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After a brief and somewhat unsuccessful stint in Formula One that ended in 2011, Virgin has decided it’s time to go racing once again. This time, however, Virgin is focusing on the new Formula E Championship. Virgin’s Formula E team, to be called Virgin Racing, is awaiting final FIA...

The next Lexus F performance model will be unveiled at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show.

Motor Trend has a thing for drag races these days. For the last few years, the MT team has put together large scale runs down a straight strip of tarmac. It makes sense then that there should be such a race after an event like SEMA. This race isn't quite as epic in scope as the many-machine...

Ford may take radical steps to improve the Mustang's fuel economy.

A paper published by an industry group claims the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette will be available with a new eight-speed automatic transmission. Claimed benefits are improved fuel economy, performance, and NVH levels compared to the current six-speed unit. Audi has released the first photo of its 2014...

The only Buick wearing the brand’s GS performance badge, short for “Gran Sport”, is the Regal GS. Going forward, we'll see more Buicks wearing the famous badge, especially with the Buick brand expected to launch a new Grand National complete with T-Type and GNX variants. The...

The latest C7 Corvette is one of the most capable sports cars on the planet, but in the tech department it's letdown slightly by its available six-speed auto. That may not be the case for long, however, as a paper published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) claims an eight-speed...

You just saw footage of workers at the Pagani factory in Italy putting the final touches on a blue carbon Zonda Revolucion, one of the five examples of the final iteration of the Zonda supercar. Now watch the car stretch its legs on a race track. Supercar spotter Shmee150 has posted up the first...

Jaguar Land Rover is the latest automaker to announce plans to open a plant in Brazil, in order to capitalize on the market’s growing demand for premium vehicles. In the past year we’ve seen Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all announce plans to build new plants in Brazil and now Jaguar Land...

There’s been no shortage of rumors concerning a new Toyota Supra, which will likely remain the case until such a car is finally launched. The latest claim is that a concept previewing a new Supra will be unveiled by Toyota at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January. The information comes via...

If you were worried that the new 420-horsepower 2015 Ford Mustang GT might not sound the part of the ballsy muscle car, well, you're probably dealing with generalized anxiety. But even so, this video should allay any fears. It sounds great. DON'T MISS: Secret Feature On 2015 Ford Mustang Will Be An...

If your exposure to Chevrolet performance cars has included recent versions of the Camaro and the Corvette, be forewarned: The new 2014 Chevy SS might have familiar firepower under the hood, but it's a distinctly different, more understated car in nearly every other respect. Here's a...

This week has been incredibly busy with lots of news, both good and bad. Here's a quick recap: Paul Walker and Roger Rodas died earlier this week in a fiery car crash. The two were out taking a quick spin in Rodas' Porsche Carrera GT when something went terribly wrong and the car crashed before...

For car enthusiasts, the life of a car designer must seem like one of the best jobs in the world--getting to exercise your creative freedom to come up with rolling works of art, and forming the cars we drive years before anyone else gets to see them. That's the best-case scenario, anyway. Even if...

Ford has finally taken the covers off its redesigned, sixth-generation Mustang but the Blue Oval hasn’t revealed all the details just yet. In fact, the car’s chief engineer Dave Pericak has revealed that Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is holding back on releasing details for some exciting...

Epic is a word that gets used a lot on the Internet. Overused, really. It should be reserved for things like this, the McLaren P1 attacking the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Unlike many of the fastest Nürburgring lap videos, this is not a raw in-car GoPro dump. It's a celebration of the...

Project Dragon is a lightweight, elemental American sports car.

A three-car pileup resulted in the destruction of a trio of Italian supercars.

The Nürburgring-Nordschleife, for good or ill, has become the benchmark for a performance car's abilities. It's certainly a fine place to tune a car--it has a huge variety of corners, surfaces, bumps, and long straights. But do lap times really matter? Ford apparently thinks they don't--at...

Yesterday, Ford took the covers off its all-new 2015 Mustang at a series of events taking place simultaneously all over the globe. But it wasn’t just the regular fastback coupe that made its debut as Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] also revealed the 2015 Mustang Convertible. Both the fastback and...