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You’re looking at the latest flagship from Holden tuner HSV, the 2013 GTS super sedan, which is based on the Australian VF-series Holden Commodore that’s due to go on sale later this year in U.S. showrooms as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. The GTS, which packs a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V-8...

UPDATE: Full teaser video added. Just in time for the partying that took place during the past weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, French electronic music sensation Daft Punk was named as the latest partner of the Lotus F1 Team. Coincidentally, Daft Punk is in the process of promoting its new album...

It might not seem like BMW has been selling its X5 for 14 years, but it has--the original debuted in 1999. Over the generations, the X5 has grown larger and higher-tech, but offered few "firsts" along the way. For the third-generation X5, that changes: this is the first BMW "sport activity vehicle"...

Talk of a new BMW 1-Series sedan being in development (to slot below the future 2-Series, which replaces the current 1-Series as we know it in the U.S.) has been making the rounds for almost a year now. There has even been talk of an M Performance model. But the U.S. won't get the new 1-Series...

The 2014 Ford Fiesta ST offers an impressive combination of performance and price, outdoing the Fiat 500 Abarth, Chevy Sonic RS, and Mini Cooper S on the numbers, and, based on our first driving impressions, possibly on the road as well. Ford this morning confirmed several choice statistics about...

Making a convertible out of a perfectly good hardtop supercar might seem like an unnecessary complication to some, adding weight and reducing performance. But with the McLaren MP4-12C Spider, the difference appears to be negligible. Case in point: this speedometer video, via Sport Auto, of a run to...

Just over a week from its official web debut, the 2014 BMW 5-Series is now showing off on video. From sedan to wagon to Gran Turismo, the updated 5-Series range adds more power, a new diesel engine, and interior refinements. We Americans will miss out on the 5-Series Touring (wagon), again...

If you've been wondering what Aston Martin was teasing us with last week, wonder no more: the V12 Vantage S is here, with 565 horsepower and more. The Audi R8 e-tron electric sports car won't be built for production. Why? Audi says battery development hasn't been fast enough to provide the...

Audi has confirmed that its R8 e-tron electric sports car will not be sold to the public, ending speculation that the cars may be offered in a limited run. So far, ten examples have been built in the car’s proposed production specifications but these will be retained for testing purposes...

One of the most pristine Maserati Khamsins possibly in existence has just touched down in Jay Leno’s Garage. This particular model is a 1975 example that’s wearing the original European-specification bumpers and lights that the Khamsin first wore upon its debut in 1972 when it was...

Former Jaguar managing director Mike O’Driscoll, the man credited with overseeing the British automaker during its transition from Ford’s Premier Auto Group to new owner Tata, has been announced CEO of the Williams F1 Team. O’Driscoll’s newly created role will see the...

It has been confirmed that a board member and key investor of distressed electric car company Fisker Automotive has resigned. Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers confirmed to Reuters that Ray Lane, the owner of the first Fisker Karma delivered to a customer, resigned from...

Green technology motorsport firm Drayson Racing, the brainchild of former British science minister Lord Paul Drayson, is out to break some records using an electric version of a race car originally developed for the American Le Mans Series. Using its B12 69/EV Le Mans prototype, Drayson Racing will...

Teasers are usually a thing we tolerate more than we enjoy--they do give us hints of what's to come, but they also ruin the surprise. In this case, however, we've been intrigued by the possibility and, now, enticed by the reality: the Aston Martin V12 Vantage S. Speed A new AM28 6.0-liter V-12...

Funky-hot and retro-modern, the Carrozzeria Touring Superlegerra Alfa Romeo 8C Disco Volante channels the best of the classic Italian coachbuilding ethos, but filters it through a modern lens. The result is breathtaking. Fortunately it sounds the part, too. Filmed at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa...

Snap, crackle and pop! No, we’re not talking about breakfast cereals here but the signature sound of the burly V-12 fitted to Aston Martin’s CC100 Speedster concept. The car was first shown at the recent Nürburgring 24 Hours, where it made a historic lap of the Nürburgring...

After an early estimate of 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque for the 2014 Corvette Stingray's V-8 engine, followed by a supposedly leaked document hinting at 455 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque, Chevy today one-upped itself, delivering final, official figures of 460 horsepower and...

Despite reports to the contrary, BMW is expected to launch its new front-wheel-drive cars in the U.S. The first of these front-wheel-drive cars will be a compact MPV that is likely to be labeled a 1-Series Gran Turismo. The vehicle has been testing in prototype form for over a year and was...

The path to the summit is almost completely paved these days, but that doesn't make the race up Pikes Peak any less thrilling or terrifying. In fact, it raises the speeds and increases the potential for danger. That makes it all the more important to have a well-sorted car for the time trial to the...

Japanese racing driver Kamui Kobayashi recently headed to Ferrari’s Fiorano test track to try out the Scuderia’s 2010 Formula One car, the F10. Though we’d love to tell you that the former Sauber driver is being considered as a possible replacement for one of Ferrari’s...