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Everyone loves a little nostalgia now and then and Italian firm Automobili Turismo e Sport—or ATS for short—is certainly happy to provide it. The name dates back to the golden age of racing in the 1960s and so does its latest sports car, the Leggera. Joining the thoroughly modern Sport...

In a bid to ensure future exclusivity, Maserati will limit its future output to no more than 75,000 cars per year. Or so says managing director for general overseas markets Umberto Maria Cini, reports Reuters. While the idea of enforcing a low volume total to protect the brand’s value and...

Cadillac’s next-generation CTS-V sedan has been spotted at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding roads. Like previous CTS-Vs, the new one, due out next year as a 2016 model, will pack a V-8 engine, helping to differentiate it from the smaller ATS-V...

Bentley will add an SUV to its lineup in 2016 but just a couple of years later the British automaker will launch another model line, expanding its lineup to five distinct offerings. The information was revealed by Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer. Dürheimer, who also heads Bugatti, said...

General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] European division Opel has confirmed it will drop the Ampera extended-range electric car when the car's global twin, the Chevrolet Volt, is replaced next year by all-new model. That doesn’t mean Opel is giving up on electric cars, as the...

Formula One returns to Mexico in 2015 after more than two decades. The race will be held once again at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and the race organizer, live events firm CIE, says it has a signed a five-year contract. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the news and said...

BMW turns 100 in 2016 and you can bet the automaker will mark the occasion with something special… like a celebratory vehicle. We’ve already heard that BMW might launch a hardcore version of its M4 or perhaps a new supercar from its M division. Now there are claims that we might see...

After what seemed like a never-ending glut of fantastic new cars for the 2014 model year, the 2015 model year has pulled back the pace just a touch. But there are still dozens of fantastic cars out there. Which ones are currently at the front of the pack for our Best Car To Buy award this year?...

Warning: you may hate this guy. We think we might too. But only because we’re jealous. On his way to pick up his new LaFerrari, Ferrari collector Jon Hunt decided to make a special trip of it, taking along his two children and a group of friends in some truly spectacular Ferraris for a road...

The 707-horsepower, 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 in the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat seems a natural to go under the hood of a vehicle that could better handle all that power up to 200 mph and above. And to casual enthusiasts, it would make sense that car might be the Viper. But as SRT...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has confirmed that Kumar Galhotra, one of its top engineers, will head its luxury brand Lincoln. Galhotra, the current head of vehicle component and systems engineering, will serve as vice president and president of Lincoln from September 1, 2014. His old job will go to...

If you’re a Sith Lord with a taste for four-wheeled speed—and let’s face it, landspeeders are just undignified—this one-off creation is just what you’re after. Due to debut at Comic Con July 23rd, this Darth Vader car packs more than just a mean look. MUST SEE...

The Grassroots Motorsports Ultimate Track Car Challenge is an event any gearhead or track dog can love: it pits an amazing assortment of cars against the clock for honor and glory. MUST SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Held on the full course of Virginia International...

German automaker Audi has decided to kill off its continuously variable transmission, in the next generation of its models. Continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs, have long been available in several Audis, but the firm will now replace it with conventional automatics and dual-clutch...

The latest Nissan model to receive the Nismo treatment has been revealed in the form of the Note Nismo, a sporty compact hatch that goes on sale in Japan this fall. A version of the Note is sold in the United States as the Versa Note, but don’t expect a Nismo version to be gracing local...

The current Lexus LS flagship sedan has been with us since the 2007 model year. It was given a major update for 2013 that will see the car up to the end of its life, expected to be the 2016 model year. The good news is that a new generation of the LS is planned for the 2017 model year, and...

With the Volkswagen Group currently controlling almost a dozen brands, including the likes of Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini and Porsche, there are rumblings the auto giant may rebrand itself the Auto Union, a German automaker founded in the 1930s when four separate brands came under...

Aston Martin cars will be taking part in a 24-hour race this weekend at Belgium’s beautiful Spa Francorchamps circuit, the Spa 24 Hours. The British automaker is supplying five of its V12 Vantage GT3 race cars to teams competing in the event, and will also offer the talent of some of its own...

Self-driving cars aren’t all cute, cuddly, Google-powered bubbles. Some of them are big, gnarly, and potentially life-saving military machines. This is one of the latter in action. MUST SEE: 5,000-HP, 348-MPH Devel Sixteen Spotted In The Wild: Video Built for the United States Marine Corps...

Engineering firm Prefix has previewed the look of a Dodge Viper SRT convertible with its own conversion, named Medusa. While we're not sure we'd have picked a mythological character so ugly her gaze turned people to stone as the name for our car, it's clear the Medusa Viper is a lot more appealing...