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You've just spent four hours washing, stripping, waxing and polishing your baby, and now you're faced with a choice: shove her under a $15 elastic tarp where water can get trapped against the metal and the fabric can scratch at the paint, or leave her exposed to the elements where dust is already...

Track lovers and auto geeks are intimately familiar with KTM's X-Bow, its raucous design the embodiment of a four-wheeled space craft. Now the company is promising two new models and a tiered lineup for its automotive range. The prospect of what could be a more affordable and an even...

A piece of motorsport history is up for grabs via Prodrive's new carsales site. Subaru's first-ever Impreza World Rally Car (WRC) is on sale for an asking price of £85,000 ($121,813). That might seem like a lot for a stripped-out, heavily used track/rally stage-only Subaru Impreza, but with the...

Starting this year, all new cars assessed under the Euro NCAP scheme will have to be fitted with some form of electronic stability control (ESC) in order to gain a rating of five stars. This puts the Euro NCAP scheme at the forefront of crash testing, though some other regions are also making...

If you have €3,900 ($4,900) in your pocket and the desire to put an Italian exotic through its paces around a track, then you’re in luck as Lamborghini is once again running its annual Driving Academy. With courses open to all performance enthusiasts - not just Lamborghini owners - the...

HKS was one of the first major tuning houses to work on Nissan’s legendary GT-R supercar, developing performance kits and accessories as early as the 1989 R32 model right up to the latest R35 model. While many rival Japanese tuning firms specialise in simple off-the-shelf mods, the...

Jaguar today announced pricing for its 2010 model year lineup, which includes a couple of brand new entrants such as the XFR super-saloon and the XKR Coupe and Convertible. Both cars were debuted at last month’s Detroit Auto Show alongside an updated XF and facelifted XK range. Pricing for...

Yesterday’s grim news that General Motors had decided to pull the plug on its High Performance Vehicle Operations (HPVO) caused shockwaves around performance circles, with many believing some of the company’s top sports cars, both current and future, could meet their demise. The HPVO is...

Sometimes an idea comes along that's so awesome, yet so obvious, you just smack yourself on the forehead and ask, "Why didn't I think of that?" This is one of those times. Get ready for the Sand-X. The Sand-X ATV, built by a Swiss company of the same name and designed by Platune - the company that...

Volkswagen's Skoda doesn't get much press in the U.S. but over in Central and Eastern Europe it is one of the most popular automotive brands. Having launched new versions of its mainstream Octavia and Superb sedans in the past year, the company has now announced that it will further expand its...

Hyundai has developed a new large luxury saloon to replace its Equus flagship and now the first official images of the car have leaked following the launch of the vehicle at a press event in South Korea earlier this week. The new model continues the Equus name in its home market but latest reports...

Even the makers of luxury saloons and sports cars are having to adapt their lineups to meet toughening fuel economy and emissions standards all around the world. Porsche recently bowed down to all the environmental pressure with the unveiling of the Cayenne Diesel late last year and now Jaguar is...

It wouldn’t be the Geneva Motor Show without some outrageous creation from Brabus and for this year’s event the German tuner hasn’t disappointed. Next month Brabus will unveil what it claims to be the world’s most powerful off-roader: the new G V12 S Biturbo based on the...

Would you give up your car for the chance to use a fleet of them? Or do you prefer your own, highly specialized vehicle? Though many companies predict highly individualized modes of transport, down to personal mobility units like Toyota's i-REAL, others see a future where a communal pool of...

Afzal Kahn, owner of the eponymous 'Project Kahn outfit, has unveiled his latest creation in what has come to be a long line of customized luxury vehicles. This time around the Project Kahn team has taken Rolls-Royce’s ultra-luxurious Phantom saloon and tinkered with its appearance and...

Modifying new cars is an art, and like all art, its beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The only thing certain with the Carlsson Aigner CK55 RS Rascasse is that the beholder's eye will be full, and very busy. Based around the Mercedes-Benz GL500, the 5.5L V8 engine gets some serious tuning to...

A single design serving almost unchanged for over a decade used to be fairly common in the industry, but these days complete redesigns happen in six to eight years, often with two or three facelifts in the mean time. Peugeot's 206 has successfully bucked that trend with only a few updates along the...

GM Performance Parts offers some very interesting gear for the go-fast racer or modifier, including whole engines available for whatever project one can come up with. The GM division is now offering its ultimate package: the LS9 supercharged V8 from the heart of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar...

Ferrari's work in pushing the world of motoring to new heights can hardly be underestimated. From the Formula 1 World Championship to the street, the Prancing Horse has been innovating as long as it's been in the business. The Mille Chili design study, based loosely around the incomparable Enzo...

Chrysler’s request for an additional $2 billion in government funded loans in its latest viability proposal looks trivial compared to the $16.6 billion requested by General Motors today in front of the U.S. Treasury. Without this funding GM says it could run out of money as early as next...