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Nissan has taken the wraps off its outright nutty Juke-R concept, choosing a low-key media launch of the European Qashqai crossover in Malaga, Spain, to roll out this sinister monstrosity. In addition to the surprise unveiling Nissan also announced that two Juke-Rs will be created, one in left-hand...

The owner of this wrecked Aston Martin Rapide accidentally switched off the stability control when reaching for the sport mode button, resulting in the violent crash.

We recently saw Ford’s customized small car lineup set for debut next week at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, and today the automaker is previewing its vehicles from the other end of the spectrum--pickups and SUVs. The focus is on the 2011 F-Series...

Late last week Mercedes-Benz announced that it would start building a new model at its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by 2015 though failed to mention exactly what it would be. Now a leaked image allegedly taken during the announcement at the plant has surfaced online, indicating that the new...

When Mazda said its new ‘Kodo-Soul of Motion’ design theme would be influencing its future models, it certainly wasn’t lying. In a little over 12 months we’ve seen the design language feature on the original Shinari and Minagi concept cars and more recently on the 2012 Mazda...

Let this be a lesson to those of you who might, one day, need to tow an errant Lexus ES 300 out of a river for a Russian-speaking friend: be very careful about your attachment points for the tow straps. It turns out that various small fixtures on the underside of the rear crash structure are not...

We all know the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C is quick--the numbers and McLaren engineering alone tell us that much. But how quick is it at the Nurburgring? In the hands of one driver, on a single lap, it can circumnavigate the 'Ring in 7:28 seconds, as the video below shows. Unfortunately, that's all it...

The 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302's TracKey feature is cool, but owners should be aware of potential warranty implications.

It's been a hard couple of weeks for motorsports, motorsports fans, and two families in particular. Dan Wheldon's death in Las Vegas, and now Marco Simoncelli's death in Malaysia, put a point on a fact we often like to gloss over in racing: it's dangerous. If you haven't already, I recommend...

This weekend saw the danger of motorsports rear its head once again, with the death of MotoGP racer Marco Simoncelliat Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit, and we mourn the loss with the rest of the racing world. Business keeps on ticking, however, and the 2013 Fiat 500 'Elettra' electric car...

Motorsport is expensive. If you were to write "expensive" in letters the size of the Hollywood sign, you'd only be scraping the surface of how expensive it actually is. It's bad enough competing at grassroots level but at world championship level the money involved is frankly ludicrous. And though...

BMW used the DTM season finale at Hockenheim over the weekend to unveil its M3-based race car that will fulfill the brand’s comeback to the German touring car series next year. In front of thousands of fans at the German city’s Hockenheimring race track, the “BMW M Performance...

The CEOs of Aston Martin and Toyota Dr. Ulrich Bez and Akio Toyoda have been getting much closer lately, with the two originally signing an agreement to develop the iQ-based Cygnet minicar back in 2009 and more recently teaming up to help the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster. Both execs...

Rolls-Royce has announced that it will sell its cars in Brazil and Chile, the first time it will do so in the South American market.

Whether you're buying a Ferrari for the speed, the heritage or the looks, the reality is that you're buying it because it's a Ferrari. With the Italian marque on track to hit its self-imposed exclusivity limit of 7,000 cars in 2011 though, how do you differentiate your car with the one owned by the...

Japanese tire giant Toyo Tires is bringing four customized vehicles to the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, next week, and if you happen to live in the U.S. then you can actually win one of them. That’s right. Toyo will give away this...

Saab has taken one step closer towards what’s shaping up to be a possible bankruptcy with news coming out over the weekend that the struggling Swedish automaker has terminated its tentative alliance deals with Chinese firms Pang Da and Youngman. The decision was made by Saab’s parent...

Top Italian motorbike rider Marco Simoncelli died earlier today due to the results of a crash at the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang International Circuit. Simoncelli, just 24 years of age, died on lap two of the race after his Honda skidded and veered across the track and straight into the path of...

While refusing to rule out the possibility of a diesel M Division product or a bespoke, scratch-built M car, Albert Biermann effectively laid both ideas to rest today. Of the two, the idea of an exclusive M Division car has the better historical basis. The diesel idea had previously been...

The Fisker Karma is all over the news of late, having finally earned its EPA certification, enabling retail sale. The EPA also delivered less-than-stellar gas mileage ratings for the Karma, however, scoring the luxury plug-in hybrid at just 20 mpg in range-extended (gasoline) mode and 52...