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Building from the established Lotus Evora GT4 racer, Lotus has announced the availability of the new Evora GTC. Aimed at the latest Le Mans Series class of near-production cars, the Evora GTC will go head to head against the 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and the Ferrari F430 Challenge in Le Mans GTC...

Today we have a racer's delight: first up, the Ferrari 599XX and FXX mega-gallery, showing off the raciest of Ferrari's current portfolio of track-dedicated excellence. Next, F1 world champ Sebastian Vettel goes kung fu fighting, though even after watching it, we're not really sure why. And Patrick...

Sebastian Vettel is a “brand ambassador” for Infiniti, so you can expect to see him in various ad campaigns for the luxury auto brand. The latest kicks off Infiniti’s Inspired Performance series of viral videos, and it pits Vettel against a gang of thieves in a classic martial...

In the First World War, the British Royal Navy came up with a plan to counter the threat of German submarines, which were decimating shipping in the Atlantic. Vulnerable merchant ships were fitted with deck guns covered by false cargo containers made of balsa wood, in order to lure U-Boats into...

Weird, but true: Hyundai recently loosed 40 baboons on the latest Hyundai i30 hatchback. The i30 shares most of its essentials with the Elantra, though it's a hatchback in the case of the monkey-infested durability tester. Hyundai claims it's the first test of its kind by a U.K. manufacturer...

If you ever wondered how mega-rich car fans spend their weekends, just take a look at these photos taken at one of Ferrari’s recent Corse Clienti events held in Monza, Italy. Right from its second year and after numerous victories for the works cars at their debut in 1947, Ferrari has always...

Patrick Long, if you haven't met him, is one of the nicest guys in racing--off the track at least. On track, he's incredibly fast, and as this video shows, he's not shy about overtaking--or pushing a vintage racer to the absolute limits. Sent in by the owner of the car, Chad, this video shows Long...

There's no shortage of both haters and lovers of America's version of Top Gear. Where you stand depends as much on your sense of humor as it does your love of cars, but whichever side you're on, you'll get to experience a third season of the show. The return of Top Gear USA for season three was...

While you have to read through the dreamy enthusiasm and salesmanship of Elon Musk any time he opens his mouth--or sets words on a digital page--about his various projects, the numbers appear to back him up on his latest claims about the upcoming Tesla Model S. The first of what we'd term "real...

Jerry Seinfeld's love of cars is no secret, especially when it comes to Porsches. He and Jay Leno even fought out a ridiculous bribery session for rights to buy the first Acura NSX during the Super Bowl. But now Seinfeld is looking to go a bit more public with his car obsession, with a new TV show...

Lightweight cars aren't just good for better gas mileage: they're also faster. Audi's race technology has been well-known to flow toward its production cars, but the level of devotion to lightweight construction shown with the latest R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans racer isn't likely to make the...

Horacio Pagani began his career as an automotive designer at a very early age, carving futuristic body designs from blocks of balsa wood. Inspired by the works of Leonardo DaVinci, Pagani believed it was both possible and necessary to combine art and engineering. By age 20, Pagani had designed and...

Infiniti deepened its ties with Mercedes-Benz through breaking ground on the upcoming joint engine plant in Decherd, Tennessee, as well as an announcement that it will build its compact luxury car, likely based on the Etherea concept, at a Magna Steyr plant in Austria--with Mercedes-Benz...

Compared to cars like the 2012 Red Bull RB8 and the 2012 Ferrari F2012, the current McLaren MP4-27 pictured above uses an oddly-conventional nose design. That may be costing the team seconds on the racetrack, so it’s recently tested a high-nose design at Mugello. As Autosport tells us, the...

If we say “Mercedes-Benz,” what are the first adjectives to pop into your head? Chances are good you’ll come up with words like “plush,” or “coddling,” or “luxurious.” It isn’t likely that words like “crisp,”...

Following yesterday’s announcement of the groundbreaking of a new powertrain plant in Tennessee, Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz have today confirmed that a new compact car to be launched by Infiniti but underpinned by Mercedes technology will be manufactured in Austria by independent vehicle...

We recently drove the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG along some very lovely roads in the south of France and came away quite impressed with the car. British journo and avid race driver Chris Harris also happened to test AMG’s take on the latest SL Class and was kind enough to create this...

Cadillac's XTS may be replaced by a new rear-wheel drive model based on an Omega platform within the next couple of years.

What was meant to be a promotional effort for Ferrari in China has turned out to be a public relations disaster. The stunt saw a Ferrari 458 Italia lifted by crane to the top of a 600-year old city wall in Nanjing, the former capital of China. A dealer for the brand then proceeded to do donuts with...

Still deciding on what to give Mom this Mother’s Day? Consider a clutch that came from a junkyard. But before you try sticking a bow on a greasy old pressure plate, there are a few things you should know. The whole idea came from Bring a Trailer, which recently posted about the products of...