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In the world of $400,000-plus ultraluxe convertibles, things are rather volatile. Or at least it appears so, as the Bentley Mulsanne Convertible teased in concept sketches last year will not be built, according to the brand's CEO. Speaking with Car and Driver, Bentley boss Wolfgang Schreiber said...

There are a handful of cars we've really looked forward to over the past several years--the new 911 and Cayman, the new Corvette Stingray, and, a bit farther from the beaten path, the return of Alfa Romeo to the U.S. in the form of the 4C. Gorgeous styling, enticing light weight (even if it will...

GM has even broader ambitions for its Cadillac brand than today's lineup. Its latest vehicles, the ATS and CTS, have won rave reviews, and its own version of the Chevy Volt architecture comes late this year in the form of the Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car. But could the brand have more...

Hyundai and Bisimoto Engineering teamed up to create a 1,000 horsepower monster.

The speculation goes on regarding the output of the next BMW M3 and M4--especially now that the 2014 4-Series is out in the wild. Now, a new blurb at F80 Bimmerpost suggests the upcoming BMW M3 will extract some 425 horsepower and 370 pound-feet of torque from the latest 3.0-liter in-line...

Porsche's on a roll, rolling out the 911 variants in the usual blistering cadence. What's coming for this fall's Los Angeles Auto Show? The 911 Turbo Cabrios, of course--top-down 0-60 mph times of 3.1 seconds are yours for just a hair under $200,000. Sebastian Vettel proved his mettle this weekend...

Composite wheels could offer weight savings over conventional alloy wheels.

The Porsche 911 adds the next logical member of its family to the fold this fall, when the 911 Turbo Cabriolet and Turbo S Cabriolet lose their hardtops at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The new Cabriolet models arrive in the year Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary sports...

They grow up so fast, don't they? Caterham Cars, best known for the minimalist (nee-Lotus) Seven, has announced plans to become a full-line car maker. At the launch of the AeroSeven concept in Singapore, Caterham chairman Tony Fernandes said he wanted to expand the company into a brand with global...

Audi will show off its newest RS performance models with a drive from Austria to Monaco.

The Six Hours of Austin will see the green flag in just over an hour, but the teams and drivers are out in the pit lane showing off their hardware and signing autographs--and the fans have turned out in droves to see it all up close. There's not as much fanfare--no pomp and circumstance--as you'll...

This week has been filled with crazy automotive news on social media. From the $7.5 million solid gold Lamborghini Aventador to the insane center-steer Nissan Patrol, we aren't even sure what to make of things anymore. Don't even get us started on the guy who destroyed his BMW M6 with an axe in...

Caterham’s mysterious concept it’s been teasing on its F1 cars for the past couple of weeks has turned out to be a preview of the company’s future track car and not the long-awaited sports car being developed with Renault. The AeroSeven is still a concept, but Caterham says it is...

Solar panels are popular for everything from heating water to charging electric cars like the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S, but they can be expensive to manufacture and hard to install. Soon, though, you may be able to spray solar cells onto a surface to collect energy from the sun. Researchers at the...

The Tesla Model S battery-electric luxury sedan is a remarkable car, and it's elevated the public perception of electric cars to a new level. It's won awards, thrilled thousands of buyers, and demolished a lot of stereotypes. But among the things you may not know about Tesla is this: The Model S...

BMW will repair about 134,100 of its 5-Series and M5 cars for a problem with their rear lighting. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and its recall Web site, the cars affected were 2008-2010 models, built between March 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009. The recall...

The old maxims were wrong: you can take it with you, provided you have a big yard, a backhoe, and a dream. AutoExpress reports the odd case of a Brazilian man who fancies himself a rival for the Egyptian pharaohs--in the afterlife, at least. In this novel take on a pyramid scheme, Conde Chiquinho...

As we’ve reported on a number of occasions, Volvo will slowly replace its entire engine lineup with powerplants featuring no more than four cylinders. Recently, we were able to test some of Volvo’s next-generation engines, called the Drive-E set. They’ll be coming soon, debuting...

$7.5 Million Solid Gold Lamborghini: In Dubai, Of Course When you have, quite literally, everything--or at least the capacity to buy everything--what do you want? Solid gold models of $400,000 cars, apparently.That's our take-away from this $7.5 million solid gold Lamborghini Aventador model...

All of the talk about apathetic hipsters and indifferent Gen Y yuppies not wanting anything to do with cars is bunk. Grand Theft Auto V, a video game centered around the process of acquiring and driving cars (often to hoontastic heights) just made $800 million in its first day on sale. Take that...