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Last year Audi showed off no less than seven concept cars based on its A1 compact at Austria’s annual Wörthersee Tour GTI meet, and this year the automaker is set to stun show goers once again with yet another sultry A1 sports car concept. The latest is called the Audi A1 clubsport...

We just can’t get enough of the sultry Aston Martin V12 Zagato and we hope you can’t either as we now have a new gallery of the coachbuilt coupe at its official race debut this past weekend at the 53rd ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup leg of the VLN series at Germany’s notorious Nurburgring...

If you were paying attention last week, you probably heard about model/actress Estella Warren's run-in with the law (which happened shortly after her run-in with a row of parked cars). Well, if you thought you'd heard the last of Ms. Warren, think again, because TMZ has made her the subject of a...

Earlier this month the Cadillac STS ended production and this past week the same fate befell its bigger brother, the DTS, with the last example seen here rolling off the production line at the car’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant. As we’ve reportedly several times in the past, the DTS, along...

Porsche is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its launch in China and possibly one of the best business decisions the automaker has ever made. Since the opening of Porsche Center Beijing Central in 2001, China has grown to become the second largest market for Porsche worldwide, achieving stunning...

Fighting for a top spot in the affordable sports coupe market means one thing: measuring up the BMW M3. That's been the game for decades now, and it hasn't changed with the latest iteration, despite the newest model's departure from much of the past M3's formula. In fact, the departure has been so...

It’s not set for an official world debut until September’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show but the convertible version of the latest Mercedes-Benz gullwing supercar, the brand new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, has been revealed in full for the first time. The car has been one of the...

Monaco’s favorable Mediterranean climate seems to have taken leave for today’s Formula 1 Grand Prix, with predictions of rain looking to dull the day’s racing. A lovely high of 77 degrees is forecast, with only a very mild easterly wind of 7 mph, but the rainfall radar for Europe...

In an internal combustion engine, fuel is burned to power the engine, but as a result a lot of heat is also produced. Most of that heat in ordinary vehicles is wasted; but what if you could catch the energy from the heat, turn it into electricity, and use it to increase your fuel efficiency? Well...

We're getting closer to race day for the Coca-Cola 600, and the Nationwide Series Top Gear 300 is coming this afternoon, so it's time to have a look at what the weather will be like this weekend--both for the racers and the fans. It's looking like a mild weekend all around, with highs in the...

The Joss JP1 has been in the works so long that we nearly forgot about it. And that's saying something because an Australian supercar is a concept that makes an impression. Having originally debuted the JP1 prototype at the 2004 Melbourne Motor Show Joss is finally ready to present...the evaluation...

Well, after years of giving electric car hopes and dreams, the Tesla Roadster is winding down toward an end. According to paperwork filed with the SEC, Tesla plans to stop Roadster production in December. Instead of a sexy, Lotus-based convertible, Tesla will be transitioning to more practical...

What makes the RL distinct or alluring among luxury cars? How is it much different than the same-sized TL? And shouldn't a brand flagship feel a little more exclusive, a little less mainstream-lux? These are all questions shoppers will be wondering, and we couldn't help but be left pondering them...

It's not often you get the chance to drive a piece of racing history, like in 1991 when A.J. Foyt sold off one of his original Indy 500-winning racecars. But you can own something that flies a little closer to the ground, something like one of these four cars that have a stronger connection to the...

Though Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Carl Edwards have all scored multiple wins so far this year, the top of the race order has only one of those names in it: Carl Edwards. Look for Edwards to make a strong showing, especially coming off his win at last weekend's All-Star Race also at Charlotte...

LCD instrument panels are nothing new. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid used a partial LCD display, as does the current Ford Explorer. Jaguar’s latest XJ has replaced the analog instruments with a high-resolution LCD display (shown above), and fellow Tata Motors subsidiary Land Rover is using LCD...

One of the benefits of the rapid pace of technological advancement is that economies of scale are achieved relatively easily. Sounds boring, but this means that the high-technologies of a few years ago have already found themselves in much more affordable cars. Once this meant heated rear screens...

A body made of lightweight composite panels, LED lighting, a high-efficiency four-cylinder diesel engine and easily-repaired molded fenders may sound like the ideal basis for a fuel-efficient commuter car, but in this case it’s the latest prototype delivery truck being evaluated by UPS. The...

Memorial day weekend is approaching, and for NASCAR fans, that means the Sprint Cup cars will be running the Coca-Cola 600--and of course, the Nationwide Series will battle it out in the Top Gear 300. This is a quick look at what to expect from the scheduled events. The Nationwide Top Gear 300 will...

The coachbuilt Aston Martin V12 Zagato is set to make its motorsport debut this weekend in race car form at the Nurburgring during one of the famous track’s VLN events, but our stealthy spies have spotted the car being loaded into Aston Martin’s test facility at the ‘Ring. Seen...