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With its fifth model in the six-part Les Légendes de Bugatti (Bugatti Legends) series, Bugatti has revived the legendary Type 18 affectionately known as Black Bess, which at one point was the fastest road car in the world. In this official launch video, we get a taste of what it would be...

Shelby American will sell 11 cars to make room at its new headquarters.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk views patents as a brake on the success of electric cars,

A leaked dealer guide reveals important Mustang information.

The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 set to debut in the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car has finally been revealed. The unit develops 503 horsepower in its initial state of tune but we’re expecting much more powerful versions to be introduced. McLaren announced today that the track-focused version...

German racing team Kodewa, which aimed to enter the 2014 World Endurance Championship under the Lotus LMP name, competing in the LMP1-L category for private teams, was scheduled to make its debut in the third round of the championship: this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Unfortunately, the team...

Stop whatever it is you’re doing and load up Ford’s online configurator for the 2015 Mustang and build your perfect pony car today. Yes, Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] configurator for the 2015 Mustang is now live and includes information on all the options as well as pricing for...

Jaguar Land Rover’s existing Engineered To Order division, the British automaker’s personalization department and maker of extreme models such as the 2014 XKR-S GT, is being expanded and in the process will have its name changed to Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations. As we’ve...

Qualifying for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans is now over, with the first row composed of a Toyota TS040 Hybrid and a Porsche 919 Hybrid from the LMP1 category. Toyota driver Kazuki Nakajima set a new Le Mans qualifying lap record to put the #7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid in pole position for the race, with...

Meet the new engine that will power the next generation of Mercedes-AMG sports cars: the M178. As expected, the engine is a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, and its first application will be in the new Mercedes-AMG GT. The engine has been fully developed by the engineers at AMG and features a...

Roughly 20 years ago, a 12-year-old boy wrote a letter to Jay Leno asking to be picked up from school in a Lamborghini. Leno agreed, and picked up the boy in what has since become to be known as the original ‘School Run’ stunt. MUST WATCH: Enhanced Ayrton Senna NSX Video Shows The...

The world's most prominent brake supplier explains an F1 system from pedal to caliper.

Taking a fast and powerful car and making it faster and more powerful can be tricky business if you want to push the limit. For example, the Lamborghini Gallardo is already a high-strung Italian beast that can hit high speeds. Not the high speeds that that folks that hit dragstrips are looking for...

Flaming exhaust tips make for great visuals. Seeing fire shoot from the back of a car means that sound and fury are working together to create a visual pop of excitement. It also means you're probably running a bit rich. You also might be rich, which means you can afford to buy a McLaren 12C and...

Race driver Justin Bell climbs back in a McLaren F1 GTR for some GoPro action.

We’ve finally driven the latest Camaro Z/28 from Chevrolet, which is now into the 2015 model year after a short run of 2014 models. If you’re not familiar with the car, all you need know is that it’s the Camaro designed to be the most track-capable offering of all. While the 2015...

Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen dissects the perfect lap of Le Mans.

The 2015 Ford Mustang is about to take part in what we bet will be the first of many official safety car outings for the sixth-generation car. The first will be at the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway on June 15, 2014, and behind the wheel will be Joe...

Al Oppenheiser can rattle off from memory the Chevy Camaro's many brushes with doom. Let's not even count the one that threatens overhead--a blanket of thick, low clouds intensifying from light to dark. No, the pony car's chief engineer can rattle off the times and ways the Camaro skated through...

With all of the excitement surrounding the premier LMP1 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, especially all of its technology, big-name drivers and huge budgets, it’s easy to overlook much of the action happening elsewhere. Another top category worth watching is the competitive world of LMGTE...