Sports Cars

Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS is one of the most desirable cars on the planet right now. Unfortunately for one Porsche dealership in Amsterdam, a mechanic drove a Gulf Racing-livered example off a ledge and into the surrounding waterway. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video Fortunately it...

It’s only been a few weeks since the reveal of Aston Martin’s new DB11 at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show but already the company has managed to rack up 1,400 orders—and that’s before full details have even been released. The information was revealed to The Motor Report by Aston...

Mercedes-AMG’s product onslaught won’t be slowing anytime soon as there are plans for at least 10 more models by year end. The information was confirmed to Automotive News (subscription required) by Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers. "We're going to expand our portfolio to 48 different...

Following the success of the six Lightweight E-Types built two years ago, Jaguar has announced another run of “continuation” models. This time it’s the much rarer XKSS, a sports car built in the 1950s on unused chassis of the hugely successful D-Type Le Mans race car. ALSO SEE...

When Jaguar announced in early 2014 that it was ending production of the XK, there was hope we’d see a redesigned model at some point or perhaps even a large, luxurious coupe to challenge Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class Coupe. It seems that with all the growth in demand for SUVs, plus the...

Miata fans have wanted a coupe version of Mazda's playful little roadster for ages. While we may never actually see one, the 2017 MX-5 Miata RF could be as close as we ever get. RF stands for Retractable Fastback, and that's appropriate given the sleek rear pillars. Those pillars lift away so the...

Following its world debut in Geneva earlier this month, the 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR touched down in the United States at last week’s 2016 New York Auto Show. Available as a coupe or convertible, the F-Type SVR is here just in time for summer, with pricing starting at a very reasonable...

The Nissan GT-R, an R35 to those who know their GT-Rs from their Skylines, was unveiled to the world in 2007 and on sale in the United States the following year as a 2009 model. Almost a decade on the GT-R is still once of the fastest cars in production thanks to continual updates over the years...

The divide between mass production and hand crafting has reached the world of mainstream car brands, albeit only for a few select models. One of these is Nissan's GT-R. Earlier this week at the New York Auto Show, Nissan took the wraps off of an updated version of the R35-series GT-R, which in...

Fresh from its world debut at the recent Geneva Motor Show, the Abarth version of Fiat’s new 124 Spider has just touched soil in the United States. The car, which for our market is known as the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Elaborazione Abarth, is on show this week at the 2016 New York Auto Show. The...

A retractable hardtop Miata may not have been a total surprise by the time the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF pulled on to the stage at this week's 2016 New York Auto Show. After all, Mazda Europe leaked pictures of the car before the official introduction, and they were picked up by several outlets...

With the demise of Scion, most of the brand’s lineup will join the Toyota fold. The only exception is the tC, which is being phased out. The changeover will include Scion’s hero model, the FR-S, which for the 2017 model year becomes the Toyota 86. The new name, pronounced...

Nissan today at the 2016 New York Auto Show showed the most extensively updated GT-R since the car debuted in 2007. Performance fans will care that "Godzilla" adds 20 horsepower, but it also gets an extensively updated interior, a new infotainment system, and revised styling front and rear. The...

The Lotus Evora returns for the 2017 model year, now in Evora 400 and limited edition Evora 410 form. The cars, which go on sale in May, both feature a supercharged 3.5-liter V-6. Lotus CEO Jean-Marc Gales has now revealed that the United States will get a third, entry-level Evora powered by a...

One of Aston Martin’s key strategies for its Second Century turnaround plan is greater differentiation between its sports cars. CEO Andy Palmer has often joked that the benchmark will be the ability of his 77-year-old mother to easily identity each of the cars. The first of Aston...

Porsche plans to put its Mission E electric car into production by the end of the decade, but to do that it will need a company to supply batteries for the car. The company is considering two potential candidates and may make a decision soon, reports Bloomberg. Panasonic and Bosch are both...

Nissan has released a teaser to get us excited about its presence at next week’s 2016 New York Auto Show. No details were released apart from this single photo, which clearly depicts the rear of a GT-R. We’re not talking about a new model, even though the current GT-R, the R35, is...

At a press conference today, BMW outlined some of its future plans for the coming years. Among those plans is the launch of a convertible version of the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, which will likely be labeled the i8 Spyder. BMW has already unveiled two i8 Spyder concepts, the most recent being...

Thanks to the relatively warm winter in Europe, the Nürburgring test season has started a little early and one of the first prototypes out stretching its legs is the open-top version of Audi’s second-generation TT RS. The new TT RS is almost ready for its auto show debut as prototypes...

Hot on the heels of the arrival of the 570GT are two new additions to McLaren Automotive's Sports Series range, a track-only version of the 570S and a dedicated 570S race car built to FIA GT4 standards. The track car adopts McLaren’s Sprint designation, which we last saw on the 650S Sprint...