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A new video from Subaru lets us hear the BRZ's boxer-four engine winding out. At least it would if it wasn't bogged down by a techno-music soundtrack.

A 1965 Aston Martin DB5 once once owned by George Harrison fetched over $500,000 at a recent London collector car auction.

It turns out Mercedes-Benz's AMG B-Class is only a test mule for smaller AMG cars, not a production intent vehicle. Shucks. Yet another Ferrari has burned, this time an F430 in Texas. When will it stop? Finally, IndyCar will be skipping the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of Dan Wheldon's fatal...

Fiat's "Seduction" ad for the 500 Abarth has proven popular enough to get its own Pop Up Video spot on VH1.

From the makers of the world’s fastest BMW M5, the 225-mph capable Hurricane RR, comes a new high-powered sedan, this time based on the latest F10-series 2012 BMW M5. Just how fast this bad boy will go is yet to be determined as the speed freaks at German tuning firm G-Power have only just...

Hopefully the last in what may eventuate as one of the worst weeks in history for Ferrari owners, this black Ferrari F430, possibly a hardcore Scuderia model, suddenly caught fire while it was being driven down a stretch of road in Houston, Texas, earlier this week. A passerby managed to capture...

One of the most beneficial ways to improve the gas mileage of a car is to make it lighter, usually though the use of lighter construction materials. Not only will this save fuel but it has the potential to improve handling and braking performance as well. The only downside is that lighter materials...

Over the past several months prototypes of the new Mercedes-Benz B-Class wearing some distinct AMG styling and performance cues have been spotted. This led to speculation that a hot version of the compact MPV was in the works, complete with an all-wheel drive system and high-output turbocharged...

Buying one of BMW’s official Art Cars is near impossible as most of them have been retained by the automaker for its own museum. However, the sale of a BMW Art Car to Joe Public isn’t without precedent; you may recall that the 1979 BMW M1 Art Car was recently sold to Jonathan Sobel...

Forget about limited mileage run-flat tires; Japanese tire giant Bridgestone has unveiled a new non-pneumatic tire concept that’s completely puncture-proof. The key is its non-pneumatic design that does away with air entirely, with the tire instead relying on a structure of spokes for its...

Porsche has competed at Le Mans for 60 years, amassing a record setting 16 overall victories. It's commemorating this with a series of short films leading to the release of its new Le Mans racer.

Chris Benjamin, Volvo's chief designer at its Monitoring and Concept Center (VMCC), has put pen to digital paper to re-interpret the iconic P1800 in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The images show what might have happened if the funky little coupe had survived into the modern era...

New Yorkers are notoriously self-concerned despite (or perhaps because of) their very close proximity to millions upon millions of neighbors, and this video highlights that spirit well. Observe, one man eying a parking space that's roughly the same length, give or take a few inches, as his car. In...

The Nissan Juke-R, the mental little mashup of the GT-R and the funky Juke compact crossover, is one of the least likely yet most awesome creations of 2011. It turns out, however, that it wasn't an official program, and the British division that built it is apparently in hot water with the home...

Volkswagen Group design head Walter de' Silva has confirmed that a mid-size crossover, spanning the gap between Audi's Q5 and Q7, has been approved for production.

Ward's Auto has picked the 10 best engines of 2011, and common themes to most include advanced technology and forced induction.

Rumors of a turbocharged version of the BRZ's engine--and the BRZ itself--have swirled for a while now, as has its application elsewhere. But now, the talk is firming up with possible power figures, and they're nudging up against 270 hp. That's not exactly unheard from a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, as...

One of three actual 1965 Mercedes-Benz 220SE convertibles used in the filming of the movie "The Hangover" is for sale on eBay.

Mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal, a driver in Lugano, Switzerland launched his Ford Mustang from the third floor of a parking garage.

We're constantly thinking about what the car of the future will look like. It's hard not to when you write about them every day. Little did we know the car of the future will be here rather soon. Or at least, that's what Smart is saying. The 2012 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will provide a little...