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UPDATE: IMSA has reversed its penalty on the #555 Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia assessed during the last lap when driver Alessandro Pier Guidi and #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 LMS driver Markus Winkelhock had an incident in the infield section of the course. Despite awarding the...

Just over three hours into the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a crash just after the International Horseshoe brought brought a red flag stop to the race, and put the well-being of drivers Memo Gidley (Gainsco #99) and Matteo Malucelli (Risi Competizione #62) on everyone’s mind. The accident occurred as...

For the 2014 model year, BMW’s flagship sedan is getting a second option for buyers looking to curb their fuel use. BMW has announced that a new diesel model, the 740Ld xDrive, will join the rest of the 7-Series range this spring, offering an alternative to the existing ActiveHybrid 7L model...

The seventh-generation Chevy Corvette is here, as its rather over-the-top Z06 version, and, making its racing debut today at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, the C7.R race car. Captured at the International Horseshoe corner during the first three laps of the race, these photos show the Gavin/Milner/Liddell...

Daytona is, by most standards, a rather quiet little beach town, superficially a third of a century or more past its prime. But for many Americans, and more than a few Europeans, it’s also a holy place—a point of pilgrimage for the Church of Speed. One such European is Romolo Liebchen...

The challenges of running a race car flat-out for 24 hours are monumental. But the Rolex 24 at Daytona doesn’t start at the green flag on Saturday afternoon. In fact, the race started at least a few months ago, then heated up earlier this month with the Roar Before the 24, three days of...

It’s the opening season of the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship this weekend and one of the stars is the brand new 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28.R. The new Chevy race car is competing in one of the lead up events, the IMSA Continental Tires SportsCar Challenge. A brand new Chevrolet Escalade...

We've just had our first drive of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R—even though it's about a year ahead of the time it arrives to the U.S. Oh, and there's one other little asterisk attached to any claim of this being a full review: We really only drove it on ice—up near the Arctic Circle, in...

Many companies claim their latest sports cars are akin to "racing cars for the road", but very few get anywhere near that mark in reality--the average race car would be borderline unusable on most streets. British sports car manufacturer Radical claims its RXC is a practical, everyday car...

Ford will continue researching autonomous cars, with help from MIT and Stanford.

Ford's restoration parts catalog allows hot rodders to build nearly an entire car from reproduction components.

Audi will reportedly be the first Volkswagen Group brand to introduce a powerful new four-cylinder turbocharged engine, set to debut before the end of the year. The engine, a development of the EA888 unit used in the 2015 Audi S3, 2015 VW GTI and various other VW products, is set to become the most...

Subaru has announced the debut of a new and improved version of its EyeSight vehicle safety system, which it is making available on its 2015 lineup. EyeSight is a camera-based vehicle monitoring system that enhances safety performance and further reduces the burden on the driver. MUST WATCH: How A...

McLaren has revealed its race car for the 2014 Formula One World Championship, the MP4-29. This is the car that Jenson Button and newcomer Kevin Magnussen will be driving, and the one the team at Woking hope will eradicate memories of last season’s poor performance. Like all teams in the new...

About a month ago we told you that Ferrari would let fans determine the name of its 2014 Formula One race car by voting on social media. Well, the voting process is now complete, with fans choosing the name F14 T from a list of five options. The others were F14 Maranello, F14 Scuderia, F166 Turbo...

Toyota managed to surpass the Volkswagen Group and General Motors for the second straight year in the global vehicle sales race, having registered 9.98 vehicle sales in 2013 when including sales from its Scion and Lexus brands as well as those from Hino and Daihatsu. That’s a rise of 2.4...

In the early part of 2010, BMW confirmed it was working on a new front-wheel-drive model designed to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and, to a lesser extent, mainstream models like the Ford B-Max and Volkswagen Golf Plus. Numerous prototypes of the car have been spotted since...

Justin Bieber is facing a number of serious charges after he was initially stopped early today by police in Miami Beach for alleged drag racing in a Lamborghini Gallardo and later arrested. The charges include drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license. The 19-year-old...

UPDATE: The video originally cited has been removed by the provider due to personal threats against the owner. We've redacted our story to remove his identity as well. There are only three Lamborghini Venenos that will ever reach private hands--Lamborghini is hanging onto the fourth example of the...

Those with an incurable case of topgearitis will already know the famed Top Gear test track is available on Google Maps’ Street View. But today, Top Gear released a video showing how the Google Maps team was welcomed onto its circuit, as the show ramps up for its 21st series (or, as we'd call...