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If you're bringing a vehicle to SEMA, you should aim to make a big hit. Maybe a long hit works too, because Toyota created one rather interesting Tundra to roll out to the crowds at the 2015 SEMA show. It's so long, that a good number of the crowd might just fit into the thing. It's called the...

The Dodge Viper is no simple machine. You don't just hop in, turn it on, and then drive it like stole it. If you do that, you're going to end up hurting yourself as the Viper is not a car for those without some level of skill behind the wheel. Now there's a place you can go to make sure you...

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...

Toyota is gearing up for a return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, but the automaker is already involved in rallying. For example, it fields a version of the RAV4 crossover in the 2015 Rally America, which Ryan Millen has driven to four class victories so far. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes...

The 2016 Dodge Viper ACR set lap records at 13 race tracks around the country, including some of the most popular such as Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. The car even managed to beat the fastest supercars, like the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder, despite being considerably down on power and price...

For the fourth year in a row, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has been voted the Hottest Car at SEMA, though this year’s result isn’t very surprising as another typical contender for the top spot, the Chevrolet Camaro, is in the process of being replaced by an all-new model and...

While many major automakers have been building cars in China for years, with Volvo even exporting a Chinese-built car to the United States, Lexus has resisted the move and is quite happy to stay that way for decades. This despite the potential for huge cost savings due to the high import duties...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] CEO Sergio Marchionne is notorious for setting goals that end up being pushed back, particularly in the case of the struggling Alfa Romeo brand. So new reports of two upcoming Alfas being delayed don’t come as much of a surprise. Automotive News...

MINI’s second-generation Clubman goes on sale in January, priced from about $25k. However, at launch only the Cooper and Cooper S variants will be available. The one we’re most keen on is the high-performance John Cooper Works, which comes later in 2016. A prototype for the new John...

At this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, Lexus announced it is forming a partnership with organizers of a new racing team called F Performance Racing. The new team will field the Lexus RC F GT3 race car in a soon-to-be-announced sports car racing series based in the United States, with the...

One LaFerrari driver ended up driving the rare supercar into three other cars in downtown Budapest over the weekend. According to local news reports, the driver emerged from a Ferrari dealership in the Hungarian capital and moments later lost control of the car. A new video from YouTube user...

Mercedes-Benz has updated its GL-Class full-size SUV and in the process rebranded the vehicle a GLS. The name change signifies that the vehicle is now positioned alongside the S-Class range of vehicles in the Mercedes lineup, with the automaker going so far as to call it the “S-Class among...

The Jeep Wrangler Red Rock concept previews an upcoming special edition.

Prior to its reveal in the spring, the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR was put through its paces at race tracks all across the country. At the time of the car’s reveal, we said it was going to be a bloodbath when it came to the amount of track records that would be destroyed—and we’re glad...

The Volkswagen Group, still reeling from an announcement Monday made by the Environmental Protection Agency that more of its cars, including some Porsches and high-end Audis, were fitted with “defeat device” software used to hide emissions of harmful nitrogen oxide from regulators, has...

The technology that’s required to guide and pilot autonomous (self-driving) vehicles—keeping them on the road and on their route—is only one challenge. The even greater challenge is that on city streets, for the foreseeable future, autonomous vehicles will be mixing on the...

Just as the mid-size M-Class was rebadged a GLE as part of Mercedes-Benz’s new naming strategy announced late last year, the full-size GL-Class has now been rebadged a GLS. The name change coincides with a mid-cycle update being introduced for the 2017 model year and signifies that the...

The Honda Ridgeline hasn’t been on sale since the 2014 model year but a new generation is being readied for 2017, and we’re seeing it for the first time at the SEMA show currently taking place in Las Vegas. Honda isn’t ready to show the production version just yet. Instead...

Chevrolet is finally offering some of the performance upgrades normally reserved for its Corvette Z06 to customers of the Corvette Stingray. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a new Stingray to get the parts as they’re available as a retrofit on models dating back to the 2014...

BMW’s new M2 has made its North American debut at the SEMA show currently underway in Las Vegas. But the version on show isn’t a run-of-the-mill example as the car has been fitted with a number of official M Performance upgrades that will be offered to buyers of the sporty coupe when it...