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Faulkner famously told us the past isn't dead; it isn't even past. We can't prove it, but we think he had the Nissan Sentra SE-R in mind. The 1991-1994 SE-R set the cheap-car benchmark for a generation: a flyweight car with feathery controls and a lamprey lock on the pavement. Think ersatz M3 with...

Infiniti stunned the automotive world in April when it rolled out the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the 2016 Beijing auto show. The concept combined flowing sculptural lines and strong, muscular proportions with Infiniti’s signature design cues, resulting in one impressive-looking SUV. On...

Infiniti’s Q50 has had it tough since bowing on the market as a 2014 model. First there were teething issues with its drive-by-wire steering system. Then Infiniti teased us with a high-performance version powered by the same engine as the Nissan GT-R but later dropped all hopes of a...

Mercedes-Benz’s much-hyped electric car concept has finally made its 2016 Paris auto show debut. Like Volkswagen’s own I.D. concept on display in Paris, the star of Mercedes’ stand previews the first of the automaker’s next-generation electric cars. The concept is called the...

The Volkswagen Group in order to shed any vestiges of its diesel emissions cheating scandal is embracing vehicle electrification with open arms. The automaker is committed to launching 30 electric cars by 2025 across its various brands, many of which will come from the namesake Volkswagen brand. VW...

In Honda speak, Prototype means almost production ready. Prototype vehicles are often shown just a few months ahead of the on-sale date and the changes between them and the production vehicles are usually minor. That should warm the hearts of Honda fans anxiously awaiting the Civic Type R as the...

Adam Carolla has an excellent car collection. It's not as massive as Jay Leno's but it's finely cultivated with the objects of desire that appeal to the man who owns the keys to it all. Carolla is a car guy through and through, and most know about his love affair with all things Datsun and Paul...

It's been rumored, suggested, hinted, even teased—now, the Mercedes-AMG GT roadster is reality. (Insert your own "topless" buff-book pun here.) The roadster arrived at this week's Paris auto show wearing two different outfits, as both the AMG GT and the GT C Roadster. And now we have photos...

A team of hackers from China known as the Keen Security Lab found way to take control over a Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. Additionally, they say they can do it from a distance as far as 12 miles away, according to Forbes. This exploit is an interesting weakness as it didn't require any physical...

It’s the start of a new era for Aston Martin today. The first customer examples of the new DB11 grand tourer rolled off the production line at the automaker’s plant in Gaydon, United Kingdom. On hand was CEO Andy Palmer who has promised to personally inspect the first 1,000 examples to...

Jay Leno has plenty of cars that come through his garage. However, not all of them have the stories that this particular 1957 Chevrolet 210 hot rod wears all over its skin. A '57 Chevy is a pretty standard machine, but the father and son team that worked together to bring this one to life have...

Regardless of your stance on the Christoper Nolan-helmed Batman series, it's safe to say that the vehicles employed by Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy are excellent. The Tumbler is amazing. The flying machine simply called The Bat saved Gotham from certain doom. And the Batpod motorcycle took...

Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Mustang will receive its mid-cycle update in 2017. Today we posted our first spy shots of a prototype. Though heavily camouflaged, we can see that the vehicle will be adopting some new bumpers and tweaks to the headlights. There will also be some significant...

Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico on Tuesday, Elon Musk, this time with his SpaceX cap on, made the case for colonizing Mars. He talked about the goal being reachable between 40 and 100 years from now, and that it was conceivable that one day people will be able to...

More and more pieces of the C8 Chevrolet Corvette puzzle are coming together. The latest concerns a trademark filing made by General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] for the use of the “LT5” name on automotive engines. First identified by GM Authority, the filing was made with the United States...

Feast your eyes on the first photos of a prototype for the facelifted Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang. Being a facelift, the visible tweaks should be minimal. Nevertheless, Ford engineers have gone to great lengths to mask any changes. From what we can gather, there will be tweaks made to the...

In March we brought you news about an electric car racing series being developed for production-based cars, namely the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. At a ceremony held at Ibiza on Tuesday, the new series was officially launched as the Electric GT Championship (EGT). The ceremony included the unveiling...

The Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S is one surprisingly mean machine. Now that there's a P100D version out there, we're truly pushing the boundaries of what we think an electric car can do from a performance standpoint. This one will run from 0-60 mph in a blistering 2.5 seconds and complete the quarter...

Miata fans around the world are... well, they're probably split on how they feel about the MX-5 RF. Regardless, the rest of us are mostly excited, as a Miata with a real roof is an exciting prospect for those of us who enjoy the Miata but don't long for a convertible. The RF is nearly ready to...

If you've been trapped in a cave for the last few years, there's a chance you haven't heard of Jim and Mike Ring. You need to get caught up to speed, because the Ringbrothers have been churning out some of the greatest custom machines of late. From their carbon fiber-bodied Mustang to that nasty...