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  • Ferrari 488 Pista Spider - Image via Kimball Studios

    Ferrari surprised visitors to Sunday's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance with the unveiling of the 488 Pista Spider. The car is the 50th convertible from the Prancing Horse, and one of the most powerful on the market today. It shares its mechanical package with the 488 Pista coupe unveiled in March at the Geneva auto show, and that means there's a 3.9-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 behind the cabin pumping out a full 710 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. That's up on the 660 hp and 560 lb-ft that the 488 Spider delivers, the car on which the 488 Pista Spider is based. The resulting...

  • 2019 McLaren 720S GT3 race car
    McLaren 720S GT3 race car ready for arrival in 2019

    McLaren is a brand with a rich racing heritage. Sure, lately it's been known for kicking out tremendous road cars. That doesn't mean that motorsport isn't always on the minds of McLaren engineers and designers. Woking's latest and greatest is the 720S, and now there's an even faster version...

  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk at Tesla Store opening in Westfield Mall, London, Oct 2013
    Elon Musk decides to keep Tesla public, board agrees

    After a 17-day roller coaster, Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] CEO Elon Musk announced Friday via a blog post on the automaker's website that Tesla will remain a publicly traded company. The announcement comes more than two weeks after Musk tweeted his idea of taking Tesla private at $420 per share and said...

  • SSC Tuatara - Image via Kimball Studios
    SSC Tuatara is America's 1,750-hp, all-carbon challenge to Bugatti, Koenigsegg

    It's time for the likes of Bugatti and Koenigsegg to step aside, as bespoke hypercar manufacturer SSC North America is ready to reclaim its previously held title of maker of the world's fastest cars with the long-awaited Tuatara. The homegrown hypercar was originally penned by Jason Castriota, a...

  • Mercedes' EQ Silver Arrow concept
    Mercedes' EQ Silver Arrow concept is an electric streamliner with 738 hp of grunt

    Prior to the onset of World War II, the grand prix racers of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union (today Audi) were dominating race tracks all over Europe. The cars were referred to as the Silver Arrows, a name Mercedes-Benz still applies spiritually to its current Formula 1 cars, and one of the most...

  • 1966 Ford Bronco Icon Derelict
    1966 Ford Bronco Roadster gets the Icon Derelict treatment

    Back in 1966, Ford created the Bronco in an effort to capture the growing enthusiasm for off-road adventure. The most basic example is a model called the Roadster, which arrived from the factory sans doors and roof. Expert restorer Jonathan Ward and his Icon outfit got ahold of one and turned it...

  • Bugatti Divo

    Meet the latest member of the Bugatti family: the Divo. The French luxury and supercar maker unveiled its latest creation on Friday at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California. And the Divo isn't just about straight-line speed, but a nimble and track-focused experience. The Divo name comes from Albert Divo, a Bugatti race driver who began driving for the brand in 1928. The Veyron and Chiron were also named after Bugatti race drivers. "The Divo is made for bends," Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti, proclaimed. Indeed, engineers focused on stripping weight, stiffening...

  • Kalashnikov CV-1 electric car
    Russian manufacturer Kalashnikov moves from AK-47s to an electric car

    Readers may not recognize the Kalashnikov name, but they will recognize one of its best-known products: the AK-47 assault rifle. Now, the same company has decided to gun for the electric car market. It's called the CV-1 and the Russian firm unveiled the car at the 2018 International Military...

  • Volkswagen Group Sedric concept, 2017 Geneva auto show
    VW reportedly tried buying Aurora to catch up in self-driving car race

    The Volkswagen Group looks to be a bit behind in the mobility and self-driving car segments compared to some rivals as the automaker is on the hunt to scoop up experts on the subject. It appears Aurora Innovation, a self-driving car startup based in California, was one of the firms VW approached...

  • Enea Casoni EC OnlyOne P8
    EC OnlyOne P8 is a one-off supercar built on Ferrari bones

    EC stands for Enea Casoni, an Italian gentleman responsible for bringing his vision of a bespoke supercar to life. The car is called the EC OnlyOne P8, which is a bit of a mouthful. But the styling is very to the point. The car stands out. And when a Ferrari powertrain figures into the mix, our...

  • Volkswagen We
    VW spends big to make its vehicles digital devices on wheels

    The automobile's days of simply transporting drivers will be a thing of the past at Volkswagen. The German automaker wants to turn its cars into digital devices on wheels. And to ensure it's competitive in the near future, VW will spend over $4 billion to invest in digitalization by 2025. The...

  • Lamborghini Aventador SVJ
    Lamborghini Aventador SVJ arrives with thundering 759 horsepower

    It's finally here. Lamborghini's Aventador SVJ, the current record holder for production cars at the Nürburgring, was unveiled Thursday night in Monterey, California. The covers came off during The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, where Lamborghini confirmed all of the specs including a...

  • Project Gold: 911 restomod

    Porsche isn't done with its celebrations for its 70th anniversary this year. Having already built a highly authentic replica of its very first sports car, as well as unveiling a spiritual successor in the form of the 911 Speedster concept, Porsche on Thursday unveiled a restomod based on a 993-generation 911 Turbo. Called Project Gold, the build has been handled by Porsche Classic and is billed as a demonstration of the official classic car department's restoration expertise. A series of videos on Porsche's YouTube channel highlight key steps that were taken. The 993 is very special among 911...

  • 2019 Acura NSX
    2019 Acura NSX: New color, new options, new tire

    It took Acura 15 years to bring back the NSX nameplate in 2017, but the Japanese automaker is giving the hybrid supercar an update after just two years. On Thursday Acura revealed the revised 2019 NSX at Monterey Car Week. It will take a keen eye to discern the 2019 NSX from earlier...

  • Audi PB18 e-tron concept
    Audi PB18 e-tron combines Le Mans prowess with electric future

    Audi dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the better part of a decade with its R18 TDI prototype diesel race car and the German luxury brand is now on the front lines of the race for an electric future. At Monterey Car Week on Thursday, the brand unveiled a concept car that combines the two, the...

  • Jaguar E-Type Zero
    Jaguar's electric E-Type confirmed for production

    Due to popular demand, Jaguar announced Thursday that the electric E-Type Zero it showed as a concept a year ago will enter production. The cars won't be built from scratch but conversions of existing E-Types, with the work to be carried out by Jaguar Land Rover Classic. The announcement came ahead...

  • 2019 BMW Z4 M40i First Edition
    New 2019 BMW Z4 roadster breaks cover with M40i First Edition

    BMW showed the Z4 concept at Pebble Beach last year and further detailed it a month later at the Frankfurt motor show. This year, we finally see the production version. BMW unveiled the next generation of its two-seat roadster with a special 2019 Z4 M40i First Edition. The lines are now locked in...

  • Self-driving car in snow
    This tech could allow self-driving cars to see the road during snowstorms

    The promise of self-driving cars shuttling passengers across roadways is seemingly creeping closer to reality. But, self-driving cars perform at their best in dry conditions without precipitation. Ask a current self-driving car to navigate a Midwestern snowstorm and it will not go well. A company...

  • 2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan

    Monterey Car Week is the perfect place for truly luxurious vehicles to become acquainted with potential future owners. That's why any automaker worth its exotic luxury salt packs up its finest wares and treks to Northern California once a year. For Rolls-Royce, the surrounds of the Pebble Beach community is playing host to a range of the automaker's latest and greatest, and that includes the new Cullinan SUV, which is being shown locally for the first time. Unveiled in the United Kingdom in May, the Cullinan is Rolls-Royce's answer to a question asked by those with means seeking a way to stay...

  • Lexus LC Inspiration Series concept
    Lexus previews next LC Inspiration Series model with Pebble Beach concept

    With concept car looks, strong performance, and impeccable build quality, the Lexus LC is one very special car. Still, Lexus has gone out of its way to dial up the wow factor with a series of special editions collectively known as the Inspiration Series. The first was unveiled last October wearing...

  • Lamborghini Aventador SVJ teaser
    Lamborghini Aventador SVJ first look

    Update: The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ has made its Monterey Car Week debut. You'll find all the details at this link. Lamborghini's Aventador SVJ is set for a reveal during this week's Monterey Car Week, which concludes Sunday with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. However, our first complete...

  • 2019 BMW M850i
    BMW Group design boss hints at 9-Series

    BMW has just introduced a modern 8-Series but the car doesn't necessarily represent the end of the road for the automaker's push into the upper end of the market. In an interview with Autocar published Thursday, BMW Group design boss Adrian van Hooydonk hinted that there could be a model positioned...

  • McLaren 600LT by MSO
    MSO McLaren 600LT dashing to Pebble Beach in bespoke Stealth Gray

    McLaren Special Operations will bring its latest creation to the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance: a specially equipped McLaren 600LT finished in Stealth Gray. The supercar wears a host of upgrades developed by McLaren's official personalization department. They are grouped under the MSO...

  • 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor
    Ford Ranger Raptor confirmed for Europe; is the US next?

    Europe, the Ford Ranger Raptor cometh. The Blue Oval used the Gamescom video game conference in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday to reveal that the 2019 Ranger Raptor will go on sale across the continent in 2019. The Blue Oval also released the cool video above with the announcement. And with Europe's...

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