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One of the star surprises at this week’s 2013 Chicago Auto Show was this menacing concept car based on the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 muscle car. Though labeled the Turbo Camaro Coupe, the new concept doesn’t preview a new turbocharged Camaro from Chevrolet but instead celebrates the upcoming...

The use of pure electric cars in motorsport is coming. In fact, the FIA already has a sanctioned event, the Formula E Championship, which starts next year. So, whether you’re a fan of electric cars or not, you’ll increasingly see them making headlines on performance sites like this one...

From the same team building its very own Tumbler Batmobile for this year’s Gumball 3000 rally, comes this new teaser image for a custom supercar the team is also working on for the rally. That team is Saudi Arabia’s Team Galag, which has released the first image of its new supercar, the...

Holden boss Mike Devereux has confirmed that a next-generation Commodore will be launched once the latest model, the VF, to be revealed on Sunday and sold in the U.S. as the 2014 Chevrolet SS, ends production in 2016. There were fears that Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors Company...

Take a closer look at the design and materials that make up the 2014 Corvette's interior.

The Bugatti Type 59 marked the French automaker’s last foray into Grand Prix racing in the 1930s. Although Bugatti’s Type 35 dominated competition in the late 1920s, the firm’s later efforts (such as the Type 51, Type 54 and Type 59) simply couldn’t compete with state-backed...

Now that the relationship between Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) and Hyundai is back on track, RMR can get back to the business at hand: building a competitive Unlimited Class racer to set a new record at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. When Hyundai announced that it would again...

Although Kia apparently missed the memo from 1996 that under-car neon lights are no longer cool, the overall effect of this Superman-inspired Kia Optima Hybrid is right on target--if that target is looking like it came straight from a comic book. Of course, a comic book is where Superman...

In the words of Susan Docherty, president and managing director of Chevrolet and Cadillac Europe, “Corvette is the face of Chevrolet the world over.” It’s fitting, then, that the brand will debut the 2014 Corvette Stingray convertible on March 5, at Switzerland's Geneva Motor...

The idea behind the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee is a simple one: focus on the performance and handling aspects of the car, while reducing luxury content to keep the price attractive to the enthusiast buyer on a budget. SRT is now applying this less-is-more philosophy to the Challenger SRT8...

Nissan's booth at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show is all about performance, with the GT-R Track Edition, 2014 370Z NISMO, and the Juke NISMO all showing the brand's need for speed. The Nissan GT-R Track Edition makes its U.S. debut at the Chicago Auto Show. Only 150 units of the car will be sold in the...

The 2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo, or GT, certainly wears its elongated hatchback body better than the 5-Series GT, but would you rather have the roomier GT than the Sports Wagon? Autonomous cars have whipped up a lot of buzz lately, but they could be further away than most might think. Google...

Kia's previewing the future design direction for the brand, and a further move upmarket, with the Cross GT Concept being shown at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. While just a concept, Kia tells us this Cross GT shows the brand's interest in potentially offering a larger premium crossover. Based on the...

Let us just preface this video by saying that we support anyone who wants to learn how to drive their vehicle at the limit on a racetrack. Organizations like the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) give those new to track days the opportunity to learn in a safe and controlled environment, with...

Volkswagen’s new MkVII Golf has already gone on sale overseas, and soon a new generation of the high-performance Golf R will be joining it. However, Volkswagen still has one more variant of its outgoing MkVI Golf to launch, and that’s the Golf R Cabriolet, which as its name suggest is...

There are a lot of automotive anniversaries taking place in 2013, the most notable being the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin and the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini. However, this year Porsche’s iconic 911 sports car also turns 50. Yes, it was in 1963 at the Frankfurt Auto Show that Porsche...

Having recently stepped down from Formula One racing, Michael Schumacher is reportedly set to play a role in the development of road cars for his former employer. Schumacher was replaced at the Mercedes AMG F1 team late last year by Lewis Hamilton, but according to comments from team principal Ross...

The Volkswagen Group is currently the third largest automaker in the world, outmatched only by General Motors and Toyota in overall sales, though that could easily change in the next year or two given the German auto giant’s recent performance. Within the group, there are 12 individual...

BMW will be taking its fleet of i-branded electrified concepts to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show in early March, including the i8 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car, the original i3 electric car and the more recent i3 Coupe sports version. On top of this, BMW has also confirmed details for the...

UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. At the announcement of its new 2014 SS performance sedan last May, Chevrolet confirmed the covers would first come off the car during the week of the Daytona 500. The reveal of the car is meant to coincide with the...