Sports Cars

Mazda has unveiled a Japan-only special edition RX-8 Spirit R to celebrate the end of production of its unique Wankel rotary powered sports car.

Yesterday we learned about the 2012 Camaro ZL1's lap time of 7:41.27 through GM president Mark Reuss. Today, Chevy has released the official video. It's chock full of exactly what you'd expect: engine roar, tire scream, and lots of on-the-limit driving, including a few instances of opposite lock...

We're just a little over a week out from Porsche's Rennsport Reunion IV, which will run at Laguna Seca October 14-16. The celebration of vintage racing Porsches will be one of the best on-track car shows of the fall, but it means quite a bit more to the true Porsche enthusiast. As Haywood recounts...

The lightest most powerful Maserati on the road just got a little hotter.

Updated with video below. Car crashes on Germany's Nurburgring-Nordschleife are a common occurrence, with the track’s rapidly changing elevations, blind corners, and myriad of bumps consistently proving to unsettle drivers, even those familiar with the ‘Ring. However, it’s not...

The UAW and Ford reached a contract agreement today that secures 12,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2015, brings back into the U.S. previously outsourced work, and guarantees $16 billion in investments and upgrades to U.S.-based manufacturing. It also contains a small nugget about the upcoming 2013...

Porsche has released a new video detailing the 2012 911's interior.

British boutique firm Ginetta has debuted its mid-engined flagship road car.

The SLS AMG is one of the models available with the AMG Performance Media data acquisition system.

Talk about a "Panamera Junior," or Pajun for short, has been whipping about the web all year long. The latest moves the talk into more detailed territory, but remains tentative at best. Dug up by CAR Online as part of its ongoing "scoops" on Porsche's next round of vehicles, the details say the...

At first look, the 2012 Audi TT RS could be taken as just another chipped, dressed-up TT, with subtle differences that only a true Audiphile would be able to parse out from a distance. In truth, that’s not at all a bad thing. About 15 minutes into a drive of the new U.S.-spec TT RS...

Today we're deep in Nordschelife territory with the official video of the Dodge Viper ACR's record run and a new video of the record electric car lap from Metropolia's Electric RaceAbout. Beyond that, it's upcoming car news, with hints at the 2013 Nissan GT-R's power upgrades, an exclusive on the...

Prior to its reveal at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show earlier this month, Lotus released a cryptic teaser video for its new 2012 Exige S simply titled ‘The Duel’. Since the reveal, the full promotional video has been made available, though apart from several quick glances of the car and...

Godzilla, R35, or simply the GT-R: Nissan's top sports/super car has earned a rabid fan base on the back of blistering performance thanks to its pack of high-tech and high-output technologies--a mixture that could well be growing even more potent for the 2013 model year. Just how much more potent?...

Rumors continue to multiply over the future of the next-generation of the Chevrolet Corvette, the C7. The latest hints at some juicy new powertrain items that may just entice buyers away from brands like Porsche. Despite being an American icon--and the subject of more fan-based speculation and...

There are at least two ways to look at the arrival of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe: "Yay! Another MINI to love!"; and, "Another MINI? Why?" Whichever camp you fall into, the MINI Coupe shouldn't be called just another MINI, despite the fact that it very much is. Before we can make sense of that...

Since we first learned that track-car expert Caterham was being sold to Team Lotus Formula 1 and the race team’s associates, there has been suggestion that a handful of new Caterham road-cars would eventually be built. In fact, at the announcement of Caterham’s sale back in April, one...

We love Gordon Murray for what he's contributed to the automotive universe. Perhaps most famous for his work on the McLaren F1, he was also responsible for the legendary Brabham fan car, the banned BT46B, as well as two F1 World Championship cars for Brabham, and the fantastic McLaren MP4/4 F1 car...

Many things have changed in the car industry over the past 21 years, but one thing remains constant: Nissan produces a sports car bearing the letter Z. Known to some as the Fairlady, and others as simply as The Z, there's no question that Nissan has built a cult-like following for this model. It's...

Chevy is trying to find the ultimate formula of tradition and modernity in redesigning its greatest icon: the Corvette.