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Formula One stalwart Ross Brawn has announced his retirement from the sport, ending months of speculation on what team he could end up following his decision last November to quit as team principal at Mercedes AMG. The British engineer, 59, made the announcement during a recent fishing trip in...

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its S-Class family with two new fuel-efficient options, though neither have been confirmed for the U.S. market yet. The two models are the S300 BlueTEC Hybrid and S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC, the latter of which is likely to arrive here as a replacement for its...

The Nissan Juke was introduced for the 2011 model year and straight away polarized the market with its odd styling. The Juke is now about due for a mid-cycle update and right on cue a prototype for just such a vehicle has been spotted. The prototype shows that the updated Juke will feature revised...

Only a couple of years ago, Maserati was selling around 6,000 cars per year on the back of two model lines: the Quattroporte and GranTurismo. Not surprisingly, many scoffed when the automaker announced in 2011 it would increase annual sales to 50,000 units and launch three additional model lines by...

Sunday’s Big Game, Super Bowl XLVII, is now over, with the Seattle Seahawks trumping the Denver Broncos in what turned out to be one of the most one-sided contests in Super Bowl history. But we’re not here to report on sports results; we’re here to report on all the car ads. Audi...

We all get crazy little ideas. Most of us dismiss them as pointless, unrealistic, or just silly. John Bitmead is not most of us. No, Englishman Bitmead got his crazy little idea and immediately set about bringing it to life: an adult-scale Little Tikes car. Yes, an open-air car with no windshield...

Based on one of the best road-going super sports cars we've ever driven, the McLaren 12C GT3 is even meaner and more capable when loosed on track. Soon, it will tackle the epic challenge that is the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. For 12 full hours. While the car is likely up to the...

Burnouts are simple, and even kind of stupid, but they're something everyone with engine oil in their veins can appreciate, from the tuner crowd to the rural drag strip, from F1 to NASCAR. They're part of what we do. But burnouts are fleeting, ephemeral episodes; experiences, not objects. Until...

The Lexus LFA may no longer be in production, but versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X, which was developed together with Gazoo Racing and will compete in this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race. This will be the...

You can barely bring up the three letters N, S and X in car-guy company without somebody mentioning Ayrton Senna. The racing legend only had a small impact on Honda's development program for the original NSX but a few photographs and videos here and there mean the car has forever been immortalized...

It isn’t just the major automakers churning out record sales figures for 2013; today, Mercedes-Benz tuner AMG announced that it sold a record 32,000 vehicles in the past year, up from roughly 24,500 sold in 2012. The gains were brought about by new compact offerings as well as the...

It's fair to say the Toyota Prius isn't the most exciting of vehicles. In fact, it's pretty much the antithesis of everything gearheads like about cars. It is a method of transport, and little more. Toyota's old MR2 roadster is pretty much the opposite. It's peppy, has its engine and driven wheels...

Hennessey has completed development of a round of upgrades for the 2014 Chevrolet SS, with power outputs on offer ranging from 475 all the way up to 1,000 horsepower. Featured in the video above is Hennessey’s tuned SS with 600 horsepower, made possible via the Texan tuner’s HPE600...

Only yesterday we told you that a new Canadian track car called the Magnum MK5 would be making its U.S. debut next month. Now we have details on another Canadian track car, and like the MK5 this one’s also been designed to be street legal. The latest car is called the Felino CB7 and it...

Today’s console and computer games often have as much plot and back story as a Hollywood action flick, and the various iterations of Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed series is no exception to this rule--so it shouldn’t have been much of a surprise that the popular video game series...

Saleen Automotive, the well-known but at times embattled empire of Steve Saleen, has announced it will build a high-performance version of a new car. No, it's not the 2015 Ford Mustang (not yet, anyway). It's the Tesla Model S. The upcoming Saleen Model S will be the company's first foray into...

BMW's version of the MINI is an unusual vehicle, and it's built in unusual places. Currently, many MINIs are built in the Oxford, England plant that's most closely tied to the brand's heritage. But the Countryman and Paceman are made under contract by Magna Steyr in in Graz, Austria. The latter...

Having revealed its new MK5 track car late last year, Canada’s Magnum Cars is now taking it on the international circuit and the first stop is the good ol’ U.S. of A. Magnum plans to present the car at the 2014 Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance taking place in Florida next month. In case...

Earlier this week we brought you video of a Tesla Model S giving a 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray a run for its money on the straight strip. Today, there's no doubt the Model S will win--because it's racing another Model S. It's the quietest drag race ever. Leaving the line with little more than the...

There are few shapes more recognizable than the profile of Volkswagen's most famous vehicle. If you were to ask a hundred people who knew nothing about cars to pick one out in a lineup, few would get it wrong. Aside from its charm and unique shape, one of the factors in the Beetle's impact is its...