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  • A pair of Porsche 911 RSR race cars in classic livery

    Porsche is melding old and new school at the upcoming 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. The German automaker is diving headfirst into its heritage pool and its pulled out two great color schemes. The famed Pink Pig and Rothmans' liveries will be on full display, and they'll be wrapped around the bodies of a pair of Porsche 911 RSR race cars. This is Porsche's future shaking hands with a bit of its glorious past. First we need a bit of a history lesson. The Pink Pig is a moniker initially applied to a monster race car from 1971. A one-off Porsche 917/20, the Pink Pig featured wide bodywork and a short...

  • 2019 Aston Martin DB11 AMR
    Aston Martin CEO drops warning for mass-market car brands

    Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer echoed other prominent industry executives and offered up a warning to mass-market car brands: adapt or risk extinction. Palmer made the comments at an Automotive News presentation on Wednesday and struck a similar tone to Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles CEO, Sergio...

  • 2018 Cadillac CT6 with Super Cruise
    Super Cruise coming to full Cadillac lineup, other GM brands

    It was only a matter of time. General Motors announced on Wednesday that its Super Cruise semi self-driving system will soon proliferate across the automaker's other brands. The system first debuted with the 2018 Cadillac CT6 and is able to handle most driving functions on divided freeways. After...

  • 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato for sale
    This ultra-rare Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato can be yours

    Aston Martin produces beautiful, expensive machines. Anything can be improved, however, and that includes the lines of the powerfully pretty Vanquish. Back in 2016, Zagato showed off a concept that proves this point; the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato. The crowd in attendance at that year's Concorso...

  • McLaren X2 concept race car with new papaya livery
    McLaren X2 a vision of the future of racing

    Formula 1 now has its halo in place. Still, cars can always be made safer. And this doesn't have to come at the expense of the quality of the racing or the appeal of the cars themselves. Case in point; the McLaren F1 team's amazing X2 concept race car. The McLaren X2 isn't actually new, mind you...

  • 2019 Volvo V60
    Volvo V60 Cross Country coming soon

    Volvo pulled the covers off a redesigned V60 in March, and just like its predecessor the new wagon will spawn a more rugged V60 Cross Country variant. The new V60 Cross Country is expected to be shown soon, but according to Jim Nichols, product technology communications manager for Volvo Car USA...

  • 2019 BMW X5

    The original X5 was one of the first vehicles to offer SUV utility in combination with car-like dynamics. Now the popular nameplate is into its fourth generation, with the newest version offering more power and space than ever before. Jeep's pint-sized Renegade has just been updated. We don't have all the specs yet but we can expect some new powertrains and more tech. Incredibly, Jeep plans to add an SUV even smaller than the Renegade to its lineup. Hot on the heels of the reveal of its redesigned 2019 Sierra 1500, GMC has revealed a new Elevation version of the full-size truck. This is the...

  • 2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera spy shots and video

    Aston Martin has just unveiled its redesigned Vantage, and the next model in the automaker’s ambitious Second Century plan is a replacement for the Vanquish, prototypes for which are shown here. However, the car won't be called a Vanquish as earlier thought. Instead, it will be called a DBS...

  • 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 Elevation
    2019 GMC Sierra 1500 Elevation lifts style of full-size pickup

    GMC on Wednesday unveiled the 2019 Sierra 1500 Elevation, designed for the pickup buyer who values style just as much as capability. It proved to be a popular option on the previous generation Sierra 1500, so GMC has introduced it on the redesigned 2019 full-size truck along with the Denali, SLT...

  • 2019 Jeep Renegade
    2019 Jeep Renegade debuts at 2018 Turin auto show

    Jeep used this week's 2018 Turin auto show for the world premiere of its updated Renegade due in showrooms later this year as a 2019 model. The covers came off the European-spec model on Wednesday, revealing a familiar yet smarter look for the compact Jeep. The head and taillights maintain the...

  • Mercedes-Benz Collection subscription
    Mercedes-Benz Collection subscription starts at $1,095 per month

    Mercedes-Benz is the latest to jump on the car subscription bandwagon with the new program Mercedes-Benz Collection starting in Nashville, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The program is still in a trial phase and depending on the success could be expanded to more cities. It...

  • 2018 Peugeot 508 SW
    2018 Peugeot 508 SW is a handsome load lugger

    Peugeot's new 508 is one of the best designed offerings in the mid-size sedan segment, and it's just spawned an equally handsome wagon variant that's set to debut in October at the 2018 Paris auto show. The wagon variant of the 508 line is known as an SW, and it comes with a sleek design boasting...

  • 2019 BMW X5

    Crossover SUVs are all the rage right now, and one of the key nameplates that helped ignite the segment, the BMW X5, has spawned a new generation. It represents the fourth iteration of the popular luxury mid-size SUV, and it's the biggest yet. The length is 194.3 inches (up 1.1 inches), the width is 78.9 inches (up 2.6 inches) and the height is 69 inches (up 1.0 inches). What's immediately clear is that the new X5 features a much more distinctive look than the current model, which felt more like an update of its predecessor than a true redesign. It didn't help that the two vehicles also...

  • Santa Fe auto-tech students with their custom-Jeep project | SEMA
    SEMA teams with high school students for custom Jeep build

    How many high school kids get to build their own extreme-custom show Jeep, with the help of SEMA, no less? That’s the project at the Santa Fe, New Mexico, ECO Auto Tech School, where the students are working on a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited as part of their course work. The Specialty...

  • Ferrari Modulo concept
    Ferrari Modulo drives again thanks to James Glickenhaus

    Back in 2014, James Glickenhaus added a real rarity to his car collection: the one-off Ferrari Modulo. Now, it drives again. Video from Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) shows the concept taking to the street for the first time in years—a truly mesmerizing sight. For a bit of background on...

  • Full-size McLaren 720S Lego model at Petersen Automotive Museum
    Full-size Lego McLaren 720S graces Petersen Automotive Museum

    Hot on the heels of the intricate Bugatti Chiron Lego model, everyone's favorite toy bricks have been turned into another masterpiece. The Petersen Automotive Museum announced on Monday that a full-size, McLaren 720S model is now on display at the museum. The 1:1 model is made of more than 280,000...

  • Ferrari FXX K Evo for sale
    Ferrari FXX K Evo listed for sale; seller claims street-legal conversion possible

    Ferrari debuted the FKK X, the track-only variant of the LaFerrari hypercar, in December 2014. Last year, the Prancing Horse debuted the even more hardcore FXX K Evo, which upon its reveal was sold out. Well, today is someone's lucky day because an example has surfaced for sale. It's listed for...

  • 2020 Toyota Supra rendering - Image via SupraMkV
    Right for left: New Toyota Supra headed to NASCAR, reports say

    Toyota is no stranger to motorsports. Both on-road and off, Toyota serves up racing products that compete strongly all over the globe. Here in America, the premier road-racing series has a somewhat unconventional, conventional Toyota entry: the Camry. Toyota has raced a Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity...

  • Automobili Amos Lancia Delta Integrale restomod

    The Lancia Delta is a simple, Italian hatchback. The Lancia Delta Integrale is a rally-honed version that still holds a special place in the heart of those who pine for Group A and Group B glory days. One such person is Eugenio Amos. An Italian racing driver, Amos is venturing into car building as he aims to create a Singer-esque version of the Lancia Delta Integrale 16V. That's a bold statement, of course. Any Porsche the Singer shop touches turns to pure automotive artwork. Amos has a similar vision for his planned run of the Delta Integrale. Lancia originally started with an eight-valve...

  • Scene from "Bumblebee"
    The first trailer is out for Transformers spinoff “Bumblebee”

    Paramount Pictures on Tuesday released the first trailer for the new Transformers spinoff movie “Bumblebee.” Heading to cinemas this Christmas, the movie, as its name suggests, focuses on the Autobot character Bumblebee. It's set in the year 1987 and gives some backstory on what...

  • 2019 Audi Q8
    Audi Q8 reveal, Porsche 919 Evo 'Ring record, FCA 5-year plan: Car News Headlines

    Audi has a new flagship SUV in the form of the Q8. It's a mid-size offering with coupe-like styling, and its aggressive looks are said to presage the new design for future SUVs from the brand. Porsche built a version of its 919 Hybrid devoid of all the restrictions placed on the race car. It's...

  • 2019 Subaru WRX and WRX STI Series.Gray
    2019 Subaru WRX and WRX STI Series.Gray revealed

    Even though there's been a new Impreza in showrooms since 2017, Subaru is yet to renew its WRX and WRX STI models which are based on the previous-generation Impreza. It doesn't mean Subaru is completely ignoring the cars. Both cars have received updates for 2019, with the WRX STI benefiting from an...

  • 2019 Audi Q8
    Audi Q8 revealed, presages new look for Audi SUVs

    Audi on Tuesday revealed the new Q8. The reveal took place in Shenzhen at an event celebrating 30 years since Audi started its hugely successful strategy of producing cars in China, originally with the 100 sedan. The Q8 is the new flagship SUV of the Audi brand and is set to compete with coupe-like...

  • Jay Leno examines a 1969 Nissan Skyline GT-R Hakosuka
    Jay Leno learns all about the original Nissan Skyline GT-R

    Don't you wish that Nissan still built four-door Skyline GT-Rs? Before 1971 the automaker did just that with its glorious Hakosuka. This generation of the Nissan Skyline was first launched back in 1968 and ran up through 1972. The mighty GT-R variant arrived in 1969 and came packing 160 horsepower...

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