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  • 1967 Ministry of Technology mobile cinema. Image via eBay.

    What is a mobile cinema? Why should you care? I’ll answer the second question first: because it’s one of just 7 ever built, and it’s awesome. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet Built on a Bedford SB3 bus chassis with a Plaxton Panorama cab, the mobile cinema is stunning in a retro-futuristic way. But that’s not the best part: as the name implies, it has a theater inside. With theater-style seating for 20. This mobile cinema also isn’t just one of 7. It’s the last of the seven, as far as anybody knows. And it comes with its original trailer, also...

  • 2017 Jaguar XE
    2017 Jaguar XE U.S. Specs, Details Announced

    The 2017 Jaguar XE won’t arrive for sale in the U.S. until the spring of 2016, but today, Jaguar announced its specs in American trim. Two variants will be available, with a choice of rear-wheel or all-wheel drive and one of three trim levels. The XE 20d gets its go from a 180-hp, 318-lb-ft...

  • Daigo Saito's 1,000-hp HKS R35 Nissan GT-R for the 2015 Formula D season
    1,000-HP Nissan GT-R Drift Car: Video

    There are many things the Nissan GT-R excels at—but thanks to its all-wheel drive, drifting typically isn’t one of them. But this is no typical GT-R. It’s a 1,000-hp smoke-belching, rear-wheel drive beast. ALSO SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together...

  • 2013 Audi R8 Spyder
    Want To Impress Friends With An Audi R8 Spyder? Start With This iPhone App

    Dreaming of a long-weekend road trip with an Audi R8 Spyder, or to arrive at your high-school reunion in a loaded Audi S7? Through a new service called Audi On Demand, it might be possible. You could have a $180k Spyder for $1,295 a day, the S7 for $385, or even a far-more-accessible Allroad for...

  • Chris Harris tests the 2015 Bentley Continental GT3-R
    Chris Harris Hops Behind The Wheel Of The $337k Bentley Continental GT3-R: Video

    Bentley’s most dynamic road car in the company’s history, the Continental GT3-R, happens to weigh more than 4,800 pounds. British journo Chris Harris recently took one to the track to see just how dynamic the big bruiser actually is—and fortunately he was kind enough to film the...

  • Hennessey HPE1000 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
    Hennessey’s 1,000-Horsepower Corvette Gets Strapped To The Dyno: Video

    For most, the 650 horsepower offered by the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is more than you’ll ever need in a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car. However, for the rarefied buyer out there that demands even more power—much, much more power in some cases—there are companies like...

  • 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 'Twin Engine' plug-in hybrid, Spain, Feb 2015

    Volvo's uber-luxurious XC90 Excellence debuted at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show last week, but at this point there's no information available regarding pricing for the Swedish marque's forthcoming flagship. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video That said, we have learned what buyers will pony up to leave the showroom with more humble variants of the current range-topper, the T8 'Twin Engine' plug-in hybrid. Trim nomenclature and appointments will mirror what we've seen with the T6 gasoline-only models, though there will be a hefty premium—nearly...

  • 2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
    Ford To Build Limited Run of 2015 Model Year Shelby GT350 Mustangs

    When the all-new Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 goes on sale later this year, a few lucky buyers will be able to get their hands on an ultra-collectible 2015 model year example, which the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is building to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Shelby GT350 launched back...

  • 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata live photos
    Mazda MX-5 Miata-Based Fiat 124 Spider To Debut This Year: Report

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed at last month’s Geneva Motor Show that the Fiat brand’s upcoming roadster based on the bones of the latest Mazda MX-5 Miata would revive the 124 Spider name, a name last used on Fiat’s 124 Sport Spider of the...

  • Mitsubishi XR-PHEV II concept, 2015 Geneva Motor Show
    More Details On Mitsubishi’s Hybrid SUV Evo Successor

    Over the past couple of years, Mitsubishi has been dropping hints that its successor to its rally-bred Lancer Evolution would take the form of an SUV and feature an electrified powertrain. Now we have a few more details by way of Mitsubishi’s new chief Tetsuro Aikawa. MUST SEE: Road Rage...

  • Jaguar F-Type Project 7
    Jaguar F-Type SVR To Pack More Than 600 Horsepower?

    The Porsche 911 Turbo and Mercedes-AMG GT better watch out as word on the street is that Jaguar’s upcoming F-Type SVR will pack more than 600 horsepower. By comparison, the 911 Turbo and GT in their most potent form come with 560 and 503 hp respectively. The latest information was posted to...

  • McLaren P1 GTR
    Road-Going Version Of Insane McLaren P1 GTR In The Works

    McLaren’s P1 GTR has been designed strictly with track use in mind but some owners may soon be able to drive their cars on public streets thanks to plans to develop a road-legal version. In case you’ve forgotten, the P1 GTR features a more powerful, 986-horsepower version of the regular...

  • Mick Schumacher Takes Victory At Formula 4 Debut

    Like many occupations, motor racing can become a family business. And if what happened over the weekend is any indication, so does winning. MUST SEE: Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video In his Formula 4 debut, Mick Schumacher—16-year-old son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher—demonstrated the kind of laser-perfect focus which served his father so well, dominating the field and taking first at Germany's Oschersleben circuit. And while the series—designed as a stepping stone where drivers graduate from karts to cars—is a...

  • Make-A-Wish Kid Gets Ride Of His Life In Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse
    Make-A-Wish Kid Gets Ride Of His Life In Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse: Video

    For many, the obsession with cars started shortly after leaving the womb, which makes the owners and dealers of exotic hardware particularly suited to provide families facing bone-chilling diagnoses with some much-needed levity. MUST WATCH: Man Builds Batmobile & Becomes Real Life Superhero To...

  • McLaren P1 GTR on track at Spa-Francorchamps
    Hardcore Amateur Porn: McLaren P1 GTR Does Spa-Francorchamps

    If you’ve been aching for some aural release, here’s your ticket: the McLaren P1 GTR getting hot and bothered around the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps. ALSO SEE: 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Starts North American Delivery There’s no music, no frills, not even...

  • Mad Max Video Game
    'Mad Max' Video Game Is Apocalyptically Awesome

    We assume that, like us, you can't wait to see the new Mad Max: Fury Road movie that looms just on the horizon. Now though there's something else Mad Max to get excited about. Virtual Max... and he seems just as desperate and angry. There's a Mad Max video game set to arrive this fall, and it looks...

  • Porsche 911 GT3 and Fighter Jet
    Can A Porsche Light Up Your Brain Like A Fighter Jet?: Video

    A sports car can do wonderful things to the brain. Similarly, we'd have to believe that a fighter jet elicits the same sort of feelings, but punched up a number of notches. That's what Porsche believes too. The automaker enlisted the help of a jet, a pilot, a GT3, a scientist, and one lucky guinea...

  • 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo North American delivery - Image via Jordan Shiraki
    2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Starts North American Delivery

    Lamborghini’s one-make racing series, the Blancpain Super Trofeo, is on for a new season, and it once again includes a leg exclusive to the North American continent. This time around there’s an all-new car competing, the Huracán LP 620-2, and the first of the 2015-spec cars for...

  • Road rage Camaro driver wrecks himself right into a big rig

    Instant karma is gonna get you, especially if you’re a giant jerk. From what we can see here, everyone got what they deserved—except the poor trucker, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. MUST SEE: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver’s Jerk Parking Job: Video What happened? A Camaro driver was trying to pass on the right—dangerously, nearly sideswiping a pickup—and the pickup driver reacted by boxing him in against a big rig. The Camaro driver wasn’t having it. Instead, he attempted a high-speed pass on a grassy median. Predictably, the...

  • 2016 Cadillac ATS-V
    2016 Cadillac ATS-V, Volvo V40 And XC40, Flying Huntsman 105 Pick Up: Car News Headlines

    We’ve just driven the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V and find it to be superior—yes, superior—to its German rivals. Why does it win? Sheer flat-out ability. Volvo is working on a new generation of compact cars, based around a modular platform developed with Chinese automaker Geely. One will...

  • Behind the wheel of an autonomous car
    Carlos Ghosn: Fully Autonomous Car “At Least A Decade Away”

    A couple of years ago Nissan made the bold claim it will launch on the market an autonomous car by 2020. It was later revealed that Nissan’s autonomous car wouldn’t be capable of driving itself in all situations and that a licensed driver would still need to be behind the wheel. That...

  • Subaru STI Performance Concept
    Subaru To Strengthen STI’s Presence In U.S., Launch More Tuned Cars

    The U.S. is the single biggest market for Subaru, and it’s where the automaker sells most of its STI-badged cars, but we still miss out on most of the exciting STI products that Subaru offers in Japan and a few other select markets. That’s set to change, however, as the Japanese...

  • 2015 Mazda Mazda3
    Mazdaspeed 3 Concept Coming To 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show: Report

    One of the stars of this September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show could turn out to be a concept previewing an all-new Mazdaspeed 3 hot hatch to rival the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS, Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R—yes, after a few lean years, hot hatch buyers are...

  • 2013 Volvo V40
    Volvo’s New Compact Cars To Be Built In Belgium, Probably China

    Volvo’s latest XC90 SUV is based on a modular platform called SPA (short for “Scalable Platform Architecture”) that will eventually underpin all of the automaker’s models sized from the S60 up. For everything smaller, Volvo teamed up with its Chinese parent company Geely to...

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