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Mercedes-Benz is working on a new modular platform for its next-generation SL and SLC sports cars. It’s been reported that the engineers at Mercedes-AMG have been recruited to enhance the sporty characteristics of the platform. Following the fatal crash in May of a Model S driven in Autopilot...

Alfa Romeo has reclaimed the record for the faster four-door production car around the Nürburgring with its new Giulia Quadrifoglio. This time around there’s a video showing the frenetic pace at which the stylish sedan is flogged around the ‘Ring. The Fisker Karma is back, only...

Lexus has given us an early look at a new concept it plans to unveil at the upcoming 2016 Paris auto show. The concept previews what’s likely to be a new subcompact crossover twinned with Toyota’s C-HR. Jaguar today unveiled the I-Type. Sadly, it isn’t a new model. Instead, I-Type...

Audi has revealed its new A5 Sportback in both regular and sporty S5 forms. The previous model was never sold in the United States but the new one will arrive in local showrooms in the first half of 2017. Eventually, we'll see a high-performance RS 5 Sportback join the fold. Word on the street is...

Porsche’s 911 GT3 is set to receive a mid-cycle update later in the year and our latest spy shots of a prototype are the most revealing yet. The shots show the visual updates we can expect. There will also be some mechanical changes including possibly the availability of a 6-speed manual...

Pininfarinia’s new owner Mahindra plans to turn the Italian design house into a car brand. And the first Pininfarinia-badged car is expected to be a track-only supercar based on the H2 Speed concept car unveiled at the 2016 Geneva auto show. More details have emerged on Mercedes-AMG’s...

A tuning firm in Australia has shoehorned the engine of a Nissan GT-R into a Toyota 86. Not content with a standard GT-R engine, the mad tuners used a stroked 4.1-liter example capable of delivering upwards of 1,000 horsepower. MV Agusta recently commissioned Zagato to design a custom motorcycle on...

The Lexus LC isn’t even on sale yet but it’s already spawned a motorsport variant. The new LC race car has been designed for Japanese touring car series Super GT and will be going up against similar race cars based on the Acura NSX and Nissan GT-R when it starts running next year. Up...

Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] 458 Italia was utterly brilliant. Topping it while also kowtowing to toughening emissions regulations was never going to be an easy task for the engineers in Maranello. Find out if they achieved their goal in our first drive review of the car’s successor...

The Tesla Model S and Model X are already among the quickest vehicles on the planet, and now they just became even quicker. Company CEO Elon Musk announced a new 100 kwh battery pack option that gives us the new P100D Model S and Model X. Both feature more range, now over 300 miles, and quicker...

Cadillac has surprised pretty much everyone with its Escala concept that was unveiled overnight in Monterey, California. The stunning sedan is based on the CT6 platform and is widely tipped to be entering production as a new flagship for the brand. It also signals the athletic new look future...

A prototype for what’s likely to be a new generation of the Porsche 911 GT2 has been spotted. The tester combines the aggressive aero package of the GT3 RS with the exhaust layout and additional vents of the Turbo, suggesting it’s a new GT2. McLaren has unveiled its new special edition...

Dodge’s Challenger and Charger muscle cars enter the 2017 model year with some notable updates, namely the introduction of T/A and Daytona trim levels. The T/A is for the Challenger and offers some of the upgrades normally reserved for the Challenger SRT Hellcat. Land Rover’s Range...

We’ve had a chance to sample the Genesis G90, the flagship model of Hyundai’s new luxury brand. The full-size luxury sedan segment is dominated by the German marques. Is there room for the G90 in this rarefied league? You’ll find out in our first drive review. The third-generation...

A prototype for what’s thought to be a Black Series version of the next-generation Mercedes-AMG E63 has been spotted. The prototype features the new E63 Wagon’s body but is wearing some extra-wide fenders. Infiniti will be the first major automaker to introduce an engine with variable...

BMW’s M4 is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. A prototype has been spotted and reveals that some of the changes will include a few parts lifted from the high-performance M4 GTS. A car that has just been updated is Audi’s S3. Unfortunately there’s no extra power on offer for...

Land Rover’s Range Rover SUV has undergone its mid-cycle update. Among the changes is the addition of a new SVAutobiography Dynamic model that sports a 550-horsepower V-8. BMW has released some ads that make fun of the potentially long wait time for the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3. The...

Audi’s next-generation A7 has been spotted in prototype form. The car is looking a lot like the automaker’s Prologue concept but retains the signature shape of the outgoing model. Interestingly, there are some signs that suggest the tester might be for an electric version of the new A7...

Chevrolet’s sixth-generation Camaro spawns 1LE and ZL1 models for the 2017 model year. We now have the all-important pricing information and it reveals that for the ZL1, Chevy is charging less than $100 per horsepower. In 1939 Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti unveiled an airplane called the...

Volkswagen’s next-generation Polo has been spotted testing, and the version spotted is the sporty GTI. The new subcompact looks to be growing in size and the GTI version may offer slightly more power than its predecessor. A new generation of the Honda Civic Type R will bow in 2017, and this...