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High powered, rear-wheel drive cars are notoriously hard to drive on slippery conditions, which is one of the main reasons Ferrari, a manufacturer of such vehicles, decided to introduce its first all-wheel drive model, the FF shooting brake. In fact, Ferrari went to great length to show off the...

McLaren has voluntarily slowed down production of the MP4-12C supercar at its plant in Woking, UK due to niggling quality issues affecting the first batch of cars to come off the line after production first started back in February of this year. Despite two recent high-profile crashes, McLaren...

The lightest most powerful Maserati on the road just got a little hotter.

After 10 long years at the top, silver has finally been dethroned by white as the world’s most popular color for new cars. The claim is the result of a study conducted by one of the world’s leading manufacturers of transportation coatings, PPG Industries. According to PPG, approximately...

After feeling the urge to find myself a clean Eagle Premier last week, I got to thinking about the Chrysler products that the Premier spawned after Chrysler absorbed all that Renault DNA through its acquisition of AMC. Remember how futuristic the first LH Platform Chryslers looked? OK, now forget...

The constant low rumble about the coming Ferrari Enzo replacement over the past few years is beginning to rise into a roar as it draws nearer to production. The latest info ditches the twin-turbo V-8 idea and talks about a carbon fiber chassis. The carbon fiber chassis is no surprise: that's where...

This weekend, fans of the Viper and will get an interesting intro to the upcoming 11 weeks of Viper Cup racing coverage: a celebrity challenge, featuring top Dodge motorsports drivers including Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Sam Hornish Jr., and more. The racing is in Viper ACR-X spec race cars at...

A major, free update for Gran Turismo 5 will be available on October 11, and it includes both added content and improved game play.

Hot off the Twitter presses, General Motors' Jason Laird has relayed Mark Reuss' confirmation of a 7:41.27 Nordschleife lap time for the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. That's not bad, all things considered: not so long ago, the Nissan GT-R was pretty proud of its 7:38 lap time. Though Godzilla has...

Top Gear's Stig may or may not be the most incredible, alien-talented driver on the planet, depending on the fanboy status of who you're talking to, but the 2012 BMW M5 is a known quantity. Here, the two come together in a tasty bit of teasery goodness, more info of which is detailed on the show's...

New and future cars reign today: Lamborghini is working on its third model, and will reveal which will get the nod in about three weeks. The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has been spied by our photogs, in test-mule form. And the Tesla Model X is set for a debut later this year before entering...

At its upcoming London event, RM Auctions will sell the first four-door Ferrari sedan even produced. The Ferrari Pinin is expected to sell between $740,000 and $850,000.

As everyone knows by now, Apple did not launch the iPhone 5 at yesterday's press event. This was bad news for Apple (shares slid after the meet-up), bad news for iOS developers (iOS handsets have recently been losing ground to Android), and bad news for Apple's new CEO Tim Cook (who should've been...

Mazda is introducing a revamped Mazda3 for 2012 and this week announced pricing details for the range, which goes on sale over the coming months. The model we’re most interested in is the 2012 Mazda Mazdaspeed3, which is priced at $24,795 including destination, up just $300 on the outgoing...

Coming as no surprise, Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SUV is reportedly next in line to receive the smooth shifting--and fuel saving--ZF eight-speed automatic transmission filtering its way across Chrysler’s lineup. Already finding a home in the Chrysler 300, as well as some Audi and BMW models...

The very slow trickle of McLaren MP4-12C deliveries to customers all around the world has just begun but already we have images of two crashed examples, one of which reportedly took place near the McLaren Technical Center in Woking, UK. The black example you see above, first picked up by Wrecked...

Last month a mysterious Acura concept sporting a similar shape to the mid-engine Audi R8 supercar was spotted on the set of the upcoming The Avengers movie. In the movie, the Acura concept will serve as the personal ride of Robert Downey Jr.’s character Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. You may...

The UAW and Ford reached a contract agreement today that secures 12,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2015, brings back into the U.S. previously outsourced work, and guarantees $16 billion in investments and upgrades to U.S.-based manufacturing. It also contains a small nugget about the upcoming 2013...

Porsche has released a new video detailing the 2012 911's interior.

As we reported late last year, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be headed to the U.S., and it should arrive sometime early in 2012. Today, VW released the official U.S. pricing and specs for the car. Power, previously expected to reach as high as 266 horsepower, has settled for production in...