Car News

Caterham has plans for a new line of sports cars, including coupe and roadster variants. They won't be based on the Seven, but company head Ansar Ali promises they'll still be raw.

The Tesla Roadster was forced to bow out of the market last year due to Lotus choosing to end production of its own Elise and Exige sports cars, with which the Tesla shared a platform. While this is bad news for electric sports car fans, Tesla is promising to build a successor though it won’t...

South Korean automaker SsangYong is planning a follow up to last year’s surprisingly popular XIV-1 compact crossover concept. The latest study, dubbed the XIV-2 (eXciting User Interface Vehicle 2), is essentially a convertible of the previous XIV-1 though SsangYong’s designers have...

It’s official. Ferrari will be competing in the 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship. The announcement was made by Stephanel Ratel, the founder and CEO of SRO Motorsports Group, the official organizer of the FIA GT1 World Championship. Two GT1 race cars based on the Ferrari 458 Italia will compete...

Lexus recently confirmed that it would be unveiling its full range of F Sport and hybrid vehicles at March’s 2012 Geneva Motor Show, including two new models set for launch this year. The two new models are the facelifted 2013 Lexus RX and a brand new RX F Sport based on the RX 450h hybrid...

In a daring stunt for the promotion of its new V-8 powered Continental lineup, Bentley has flown one its latest 2013 Continental GT V8 coupes over the city of Munich. Anyone struggling through the city's rush hour last week would have seen the bright red Bentley suspended beneath a helicopter...

With the new 6-Series Gran Coupe, the revised 6-Series Coupe and Convertible, and now the 2012 M6, BMW's 6-Series range is approaching the model proliferation of the 3-Series. In this case, that's a very good thing. First, lets hit the vitals: power comes from a 7,200-rpm redline, 4.4-liter...

This week we wrote about Bentley's announcement that it's hired a new exterior design chief, David Hilton. Hilton has spent over two decades working for a variety of global companies, including Ford, where he helped design the 2002 Ford Focus RS sold in Europe, among others, and the Volkswagen...

Emphasizing that it builds cars that are both fun and fuel-efficient, Mazda asks, "what do you drive" in its latest video.

California Representative Dan Lungren has proposed a $1 billion prize for the first U.S. automaker to build a successfully launch a car delivering 100 miles per gallon of gasoline.

The 1970 1/2 Camaro Z28 seen in the original video has turned out to be a numbers-matching, one owner car.

GM is using the term "sensor fusion" to describe the marriage of sensor input and safety technologies in the Driver Assistance Package of the new Cadillac XTS.

The classic style and modern performance combination of the typical Morgan might seem like an odd platform to launch an electric vehicle, but that's exactly what the company plans for the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. It'll even have a manual gearbox. That won't be the electric Morgan's only nod to the...

Ford has issued a recall on its 2012 Lincoln Navigator SUV as well as the vehicle’s Blue Oval twin, the Expedition. The reason is due to the vehicles’ head restraints, which may have inadequate welds on their support brackets. The affected head restraints are only those found on the...

The same smart airbag issue that has plagued fellow supercar startup Pagani from launching its Huayra in the U.S., and caused Lotus to stop selling its Elise and Exige, has one other high-profile casualty in the form of Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg. The maker of the 1,115-horsepower...

A. Kahn Design is back with another new creation, this time based on the tiny but still luxurious Aston Martin Cygnet. In case you’re unfamiliar with the Cygnet, it’s essentially a Scion iQ minicar that’s been rebadged and re-trimmed by Aston Martin’s own crew of craftsmen...

Audi is set to launch a new version of its TT RS sports car at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, one that brings European versions in line with U.S. models in terms of power but also adds a host of other upgrades. The new version is the TT RS Plus, which now sports the same 360 horsepower and...

Subaru may have just unveiled a new rear-wheel drive sports car but the automaker’s reputation was built on the surefootedness of its symmetrical all-wheel drive technology, which is now in its 40th year of production. To celebrate the milestone Subaru will present a special showcase of its...

Scuderia Toro Rosso is fine-tuning the STR7, the team's new 2012 Formula 1 contender, through ongoing practice sessions in Jerez, Spain. V-8 power for the new car comes from a familiar source: Ferrari. Or, as the team describes, “that other Italian outfit which calls itself a Scuderia”...

Another of Mopar's 75th anniversary special-editions, the Mopar '12 300 is based on the 2012 Chrysler 300, glossed up and tweaked to satisfy all your murder-sedan needs. Wearing a sinister coat of gloss black paint, accented by Mopar blue pinstripes and black chrome trim, the '12 300 looks stealth...