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No, this isn't a story of first contact, or of a benevolent alien civilization bestowing the miracles of eons of technological development. Rather, it's the story of how high-tech materials enable mundane cars to do extraordinary things, like spin a turbine at 190,000 rpm. That, surprisingly...

In the United States, Subaru’s ultimate all-wheel-drive hoon-mobile, the WRX STI, comes packing 305 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque. While that’s nothing to sneeze at, it’s nowhere near as impressive as it was just a few years back. These days, even a base V-6 Ford Mustang...

Lexus's LFA may or may not be a stunning success, depending on your point of view, but it is surely a technological marvel in many respects--and purposefully primitive in others. Whatever your views on the car, however, it's wicked fast, crazy expensive, and incredibly exclusive. That's what makes...

Performance and fuel economy are generally believed to be mutually exclusive, especially when it comes to SUVs. BMW’s X5 M serves up 555 horsepower, but at the cost of 17 mpg fuel economy. Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SRT8 packs 470 horsepower, but returns just 18 mpg. The Range Rover Sport...

Safety sells cars, especially when shoppers are looking for a new family vehicle. No other automaker has done as much to market safety as Volvo, probably since safety has been a primary focus of the Swedish automaker for decades. Its latest internal review of accident data shows that the risk of...

A year ago, Motor Trend magazine gathered nine of the tastiest morsels it could beg, borrow or steal from the press fleet to bring you “The World’s Greatest Drag Race.” It was something of a mismatch, since cars like the BMW 1 Series M and the Lotus Evora S never stood a chance...

Now that the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is over, we are able to get back to our regularly scheduled programming this week--which of course included a ton of car news and some terrific photos. As we head into the weekend we've put together a list of some of this week's best photos for your...

Not content to wait for buyers to grace its showrooms, Aston Martin is taking three of its cars on an ambitious tour of Europe. Over the next three months, Aston Martin’s “Power, Beauty, Soul” tour will visit 27 cities in nine countries. It may be your best chance to see an Aston...

If Lotus's esprit de corps has fallen somewhat during- and post-Dany Bahar's tenure, at least the corps de Esprit remains strong. Bahar's own custom example, a 2003 model with some fairly choice additions, is now up for sale. When it comes to rumors, few categories drive as much speculation as...

In movies, the good guys generally drive the best cars. Pick a James Bond film, for example, and it’s usually 007 with both the coolest ride and and the coolest gadgets. We’d take Frank Bullitt’s Mustang fastback over the plus-sized Dodge Charger, too, although Mopar fans will...

Coinciding with the recent launch of the new video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Ford’s Australian subsidiary has presented via its official Facebook page a conceptual design for a new Transformers character based on its Falcon sedan. Called Falcatron, the new Ford Falcon Transformer...

Back in 1960 Briggs Cunningham, a manufacturer and avid racer of cars and yachts, as well as a co-founder of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a trio of racing Corvettes built by him and his team. No one knew then what his efforts would mean to the...

Can’t decide which Lexus you like better, the LFA supercar or the LF-LC concept car? Well, here’s a video that finally puts the two side by side and even includes some driving action, albeit driving action at crawling speed. One is powered by naturally-aspirated V-10 goodness, while the...

The Golf R Cabrio is the final hurrah for the MkVI line, though like the Golf Cabrio, on which it's based, it won't be sold in the U.S.

Last month, we brought you the first word on the upcoming 2013 BMW M3 Lime Rock Park Edition, but recently, BMW was at the famous circuit with racing driver Bill Auberlen, in the Lime Rock Park Edition for some filming. This is a teaser of what's to come. Enhancements to the standard M3 package for...

The countdown to the next-generation (C7) Corvette has officially begun, as tours of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant will be temporarily suspended beginning on September 14 to allow for plant retooling. That’s the necessary first step towards building the 2014 Corvette, but Chevrolet wants...

Ford’s next-generation Mustang isn’t due to hit dealers until sometime in 2014, likely as a 2015 model. Despite the fact that Ford has been careful not to release too many details about the car in advance, speculation over the next Mustang is again heating up. First, its widely believed...

Audi’s short-wheelbase Sport Quattro, based on the first generation Audi Quattro, has become the stuff of legend. Originally developed for Group B rallying, the Sport Quattro also saw limited production in road-going trim. Equipped with a 2.1-liter five cylinder turbocharged engine...

If you read (or watch) the news, doom and gloom over the economy on both sides of the Atlantic is nearly inescapable. While the world may be on the brink of economic ruin, this past weekend’s Pebble Beach auctions show that buyers’ appetites for collector cars aren’t affected...

Land Rover has just taken the wraps off of its 2013 LR2, and it's looking smart and sensible, especially under the hood, where a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder promises to improve on the last model's gas mileage. The 2014 Corvette is gearing up for production as the plant where it will be made in...