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The German capital Berlin has emerged as the tenth and final race location for the inaugural season of Formula E, the world’s first sanctioned racing format for electric cars. The first Formula E race will take place in September, 2014, with the season running through the winter and ending in...

A month ago, it was reported that Mercedes-Benz was considering production in Mexico, with the most likely scenario seeing the CLA Class compact sedan built at an existing plant from Mercedes alliance partner Nissan. Nissan’s upmarket Infiniti brand will soon launch its own compact car based...

McLaren’s Formula One ace Jenson Button took time out from his busy schedule to drive the company’s new P1 supercar at its dynamic debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend. Button not only drove the car but raced it up the event’s famous hill climb where he...

Before you file the Sin R1 as just another Corvette-powered supercar from some company you’ll probably never hear of again, take a moment and just factor in the car’s performance. Its maker claims the R1 is good for 0-60 mph in a Bugatti Veyron-rivaling time of just 2.5 seconds, and...

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is currently underway at Goodwood House in the U.K. and has already turned out to be a blockbuster, with the number of vehicles on show being the highest in the event’s 20-year history. More importantly, many of the vehicles on show are making their respective...

It may not look like much at the moment, but pictured above is one of the first sketches of a new supercar being developed in Australia that will be powered by not one, but two 7.0-liter LS7 V-8 engines fused together and delivering a combined 1,200 horsepower. The supercar is the brainchild of...

Last year was a banner year for the German luxury brands in the U.S., with Mercedes-Benz fighting a close battle with BMW to finish second by 7,000 vehicles. Despite the rivalry seen in last year's sales race, Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche has already bowed out for 2013--even though Mercedes is...

Rumors of the Dodge brand's death are greatly exaggerated, according to SRT boss Ralph Gilles--but that doesn't mean the brand won't undergo some "focusing." That's what we can extract from Gilles' Instagram posting (via Autoblog) last week. Responding to questions about the rumors of the Dodge...

You're about to witness the "scariest thing" ever done in Jay Leno's Garage: the extraction of a McLaren F1 supercar's V-12 engine. Well, you don't actually get to see the extraction process, but you do get to see the engine on the stand, with some nice detail shots and info from Jay himself...

Looking almost as good as the 911 and coming close to being its equal at the track, the mid-engine Cayman makes a strong case for driving enthusiasts after a modern-day Porsche. The second generation of the car, which is new for the 2014 model year, improves the breed even further thanks to a...

Can the punchy little Ford hot hatch match the challenge of the Nordschleife?

Juan Manual Fangio is one of the original legends of F1, and perhaps the greatest. His W196 R 1954 F1 car is nearly as legendary, and now it belongs to a new owner. Fangio's Silver Arrow sold at a Bonhams auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today for £19.6 million, or about $29,650,000...

The 2014 Bentley Continental GT3 race car is finally official, and it looks like it's well-equipped for the fiece competition that is international GT racing. Will the 600-horsepower racer have what it takes? We'll all find out next season. Mazda's 2014 Mazda3 sedan has hit the web, and like its...

A demo version of Gran Turismo 6 has just been launched and allows players to drive at the Silverstone circuit, but when the final version arrives at the end of the year players will also be able to select one other famous British driving course: the hill climb on the grounds of Goodwood House...

Formula One ace Fernando Alonso has given a candid interview to German television station RTL. Oh, and he just so happened to conduct it while driving a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta on the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife. Alonso provides some honest insight into his own performance and the...

Bentley’s new Continental GT-based race car made its official world debut today at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the big bruiser also made a dramatic run up the event’s famous hill climb. The new race car follows on from an original concept version unveiled at the 2012...

The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed is officially underway and as in every year a massive sculpture has been unveiled on the grounds of Goodwood House. This year the sculpture has been designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911 and as such the iconic sports car has been incorporated...

Official details for the all-new 2014 Mazda 3 sedan have finally hit the Web, revealing the stylish compact from virtually every angle. As expected, the redesigned sedan shares its styling with the 2014 Mazda 3 hatchback revealed last month, except for its trunk section, which adopts a traditional...

Will demand for Tesla's Model S stay high enough for the company to arrive at real-world profitability?

Once a beacon for thieves, the Cadillac Escalade is no longer the most stolen vehicle in the country and is actually outranked by five other vehicles. The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) has just released its annual top-ten lists of the most stolen vehicles from the 2010 to 2012 model years, and...