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Three supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two...

Nissan recently announced an innovative campaign to help promote the launch of its updated 2013 370Z sports car. The new campaign set out to build the world’s first crowd-sourced 370Z, with all of the unique elements being suggested by fans of the Nissan Performance Facebook page. Now that...

While normally the strongest of rivals, German auto giants BMW and Daimler have joined forces to help come up with the design for the electric car of the future. Most approaches towards electric car design has so far led to vehicles that either are too heavy and too expensive or fail to meet...

Video footage taken at a busy intersection in Russia shows a frightening accident involving a speeding Audi R8 driver who crashes into another vehicle and speeds off, even though the other vehicle is flipped over from the impact. The video shows the R8 driver attempting to complete a U-turn on a...

The Fisker Karma will be driven across some of Europe's finest driving roads alongside other green cars including plug-in hybrids and pure battery-powered cars.

Spa Francorchamps, the notorious circuit both loved and hated (or perhaps feared) by racers the world around, will play host to the first racing laps of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro this weekend. The hybrid, all-wheel drive, diesel prototype racer is the first of its kind. The debut at Spa is also a...

The list of cars that can run the quarter mile in under 12 seconds right off the showroom floor is a short one, populated by cars like the Nissan GT-R, the Ferrari 458 Italia and Chevy’s Corvette Z06 and ZR1. Now you can add the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 to that list as well, as both the manual...

The BMW Ring Taxi recently got an update to the F10 M5, but now a new car is offering rides around the Green Hell: the Jaguar XJ. Outfitted with the Sport and Speed Pack options, the long-wheelbase Jaguar XJ Supersport packs 510-horsepower and a top speed of 174 mph. The biggest XJ might seem like...

Life isn’t always fair, and things don’t always go as planned. Drive long enough, and you’ll eventually get a flat tire, likely at the worst possible moment. Fly frequently enough, and sooner or later you’re going to miss a flight or two. Sometimes, you’ll do both in...

While the Caterham F1 car is a backmarker again this season, getting any kind of foot in the door in F1 is worth taking. Alexander Rossi, one of the few American drivers involved in any way with F1 at the moment, will get back behind the wheel of the Caterham F1 car next week as he tests for the...

CUE, short for Cadillac User Experience, is GM’s high end infotainment system, scheduled to debut in the upcoming Cadillac XTS sedan. After learning from mistakes made by Ford and Lincoln, Cadillac designed the CUE to be more intuitive and user friendly. CUE will also be the first automotive...

The 2014 Audi RS6 Avant has been caught on video as it undergoes testing in full camouflage. Despite the obscuring material, it's pretty clear that this is a fierce-looking performance wagon. The Porsche Boxster gets some video attention from its makers, explaining the spirit of what makes the...

This may seem obvious, but apparently it isn’t: when you shoplift a package of schnitzel by stuffing it down the front of your pants, then rob the same grocery store you’ve pilfered from, be sure to remove the smuggled schnitzel before jumping into your getaway car. This is particularly...

Ford’s GT40 racer was built with one goal in mind: to take on Ferrari and beat them on the race tracks of Europe. To that end, the GT40 was phenomenally successful, winning at Le Mans for four successive years and racking up an impressive string of victories on both sides of the Atlantic...

To mark its second year as the official timekeeper of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer is staging a unique and remarkable photographic exhibition at the event dedicated to the legendary French racing driver, Alain Prost. He may have his detractors but...

With the recent launches of the LFA supercar, Scion FR-S and a much sportier Lexus GS sedan, it’s clear the desire to build emotionally-styled, fun-to-drive cars has been rekindled at Toyota. However, Toyota’s performance car renaissance is far from complete. To fill the huge void...

Despite already having engine tie-ups with PSA Peugeot Citroen and Toyota, BMW is now reportedly in talks with Hyundai over a possible deal to share future development costs for powertrains and other areas. The information was revealed by an inside source who said the two automakers were only at...

If a few years ago you said Porsche would be the first major automaker to fit electric drive technology in each of its models, you would have probably been labeled somewhat delusional. Today, however, such a statement is close to being true as every model in Porsche’s lineup is either already...

Volkswagen--the People's Car--is aiming to become the car of the People's Republic of China. This look at the future of VW car tech comes courtesy of the People's Car Project at Auto China 2012. The ideas themselves come from 119,000 ideas submitted from the 33 million visits to the project's site...

Ever wondered exactly what goes on at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone? Wonder no more. And if you're not in the U.K., or not planning a trip there, rest easy: we're getting two of our own Experience Centers here in the U.S., complete with properly-ordered "e"s and "r"s. In this...