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When Renault rolled out the Clio RS16 concept car a little over a month ago, it was clear a production version wasn’t far off. On Tuesday the French automaker finally unveiled the car as the latest in its series of Clio RS hot hatchbacks. The “RS” in the name stands for Renault...

The list of eligible vehicles for the 2017 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year awards has been released today and it is highlighted with plenty of luxury and performance vehicles. The prestigious awards are voted on by a committee of 60 automotive journalists from the United States and...

Aston Martin has finally revealed its new hypercar being developed with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. The car looks like an open-wheel racer converted for road use, and we’re told it will be just as fast if not faster than an F1 car. Mercedes-Benz’s iconic G-Class is due to...

An Ohio man is dead after the Tesla Model S he was riding in crashed into a semi-truck on May 7, Florida Highway Patrol officials confirmed. According to witnesses and authorities, the man may have been watching a movie before the crash. In a statement posted on its website, Tesla confirmed the man...

The 24 Hours of Lemons and race series like it just may be what saves motorsports. The competitors place fun above competition, and they get dirty building their own cars, the more creative the better. You never know what you might see at a Lemons race, and a wedding is certainly not out of the...

The Dodge Viper hasn't been a big seller, but Dodge has seemingly found a formula for selling its powerful snake: kill it and announce a bunch of special edition models. Four of the five special editions Dodge announced just last week have already sold out, and now Dodge is offering a new one...

A group of students and researchers in North Carolina have come up with a remarkably good idea for reducing costs and environmental impact for road construction: paving roads with swine manure. Thankfully, the process that the entrepreneurs at North Carolina A&T State University have devised...

Porsche released information about the second generation of its flagship sedan just this week and now we have pricing information. The 2017 Porsche Panamera lineup will have just two models, at least initially. The Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo will both come standard with all-wheel drive. The...

The original Ecto-1, built for the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters," was a 1959 Cadillac hearse that, according to Dr. Ray Stanz, only needed work done to the suspension, shocks, brakes, brake pads, brake lining, steering, transmission, rear end, engine, muffler, and wiring. Basically, it was great, but...

The Camaro is turning 50 this year and Chevrolet is celebrating with a series of events and appearances, as well as a couple of videos featuring commercial and promotional footage from throughout the car's history. One of those videos is short and sweet, but we prefer the 18-minute montage showing...

Hagerty, the nation's number one insurer of classic cars, has released its list of the 10 hottest collector cars of the summer. Like in recent years, cars of the 1980s and '90s are becoming more popular, and so are pickup trucks and even SUVs. We take a look at the list, give a history of each, and...

A potentially faulty carbon fiber driveshaft has prompted Mercedes-Benz's AMG unit to recall the GT S sports car. The recall covers just 135 examples of the GT S built between June 1 and July 24 of last year and the company has issued a stop sale to prevent dealers from delivering any affected AMG...

Tesla has engineered some great features into its Model S sedan. There's the Summon command, which brings your Model S to you on its own. Additionally, there's the AutoPilot feature that has the car drive itself. With any new features, you expect the automaker to do a whole bunch of testing and...

To call this parking effort "poor" is underselling it quite a bit. What we have here is, in fact, one of the worst parking jobs ever. It seems a young resident of Vancouver was attempting to park his Porsche Cayenne in a garage. That should be a boring and simple task. This round peg should fit in...

Jeep's next Wrangler won't lose its standard 6-speed manual gearbox, despite rumors pointing toward the contrary. Demand for the 6-speed is at all-time lows against the optional 5-speed automatic currently offered in Jeep's iconic 4x4. However, new spy photos posted to JLWranglerForums.com show a...

No one is quite sure what came first: the automobile, or a name for it. Giving cars people's names is as old as carmaking itself. Sure, some cars already have a name (Civic, Elantra, Tacoma) but those are mostly boring. Other cars have alphanumeric mashups that defy logic (XT5, Q30, X4 M40i) and...

Hey, America. The Cadillac ATS is a great car and you should buy it. That said, sales are poor and Cadillac seems to recognize that it has made mistakes with the pricing and packaging of the car. According to a report from Automotive News (subscription required), Cadillac is dropping the ATS's...

Call it autonomous driving, piloted driving, or assisted driving: The automobile is gradually taking over some of the chore of driving, and doing it with safety in mind. The 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class has helped pull that event horizon closer. It comes equipped with rafts of sensors, cameras, and...

The first car in McLaren's more attainable Sports Series is the McLaren 570S. We got behind the wheel and found that this brilliant $187,000 car is a rude wake-up call for Ferrari. It we won the lottery, you can bet we'd put one of these in our 10-car garage.. Last week Dodge announced the end of...

Tomorrow evening's episode of Top Gear USA on the History Channel will be the show's last. Co-host Rutledge Wood announced the show's demise on Facebook. Hosted by Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, and Wood, the show was supposed to give Americans our own version of the popular Top Gear by the BBC. The...