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British journo drives a 3-Series enhanced by Germany's Alpina.

Kia's rolled out a string of concepts over the past 12 months, foreshadowing a new generation of stylish and--presumably--affordable models it has in the works. These have included standouts such as 2011’s GT and the funky Provo and Cross GT crossovers from earlier this year. Considering this...

Prototypes for the Z06 version of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette have just started testing, though they don’t reveal too much detail just yet. However, we hear that the car will break from tradition and no longer be called a Z06 but will use a new “Z07” designation to...

The guys from Tax The Rich are back, this time with a video of a Jaguar XJ220 taken for a joyride on a farm. Rather than drive along a scenic road or head to a track for some high-speed action, the mysterious driver of this Jaguar XJ220 heads to a farm and at one point drives at speed through a...

A third-generation Scirocco wearing some camouflage gear has been spotted testing in the U.S., but don’t get too excited as Volkswagen has no plans to import the car, at least in this generation. Engineers are preparing a mild facelift that’s due to be introduced for the Scirocco next...

The system of Energy Department loans set up in 2007 to promote the development of green technology has come under plenty of criticism, both ideological and political. Following the high-profile failures of several companies that accepted loans from the DoE, the system was put on hold in March...

No, the little robots you're seeing aren't prototypes for EVE, the futuristic plant-finding robot in the Pixar movie WALL-E. They're actually all little Nissans, designed to develop technology for the firm's future autonomous vehicles, and the behavior of each has been inspired by the way creatures...

A group of investors including Google is investing $258 million in car sharing service Uber, a surprise move that spawned rumors that the search engine giant will use Uber as a platform for developing autonomous car technology. A slyly written story on TechCrunch dated “July 25 2023”...

A 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport has been clocked running the 13 odd miles of Germany’s Nürburgring-Nordschleife, one of the most grueling race tracks in the world, in an incredible time of 8:14.10. That might not sound fast when you consider General Motors’ own Chevrolet Corvette ZR1...

Ford is giving us a glimpse at its future styling and technology with a new MPV concept, which has been revealed today ahead of its official debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. The vehicle carries the S-Max name and previews the next generation of the popular people mover of the same...

Formula One Grands Prix, like many motorsport events, tend to major on high-octane thrills more than environmental friendliness. As such, they're never going to be on Greenpeace's list of "good things", but at last weekend's 2013 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, Greenpeace activists were...

The new Vsport trim that debuted on the 2014 Cadillac CTS and has since been announced for the 2014 XTS will morph into its own sub-brand and eventually be available on most Cadillac models, according to one of the automaker’s executives. The Vsport models aren’t dedicated performance...

The French government will have to overturn a ban on Mercedes-Benz sales in its country after the German automaker won a case in the Council of State, France’s highest administrative court. Sales of the latest Mercedes models, like the A-Class, B-Class and SL-Class, were blocked in France...

This year Toyota competed for the second time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its modern TS030 Hybrid prototype, and although the outright win went to Audi the lessons learned from competing helps incredibly towards the team’s preparation for next year’s race as well as the full season...

The long-awaited M version of the latest generation ‘F30’ BMW 3-Series is on track for a debut at January's 2014 Detroit Auto Show, and these latest shots show the most complete prototype we’ve seen yet. Since the reveal of the M4 concept car at the recent Pebble Beach Concours...

Nissan has made a bold and somewhat unprecedented promise to offer an autonomous car by the year 2020. The move is part of Nissan’s aim to reduce the rate of accidents involving its cars to almost zero, a target several other automakers including Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Volvo are also...

Stefan Bellof is one of the biggest names from a golden era of GT racing, when incredibly light and stunningly powerful cars were driven by now legendary names such as Derek Bell, Jacky Ickx and Hans-Joachim Stuck. Sadly, Bellof was killed in a sports car racing accident at Spa in 1985, but a...

The industry is racing ahead to develop autonomous cars that not only promise to alleviate the chore of mundane driving but also, potentially, reduce crashes to zero. Whether performance fans and classic car enthusiasts will be able to manually operate their vehicles on public roads, in amongst all...

The SP:01, Detroit Electric's battery-powered sports car not unlike the Tesla Roadster, is currently on hold, pending the company's purchase of a facility in which to build it. Production was due to start on the Lotus Elise-based electric car this month, but delays in finalizing a manufacturing...

BMW has just shown off its new M4, the replacement for the M3 Coupe, in concept form and at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January we’ll see the covers come off the production version, seen here as a prototype. BMW engineers have become a bit more relaxed about the camouflage gear now that the...