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  • Toyota Supra teased for Goodwood Festival of Speed

    After spy shots and even a race car concept, the next-generation Toyota Supra will make its debut in production form at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed. However, it's unclear if we'll see the production car in a special cloak, or if Toyota will completely pull the wraps off the production version of the highly anticipated reborn sports car. Toyota Europe's official Twitter account announced plans for the A90-generation Supra to debut at the Festival of Speed on Thursday and provided a sole teaser photo of the car done up in a special camouflage. #ToyotaSupra is back. A90. At Goodwood...

  • Audi e-tron electric SUV interior
    No mirrors, just screens: Audi shows off e-tron electric SUV's cockpit

    After delaying the debut of the e-tron electric SUV, Audi has revealed the first look at the model's interior. And it's properly futuristic. Audi's typical interior design language remains on display, but it's clear the electric SUV received a few unique pen strokes to set itself apart. Wedge-like...

  • 2019 McLaren 600LT
    McLaren considering hardcore version of 600LT built from 570S GT4

    McLaren's Super Series tops the lineup with the fantastic and 720S. That car's performance envelope has expanded, which leaves room for the lesser but still potent Sports Series to become more powerful and faster around a track. The British automaker recently unveiled a hardcore version of the 570S...

  • Mercedes Aesthetics Progessive Luxury sculpture
    Mercedes-Benz electric concept recalls record-setting Silver Arrow

    Eighty years ago, Mercedes-Benz set a record for the fastest land-speed vehicle on a public road. It was only last year that the German brand lost the title to Koenigsegg and its Agera RS. Mercedes hasn't forgotten about the achievement, and now it has created an homage to the legendary...

  • 2018 Nissan GT-R Track Edition, Gingerman Raceway, May 2018
    2018 Nissan GT-R Track Edition first drive review: tracking Godzilla

    Like a pilot preparing for takeoff, I flick a few switches before heading out. I reach down to the base of the center stack and push up on the transmission, damper, and stability control switches to set them to Race mode. It’s time to see what Godzilla can do on the 11-turn, 2.14-mile...

  • Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro concept
    Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro could challenge Porsche's new Nürburgring record, Red Bull F1 boss says

    Porsche just smashed the Nürburgring Nordschiefe track record with its 919 Evo, setting a ridiculous time of 5:19:55. The lightning-fast run sliced a whopping 51 seconds off the 35-year-old record. Now, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner thinks the upcoming Valkyrie...

  • HPE Exorcist Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE

    Hennessey Performance Engineering's aftermarket answer to the Dodge Challenger Demon is the Chevrolet Camaro Exorcist. In a new video, we're treated to the sights and sounds that result when HPE applies its black magic to the Camaro ZL1 1LE. The video is put together to showcase the raw power found in the Camaro Exorcist. To recap, HPE was able to massage 1,000 horsepower out of the ZL1's 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 engine, mostly thanks to a larger supercharger and intercooler system, which is dialed in to produce 14 psi of boost pressure. In all, 959 gloriously evil ponies make their way to the rear...

  • 2019 BMW X5
    2019 BMW X5 costs $61,695 to start, country club membership not included

    When it goes on sale in November, the 2019 BMW X5 will cost $61,695 to start for a turbo-6-powered, all-wheel-drive, Louis Vuitton transportation device, the automaker announced Tuesday. Stepping up to the V-8-powered X5 xDrive50i will add a breathtaking $15,050 to the bottom line this year...

  • 2014 LAND ROVER DEFENDER SVX 'SPECTRE' 4X4 UTILITY
    Land Rover Defender SVX from "Spectre" to be auctioned at Goodwood

    In 2015's motion picture "Spectre," James Bond and the baddies got to play with a bunch of seriously cool machines. Aston Martin created an entirely new car, the DB10, for James while Mr. Hinx piloted the impossibly gorgeous Jaguar CX-75. One of our favorite rides, however, was the customized Land...

  • Why the pushrod engine still exists
    5 reasons why pushrod engines still exist

    The pushrod engine is a rather archaic piece of engineering, but automakers have stuck by it to this day. Notably, Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles and General Motors still shove pushrod V-8 engines under the hoods of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. Why has the pushrod engine failed to die, especially...

  • 1919 DATETIMER 70Y SPORTS CAR - LIMITED EDITION WATCH
    Porsche Design watch celebrates 70 years of the brand

    Porsche is celebrating is 70th anniversary in several ways. It's making a big splash by taking its most advanced race car on a track-time-destroying world tour, and it's preparing its first all-electric model for production. And on a personal level, Porsche is offering a fancy new wristwatch for...

  • Nuro self-driving car with Kroger grocery delivery
    Shop, click, deliver: Kroger to test self-driving grocery delivery vehicles

    Autonomous grocery deliveries could soon come to local neighborhoods as the Kroger supermarket chain announced last Thursday that it will partner with Nuro for self-driving grocery delivery test vehicles. Kroger plans to roll out the self-driving grocery delivery service in an unnamed test market...

  • 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe, 2018 New York auto show

    Hyundai has a new partner to develop future vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology in Autotalks, an Israel-based company founded in 2008. The Korean automaker announced on Tuesday it will partner with the technology company via a direct investment in its operations. V2X includes vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology. Effectively, the tech allows cars to communicate with other connected things, such as traffic lights, roadways, buildings, other cars, and more. Hyundai said the partnership is vital to its future work with self-driving cars; the automaker plans to reveal...

  • 2018 Toyota 86
    2019 Toyota 86 to introduce TRD Special Edition model

    For 2019, the Toyota 86 will get a new variant aimed squarely at the hardcore enthusiast crowd. The sports car's order guide shows an 86 TRD Special Edition will arrive for the new model year, CarsDirect reported last Friday. The TRD treatment will include a handful of upgrades and racier looks...

  • 2018 Tesla Model 3
    Tesla chief vehicle engineer not returning from leave of absence

    Tesla has lost one of its top engineers in Doug Field, who will not return after taking a leave of absence from the electric-car maker in May. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Field's departure on Monday, the same day Tesla announced it had reached its goal of 5,000 Model 3 electric cars...

  • 2018 Mercedes-AMG E 63 S wagon
    2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Wagon first drive review: The finest bagel hauler

    In this SUV-crazy era, we don't see enough bankers’ hot rods anymore, but the mad scientists at AMG have a machine to feed the few who desire one. The 603-horsepower 2018 Mercedes-Benz E63 S sedan is bonkers in the best possible way, but it has a sibling that is even stranger while being more...

  • 2019 BMW X4
    2019 BMW X4 first drive, Tesla Model 3 production, Hyundai flirting with FCA: Today's Car News

    The coupe-type SUV is evolving and BMW is at the forefront. The brand known for the "Ultimate Driving Machine" is combining the style of the coupe with the utility of the SUV in the powerful and dynamically capable 2019 X4. We drove the second-generation X4 around BMW's plant in South Carolina...

  • Theon Design reimagines the Porsche 911
    Theon Design is the British Singer, for much less

    If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then where does that leave "re-imagination"? That's the term Singer uses when it turns a 964-generation Porsche 911 into a glorious restomod. A company in the U.K. is working on the same formula to restore and recreate old Porsches. Theon Design is...

  • The RCCI engine uses both diesel and gasoline

    When most of us pull up to the pump, we are in vehicles that require gasoline. A portion of us sidle up to diesel pumps. In the future, maybe we'll we'll drive vehicles with RCCI engines and we'll need to hit both pumps. The Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) engine is a concept engine being developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and it only exists in the lab. What it's capable of, however, could be revolutionary. Our friend Jason Fenkse from Engineering Explained is the perfect person to break it all down. The RCCI engine can deliver up to 60 percent thermal...

  • iOS 10.3 Apple CarPlay
    Apple completely rebuilding its Maps application

    Apple knows its Maps application isn't up to snuff, and it's taking the matter seriously with a totally rebuilt app. When Maps first launched, the app used third-party data to provide the basis for the critical "maps" element of Maps, but now, Apple is taking full ownership and building the map...

  • The story behind the Porsche 911 GT1 Evo
    How the Porsche 911 GT1 Evo supercar came to be

    Homologation. It's the racing rule that results in some of the world's greatest road cars. To race, many cars have to be homologated, which means they have to have a number of street-legal counterparts to prove they're part of a brand's production line. Sitting high on this list of all-time...

  • Audi contrasting paintwork process
    Audi has figured out how to spray two paint colors at once

    The process of building cars is becoming more complicated and yet easier at the same time. More complex processes and materials are being introduced, but we also have robots to lend a helping hand throughout the manufacturing process. Audi has figured out a way to use these robots to improve its...

  • 2019 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition
    2019 Nissan 370Z preview

    Despite on-and-off rumors of its demise, the Nissan Z car remains. For 2019, the 370Z sees minimal changes, but just enough to keep things fresh until a proper replacement comes about—if it all. Coming off more significant changes for the 2018 model year, the 2019 370Z coupe Heritage Edition...

  • 2021 BMW M3 spy shots - Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Next BMW M3 to weigh less than current M3 CS model

    When the next-generation BMW M3 shows face, likely for 2020, expect it to pick up a few tricks and slim down from the current M3 CS model. We're talking about a lighter and faster M3 sport sedan. New details from an Autocar report last Friday shed new light on the upcoming M3. Foremost, a move to...

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