will be used for...

The new 2012 SLK is on the loose, revealed at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, but we're still waiting for the AMG variant. From the looks of it, we won't have to wait much longer, as these spy shots add to those captured last summer, bringing the car's shape into sharper focus as it loses some of the...

Some owners of 2011 Mustangs with the 6-speed manual transmission have complained about shifting problems when the car was cold, and Ford has issued a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) to address the problem. A TSB is not the same as a recall, but customers who have this problem can take their car...

Thanks to the kind folk at EA Games we've got hold of a copy of the latest game in the long-running Need For Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed (S2U), in PlayStation 3 format. As with the previous Shift title, Unleashed errs more on the simulation side of racing titles rather than the franchise's...

Not much to say about this one. Roush has posted two videos of the upcoming 2012 RS3 attacking the track, and we have them below. Roush didn't provide any lap times or further information, but that's OK. Spending some time watching the RS3 lap Laguna Seca--no matter how brief that time is--is a...

Aftermarket tuner Baldwin Motion has just released a "Fantastic Five" package for the Camaro SS that consists of five different levels of available power, from 525 horsepower up to 800. The base SS-427 is the 525 horsepower model, and it comes with a new exhaust, race-prepped aluminum cylinder...

Ford Racing offers buyers of the 5.0-liter Mustang a chance to buy and install a Boss intake manifold as an aftermarket upgrade. Aftermarket tuner has gone one step further. By taking one of the Ford Racing intakes and coming up with a new induction system that uses a high-velocity cold-air intake...

Playboy is back with a new list of the best classic sports cars around, ensuring that you’ll always be traveling in style. All of the mid-century classics listed top 40 years of age, yet they offer performance, looks and road-handling agility to best some of the top sports cars on sale today...

Before the advent of video games and thousands of cars stunningly recreated in high polygon models on hundreds of detailed race tracks, we used to use a little thing known as imagination and a little suspension of disbelief to get virtual racing thrills. Diecast cars were at the bottom of the tree...

Ford has already brought back the Boss. Could it be bringing back the Bullitt and the Mach 1 for 2013? Topspeed.com has speculative renderings of each car, with guesses on what Ford might do with each model. Topspeed's guess at new Bullitt showed it as mostly a styling exercise, with a revised...

The seemingly unavoidable Donald Trump will be making a public appearance on one of racing's biggest stages this May when he takes the wheel of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indy 500 Pace Car at the 2011 Indianapolis 500. The race takes place on May 29, and one of its traditions is to have a...

Owners of 2008-2010 Dodge Challengers can now add even more power to their cars, thanks to Lingenfelter. The company is offering a supercharger for 2008-2010 Challengers that can be installed on either the 5.7-liter V-8 or the 6.1-liter V-8. The Magnuson TVS2300 unit has a 160-degree thermostat...

It’s official. The Porsche 918 Spyder, a plug-in hybrid supercar that so far has only been shown in concept form, is available for order and has been priced at $845,000 (not including destination and taxes). Porsche is only planning to build 918 examples of its stunning supercar so interested...

There's no shortage of custom Mustangs out there, and let's add one more to the list. Bristol Motor Speedway--one of NASCAR's great short tracks--is combining with Scott's and Ford to give away an official BMS 50th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang pace car as part of the Bristol Golden Giveaway...

Want to swap the new Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 into your Fox-body Mustang, replacing either the old 5.0-liter (technically, a 4.9-liter) V-8 or the four-cylinder? Well, now you can. Kurgan Motorsports swapped the Coyote into a Fox body by custom building the motor mounts, braces, and support structures...

Ford's 2012 Mustang Boss 302S is meant to be a track-day warrior, slotting in between the street-legal Boss 302 Laguna Seca and the race-dedicated Boss 302R. There will be only 50 units of the race-only 302S produced. Ford has released a video showing the car hitting a top speed of over 150 miles...

Aftermarket tuner Steve Saleen was one of the pioneers of the Mustang tuning scene, and now the company that bears his last name is going to stop producing tuned Mustangs. Instead, Saleen Performance Vehicles will focus on aftermarket parts. That means that the 2011 Saleen S302 will be the...

For those hard-core Bullitt fans out there, your car has arrived. Gateway Classic Mustang is building a limited-edition 1968 Steve McQueen Signature Mustang. The hand-built car looks like a 1968 'Stang, but under the hood lies a modern Roush small-block V-8 that generates 450 horsepower. Suspension...

Sad news out of McKinney, Texas: One person is dead and four injured after two late-model Mustangs that appeared to be racing were involved in a crash with a street-sweeper. According to police reports, both Mustangs (one a 1999 model, the other a 2003) collided with the street-sweeper, killing one...

When the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible launched earlier this year, it was perhaps inevitable that the tuner market would follow with its own take on the car. Well-known tuner Hennessey has done just that, with its HPE600 Camaro Convertible. Using an Eaton TVS2300 Roots-type supercharger...