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Consider this: every tire on the market today is a compromise. Do you want the ultimate in adhesion, for cornering in warm and dry conditions? Done, but don’t try to drive on the tire in winter months, especially if there’s snow on the ground. Want off-road traction, capable of getting...

The 2013 Nissan GT-R is headed to the Nürburgring 24 Hours race--in production form, wearing the Club Track Edition gear. How will it fare? We'll find out May 17-20. Bugatti has teased the Galibier 16C sedan once again, indicating it might be built sometime this decade. While only a tiny...

Ving Rhames, or more specifically the characters played by Ving Rhames, doesn’t take disappointing news well. Remember Marcellus Wallace, the character played by Rhames in Pulp Fiction? The one who once tossed a guy off a roof for massaging his wife’s feet? When someone like that tells...

For a car that doesn’t really exist and may never hit the market, Bugatti’s Galibier 16C has received an amazing amount of coverage in the media. Since its unveiling as a concept in 2009, the car has been the subjected to more rumor, speculation and innuendo than any other concept...

After teasing its Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Package as a thinly-veiled concept at the 2011 Texas State Fair last September, the package is now just a month out from its showroom debut. In the lead up to its sales launch Toyota has revealed the all-important pricing details for a Tacoma pickup...

Next month Nissan will formally compete in the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its production GT-R supercars. The competitive outing is part of Nissan’s celebration of the R35 GT-R’s fourth year on the market but it also serves as an opportune moment to see what...

While we’re still hoping that the latest Lotus Exige S makes it over to these shores, even if only as a dedicated track car, European buyers have been lapping it up since last September when the car made its official world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Since then Lotus has entered...

Anyone who’s driven on a busy highway can attest that vehicles moving erratically and braking needlessly breaks up the smooth flow of traffic and leads to congestion. Honda has also observed this phenomenon and claims to have pioneered a technology based on this principle that, rather than...

We first heard rumblings that the commercial rights to the highest echelon of motorsports, Formula 1, might be for sale early last year, and then just last month reports broke that the sport’s largest equity holder, CVC Capital Partners, was considering launching an initial public offering...

Aston Martin and Ferrari may commonly mingle with Lexus next to the greens at your local country club, but in May they’ll compete together and with others at “The Green Hell,” Germany’s Nürburgring race track. It may be easy to first associate the Japanese luxury...

While the 2013 Ford Fusion Sprint Cup race car won't join the (mostly) oval fray until next year, the 2012 Focus Electric will be getting its NASCAR debut this weekend--sort of. It'll be the pace car. Ford announced the Focus Electric as the pace car a couple of weeks ago, but now we have photos of...

There isn’t much we can say about the Subaru BRZ that hasn’t already been said. Designed to introduce the joy of driving to a new generation of enthusiasts, the car was built to provide exceptional handling and great ride comfort, all at an affordable price. The key to the car’s...

Bad news, sports fans: if you’re looking for a factory-built Scion FR-S turbo, word is that no such animal is forthcoming, at least in the United States market. The problem, as Car and Driver points out, is cost. The Scion FR-S was designed specifically to sell in the mid-$20k range in the...

If we were making a list of the “Top Ten Vehicles To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse,” the Chevy Cruze compact sedan wouldn’t make the grade. In fact, no compact sedan would, only because our own preferences involve something with brush guards, four-wheel-drive and an abundance of...

UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been confirmed as the VF Holden Commodore. Click here for all the details. Just days after Chevrolet was found to have trademarked the "SS" nameplate, OnStar's vehicle compatibility guide has stepped up to list the "SS Performance" on its 2014 roll sheet. Seems...

We got behind the wheel of the 2013 Scion FR-S for the first time recently, on the road and on the rack, to bring you our impressions. The short version: it's pretty awesome. A 2012 Volkswagen Passat has come into our long-term fleet, and we'll be testing it out in all kinds of new and interesting...

Can a supercar blend art and design successfully? Can the language of mechanical engineering also be translated into visually stunning sculpture? When the genius behind these designs is Horacio Pagani, the answer is yes. As a young boy in South America, Pagani was influenced by the designs and...

Are you an environmentally aware captain of industry? Is it awkward being chauffeured to Greenpeace meetings in a Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase? Fear not, because we have good news for you: Infiniti is building an extended-length version of its M35h hybrid luxury sedan. Dubbed the M35hL...

Emphasizing the importance of the Chinese market to its future success, British sports car manufacturer Lotus unveiled a new model custom-made for China at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show this week. The custom-made model is based on the Evora GTE sports car but gets some unique features plus a limited...

The 2013 BMW 3-Series Touring should make its debut later this year, though it's unclear if a U.S. launch is scheduled.