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The 2012 New York Auto Show is still a couple of days away, but the leaks are beginning to flow. Most recent is the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class, revised and updated rather thoroughly with sleeker looks and expected updates to engines and features. Full information isn't yet in the wild, but we do...

When it comes to a distinct brand identity, Japanese luxury marque Infiniti is at something of a loss. For one, it lacks the luxury and bulletproof-reliability reputation of its closest rival, Lexus. Generally speaking, its cars are more expensive than those from rival Acura, the original Japanese...

Steve Saleen founded Saleen Autosport back in 1983, and over the years saw his company grow from tuning Mustangs to building the Saleen S7 supercar. As is often the case in business, sometimes growth isn’t a good thing, and in 2007 Steve Saleen resigned from the company bearing his name. The...

In an attempt to highlight the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8's on-road abilities, SRT hired 'Ring ace Sabine Schmitz to take it on a hot lap of the Nordschleife.

It's generally hard to get excited about a mild refresh on any car, but in the case of the 2013 Cadillac SRX, it's less difficult. This year will see the addition of Cadillac's CUE infotainment system to the luxury crossover, revealed today ahead of the 2012 New York Auto Show. The new CUE system...

We can't imagine quite what it's like to have almost $3.8 million of vintage 1937 Mercedes-Benz seized by foreign police, but Dutch car collector Frans van Haren can--because that's exactly what happened to him. After buying the 1937 Mercedes 500 K Roadster at RM Auctions for $3.767 million, Frans...

We're in the final days before the start of the 2012 New York Auto Show's press days, and the concepts and new cars are rolling in quickly. At the top of the list, we have the 2013 SRT Viper. Today, we got the final teaser, which reveals the front of the car--and shows it will be a bit of a...

SRT has released one final Viper teaser image in advance of Wednesday's reveal.

As anyone who’s ever had a loved one with cancer knows, fighting the disease often takes all the strength a patient can muster. For those with large and supportive families, getting to and from treatment may not pose a challenge. Many cancer patients aren’t this lucky, and are forced to...

Daimler, together with one of its Chinese partners, BYD, has established the new vehicle brand Denza that will focus on eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The Denza brand is a 50:50 joint venture between Daimler and BYD and is expected to unveil a concept of its...

Ever since Mercedes-Benz’s performance offshoot AMG announced its co-branding deal with Ducati in November of 2011, there has been talk that the alliance was simply a precursor to the eventual takeover of the Italian motorbike manufacturer by Mercedes’ parent company Daimler. Rumors of...

Following on from its successful It’s Halftime In America commercial, which aired during Super Bowl XLVI and featured Hollywood celeb Clint Eastwood, Chrysler has released four new ads, one for each of its brands and all based around the same comeback theme. The ads were all scripted and...

Over the weekend BMW released the first details and images for its i8 Concept Spyder, the first convertible version of the string of previously revealed i8 coupes and a somewhat more production-looking version too. BMW has already confirmed that its i8 supercar, an advanced plug-in hybrid that...

Now that the warmer months are upon us, MINI has decided to roll out a pair of innovative concepts aimed at buyers who like to venture into the great outdoors. That’s right, MINI is announcing its arrival among the ranks of camping outfitters with its latest Cowley and Swindon camping...

The 2012 New York auto show is underway and one of the stars is the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It's the topless version of the BMW i8 we've come to know and spy, and it has the same contradictory superposition of sports car performance over hybrid/electric gas mileage. Rated at 354 combined horsepower...

So big glass roof panels are not all that special these days--though they are nice. But big glass roof panels that move this elegantly are few, indeed, and this one you'll find on the 2013 Lincoln MKZ. The video, released today by Lincoln, shows the retractable glass roof in action, gliding silkily...

To Buick, size should have little to do with vehicle safety. Its smallest sedan, the Verano, recently earned a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which means that every model in the current Buick lineup is a 2012 IIHS Top Safety Pick. To earn the Top...

Volkswagen has revealed that it will be showing a new Alltrack Concept, next week at the New York International Auto Show, that could make VW a rival for the rugged-wagon business that Subaru has long coveted. While strictly a concept for the U.S. market, the Alltrack very closely resembles the...

Well, that was quick. Just a handful of weeks after its launch in Japan, the GT 86 has already been gutted and fitted with a Lexus IS F V-8 engine for use in D1 Grand Prix drift events by Manabu "Max" Orido's team. It's a classic idea, shoving a big V-8 in a small, light car, but that's not the...

This video bears little explanation--just watch it, and you'll thank yourself. This is, bar none, the best a capella rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," in full, we've ever heard...from a drunken Canadian in the back seat of an RCMP squad car. The fact that the cops transporting him didn't...