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  • Koenigsegg Produces The Most Expensive Key Ever

    The key fob for a number of high-end vehicles can often cause a bit of a stir. That's because there's potentially big money being spent on these optional extras. Go price out a Porsche and you can get a key made that looks like your very vehicle. Buy an Aston Martin and you'll be starting your car with a heavy fob made of stainless steel and sapphire. The king of keys, however, is for a Koenigsegg. ALSO SEE: This Mysterious Truck Has Ferrari's Five Flagship Supercars Tucked Away: Video The folks at SuperSpeeders managed to get up close and personal with a key to a Koenigsegg Agera. Not the...

  • Ford GT race car during 2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona qualifying
    How the Ford GT race car differs from the road car

    The most anticipated new car release of the year in enthusiast circles is the upcoming 2017 Ford GT. Built to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 50 years after Ford posted a one-two-three finish at that hallowed race, the GT is a race car in street car guise. Of course, it's also a race car, and...

  • 2016 Cadillac ELR
    Cadillac Unlikely To Renew ELR

    Cadillac’s Converj concept, unveiled in early 2009 during the height of the global financial crisis, was meant to be a way of sexing up the extended-range electric car technology offered in the much more mundane Chevrolet Volt, whose platform it borrowed. The concept had an extreme...

  • 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee
    Jeep Sales Starting In India By Mid-2016

    Jeep managed to sell 1,237,583 vehicles worldwide in 2015, which represents the highest total in the brand’s 75-year history. The total this year is likely to be even higher, though, as Jeep will finally have an official presence in the growing Indian market. ALSO SEE: Scion Axed, Most Models...

  • Scion C-HR Concept
    Scion axed, most models to become Toyotas

    Toyota confirmed today that its Scion brand will be axed. All existing Scions apart from the tC coupe will become Toyotas. The changeover will take place once the first 2017 models start arriving, currently scheduled for this August. This means cars like the FR-S sports car, iA sedan and iM 5-door...

  • Renault Sport F1 RS16 2016 Formula One car
    Renault Restructures Performance Divisions, Reveals 2016 Formula One Car

    After announcing its return as a constructor in the Formula One World Championship late last year, Renault today unveiled its race car for the 2016 season. Along with the reveal, the French automaker confirmed drivers Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer for the squad. The official name of the new F1...

  • 2017 Audi R8 Super Bowl 50 spot

    Audi has had mixed results with its Super Bowl spots over the years—we’re still trying to forget last year’s Doberhuahua shocker—but this year the automaker looks like it has a hit with Commander. The 60-second ad, which will air during the first quarter of Super Bowl 50, stars the all-new 2017 R8 and also makes a reference to Audi’s efforts in the Google Lunar X Prize. Audi compares driving the 205-mph supercar to flying to the moon, with a retired astronaut seemingly bored with life suddenly becoming excited again after he’s handed the keys to the car by...

  • Alleged 2017 Nissan Armada - Image via Titan XD Forum
    Nissan Armada To Return As Rebadged Patrol?

    Nissan is expected to return to the full-size SUV segment this year with a new Armada, the previous version of which bowed out of the market after the 2015 model year. It’s not clear what form the new Armada will take but there are rumors it may be a rebadged version of the Patrol sold...

  • Teaser for updated Ferrari FF
    Ferrari Teases Updated FF Ahead Of 2016 Geneva Motor Show

    It was at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show that Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] surprised the world with the FF, a shooting brake with V-12 performance and all-wheel drive. At this year’s show, Ferrari will introduce an updated version of the car, a teaser for which was tucked away in a recent presentation for...

  • Ferrari FF
    Ferrari Share Price Dives Despite “Best Ever” Financials

    While Ferrari's [NYSE:RACE] cars may have waiting lists stretching out more than a year, it’s a different story when it comes to demand for the automaker’s shares. Ferrari’s share price as traded on the New York Stock Exchange dropped to a new low of $34.03 yesterday before...

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet Spy Shots

    A new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet is set to debut this year, and arriving alongside the car will be two performance-oriented versions developed by Mercedes-AMG. One will be the V-6-equipped C43 Cabriolet we spied yesterday and another will be this V-8 powered C63 Cabriolet range-topper...

  • 2016 Ford F-150 Raptor Best in the Desert race truck
    New Ford F-150 Raptor ready for Best in the Desert Racing

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new F-150 Raptor isn’t due in showrooms until the later part of the year but you’ll be able to see it in action much sooner than that. Ford has confirmed that a virtually stock version will enter the off-roading racing series that is the Best in the...

  • Driven: Rolls-Royce Ghost, images by John Todd

    A recent movie that captured the hearts of automotive enthusiasts everywhere was the film Senna. It told of the rise and eventual tragic death of one of the world's greatest race car drivers, Ayrton Senna. That film was directed by Asif Kapadia. It seems Kapadia is eager to keep within the automotive realm, as he's been tapped to direct an upcoming film that explores the history of Rolls-Royce. ALSO SEE: Christian Bale To Bail On Enzo Ferrari Biopic? Kapadia will join on to direct Silver Ghost, which will show just how Rolls-Royce came to be. The film will take you back to when founders...

  • Jay Leno and the 2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
    Jay Leno Revealed As One Of The 37 Owners Of A 2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R: Video

    Anyone familiar with the latest Mustang Shelby GT350 will know that Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] built only 137 examples for the 2015 model year, with just 37 of these being the more hardcore GT350R variant. The number 37 represents the number of original Shelby GT350Rs built by Carroll Shelby back...

  • Transformers Bumblebee Camaro
    2017 Mercedes-AMG C43, Ford GT Ordering, Transformers Vehicles Sold: Today’s Car News

    Mercedes-Benz’s new AMG Sport range is thought to be on its way out. Instead, the cars will be marketed by the Mercedes-AMG performance division and designated with a “43” badge. Today we have spy shots of what’s likely to be a C43 Cabriolet. We’ve just learned that...

  • McLaren P1 GTR
    Go Inside The Workshop Where McLaren P1 GTRs Are Kept And Maintained

    In a small corner of McLaren’s sprawling headquarters in Woking, England is a small shed set up for the P1 GTR. In case you’re not familiar with the car, it’s a more extreme version of the P1 supercar designed and built exclusively for the track, meaning the engineers...

  • Scene from MINI’s Super Bowl 50 spot
    Hyundai & MINI Hire Some Big Names For Super Bowl 50: Video

    When it comes to Super Bowl spots, animals and celebrities tend to be the two most popular options. We’ll be seeing both during Super Bowl 50, where on February 7 the Carolina Panthers will take on the Denver Broncos at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Yesterday, we saw...

  • Jaguar Land Rover research vehicle
    Jaguar Land Rover Wants Its Autonomous Cars To React Like Human Drivers

    Jaguar Land Rover, like most major automakers, is working on autonomous car technology. For the British automaker, it’s important its autonomous cars have a very similar reaction to a human driver so that not only the person behind the wheel but also other people on the road are more...

  • 2017 Mercedes-AMG C43 Cabriolet spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    Mercedes-Benz’s C-Class range is about to spawn a convertible for the first time, or Cabriolet as the German automaker refers to it. And along with the regular car, there will be a couple of performance-oriented models developed by Mercedes-AMG. One of these will be a new C63 Cabriolet, which we’ve already spied. Another will be a tamer version expected to don a “C43” badge and whose full title should be Mercedes-AMG C43 Cabriolet. It’s the focus of our latest spy shots. You’ll recall that Mercedes-Benz recently introduced a new AMG Sport range to fill the...

  • Kevin Magnussen
    Ex-McLaren Reserve Kevin Magnussen To Drive For Renault, Maldonado Steps Down

    Renault is finally back in Formula One with its own team after acquiring a controlling stake in cash-strapped Lotus F1 at the end of last year. But that’s not the only bit of good news for fans as it has been confirmed that Pastor Maldonado won’t be a part of the new squad. As the BBC...

  • 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
    8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Shelby Daytona Coupe: Video

    Last fall’s Goodwood Revival served as the stage for Shelby American’s 50th anniversary celebrations of the monumental 1965 World Sportscar Championship, a championship in which Shelby finished ahead of Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] to secure a manufacturers’ title—a first for an...

  • Honda Ridgeline Super Bowl Ad
    2017 Honda Ridgeline is new truck to love, per Super Bowl 50 spot

    Remember when you had to wait to watch the Super Bowl to see the ads? Those days, sadly, are now gone and there are little surprises left for the game itself. Still, that doesn't mean the spots themselves aren't entertaining. Honda has one all set for Super Bowl 50 on February 7, but it just...

  • 1992 Peterbilt 379 used to depict Optimus Prime’s vehicle mode in Transformers movies
    Optimus Prime & Bumblebee Transform Big Bucks At Auction

    The Autobots rolled out... and into Scottsdale, Arizona so they could cross the auction block at the recent Barrett-Jackson event. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee were assigned no reserve and ordered to drive across the block in vehicle form, and the pair attracted a fair amount of dollars. Optimus...

  • 2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona
    The Beginner's Guide To The Rolex 24 At Daytona: Mega Gallery

    I've always respected the purity of sports car racing, but I just never really got into it. And then the invitation came from Audi to attend the 2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. With little exposure to the sport, I had to educate myself on the various classes and the...

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