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Mercedes-Benz's last C-Class coupe, the CLC, wasn't a great success, particularly here in the U.S., in part because of its awkward styling and in part--towards the end--because it was actually based on the previous-generation car, with only minor styling tweaks to update its look. Now Mercedes-Benz...

We’ve heard it all before but rarely have we seen it executed successfully; mid-tier luxury brands attempting to move upmarket and compete with tier 1 brands luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Acura is one such company that has often stated reaching tier 1 status as its primary goal but...

Chinese commuters know as well as anyone else what it's like to live with traffic and congestion on a daily basis. Cars, pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and trucks form a perpetual gridlock as millions move about in the city on a daily basis. Outside-the-box thinking may be the best bet for clearing...

Everything from the rarest to the latest will be present.

For almost as long as there have been cars, people have been modifying, customizing, and personalizing them. Whether for looks, comfort, or performance, well enough can't be left alone. Entire industries have been created to satisfy our need to drive something "better", or "different" than a plain...

This video, just uploaded to Porsche's Facebook page last night, gives us a quick primer on the 356 and its history in La Carrera Panamericana, one of the most famous of the classic endurance races. This particular car is one of the five actual cars that raced the 1953 Carrera Panamericana, making...

BMW sold more cars than Mercedes-Benz or Lexus in July.

News flash: Christina Aguilera has a need for speed. News flashier: unlike many of her pop tartelette colleagues, she wants the legal kind. Behind the link, you'll see a very recent shot of Xtina browsing the merch at a Ferrari dealership in Calabasas, California. Presumably this is what celebrity...

Motorsports is a valuable tool in selling cars according to Foresight Research.

Ford Racing offers some very interesting gear for the go-fast racer or modifier, including whole engines available for whatever project one can come up with. The Ford division is now offering a very special package: the 5.0-liter V-8 heart of the new 2011 Ford Mustang GT. Available from August 15...

Volkswagen's next-generation Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury automakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4. Previous spy shots have revealed that a longer wheelbase will be...

A car review is a car review is a car review. Like me, you're probably tired of reading the endless inside-baseball chatter concerning brake-disc size, 50-70 mph passing times, even plug-in driving ranges. If you drive the right car, it's...well...academic, isn't it? Thank goodness the Rolls-Royce...

The 2011 Land Rover LR2 is out, and it looks good.

The video below shows how Ken Block does his daily to-do list.

The rumors are flying around what Abarth may be cooking up in the way of a trackday street car.

The price of entry is just $32,100--with an unmet reserve.

The photos show what appears to be a modern take on the classis Lancia Stratos.

With the BMW's success at Lime Rock Park, the team goes into Mid-Ohio on a high.

Before we interviewed Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) earlier this year, we'd written the guy off as a one-hit wonder and year-round D-lister. But over the course of our chat, we changed our minds. He seemed really down to earth -- the kind of guy who'd had a moment of notoriety, milked it for...

There's slow-selling and then there's Maybach. Moving a paltry 200 cars from its factories last year, the Maybach brand is still failing to achieve the reach and appeal of the established classic ultra-luxury brands Bentley and Rolls-Royce. The truth remains that Maybach’s sales are far below...