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News about a convertible version of the Evora sports car dates back several years but until now Lotus hasn’t enjoyed the financial and managerial stability to actually go through with the project. With new CEO Jean-Marc Gales at the helm, Lotus has finally confirmed to Autocar that a...

At its World Motor Sport Council meeting held in Mexico City on Friday, motorsports governing body the FIA announced a provisional calendar for the 2016 Formula One World Championship, and included for the first time is a race at Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. The calendar also sees the...

It’s been a while since we heard from Renntech but the Mercedes-Benz tuning specialist has been busy, having already amassed a series of upgrades for the all-new 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. In fact, Renntech may have already built the world’s quickest GT. MORE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S...

The semi-official tuner to Holden, HSV, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its ClubSport nameplate with a special edition version of the latest ClubSport R8. HSV is famous for building high-performance versions of the Holden Commodore, sold here as the Chevrolet SS, and its ClubSport models...

French automaker Renault’s entry in the competitive mid-size sedan segment, the Laguna, has been replaced by an all-new model that bears the name Talisman. The car makes its official world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show in September, and in markets where it will be offered it will go...

The current Kia Sportage has been on sale since the 2011 model year but a new one is in the works, prototypes for which have been spotted testing in Europe. The new generation of the popular compact crossover will go on sale next year, as a 2017 model. Like previous versions, the new one will be...

Coinciding with this week’s unveiling of its new, much more premium second-generation Clubman, MINI made a few additional significant announcements. One of these was confirmation of the oft-mentioned move to a lineup consisting of five core models, which will allow MINI to focus on building...

Chevrolet’s second-generation Cruze compact sedan designed for the U.S. market has been revealed (the Chinese-market version was shown last year), and it brings a raft of new changes that make it quite the technological leap over its predecessor, a car that managed to sell more than 3.5...

Vehicle personalization has never been more popular, especially when it comes to the ultra-luxury marques such as Rolls-Royce and Ferrari where almost every product rolling off the line has been individually customized in some way. But you don’t have to be a one-percenter to have your vehicle...

Mercedes-Benz is selling about 500 examples of its new Mercedes-Maybach S600 luxury sedan in China every month, which is remarkable considering sales of the previous standalone Maybach models only reached about 600 units worldwide during the better years. The numbers had dropped to between 200 and...

UPDATE: The Nürburgring operator Capricorn has confirmed that it is implementing speed limits of 155 mph in certain areas of the track, one of the fallouts of a fatal crash at the ‘Ring involving a spectator earlier this year. Forcing the operator’s hand is the DMSB...

The 2015 Formula One World Championship continues with round eight, which takes us back to the Europe after a brief stint in North America. This round is the Austrian Grand Prix, which rejoined the calendar just last year after an 11-season hiatus. The race is held at the Red Bull Ring, whose high...

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its G-Class lineup with a new variant aimed at the serious off-roader. The vehicle is the awesome G500 4x4², first shown as a concept at March’s Geneva Motor Show and now headed for production. Mercedes says the “outstanding” response to this...

Subaru has unveiled its second hybrid though right now it’s only been confirmed for the Japanese market. The car is the Impreza Sport Hybrid, and it joins the previous XV CrossTrek Hybrid in Subaru’s slowly expanding electrified lineup. While it features the word “sport” in...

Since buying up the remains of bankrupt automaker Fisker Automotive in early 2014, China's Wanxiang has been adamant it will be able to relaunch Fisker’s Karma extended-range electric sedan as well as move production from the previous plant in Finland to a new site located in the U.S. The new...

Mercedes-Benz’s latest S-Class is the first production car to be able to steer itself, though only in certain situations. Right now the system can handle low-speed traffic on roads with gentle curves and preventing highway lane changes when a car is in your blind spot, but a more advanced...

This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the World Endurance Championship and one of the most popular motorsport events of the year. While the premier LMP1 class draws most of the attention, when it comes to cars that you and I can actually drive then it’s the...

Chinese automakers are notorious for copying the designs of more established firms, and though there have been significant gains made in the areas of quality and unique design in China's nascent auto industry in recent years there are still a number of firms whose design teams appear to have a...

BMW’s next-generation 7-Series, the G11, has been shown completely undisguised yet again. The new flagship sedan is set to be revealed on Wednesday, June 10, ahead of an official world debut at September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, and BMW has already started showing the car privately...

Bryan Nesbitt, most famous for his work on the Chrysler PT Cruiser, has returned to the States to head up Buick’s design team. The American spent the last four years leading the design team at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] International Operations, based in Shanghai, China, and is...