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It all started with a young Kiwi. His name was Bruce McLaren, and the company he created transformed the world of motorsports. Now, 50 years later, the company is taking a look back at its tremendous success in auto racing while also looking forward to its future in the automotive industry...

Autonomous, or self-driving, cars are on the horizon. If you're uneasy about that, you'll be up in arms over the European Union's planned speed-limiting technology mandate. The purpose: to prevent your car from ever exceeding the speed limit, whatever that might be. To accomplish this goal, the EU...

If you made a list of iconic racecars, there would be a few vehicles that wouldn't even be up for debate for inclusion. A few would surely cause discussion amongst the creators of the list, but a handful would elicit nothing more than knowing nods and deep-seated appreciation. One of those vehicles...

Jet engines are wonderful tools that helped make the planet a smaller and more accessible place. As the world entered the "Jet Age", trips to New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, and other hubs of the world were transformed from leaps to mere hops. Today, the jet engine is still hard at work as...

The first prototypes for Nissan’s upcoming GT-R NISMO have been spotted. They show some significant updates to the basic GT-R and hint at the world-beating performance we can expect from the car. Porsche’s latest 911 Turbo better look out. Bentley has launched new ‘S’ trim...

Doing more with what you have is one of the cornerstones of increasing efficiency, and a new suspension technology from ZF will take that mantra to the next level. Cars are inherently pretty energy-inefficient. Engines do better job of turning the energy in fossil fuels into noise and heat than...

British track car specialist Caterham is working on a new entry-level model based on the legendary Lotus Seven chassis. Caterham is targeting a pricetag of approximately 17,000 British pounds (approximately $25,800) and will launch the car on the market early next year. We’ll get our first...

After years of development and a handful of concept versions, BMW’s i8 plug-in hybrid sports car is about to make its auto show debut. We have just one week to go until the covers finally come off but in the lead up BMW has released this teaser video to help build excitement. We don’t...

Volkswagen’s latest Golf R performance hatch is due to hit showrooms early in the near year alongside a redesigned seventh-generation Golf. We were recently treated with a first look at the 296-horsepower track star but now we have a full gallery and even a video. The Golf R makes its world...

If you'd returned to your Jaguar thirty years ago to find it had melted, your first thought would probably turn to the car's electrical system. Jaguars these days are a lot more reliable though, so the man who returned to find bits of his Jaguar XJ melting in a parking space in London might have...

Jay Leno is officially the first person outside of McLaren to drive the new P1 supercar. Having already put down an order for one of the 375 P1s destined for production, a bright yellow example similar to the one in the video above, Leno recently flew out to McLaren’s headquarters in Woking...

Land Rover’s LR4 has received a raft of updates that bring the go-just-about-anywhere SUV into line with the latest additions from the British automaker. The LR4 is a rugged, luxurious mid-size SUV that offers more practicality and space than any other option within the Land Rover lineup, and...

Daniel Ricciardo has been confirmed as the newest driver of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team and is set to compete alongside reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel come the 2014 season. Ricciardo replaces his compatriot Mark Webber who earlier this year decided to quit F1 and join Porsche for...

Jaguar has confirmed plans to reveal a new crossover concept next week at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The automaker calls it a design study but we know a production version is already in the works and is due out around 2015. Cadillac has several new models in the pipeline including a large sedan...

Porsche’s 2014 Panamera has a wide variety of powertrain options for what is arguably a niche model, ranging from gas and diesel V-6s to plug-in hybrid and high-performance twin-turbo V-8 setups. Today the focus is on the Panamera Diesel variant, whose turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 is completely...

The driver and passenger of this white Toyota sedan in Taiwan are lucky to be alive after a massive boulder that repelled down a roadside hill came within inches of crushing the car. The event occurred in the southern city of Tainan on Saturday. As the dashcam footage from a following vehicle...

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG has been spotted without any camouflage bar a small strip of tape over its “S65 AMG” trunk lid badge. The car is AMG’s V-12-powered S-Class variant and is expected to make its world debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show in November. It was spotted...

Cadillac is fleshing out its lineup to match German luxury brands model for model. In addition to a highly anticipated full-size, rear-wheel drive sedan, the Wreath and Crest brand will also add two crossovers by 2017.

This week Volvo revealed a new coupe concept that previews the styling of its next generation of vehicles. During a presentation held at the concept’s unveiling, Volvo also showed a few teaser photos of its 2015 XC90. The redesigned SUV hits showrooms late next year and so far looks to have...

Nissan is eager to get its new range-extended electric ZEOD RC race car out on the track. First, however, it has to actually build a working version. Construction on the first car is currently underway, and, per Nissan, it's nearing completion. That's a good thing because the ZEOD RC is slated to...