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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London won't officially get underway until this July, but BMW is amped up about the 4,000 vehicles it will supply to support the show. To that end, it has unveiled the cars, SUVs, and electric vehicles that will be part of it. The first of the Olympic fleet cars...

On May 16th, as part of the SAE Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, a one-of-one 2013 Roush Stage 3 Mustang will cross the auction block at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Donated by Ford and Roush, proceeds from the sale of this unique Mustang will go to support the SAE’s...

When you hit the lottery jackpot, or land that mid-six-figure bonus, what’s the very first sedan you’re going to buy? Notice that we didn’t say “car,” since we suspect that a coupe like the McLaren MP4-12C or the Ferrari 458 Italia would be atop the list. As for...

When it comes to the pro touring scene, few car enthusiasts are on the fence. Critics say that pro touring modifications (like modern drivetrains, suspensions, brakes and conveniences) ruin potentially collectible cars, of which there is a finite and ever-decreasing supply. Fans, on the other hand...

Are any American readers planning a visit to Norway in the near future? If so, allow us to offer up some free advice: you may want to avoid wearing anything with an American flag, and if anyone asks where you’re from, just answer “Canada.” Why? Because at the moment, a Norwegian...

Following on the heels of this week’s Beijing Auto Show, BMW has announced that it’s opening a new Designworks studio, with a Connected Drive Lab, in Shanghai’s upscale Huangpu District. The area is described as a commercial and financial center of one of the world’s fastest...

The 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has been certified at a gob-smacking 662 horsepower. Wow.

Looking for a video of the upcoming 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series? Look no further--we have you covered. And yes, it sounds fantastic. Lamborghini has trademarked the Huracán name, likely to use on its recently revealed Urus SUV concept, though it could yet have something else in...

UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series has been revealed. Click here for all the details. An AMG Black Series version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG gullwing supercar is coming and we’ve got an exclusive spy video of a prototype testing at the Nurburgring race track in Germany and...

Earlier this month, we brought you news that Lamborghini had trademarked the name "Deimos,” likely for a future prototype or production model. The company appears to be on a trademarked-name kick, and has just filed to protect the name Huracán. As Car and Driver points out...

British tuner A. Kahn Design has released its second styling package for the Range Rover Evoque.

Aston Martin is working on a new generation of its DB9 luxury grand tourer, which once again is expected to spawn a regular model as well as a high-performance DBS. This means that the current versions of both cars are soon to be discontinued. In the lead up to the arrival of their successors next...

Many readers are unlikely to have ever heard of Slovenian sports car manufacturer Tushek. That’s probably because the company only unveiled its first model, the Renovatio T500, at last week’s Top Marques Monaco 2012. Despite its infancy, Tushek is forging ahead with the development of...

Most people are unlikely to associate Volvo with performance, but the Swedish automaker has offered several notable sporty variants of its regular lineup in the past under the R performance range. The S60 R, for example, was introduced in 2003 and boasted a 300-horsepower turbocharged engine mated...

Mazda will extend production of its RX-8 sports car by 1,000 units due to overwhelming demand for the special RX-8 Spirit R final edition.

Volkswagen’s Spanish unit Seat has rolled out a hot little hatch concept at this week’s 2012 Beijing Auto Show, which despite being labeled concept is actually a preview of a planned facelift for one of the automaker’s most popular models. That model is the sporty 2012 Seat Ibiza...

A bone-stock Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 comes from the factory packing 580 horsepower, which is good enough to get the uber-Camaro from 0-60 mph in just 3.9 seconds, run the quarter-mile in twelve seconds flat and hit a claimed top speed of 185 mph. Those are impressive numbers, but the job of tuners...

Remember the new Aston Martin we showed you last week? The one we say is the new Aston Martin DB9, but Britain’s Car Magazine believes is the next Aston Martin DBS? Word on the street this week, from Britain’s Autocar (which also believes we’re looking at the new DBS), is that the...

Last August we brought you news of a dust-shrouded, incredibly pitiful Ferrari Enzo (amongst a small fleet of other luxury vehicles) that had been apparently abandoned somewhere in Dubai. Then this week, word broke that the Enzo was set to be auctioned by the Dubai police. It turns out that's not...

On Sunday, April 29, BMW will return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series for the first time since the 1994 season. Granted, that absence includes the three-year-period from 1997 through 1999 when the DTM series was on hiatus, but that doesn’t make Sunday’s race at...