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  • Audi RS 3 "Birth" screencap

    Bet you didn't think the most disturbing thing you'd see today would be an Audi commercial. Audi perhaps got a little too creative with this latest video promoting the new RS 3 Sportback. It actually shows a first-generation R8 giving birth to the hot hatchback. No, we don't know why either. In the video, an R8 is rolled onto a mechanical gurney, its rear bumper is removed by robots that only add to the creepiness of the proceedings, and then the supercar pushes an RS 3 out the back, V-10 engine wailing. ALSO SEE: Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology To Its Laser Headlights "Every...

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger Tank
    You Can Blow Sh*t Up With Arnold Schwarzenegger: Video

    Last year, Arnold Schwarzenegger offered fans a unique opportunity. CHECK OUT: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet--Photo Update With help from the folks at Omaze, the Terminator himself would provide one hell of a day for a lucky winner. The gist of the contest was that you earn raffle tickets...

  • 1990 Porsche 911 By Singer
    Singer Brings A Bit Of Virginia Into North Carolina

    Singer Vehicle Design is the team behind those gorgeous Porsche cars that you've been drooling over the last few years. They take an older 911 and, in their words and those of the Porsche Legal Department, re-imagine the car into something a bit... more. It has more performance, more minute...

  • Jeff Gordon and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 pace car for the 2015 Indianapolis 500
    Jeff Gordon To Pace 2015 Indy 500 In A Chevy Corvette Z06

    NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon isn’t racing as much as he used to but the four-time Sprint Cup champion will be at next month’s 2015 Indianapolis 500, where he’ll be behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 pace car. This will be the 13th time a Corvette has served as the official...

  • 2016 Scion FR-S
    Minor Updates For 2016 Scion FR-S

    Scion’s FR-S sports car has been with us since 2013, and while parent company Toyota has ruled out any serious upgrades that hasn’t stopped the automaker from adding a few new features with each subsequent model year. That remains true for the 2016 model year, which sees the Scion FR-S...

  • 2016 Cadillac CTS-V live photos, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    2016 Chevy Camaro, 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, Another Flying Car: Today’s Car News

    The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is almost with us, and today the bowtie brand released two new teasers showing some of the exterior. According to General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] design chief Ed Welburn, the goal in designing the exterior was to create a leaner, more athletic shape that complements the...

  • 2016 Acura RDX

    The 2016 Acura RDX is refreshed with new styling, a new powertrain, and other features.

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro’s rear
    GM Design Chief Ed Welburn Talks About The 2016 Chevy Camaro

    We’re now just a little over two weeks away from the debut of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] May 16 celebration of the car at a public event being hosted at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park. And after several teasers showing the inner workings of the...

  • 2015 Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 testing at NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky
    R36 GT-R’s Twin-Turbo V-6 Derived From Unit In Nissan Le Mans Prototype

    Before he quit to take the top job at Aston Martin, former Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer said the next-generation GT-R, the R36, was being developed alongside the Japanese automaker’s new GT-R LM NISMO Le Mans prototype, which is set to make its competition debut this June at...

  • Ferrari LaFerrari crash in China - Image via WreckedExotics
    Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet--Photo Update

    The LaFerrari is—by any account—an exceptional, glorious incarnation of the automobile. But it's not an exception to one cruel fact of life—supercars are going to get wrecked. On that note, WreckedExotics has just received a new photo of Ferrari's latest halo car post-shunt, and...

  • Lewis Hamilton and his original 1966 Shelby Cobra 427
    Lewis Hamilton To Take Part In 2015 Gumball 3000 Rally

    Despite entering its 17th year, the Gumball 3000 rally—it’s more of a road trip than rally and doesn’t involve any actual racing—remains as popular as ever, with this year’s assortment of celebrities and well-heeled car fans taking part now including reigning Formula...

  • 2016 Cadillac CTS-V live photos, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    2016 Cadillac CTS-V Priced From $84,990, Starts Sales This Summer

    The order books are now open for the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, which officially goes on sale this summer priced from $84,990, including a $995 destination charge. That’s a lot of coin for a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] product but recall that you’re getting a luxurious, lightweight sedan...

  • Carplane

    Raise the prospect of owning a of houseboat among the nautically inclined, and you're sure to hear the famous phrase describing the perils of the—admittedly charming—residences: "Not a good house, not a good boat." That said, the prospect of living on the water is compelling enough that many folks have, so to speak, taken the plunge. ALSO SEE: Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology To Its Laser Headlights Which brings us to the debut of Germany's Carplane, the latest entry in a long line of vehicles which are billed as flying cars, but more closely resemble drivable...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Impala Midnight Edition
    Chevrolet Impala Midnight Edition Goes From SEMA To Showroom

    It was called the Blackout Edition when it was shown at SEMA as a concept car. And apparently General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] liked what it created so much that it decided to put a version of this car into production. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet Say hello to the 2016 Chevrolet...

  • 2016 BMW 3-Series long-wheelbase model facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2016 BMW 3-Series Long-Wheelbase Sedan Spy Shots

    BMW’s 3-Series is about to undergo its mid-cycle update, with the popular range of sedans and wagons due to receive a few styling tweaks as well as a renewed powertrain lineup. Today we have spy shots of a prototype for the long-wheelbase 3-Series sedan, and although this model is sold...

  • 2011 De Tomaso SLS (Sport Luxury Sedan) Concept
    De Tomaso Sold To Chinese Consortium After Previous Sale Falls Through

    The trials and tribulations of legendary Italian sports car brand De Tomaso is beginning to resemble a story played out in one of Italy’s famed operas, with news emerging today that a planned sale of the brand announced just one month ago has fallen through and the brand now lying in the...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE and 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport
    2017 Jaguar XE, Audi Matrix Laser Lights, Final Mad Max Trailer: Car News Headlines

    Jaguar has confirmed U.S. specs for its upcoming XE small sedan. The car hits showrooms in the spring of 2016, initially in XE 20d four-cylinder diesel and XE 35t supercharged V-6 guises. Having already developed Matrix LED and laser headlights, Audi is now attempting to merge the two technologies...

  • 2017 Bentley Bentayga spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Second SUV A Possibility, Says Bentley Exec

    Bentley’s first-ever SUV, the Bentayga, hasn’t even reached the market but the British ultra-luxury brand is already considering whether to add a second high-riding model to its lineup. The reason is insatiable demand for SUVs all over the globe but particularly in China, where some...

  • Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turismo

    Infiniti is among the major automakers to have come up with a stunning concept car for the Gran Turismo video game series, with the Japanese brand’s concept, the Infiniti Concept Vision Gran Turismo, having made its virtual debut late last year. At last week’s 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, however, Infiniti rolled out a real-world model, photos of which are presented here. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet The concept, and others like it, was developed as part of Gran Turismo’s Vision challenge, which celebrates the popular video game’s 15th anniversary. The...

  • Audi's matrix-beam LED lighting
    Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology To Its Laser Headlights

    Audi’s Matrix LED headlights allow you to drive with your high beams left permanently on, as they can detect other vehicles on the road and actually split up a light path so that they don’t blind other drivers while at the same time continue to cast their full light in the areas where...

  • Scene from ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
    ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Final Trailer Released: Video

    The first Mad Max movie in 30 years is coming to a theater near you May 15, and from the series of trailers we’ve seen so far Mad Max: Fury Road looks every bit as apocalyptic, violent and downright awesome as the originals. Of course, Mel Gibson is no longer in the movie—we’re...

  • Volvo tuner Polestar now offering optimization for Drive-E engines and drivetrains
    Volvo Tuner Polestar Now Offering Dealer-Fitted Drivetrain Mods

    Volvo’s official motorsport arm and burgeoning tuning division Polestar has come up with a new assortment of dealer-fitted upgrades designed to make your standard Volvo quicker and more fun behind the wheel. Best of all, the upgrades are made with certified emissions and fuel consumption and...

  • Jean-Marc Gales
    Lotus CEO Reveals Plans For Chinese-Built SUV

    Insatiable demand for SUVs all over the globe but particularly in key markets such as China and the U.S. has led to companies even like Lotus, whose reputation is built on lightweight sports cars, joining the trend. Yes, new CEO Jean-Marc Gales has finally confirmed that the British sports car...

  • Porsche 918 Spyder road trip celebrating 10 million Facebook fans
    Have 918, Will Travel: Porsche Hits The Road To Celebrate Facebook Milestone

    It wasn't too many years ago that hybrids were antithetical to the very idea of performance cars. And while it might be hard to remember, people survived for eons without the ability to update their Facebook status. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet But flash forward to 2015, and with...

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