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Drifting star and New Hampshire native Ryan Tuerck didn't have to go very far for his latest stunt: New Hampshire Motor Speedway. As the video shows, Tuerck and his New England-based team perform a little much-needed maintenance to bring his Scion FR-S up to spec including, of course, new tires...

Audi has just introduced an advanced diesel V-8 engine complete with electric compressor technology in its SQ7 TDI performance SUV. But the engine, which will also have a gasoline counterpart, may end up being the automaker’s last V-8. The information was revealed to Autocar by a source at...

Our pal Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained addresses one of the most commonly-asked questions about car maintenance: should you use synthetic motor oil or conventional motor oil in your car? The safe answer, of course, is to read your car's owner's manual and follow the automaker's directions...

A black and red Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R will play a leading role in the next Transformers movie, which in usual fashion was confirmed by director Michael Bay. The brains behind the movie posted a photo of the GT R presumably in Arizona—note the Saguaro cacti—on his blog with the simple...

We already know what the new Acura NSX GT3 race car looks like because it was presented at the 2016 New York Auto Show back in March. However, Acura has now released photos taken during testing and this time the car is shown in its bare carbon fiber, and boy does it look menacing. Compared to the...

Jeep looks to be out testing a new version of its Grand Cherokee and this one is believed to be powered by the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 known as the Hellcat. The engine delivers as much as 707 horsepower and in the Grand Cherokee will almost certainly set a new benchmark for performance SUVs...

Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) responsible for the British automaker’s personalization work is so in demand that it is being expanded. The move is part of long-term strategy to boost profitability. Jaguar Land Rover has revealed that SVO is hiring 250 staff, which...

Within days of it emerging that a driver of a Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S died on May 7 when his electric sedan in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode ran under a trailer that was in the process of turning across a highway located in Florida, a Model X suffered a crash, this time in Pennsylvania...

Bugatti is currently the flagship brand of the Volkswagen Group but the German auto giant isn’t responsible for reviving the historic French marque, which originally ceased making cars in 1952. That honor goes to Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli who established Bugatti Automobili in 1987...

Fernando Alonso is used to Honda power in his McLaren Formula One race car, but now he’s experienced it in a road car, in this case the 2017 Acura NSX. The two-time world champion recently got behind the wheel at Portugal’s Estoril race track and treated some journalists with a hot lap...

Car companies are in the business of selling sex by way of sheet metal and petroleum (or electrons), and one way they've found to getting you all hot and bothered is by using the word "coupe." In this new and sometimes alarming world, a vehicle can be any body style at all and still be called a...

You know that thing where we're calling things coupes, when they're not? Lay that at the feet of Mercedes-Benz. Back in 2006, Benz started the "four-door coupe" trend with the original CLS-Class sedan. Things quickly got out of hand. All sorts of brands, from Land Rover to Mazda, started using...

Japan says that it will begin allowing automakers to ditch side mirrors in favor of cameras that allow for a wider viewing angle and can help improve vehicle aerodynamics. The move would make Japan the first country to specifically allow the technology, which could soon replace conventional...

A British team composed of top Formula One and aerospace industry engineers has announced it has secured funding for its attempt to break the existing world land speed record. At the wheel of the outlandish Bloodhound SSC vehicle will be the world's fastest man, Andy Green, who has held the 763 mph...

General Motors says that it has worked with NASA to bring the Nintendo Power Glove to life—well, a far more sophisticated version of the raddest part from "The Wizard." (And yes, that includes Fred Savage.) The RoboGlove is designed for both the health care and manufacturing industries. Its...

Among the options announced by Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] today for its upcoming GT supercar is a choice of five shades for the vehicle's Brembo brake calipers. That degree of customizability is a new high for Ford, but then again the GT shares little with the rest of the automaker's lineup. Ford...

New cars are like playgrounds for adults. There are many exciting places to explore and crawl around, but like a hot slide in July, not all of them are great. No matter the price, some cars just don't come standard with common sense. Here's a short list of things we could do without in our new...

Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar will keep racing through the 2019 motorsport season in both the World Endurance Championship and the United SportsCar Championship. The automaker confirmed the extended motorsport program for the GT on Saturday, explaining that the program is...

Update: An earlier version of this story based on incorrect information reported by 'Automotive News' claimed Jeep’s new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer models would be trim levels of the next-generation Grand Cherokee rather than standalone models. New Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer models...

We have some fresh photos from the reveal of Aston Martin’s new hypercar, the AM-RB 001. Don’t worry as that isn’t the car’s name. It’s a placeholder until Aston Martin finally settles on one. The car’s performance is said to be comparable to an LMP1 like the...