Sports Cars

The 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe has been BMW's worst-kept secret of the past year, with official "spy" photos and even a video preview of the car in its entirety spoiling some of the fun of today's official unveiling. The fun of the car, however, is sure to remain intact. Packing a now-familiar...

The German nutters at Brabus were the first to the scene with a tuned EV when they brought out the Brabus Tesla Roadster at the Essen Motor Show in 2008. Now they're following up with a new package for the Roadster Sport, complete with pre-paid electrcity for at home or on-the-go charging. That's...

If you were thinking this psychedelic paint scheme on this Tesla Roadster looks familiar then you would be thinking straight as the design is very similar to the one on BMW’s own art car revealed back in June. However, the Tesla is the latest creation of artist Laurence Gartel who transformed...

There's not much new on the docket for the 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 aside from a few price tweaks--and that's a good thing. At least, that's what a leaked buying guide for the car, turned up on a Mustang fan site, reveals. We liked the 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 so much, we nominated it for our Best Car...

If Lexus is serious about building its ‘F’ performance division into a genuine rival to BMW M or Mercedes-Benz AMG it will need to launch more models than just the IS-F and LFA supercar. There’s no doubting the talents of Lexus’ engineers--one spin in the LFA and we’re...

So the regular Corvette Z06 doesn't quite have enough awesome for you, but you're not prepared to step up to the ZR1? That's where the Z06 Carbon Edition comes in, priced today from $90,960. Fully loaded, the price can go as high as $99,925. That's still a good distance from the $112,050 base price...

The latest rumor on the automotive interwebs is that the Audi Quattro is headed to production, tending to confirm earlier reports of the same. The source this time? A lucky enthusiast and Jalopnik follower that caught the concept out on a test run. The same information was reported back in October...

A photograph of what may be an internal BMW computer document posted to a BMW enthusiast forum shows the BMW 1-Series M Coupe is indeed coming to the U.S. and that it will sport up to 332 kW (445 horsepower) when it does. Very juicy, though we're hesitant to call it confirmed since that would put...

As fans of everything fast and mid-engined, we're always anxious to hear news of the revival of the Honda/Acura NSX. Sure, the last V-10 version of the NSX abandoned the mid-engine configuration for a frontally-located mill, but the big power and impressive performance were still tantalizing. Now...

Spy shots confirmed its existence earlier this year, and now we have the official photos and details: the Audi RS 3 Sportback is going to production. Sharing an engine with the Audi TT RS, the RS 3 Sportback extracts 340 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque from its 2.5-liter five-cylinder...

LOS ANGELES--Chevrolet kicked off the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show by formally introducing the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. There weren't a lot of new details--Chevy has already released information on the car's specs and pricing. But I did spend a few minutes chatting with John Fitzpatrick...

I'm a car nerd. I’ll confess, I love digging through stats for nuggets about performance. And I lean hard toward thinking a lot can be made of power-to-weight ratios. I’m always in favor of lighter cars, because low weight allows so many other efficiencies: a smaller engine, which leads...

Call it psychological scarring from junior high if you will, but you say Metamorphosis and I think of Franz Kafka and man-sized cockroaches. That's probably not what Lotus was going after when it hired French artist Gerard Rancinan to film its new lineup unveiled at the 2010 Paris auto show, but...

You want sophistication, but with an edge. Or perhaps you want raw, unbridled action with a softer side. Whichever way you look at it, the Aston Martin V12 Vantage fits the bill. The so-called black sheep of the Aston Martin family, the V12 Vantage shoe-horns the company's biggest engine into its...

The 2011 Honda CR-Z may not have lived up to all the hype of being the first real hybrid sports car for the masses but the car has still managed to convince judges in this year’s Japan Car of the Year awards, scoring top honors in the annual event. The award is all the more surprising given...

Pairing the classic looks of the split-window C2 Corvette with the mechanical might of the C6 Corvette platform is the brilliant idea behind the Rossi SixtySix, which made its debut this summer at the EyesOnDesign event in Detroit. We brought you a first look at the car back in 2008, but now we...

There's an arms race afoot among the major luxury automakers, and it's all about power--electric power. Audi is prepping the e-tron, Mercedes-Benz is working on an all-electric version of the SLS AMG and BMW has today announced plans to put a car based on its 2009 Vision EfficientDynamics concept...

From the hydrogen-powered LIFEcar concept to the all-aluminum EvaGT to its history of wood-framed cars, Morgan spans an incredible variety of technology and aims with its cars, all wrapped in a classically-styled package. However, what many may not know is that the success of Morgan was originally...

The latest iteration of Nissan's famed Z car, the 2011 370Z, continues the tradition of forward-looking design and affordable performance, though this year the prices on that performance creep upward a bit. The least expensive entry into the 370Z range, the base six-speed manual coupe, starts from...

Back in 2007 Kia was keen to launch a new sports model to help build the brand’s reputation and inject some fun into its lineup, which at the time was dominated by dowdy econo cars with questionable reliability. The automaker even rolled out a rear-wheel drive sports coupe concept car in the...