Sports Cars

The 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray might seem like a familiar creature already, even though it hasn't quite begun to hit the street in retail form. But how well do we really know it? Upon release, Chevy claimed the 2014 Corvette would offer an estimated 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque. It...

Offering the most expensive is typically not something a video game company would typically brag about. In this case, we understand the exception. Buyers of the GRID2: Mono Edition package will get not just a copy of the game for the PlayStation 3. They'll also get a BAC Mono sports car. For just...

BMW’s regular 1-Series coupe and convertible are about to be replaced by new 2-Series-badged cars, with prototypes for both versions having been spotted testing on several occasions and a world debut expected soon. But what about a successor to the highly praised 1-Series M Coupe? According...

Special-edition cars to mark anniversaries are nothing new, but for McLaren, having its own production car around to commemorate the occasion is. The brand born of racing is capitalizing on the opportunity, with the new McLaren 50 12C and McLaren 50 12C Spider, celebrating the brand's 50th...

With Honda recently announcing its return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier to its longtime partner McLaren, talk of the Japanese automaker’s engines ending up in one of McLaren’s new road cars started to develop. McLaren’s 12C range of supercars as well as its...

Honda is heading back to Formula One racing, and the automaker is doing so with former motorsports partner McLaren. This is big news for F1 fans, as it reminds many of a truly glorious era of Formula One racing. Interestingly, McLaren has a made a bit of news as of late on the street-legal side of...

The long-running garage project of BXR Motors, or perhaps more accurately the indefatigable Neal Bailey, the Bailey Blade XTR is a garage project no more. The car isn't complete yet, unfortunately, but it should be in about five months--just in time for the 2013 SEMA show. Without disclosing the...

Mercedes-Benz is poking a little fun at itself with its latest advertisement for the A45 AMG model sold overseas. It has recruited its Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for the ad, which has the two arguing over who gets to drive the new hot hatch. Hamilton starts off behind the...

It was brand new only last year, but BMW is already introducing a minor update for its M5 sports sedan. The changes parallel those being introduced on the regular 5-Series as well as the 5-Series Gran Turismo for the 2014 model year, though unique to the M5 (and the M6) is a new Competition Package...

Audi hasn't been shy in telling the world that it has big plans for growth. In fact, its parent company Volkswagen has plans to take over the world overtake General Motors and Toyota as the world's largest automaker, and the four-ringed luxury brand is going to play a critical role in meeting that...

In early March, we told you Aston Martin will be unveiling a special concept to help celebrate its centenary this year. Today, the historic British automaker confirmed that the concept will be unveiled this weekend at a special event coinciding with the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race...

Porsche is going hybrid—with plug-in hybrid versions of all its major models, eventually. And yes, that means not just the upcoming 918 Spyder and the 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, but also upcoming versions of the Cayenne, and even the 'sacred' mid- or rear-engine sports cars—the...

There's no debating the fact that Jaguar is extremely excited to show off the all-new F-Type to the world. Every corner of the globe is eager to get a closer look at the svelte, sleek sports car from the leaping cat stable. Now, thankfully, it's our turn because Jaguar is ready to give America a...

BMW is expanding its range of special M Sport Edition models with a new 6-Series M Sport Edition being introduced for the 2014 model year. As its name suggests, the 6-Series M Sport Edition is based around the car’s M Sport package but adds some extras at no additional cost. All the models...

When you think Lotus you're also supposed to think about adding lightness. It's the philosophy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman, and it was the ethos with which Lotus cars were designed, developed, and produced. One area Lotus doesn't want to be light in, is of course its own wallet. Thanks to a...

Mazda is hoping to set a new world record for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” using its MX-5 Miata sports car. The Japanese automaker is in the process of organizing a gathering of as many as 800 MX-5s at a meet in Lelystad, the Netherlands, on June 15, 2013. The MX-5, of course, is...

Photos of a slightly updated BMW M5 due on the market later this year have surfaced early, thanks to the inadvertent launch of the car’s configurator on BMW’s German website. The images were scooped by enthusiast website BimmerToday and have also appeared on WorldCarFans, however, BMW...

You’re looking at the new Gen-F range of high-powered sedans, utes and wagons from HSV, the official tuner to Holden in Australia. The Gen-F range is based on Holden’s latest VF Commodore but receives a series of unique performance upgrades and styling enhancements. HSVs are known for...

Performance cars are about to enter a new era, one destined to be dominated by vehicle electrification, and in typical fashion it is the world of motorsport where the technology has been bred. It should come as little surprise then that the first round of electrified performance cars is coming from...

While most of us were worried about cliques, clothes, and kisses in our teens, this high school kid is building his own electric S2000. And he's doing it like an engineer. From CAD designing and building his own parts to wiring and programming the hardware and software that control the car's...