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Muscle cars have long been enthusiast favorites, but the results of a new series of crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveal that they may not be the safest cars on the road. The IIHS, which is funded by the insurance industry, took 2016 examples of the Ford...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has named a Canadian executive as the chief for its prestigious Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands. The automaker announced today Reid Bigland will replace Harald Wester as CEO of the premium Italian brands. Currently, Bigland serves as FCA's sales chief in the...

Just as Top Gear prepares for its reboot this Sunday, news regarding the demise of another popular British motoring show has emerged. Famous racing driver and television host Tiff Needell revealed via Twitter that filming had wrapped up on the last episode of Fifth Gear. So busy enjoying Mille...

After a minor stuff up earlier in the month, Chevrolet’s prototype for a new track-focused version of the Camaro has returned to the Nürburgring. The car is expected to wear the Z/28 badge and come with a revised version of the 7.0-liter V-8 fitted to the last Camaro Z/28. A Maserati has...

Hyundai has been testing a version of its current i30 hatchback (an Elantra GT in the United States) at the Nürburgring for the past year. Initially thought to be a prototype for a model from the Hyundai N performance division based on the the current i30, the car is now thought to be a test...

When the producers of Top Gear announced there would be six new hosts to replace Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, questions were immediately raised on how the producers planned to squeeze in all six personalities without ruining the recipe. It turns out at least two of the...

Semi-official Holden tuner HSV has built its name on the back of V-8-powered rear-wheel-drive muscle cars. The company takes the stock Holden Commodore and performs various upgrades, with some of its models even sporting the 580-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 borrowed from the...

This pretty 1954 Maserati A6 GCS with a coachbuilt body by Pininfarina was named Best in Show at this past weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa D’Este. Another Maserati, a 1956 450 S, was named Best in Show at the event just two years ago. The A6 GCS, now part of the Monaco-based...

Buyers of the Volkswagen Touareg overseas can now opt for a premium R-Line Plus package that adds a few extras to the handsome mid-size SUV over the regular R-Line package. The list includes 21-inch alloys, piano black trim, premium leather, 14-way adjustable front seats and a surround-view camera...

To celebrate a major milestone, Lamborghini has taken two of its museum-quality Miuras to the section of Italian highway made famous by the opening of 1969's The Italian Job. The two Miuras came from the official Lamborghini museum located at the automaker's headquarters in Italy and were taken to...

The sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro is a great leap forward for this sporty muscle car. It's now on the Alpha platform, it's dropped weight, and it's packing a Corvette heart under its hood. The standard Camaro SS is pretty hot, but the upcoming 2017 ZL1 is equipped with something a bit more...

This week, Jay Leno welcomes to his popular web series one of the most iconic grand touring cars of the 1960s and 1970s: The Lamborghini Espada. Notable for its outlandish shape that really ushered in a new era for wedge-styled supercars, the Espada may not be the quintessential Lamborghini, but...

Horsepower and torque--forever intertwined due to our undying love for all that is internal combustion. Do you really know what the difference between the two is, though, and is one actually "better" than the other? A younger version (no gray hair yet) of Engineering Explained host Jason Fenske...

Coinciding with the reveal of its new concepts previewing its next-generation compacts a week ago, Volvo confirmed plans for a second electric car. Volvo first announced its commitment to launching an electric car last October, and now the automaker has committed to launching at least two...

Shattering pre-sale estimates, a 20-year-old Hummer H1 once owned by slain rapper Tupac Shakur sold recently for $337,114 at auction. That price represents a roughly 700 percent increase over what an H1 not owned by the rapper would sell for today. RR Auctions, which sold off the Hummer for its...

Aston Martin unveiled the stunning Vanquish Zagato concept car at this past weekend’s Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. It’s the first official collaboration between Aston Martin and Italian design house Zagato since the Virage Shooting Brake of 2014. The latest car represents the fifth...

French automaker Peugeot has ditched the minivan bodystyle of its current 3008 in order to jump on the SUV bandwagon for the vehicle’s successor. The second-generation 3008 has been unveiled today in full ahead of a world debut at the 2016 Paris Auto Show in late September. The exterior...

The Vmax200 is a regular gathering in the United Kingdom where performance enthusiasts get to push their cars to the limit on the safe confines of a runway. Drivers accelerate their cars down a 1.4-mile stretch before having to slam their brakes. A Koenigsegg One:1 with British racing driver Oliver...

Maserati is working on a mid-cycle update for its Quattroporte. The luxury sedan, now in its sixth generation, arrived in its current form as a 2014 model. The updated model should go on sale next year as a 2018 model. The cladding on the car suggests the only visual changes will be some tweaks to...

It appears Romania has its own Evel Knievel. A driver in the town of Braila in the country’s east is lucky to be alive after falling asleep behind the wheel and crashing into a roundabout. DON'T MISS: What if your next Uber driver picked you up in a Bugatti? Like a scene from a Hollywood...