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With Porsche now officially the 10th brand of the ever-expanding Volkswagen Group, there are fears the ethos of the famous sports car company from Stuttgart will be diluted as focus shifts towards more upmarket performance brands like Lamborghini and Bugatti. We’ve already seen this with the...

Where's the Benny Hill soundtrack when you need it? This criminal, fleeing police at high speed, makes yet another very bad decision, heading straight down a street packed with traffic. Jammed between a bus and an SUV, he appears caught. But not this guy. Throwing the car into reverse, he slams...

Car reviews in text form are great, but whether online or in print, you can't see the car move. Wait a minute--that's not totally true. While print is limited to still photography, we in the online world can use video. And here at High Gear Media, we have a few video reviews in our library. Let's...

Right now in the U.S. you can step into a brand new BMW for just under $30,000--for Mercedes-Benz the entry-point creeps a few thousand dollars higher--but in the next couple of years we should be seeing a range of more affordable models from both of the luxury stalwarts. That’s because both...

Who hasn't, at one point in their speed- and curve-obsessed childhoods, dreamed of working for a top-tier sports car maker like Porsche? Whether sculpting the clay that will be the next 911 or eking the last little bit out of a naturally-aspirated flat six, there's a lot there to love. But it comes...

Mazda has always been a slightly quirky brand -- just offbeat enough to develop a community of rabid fans. So it's fitting that the automaker would choose to sponsor a nationwide tour for the equally quirky musician Mayer Hawthorne. If you don't know about Hawthorne (nee Andrew Mayer Cohen), you...

Despite vowing to end the practice of badge engineering following its bankruptcy process and streamlining of brands, GM is on the verge of launching a new compact sedan under its Buick label that will essentially be a reskinned Chevrolet Cruze. The car is the upcoming 2012 Buick Verano, a teaser of...

These two cars are extraordinary. There’s just no other way to describe family trucksters that can bomb to 60 mph faster than any readily available sports car could just a few decades ago—and darn near as fast as even the swiftest sports cars on the market today (we’ll presume a...

Aston Martin has announced today that its Cygnet minicar based on the Toyota iQ is no longer a concept and is soon to become reality. That reality will be coming as early as next year in fact when full production of the controversial new model is scheduled to start. Described as the luxury solution...

We know Chevrolet is working on two new variants of the Camaro muscle car; the Camaro Convertible due in March of next year and a high-performance Z28 due at an as yet unannounced date, however, another, unrelated Camaro prototype has just been spotted testing at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany...

Few supercars go to the extremes of performance and design and exclusivity that the Pagani Zonda does, and that extreme nature has earned it as many opponents as it has fans. But both sides can agree it's an impressive and highly capable machine--however they feel about it. The new Zonda 750 takes...

Audi has just released pricing for its most expensive model yet, the all-new 2011 Audi R8 GT supercar that arrives in local showrooms in the first half of next year. Pricing for the hot Audi will start at a substantial $198,000, which includes a $1,200 destination charge. The car is essentially a...

The 2011 Dodge Charger microsite just went live a few minutes ago. In addition to the photos of the car above, the website offers a chance to sign up for email updates and to share the page on Facebook and Twitter. Beyond that, the site doesn't look to be doing much. The 2011 Charger R/T in the...

The next Roush Mustang is here. Dubbed 5XR, this 525-horsepower/465 lb-ft of torque supercharged pony car will be limited to 150 units, each with a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty. The 525R will be available in both coupe and convertible form, but only with a six-speed manual transmission. A Roush...

It used to be that concept cars were just that: concepts. Ideas about what cars could be, what they might be like at some indeterminate point in the future. Then sometime not too long ago, the term "concept" began finding its way onto cars that were essentially pre-production examples of cars...

I've had several encounters with the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe before, including the press launch in California. But this past week with the most visually striking member of the standard CTS lineup shed new light on the car. Living with a car in the real world is a different experience from driving...

We have a theory, and the theory is this: reality shows make people crazy. Of course, some people have a head start. Like that nutjob, Seth Caro, from Just Desserts -- the dude who lost it over some ridonk paper cups? He was good length or two ahead of the crazy train. Other people go loopy after...

The Formula 1 grid is larger this year than it has been since 1995, when 14 teams took the green flag. But it may grow even larger over the next few years, as both Porsche and Honda are thought to be looking at a comeback to the FIA's signature series. Porsche's re-entry to F1 has been discussed...

Charity auctions are curious things. Some of the goods are what you'd expect: artwork, jewelry, Botox gift certificates. But when celebrities get involved, the Wow Factor can shoot through the roof. Or not. We once saw Gregory Hines auction off a tap lesson for one lucky bidder and three of her...

The growing push towards smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles is leading the charge for changing consumer perceptions of what defines a luxury car--with size no longer the differentiator but rather technology, quality and design. Not surprisingly we’ve seen most of the luxury automakers...