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With more than 10,000 Americans dying every year in DUI-related car accidents, you might think it poor taste that you can download DUI checkpoint warning applications for Apple and Blackberry cell phones. You'd not be alone, either. Four U.S. senators are asking Apple, Google and Research In...

Rumors are swirling that Maserati will expand its range from its current lineup of only two vehicles. Inside Line reports that in addition to the Gran Turismo and Quattroporte, the Italian luxury car maker hopes to introduce a smaller sport sedan and even a crossover in the future. Maserati is...

Testing in Sebring has shown the CTS-V Coupe race car not only looks good, it has the pace as well. The first real test of the car on track will come this weekend, however, at the Streets of St. Petersburg event that kicks off the SCCA World Challenge GT series. The CTS-V Coupe's presence will mark...

Take a rocket ride around the track with reigning F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Marc Gene, test driver for Scuderia Ferrari, in these two videos previewing the season opener at Albert Park in Melbourne. In 2009, the race in Australia was eventful, to say the least, with...

In any motorsport, the crashes are some of the most impressive footage--especially when the drivers (and co-drivers) walk away uninjured. Ken Block recently managed extend his record of rally-car annihilation, sending his Fiesta RS WRC car flying in testing in a wreck that rivals any...

If you've been ferried from an airport to a high-end hotel in the last few years, chances are good that you've ridden in a tricked-out Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van. Brilliant Transportation has taken that idea to the next level, building a fleet of "Brilliant Vans" and mini-buses to offer a high-end...

Kate Middleton will arrive at Westminster Abbey for her April 29 wedding in the very same 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI that was recently attacked by protesters angry with Prince Chuckles and Camilla. And she'll leave the ceremony in the same wedding carriage that carted the late Princess Diana off...

In what may prove to be a brilliant marketing move, Mercedes-Benz will be familiarizing the next-generation of drivers with its vehicles by announcing plans for a new driving school for teens. Set to open towards the end of this year, the new program will use a unique combination of interactive...

This day was inevitable. With an additional 38 horsepower and 17 pound-feet of torque on board, plus a reprogrammed gearbox and a more aerodynamic body, the new 2012 Nissan GT-R was always going to be quicker around a track than the outgoing 2011 model. Today we find out just how much quicker, and...

Every supercar crash is painful to report but when the car involved is a Bugatti Veyron, it’s particularly painful. Just a day after reporting about the water-logged Veyron salvaged from a saltwater lake in Texas, comes news of an even more exclusive Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport that suffered a...

With only 10 examples scheduled to be built each year, it’s safe to say that the 2011 Hennessey Venom GT is one supercar you’re unlikely to lay eyes upon in the near future, if at all. Thankfully, the guys at Hennessey have unleashed this stunning gallery of their latest effort, with...

It's a bit early for the April Fool's jokes, but BMW apparently did exactly that with the M3 pickup that has been making the Web rounds over the past week. It has also been called a parts hauler, a prototype, and a meaningless mule. Whatever it is, it's in this video, driving through the fog. We...

As much as Lotus may be straying from the straight and narrow path of simplicity and lightness, the rest of the automotive world may be becoming a little more Lotus-like--or at least a few manufacturers may be. At the Geneva Motor Show this year, Lotus Engineering unveiled the production version of...

After F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone canceled a visit to Melbourne--the opening round of the 2011 F1 championship following Bahrain's cancellation--to visit New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the paddock's rumormill went into high gear that Staten Island could be a site for an upcoming Grand Prix...

Unlike the usual Euro hot-hatch tantalization, this video is a preview of things to come right here in the U.S. of A. Confirmed for sale here last September, the 2012 Focus ST should be making its way to 'Merika later this year. This video, showing off the show-car's Tangerine Scream orange in more...

Greetings, Motor Authority readers! Murilee Martin is in the house, in order to share the joy that comes with the Murilee Martin Lifestyle Brand™ with each and every one of you. Now, before you can step up to such fine MMLB™ products as the Fission Ready Neptunium-237 Billet Wheels...

Justice of the Court at the 24 Hours of Lemons, progenitor of more than a few car-spotting and project columns (including a handful of copycats), gentleman Manta-pusher, and lifestyle brand-builder Murilee Martin has joined the rolls here at MotorAuthority. Join us in wishing him a warm welcome!...

The latest from Lamborghini is light years from Ferrucio's upgraded tractor stand, and this video gives us yet another look at what to expect--this time, in the desert, from behind the scenes of a film shoot. Wearing the same eye-stabbing Argos orange color as the Geneva show car, but quickly...

Those with a passion for cars, whether you’re just a fan or a serious collector with some unique metal hiding away, now have a new place online to store all your photo histories and archives, and help share them with the world--discretely. Thanks to Dimostra Automuseo, car enthusiasts can...

As a celebrity blog, it would be hard to ignore the death of one of the biggest stars of the 20th century -- and we're not: Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79. Millennials and younger folk may not know much of Taylor. By the time they were born, she was best known as a friend and defender...