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Though we can't tell you what we think about how the 662-horsepower 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 drives just yet, we can share with you this video of the car converting motion into heat and smoke in the most classic of muscle car ways: the smokey burnout. Presented for your perusal is not just...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve brought you the first four segments of a five-part video series covering the history of Italian supercar builder Pagani Automobili. While this fifth installment marks the end of the series, it’s really just the end of the beginning for Pagani. The videos...

There are plenty of schools you can go to to learn how to drive a car fast on a racetrack, including the U.S. AMG Driving Academy. Unlike the other schools, though, the AMG Driving Academy gives you something before you sign on the dotted line and pay for a course. Using former SCCA Trans-Am Series...

Beware, green luxury shoppers: If you like the Lexus HS 250h hybrid sedan, get one now—and you might even score the rare discount on a Lexus. Lexus has confirmed that the HS 250h is no more. And it's evidence that even Lexus can make product missteps, and that not every hybrid that Toyota or...

The annual “GTI Meeting at Wörthersee” is a must-attend event for VW fans throughout Europe. Billed as “the largest GTI event in the world”, Wörthersee is also a great place for Volkswagen to roll out its latest concepts. This year, Wörthersee attendees will...

BMW has launched the M5 configurator site giving you the ability to build your own M5 online. With a base price of $90,795 in the U.S. the M5 comes very well equipped as any luxury sports sedan should. Order both major options packages and you'll quickly add another $7,400 to your bill. Depending...

UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Chevrolet, together with officials from fellow GM subsidiary Holden, has confirmed today that the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore sedan will return to U.S. shores as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. A racing...

Ford is equipping the 2013 Shelby GT500 with the same launch control system originally developed for the Boss 302 Mustang.

BMW's configurator site for the 2013 M5 sedan is up, allowing you to build the car to your exact specifications and budget.

Acura has issued a voluntarily recall on all 2007 and 2008 TL sedans due to a potential fluid leak caused by worn out power steering hoses. Acura says there are some 52,615 cars affected by the recall in the U.S. alone. According to the automaker the power steering hoses on the affected cars may...

Toyota motorsports partner Gazoo Racing has built a concept version of the FR-S packing both a supercharger and a turbocharger.

British journo and avid racer Chris Harris takes a more serious look at two of the fastest road cars money can buy: the Nissan GT-R and Porsche 911 Turbo. However, we’re not talking about run-of-the-mill models here but rather the more extreme versions of both cars. In the case of the GT-R...

A Lincoln Town Car crashed into a luxury vehicle workshop in Los Angeles early yesterday, damaging three customer cars in the process, one of which may belong to NBA star Kobe Bryant. Upon crashing, the driver of the Town Car, a 30-year-old male, fled the scene on foot and is still missing. A...

UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. It was only two months ago that Chevrolet first announced it was ditching the Impala in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup in favor of an all-new model, one that would also be joining the brand’s passenger...

Built for the 1968 Indy 500, the Lotus Type 56 isn't your average vintage race car, if there is such a thing. It's a Pratt and Whitney turbine-powered, all-wheel drive racer once piloted by Graham Hill, and owned by Richard Petty--yep, The King. During qualifying for the race, the Type 56 set a new...

Let’s be honest with one another: the last time you called in sick to work, how sick were you, really? Are you tough enough to run down a moose in a Chrysler Sebring, suffering cuts, bruises and broken bones in the process, than make it to work on time? Because Newfoundland, Canada resident...

Chevy's 2012 Camaro ZL1 is one hell of a muscle car, even if Ford's 2013 GT500 does outshine it in horsepower. Demand for the ZL1 has been high--so high that Chevy couldn't quite keep up with its 2012 orders, and will fill the remainder with 2013 models. Part of the lack of 2012 ZL1 volume was due...

Buy a new BMW, and it comes with four years or 50,000 miles worth of service at no additional charge, something the Munich-based automaker calls “BMW Ultimate Service.” Unlike other “free service” programs, which cover things like oil changes and basic maintenance only, BMW...

This week Salon's David Sirota wrote an apologetic, mealy-mouthed bit of automotive-themed self-loathing asking if it's ethical to drive a manual-transmission car even if it gets poorer gas mileage than an automatic or dual-clutch transmission. While the answers among the automotive press have...

When the green flag waves at the start of this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hour race, the field will include four race-prepped Toyota GT86 models (the Scion FR-S, in the United States), as well as a Lexus LFA. We already told you about two of the GT86s and the LFA, all of which will be...