Sports Cars

Following yesterday’s news that Group Lotus was ending its sponsorship of the Lotus F1 team while leaving the team’s name unchanged, a new report suggests that the automaker’s troubles run far deeper and that its ambitious five-year sports car program could be on the skids...

According to documents submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Fiat is already planning a convertible version of the 500 Abarth, and a turbocharged non-Abarth version of the 500 called the 500T. Good news for fans of high-performance small cars and convertibles everywhere, if it...

Nissan’s chief designer Shiro Nakamura has revealed that his employer is looking at downsizing its sports models, leaving the door open for the possible return of the 240SX sports car or Silvia as it’s known in other markets. Nakamura also said it was possible that the Nissan Z line may...

There’s an old cliche, perpetuated endlessly in popular culture, that says police like donuts. The cliche refers to donuts crafted from fried dough, and not from rubber tires on asphalt, since personal experience tells us that police aren’t fond of the latter kind. In what’s...

Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show and brought to the U.S. last week for the New York Auto Show, the all-new 2013 Porsche Boxster looks better, offers new and improved engines, and claims to be even more fuel efficient. We take a quick look at these changes from the site of its American debut. For...

While the opening press day of any auto show is typically the biggest and busiest, the second day at this week’s 2012 New York Show managed to have quite the number of new and exciting concept and product reveals to keep us entertained. While flashy luxury and sports models dominated the...

Subaru has at last priced its eagerly anticipated rear-wheel-drive 2013 BRZ sports car, and it's a bit better equipped (and lower-priced) than early reports had anticipated. All the models of the 2013 BRZ lineup land under the $30,000 mark. The 2013 Subaru BRZ will only be offered in Premium and...

The designer of the original Porsche 911 has died.

The first day of the 2012 New York Auto Show has come and gone, and once again the sheer number of new product and concept reveals has consolidated the event’s position amongst the world leaders of international auto shows. There are nearly 100 separate events, conferences, industry forums...

Jaguar used the backdrop of this week’s 2012 New York Auto Show to confirm that its new sports car based on the stunning C-X16 concept will be called the F-Type when it goes on sale in mid 2013. The car’s construction will be mostly from aluminum, just like its big brother, the XK, and...

On the eve of the 2013 Viper's reveal, SRT's Beth Paretta fielded questions on Twitter about the new car.

Produced for just one model year, BMW’s 1-Series M Coupe will surely be one of the most sought after models by collectors in years to come so if you have one in good nick it may be a good idea to look after it well. Models with such short life spans traditionally become favorites among...

In 1962, a new sports car with a British body and an American V-8 engine appeared at the New York Auto Show. Built under the vision of Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer and racer, few could have envisioned that the Shelby Cobra on display would eventually become one of the most iconic cars in...

We're in the final days before the start of the 2012 New York Auto Show's press days, and the concepts and new cars are rolling in quickly. At the top of the list, we have the 2013 SRT Viper. Today, we got the final teaser, which reveals the front of the car--and shows it will be a bit of a...

As anyone who’s ever had a loved one with cancer knows, fighting the disease often takes all the strength a patient can muster. For those with large and supportive families, getting to and from treatment may not pose a challenge. Many cancer patients aren’t this lucky, and are forced to...

The 2012 New York auto show is underway and one of the stars is the BMW i8 Concept Spyder. It's the topless version of the BMW i8 we've come to know and spy, and it has the same contradictory superposition of sports car performance over hybrid/electric gas mileage. Rated at 354 combined horsepower...

Our team of editors has only just recovered from this month’s 2012 Geneva Motor Show but soon they’ll be back on the road, this time heading to metro New York for the city’s annual auto show. Mark your calendars, as the Motor Authority crew will be hitting up the Javits Center in...

The 2012 Camaro ZL1's production delay is over, presumably resolving whatever issue caused it.

New specs and spy video of the 2014 BMW i8 bring us more of the hybrid sports car awesomeness we're so looking forward to out of the next few years, particularly from the upper tier of the market. Shelby American has admitted the photos of its wheelstanding Shelby 1000 were photoshopped, though it...

While the Subaru BRZ and its Toyota GT-86 / Scion FR-S equivalent are two of the most anticipated Japanese sport coupes in history, critics have complained that their 200-horsepower output simply isn’t enough. Subaru has heard those comments, too, so the automaker has already begun working on...