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Dodge and Travis Pastrana have teamed up for RallyCross. Pastrana will be driving a new 2012 Dodge Dart with a 2.0-liter Tigershark engine with more than 600 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque. With power being sent to all four wheels, the Dart will hit 60 mph from a standstill in just 1.9...

Last summer Nissan unveiled a new racing version of its GT-R supercar designed to meet FIA-GT3 regulations. That race car has since gone on to compete in the Dubai 24 Hours endurance race and later in the year will see the Nissan GT-R nameplate enter the GT300 class in Japan’s Super GT series...

Until March 25, 2012, the record speed achieved at the Texas Mile was 250.1 miles per hour. Hitting a number like that takes more than a fast car and steady nerves; environmental conditions have to be right, too. If there’s a head wind or a cross wind, chances are it will slow the car or make...

Any performance or luxury automaker worth its salt these days offers some level of personalization for its cars. After all, if you’re dropping the price of an average home on a new car you wouldn’t want the person up the street to be able to buy one in the exact same specification as...

While it was a good weekend for the Scuderia Ferrari team in Malaysia this past weekend, the same can’t be said for the driver of this very sad looking F430. The smoldering heap you see here is the remains of an F430 hard-top--yes, the roof has completely disintegrated--that became engulfed...

After a brief hiatus, the BMW M5 Ring Taxi is back and once again tearing up the Nurburgring-Nordschleife now that the warmer months are upon us. While ‘Ring Queen’ Sabine Schmitz is no longer driving the cars, the instructors from the BMW Driving Experience program filling in her shoes...

Ferrari is launching a brand new V-12 engine in its latest supercar, the F12 Berlinetta, and the advanced unit, the most powerful ever to be fitted to one of Ferrari’s road cars, is just the first in what the automaker claims will be a whole new generation of V-12 powerplants. Claims like...

In the James Bond film Die Another Day, Q introduces 007 to his assigned Aston Martin Vanquish--or “Vanish,” as it’s nicknamed. Equipped with small cameras all around, they transmit images to a “light-emitting polymer skin on the opposite side,” Q explains, rendering...

For anyone unfamiliar with RallyCross, it’s essentially a form of sprint style rally racing held on a closed track usually covered in gravel or dirt and featuring Motocross-style jumps. The cars that compete in RallyCross are typically based on regular production models, though they’re...

The first of the Hermann Tilke-built Formula 1 tracks is hosting its 14th Malaysian Grand Prix this year, and it’s endeared itself to the teams and drivers over the years. However, it is a very tough track, due mostly to the hot and humid conditions, which means drivers and teams will be...

McLaren has repeated its qualifying efforts of last week’s Australian Grand Prix by securing the top two positions on the grid for tomorrow’s Grand Prix in Malaysia, the second race on the 2012 FIA Formula 1 calendar. Fastest today after qualifying was Lewis Hamilton who posted a best...

Ten years ago, MINI set out to shatter the myth that Americans don’t like small cars. While it was at it, it took on the myth that American’s won’t buy hatchbacks, and that we prefer boring sedans and SUVs over entertaining commuter cars. In the decade since, MINI has all but...

The new MINI John Cooper Works Countryman is a versatile vehicle, but we doubt it's capable of the stunt in this video.

Conjure up an image of Pamela Anderson, and chances are good she’s wearing spandex, not Nomex. While Anderson already had an impressive resume as an actress and model, she can now add “racing team founder, principal and owner” to her curriculum vitae. Anderson has either started...

Aston Martin debuted the thoroughly revised V8 Vantage at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Though styling changes are few (new front and rear bumpers, with the front end also getting a new splitter and diffuser) the improvements beneath the skin are significant. Output of base V8 Vantage models...

The Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG shows its stuff in a new video trailer that precedes the car's launch in New York.

Yesterday Scion priced the hotly anticipated FR-S sports coupe from $24,930. While Subaru hasn't released pricing on the FR-S' kissing cousin the BRZ, USA Today reports that it will wear a price tag that will be almost the same as the FR-S. This is news as rumors speculated that the BRZ would wear...

Every spring, Jeep fans gather at an event called the Moab Easter Jeep Safari, held in the canyons of Moab, Utah. While Jeep loyalists bring rigs of all shapes, sizes and capabilities, Jeep and Mopar team up to produce some fairly wild concepts. Last year, Jeep brought six concepts to Moab...

With Scion yesterday announcing that its new FR-S sports car jointly developed with Toyota and Subaru will start at $24,930 (including destination) when it goes on sale later this spring, the big question now is how much its BRZ twin from Subaru will cost. While the two cars are virtually...

Teams competing in the 2012 Formula 1 season have just wrapped their first practice session at Sepang International Circuit, home of the annual Malaysian Grand Prix, and fastest during the Friday afternoon session was McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton with a lap time of 1:38.172. His teammate Jenson...