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Audi is today celebrating the delivery of its five millionth vehicle equipped with quattro all-wheel drive. The car is a white 2013 Audi A6 Allroad built at the automaker’s plant in Neckarsulm, Germany, and destined for a customer in Europe. This means that Audi, by far, is the top luxury...

It was just two years ago that we brought you details about a prototype version of General Motors’ OnStar connectivity system with full 4G LTE support, which at the time we said could potentially offer services like Skype video chat, voice-to-text, vehicle and home monitoring, and more...

Porsche has revealed the 911 RSR racing version of its latest-generation, 991-based 911 sports car. Sitting at the top of a three-tiered hierarchy of 991-based Porsche 911 race cars, with the 911 GT3 Cup serving as the entry point and the yet-to-be-revealed 911 GT3 R (and R Hybrid) taking up the...

It turns out Bertone’s new concept for next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show isn’t a four-door coupe as earlier predicted, but a stunning shooting brake based on the latest 2014 Aston Martin Rapide. The new concept, dubbed the Jet 2+2, is a follow-up to the Italian design...

Jeep’s lauded Cherokee nameplate is back, though the vehicle it returns on shares little resemblance with any previous generation of the popular mid-size SUV. That’s because this latest model moves towards true crossover status, adopting the front-wheel-drive Compact U.S. Wide (CUSW)...

However moderate Ken Block's success in the World Rally Championship, there's no denying his dominance here at home. Like his Gymkhana videos, he consistently knocks it out of the park--even when other contenders are faster, the often crash-prone Block manages to hold it together for the win at the...

When the green flag flies for the start of Sunday’s Daytona 500, Danica Patrick will earn the distinction of being the first woman driver to lead a Sprint Cup field into the first corner. Given her limited success in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series racing to date, the question...

Last October, Hyundai rolled out the production version of its Veloster RE:MIX at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Embracing the RE:MIX ethos of “individual creativity, passion and connectivity,” the limited-edition Veloster was rumored to be hitting dealers before the end of 2012...

While the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is best known for its superb selection of historically significant and interesting automobiles (and its perpetually idyllic weather), Bill Warner and his staff also manage to produce some of the best automotive and motorsport-related seminars...

At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, design house Bertone stunned the crowds with its futuristic Nuccio concept, named for legendary automotive designer Guiseppe “Nuccio” Bertone. Billed as an “extreme” mid-engined berlinetta sports car, its radical lines and...

In March of 1963, Alfa Romeo brought a company called Auto-Delta, founded by former company engineer Carlo Chiti and Alfa dealer Ludovico Chizzola in 1961, under its corporate wing. The name was eventually changed to Autodelta SpA, but its mission remained: as the official competition department of...

Official testing for the 2013 Formula One season is underway at various race tracks around Spain, with most teams now at the Circuit De Catalunya, just outside of Barcelona. It was local favorite Fernando Alonso quickest at the end of the most recent session, with his new Ferrari F138 responding...

When Superstorm Sandy blew through the Northeast last October, its swath of destruction included some 250,000 cars, among them the 338 Fisker Karma sedans that were parked in a holding facility at Port Newark and awaiting delivery to dealers. From Fisker’s perspective, the loss was a minor...

After a stellar performance in the first season of the Discovery Channel’s Fast N’ Loud series, the crew from Gas Monkey Garage is back for another action-packed season, the first episode of which aired on Monday night. For those unfamiliar with the series, Fast N’ Loud sees motor...

Over the years Nissan’s performance and motorsport partner Nismo has been working away on numerous projects, including launching its own mildly-tuned models like the 370Z Nismo and more recent Juke Nismo, as well as its own range of performance parts. Despite the credibility of the Nismo name...

Daimler’s supervisory board has decided to extend the contract of the company’s CEO and Chairman, Dieter Zetsche, for a further three years. This will see the German exec continue his role as CEO of both Daimler and its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz until the end of 2016. Though...

This week Volvo announced a series of updates across most of its 2014 model range, with only the discontinued C30 and soon-to-be-replaced XC90 remaining unchanged for the new model year. That means updated versions of the S60 and S80 sedans as well as updated versions of their respective XC60 and...

Teasers for Codemasters' GRID 2 have been trickling out for months now, but this is our first look at what the gameplay is actually like. In a word, it's stunning. Whether you're into classic motorsports legends or the latest in modern supercars, GRID 2 has something to offer, all modeled in...

If you’re a fan of muscle cars, with straight 40-weight in his veins and more horsepower in his garage than most villages in Europe, chances are good you don’t spend a lot of time hanging around the Post Office, waiting for the release of a new series of stamps. In fact, based on its...

Porsche has redesigned its mid-engine Cayman and Cayman S coupes for the 2014 model year, and, like the related Boxster and Boxster S, the new cars are better in every regard than the models they replace. Not only are the 2014 Cayman models faster than their 2013 equivalents, they’re more...