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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...

Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] let out a few pieces of information during its shareholder conference earlier this week, and CEO Elon Musk also shared that the company’s upcoming Model X SUV is on track to be out in “three or four” months. The high-riding electric car has been delayed a...

Self-driving cars might have a great track record safety-wise, but truly autonomous rides are likely at least a decade away from the market. Because even if the technology was perfected tomorrow, reams of legislation remains to be written to govern how consumers can use them. ALSO SEE: Jaguar Land...

Last February, a sinkhole lurking under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky opened up and swallowed eight prized examples of America's sports car. Given the perilous conditions, it was initially unclear if recovery—let alone restoration—was going to be possible...

Calling the Bloodhound SSC ambitious is the height of understatement. Its mission is to be the first car to break the sound barrier. On the way there? It'll smash the current world land speed record—a record driver Andy Green currently holds. And as you'd imagine, the specs are insane. The...

Audi has just launched its second-generation R8 but the old one still has plenty of life left in it, especially if you modify the heck out of it. Here’s a first-generation R8 V10 that’s been modified by America’s own AMS Performance. The car is strapped to a dyno and as...

Rumors and pictures of the new Batmobile for the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie have been swirling around, and we’ve also caught a few peeks of the car during filming work. The official specs have now been revealed courtesy of the 2015 Licensing Expo happening in Las Vegas...

Honda’s all-new, 10th-generation Civic is due on the market later this year. The car was recently previewed in concept form and now we have spy shots showing the sedan variant. A new Civic Coupe is also planned, and we could see a liftback model launched as well. The one we’re most...

BMW hasn’t competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1999, when its V12 LMR secured the first and only overall victory for the German automaker in the prestigious race. Now, BMW might be planning a comeback, though the goal this time isn’t thought to be competing with the likes of...

Fiat will unveil an updated version of its 500 hatchback on July 4th. This particular date has great significance for Fiat—no, not because of Independence Day—as it was on July 4th of 2007 that the current 500 was first introduced and it was on the same day back in 1957 that the...

Well, that escalated quickly. Just a month after Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] announced its new Powerwall battery-based energy storage system, Mercedes-Benz has come out with a rival system that's already available for pre-order in Germany. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in September and right...

There's little evidence to support reincarnation when it comes to humans, but what about cars? Fans have eagerly awaited a new Honda S2000 since the original iteration of this sprightly roadster left the physical plane in 2009. However, like a spirit entering a new body, it could come back as...

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...

Everything—even the Mustang Shelby GT350R—is better à la mode, right? While we all want to hear the 350R at its glorious full rip, you'll probably want to keep that to the track—or to a very special stretch of boulevard, perhaps. ALSO SEE: Ford Mustang Shelby GT350’s...

In the wake of the Group of Seven's historic pronouncement on fossil fuels, we're proud to bring you some even more groundbreaking news—the United States has taken the Burnout World Record from Australia. MUST SEE: 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Demos Exhaust Settings: Video That record was...

Every driver knows major metro areas are peppered with potholes. The severity can range from the merely cringe-inducing to the decidedly dangerous, and in attempting to fix them, municipalities face a perpetual game of Whack-a-Mole. ALSO SEE: Hell's School Bus: Mansory's Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6...

BMW’s new 7-Series has finally landed, bringing with it more space than ever, loads of technology and powerful yet frugal engines. The car arrives in U.S. showrooms this fall, as a 2016 model, initially in 740i and 750i xDrive variants and with the long-wheelbase bodystyle only. Pricing will...

Many supercars are doomed to a life of sitting in the corner of some collection but the Porsche 918 Spyder in this latest video is driven to the limit by its owner at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps race track in Belgium. The owner brought his brand new 918 out during one of the special track...

Though he’s no longer working on new episodes of Top Gear, James May is keeping himself busy with other tasks, one of which was driving the new Ferrari 488 GTB and posting his thoughts in a review for The Sunday Times. May has owned a couple of Ferraris in the past and he’s quick to...

A proper Jetta for proper drivers, the GLI is the version of VW’s compact sedan we wouldn’t mind hopping in. It shares a number of internals with the GTI hot hatch and with the arrival of the 2016 model the two cars now look similar too. Another VW has made today’s headlines: the...