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I have become a regular Ride Lust reader in the last year or so, and this week I came across an interesting headline on the site: "Why we won't be driving electric cars anytime soon." My first reaction was, "I already think I'm going to disagree with this." By the end though, I'd say I was on the...

Sideswipe is back, or at least we think he is. Last year’s Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept, which GM produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of America’s beloved Corvette, and star as one of the cars of the Transformers movies, has been spotted again--but this time there’s something...

The development of safety features has been increasingly focused toward active vehicle intervention during an emergency. Active braking, lane departure warnings, and adaptive cruise control are all features that allow the vehicle to share the burden of controlled driving. Continental has announced...

It’s been known since the outset that the Bugatti Veyron would be limited to just 300 units, and from its early days there has been talk about a special run-out model. There have even been reports claiming Bugatti is already working on a Veyron successor, and then a leaked memo back in 2008...

What snorts pavement for breakfast, breathes with red-hot 10-cylinder lungs and beats a Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR around Laguna Seca by two seconds? The Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X, of course. With lap times about half as long as the name, the Viper ACR-X is also destined for a very short production run...

The engineering team at Dodge was the reportedly the originator of the SLS AMG's design.

The new micronavigation solution from BMW looks to the crowd for new routes.

The next iteration of the Gran Turismo series will feature 3D gameplay.

And so it came to pass, in the year of Our Lady Gaga 03 (commonly known as 2010), a plague settled upon the House of Sheen. The Patriarch (commonly known as Charlie) was beset by lawsuits and community theatre, and at some point, his automobiles launched a revolt. In layman's terms: a Mercedes...

The reports indicate Toyota's FT-86 sports car could bear the somewhat awkward FR-S badge.

The product plans of Chrysler and Fiat are undergoing a major shakeup that should last the next couple of years, as the expanding Fiat Group and its demanding CEO Sergio Marchionne pull all the strings. We’ve already seen hints of some of the plans with the U.S. unveiling of the Fiat 500 and...

The Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special was a special one-off build created last year to explore the harder side of the XKR's character and allow engineers to explore some performance boundaries. While the Goodwood Special never eventuated into the long-rumored XKR-R, the special edition model itself will...

The latest generation Opel Astra made its debut in Europe back in May of 2009 and ever since its release there have been hopes that the car could eventually make its way to the United States as a Saturn or even a Buick. While the Saturn route is no longer possible given the demise of the brand, the...

Mercedes-Benz has some major changes in store for its product line over the coming years, with several key models receiving facelifts and complete name changes. We have already seen this with the new 2010 E-Class Coupe, which has replaced the CLK, and soon we will see the CL name phased out with...

Official unveiling occurs in Times Square.

BMW already has its new 335is Coupe and Convertible models exclusive to the U.S. market but it looks like there’s at least one more 3-Series based limited edition model heading our way. And it’s not just any old 3-Series model, this latest one is based on the high-performance M3. The automaker...

Hyundai is working on a new mid-sized MPV to take on the likes of the Volkswagen Touran and recently revealed Opel Meriva, and today we have new spy shots of a prototype. Hyundai announced the HED-5 Concept-based car will be coming to the U.S. back at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it's now...

When it comes to buying hybrids there are usually two main motivating factors that persuade potential customers; either saving money at the pump or the image of being green. When it comes to the new 2011 BMW ActiveHybrid 7, the $102,300 starting price ($106,200 for the long-wheelbase model) makes...

Still lamenting BMW’s decision not to release a new CSL version of the current generation M3? A tuning firm and performance accessories importer based out of Illinois may have the next best thing. GTHaus, a specialist in exhaust tuning, has developed a new widebody kit for the M3 Coupe based off...

Less than a month after the very first 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia crash took place, another of the stunning beauties has bit the dust and from the look of things the damage appears to be quite severe. The latest crash took place somewhere in Spain and could possibly have happened at a race track...