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Honda stopped production of its original Ridgeline pickup truck last year but a successor is on the way. Development is almost complete, with our latest spy shots showing one of the final prototypes. The mid-size truck is expected to debut early next year, as a 2017 model. Honda first announced its...

Porsche’s entry-level customer race car at present is the 911 GT3 Cup, but the automaker has now undercut this with a new GT4-spec racer based on the recently revealed Cayman GT4. GT4 competition has been growing in popularity over the years as the series tend to be a much more affordable...

Buick will sell a rebadged version of the latest Opel Astra hatch in China, raising hopes that the car may be offered in more markets outside of Europe. The Astra will go on sale in China later this year, badged as a Verano. There will be two versions on offer, a standard Verano Hatchback and a...

MINI’s second-generation Clubman goes on sale in January, priced from about $25k. However, at launch only the Cooper and Cooper S variants will be available. The one we’re most keen on is the high-performance John Cooper Works, which comes later in 2016. A prototype for the new John...

Chevrolet is finally offering some of the performance upgrades normally reserved for its Corvette Z06 to customers of the Corvette Stingray. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a new Stingray to get the parts as they’re available as a retrofit on models dating back to the 2014...

There’s a new race series called the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) that held its inaugural season this year. With its low cost of entry and low running costs, the series is aimed at enthusiasts and up-and-coming drivers and features cars with only around 300 horsepower...

A prototype for Opel’s next-generation Insignia has been spotted again. There’s a lot of interest in this new model as it’s likely to form the basis of the next-generation Buick Regal. It’s certainly growing in size, but it should be lighter than the model it’s set to...

For anyone thinking the BMW M division has become a little soft over the years, may we introduce the new 2016 BMW M4 GTS. The car is the production version of the M4 GTS concept car unveiled earlier this year and is the first of the M division’s special models to be confirmed for the United...

It’s been almost nine years since we first saw the current Mitsubishi Lancer, but the Japanese automaker has no plans to redesign the car just yet. Instead, Mitsubishi will keep selling it through the 2016 model year, though sadly the high-performance Lancer Evolution is no longer part of the...

At the recent Frankfurt Auto Show, Mazda showed off a new crossover concept called the Koeru which previews the design language pegged for the automaker’s future high-riding models, such as the next-generation CX-9. It appears, however, the concept also previewed a new entry from Mazda, one...

Apple is yet to even mention the possibility of it developing a car but numerous reports and industry clues point in just that direction. It was at the start of this year that we heard about a car project at Apple under the code name Project Titan, and soon after we learned that the tech giant was...

The Porsche Mission E electric sports sedan concept turned out to be one of the major stars of this week’s Frankfurt Auto Show, not only because of its sensuous lines but also because of its advanced powertrain and the performance it promises. ALSO SEE: Bugatti Previews Veyron Successor With...

Holden has unveiled what’s likely to be the last major update for its Commodore family of models before the Australian General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] subsidiary ceases production in late 2017 and finally retires the car’s rear-wheel-drive Zeta platform. There will be a next-generation...

Opel’s new Astra compact hatch will be joined by its Sports Tourer wagon variant at the official debut next week at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. We saw the new hatch for the first time back in June and now we have our first look at the wagon. Other additions to the new Astra range should...

Volkswagen at next week’s Frankfurt Auto Show will introduce a new, more potent GTI hot hatch. It’s called the GTI Clubsport, and it’s been built to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original GTI’s arrival on the scene back in 1976. Previewed in concept form earlier this...

We first heard about Google executive Benjamin Sloss and his admiration for the Ferrari brand in 2012 when he paid close to $1.8 million for a Ferrari 599XX Evo in a charity auction. Then, a week ago, he was back proving his generosity once again, this time by presenting his wife Christine with a...

Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton has taken his third Formula One Italian Grand Prix with a decisive win yesterday at a packed Autodromo Nazionale Monza race track. The Briton never looked troubled and in the end crossed the line with a 25-second gap between him and runner-up Sebastian Vettel...

Yesterday we got our first look at Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] highly anticipated Model X electric SUV thanks to some leaked shots taken from a special configurator set up for early bird customers that reserved the Model X Signature launch edition. The Signature cars are the first to come off...

A multi-year ordeal involving Suzuki and Volkswagen will soon be at an end, with the German automaker ordered by an arbitration court to sell its 19.9 percent stake in the Japanese firm. DON'T MISS: Barracuda Coming Back As A Dodge? The ordeal goes back to 2009 when VW first bought the stake in...

When bespoke vehicle customizer Kahn Design announced a year ago it was expanding into the world of coachbuilding and planning its own range of standalone cars, no one would have expected the company to roll out in quick succession so many models. The Flying Huntsman range of SUVs based on the Land...