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The 1980s may well have been the glory days of Formula 1. From the driving talent to the cars to the tracks, F1 of 30 years ago was a very different--and in many ways, better--sport. Here, we see an example of that from the end of the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix with Ayrton Senna chasing down Alain...

Autozone's latest ad is part brake commercial, part action movie.

It’s been reported that BMW’s upcoming M2 sports car will feature an uprated version of the current M235i’s turbocharged 3.0-liter six and come onto the market no later than early 2016. It’s said that at one point BMW was considering a four-cylinder engine for the car...

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the online show that sees Jerry Seinfeld roll up to various comedians’ houses in some breathtaking autos, is currently in its third season, with the likes of Howard Stern, Jay Leno and even fellow Seinfeld stars Jason Alexander and Michael Richards all having...

Ford has finally confirmed what was already widely expected; that Mark Fields will replace Alan Mulally as president and CEO. Fields, who currently serves as COO, will take up the reins at the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] on July 1. Mulally, 68, is stepping down from the top role after leading the...

The Callaway name is synonymous with special Corvettes, with one only having to look at past creations such as the Callaway C16 Speedster from 2007 for an idea of the types of masterpieces the company can come up with. Callaway has been biding its time ever since the seventh generation of the...

We’ve just driven the 2015 BMW i8 and found it to be quite impressive, although we have to concede that it doesn’t feel like a finely-tuned sports car but rather a luxurious tourer with the ability to run on pure electricity. Here’s what Chris Harris from across the pond thinks of...

Though he only lived to the age of 34, Ayrton Senna da Silva is widely regarded by past and present racers the world around to be one of, if not the all-time, greatest to have taken a wheel in anger. It was 20 years ago today that the Brazilian, with three Formula One world championships, 41 wins...

Ferrari is hard at work developing its LaFerrari XX experimental car for launch in early 2015, and word on the street is the car has ditched the regular model’s V-12 engine for a new V-6 whose design is based on the engine powering the Prancing Horse’s latest Formula One car. The...

General Motors adds a pickup-truck to its fleet of police vehicles.

The concept of range-extended vehicles--electric cars with a gasoline generator to extend their range--is an intriguing way of combining the benefits of both power sources. For the most part, you can roll around in silent, clean, responsive electric power, but can leave your range-related worries...

Factory Five Racing builds a brilliant kit for track day enthusiasts on a budget in the form of the 818. The kit has been designed to house the mechanicals of a donor Subaru Impreza but the innovative folk over at EV West, a company that specializes in electric car conversions, has developed a...

When an automaker is trying to figure out which driver it should invite to test out one of its new cars, certain pro wheelers rank higher than others. If the car is the 2015 Subaru WRX STI, it makes sense to find someone familiar with that style of car. That's why Subaru of Canada invited Tommi...

For some, the stock 415 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque of the 2014 Chevrolet SS is a little tame, especially with the Dodge Charger SRT bringing 470 horses to the table and possibly even more in its updated 2015 form. Thankfully there are companies like Hennessey Performance that have...

Volvo has started an autonomous car test in its hometown of Gothenburg in preparation for the rollout of a fleet of self-driving cars that will be delivered to participating customers by 2017. These customers will drive the cars in everyday conditions on approximately 31 miles of selected roads in...

Honda’s Mean Mower is back. After setting the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed reached by a lawn mower, the 109-horsepower garden tool has now tacked Belgium’s legendary Spa Francorchamps with Honda racing driver Tiago Monteiro behind the wheel. ALSO SEE: GM Limiting...

Aston Martin has confirmed it is working on a new platform to underpin its next generation of sports cars, but apart from the fact the platform will be designed to accommodate a new V-8 engine and electrical systems sourced from Mercedes-AMG, there is very little we know about it. The platform will...

While in the U.S. Google is making strides in the development of autonomous cars, overseas major automakers such as Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Volvo are also at an advanced stage and hope to have the technology ready for the mainstream by as early as the end of this decade. Volvo recently launched a...

The engine powering Koenigsegg’s new One:1 is a V-8 that displaces just 5.0 liters, which may seem odd when you consider the fact that the latest supercar is the most powerful production car ever launched. The engine delivers one megawatt of power (1,341 horsepower), which it achieves by the...

Depending on how successful Mercedes-Benz’s new coupe crossover based on the Concept Coupe SUV is, we could see the German automaker launch more of the style-oriented vehicles including one based on the latest GLA-Class. The first, tipped to be called an MLC, will be based on the bones of the...