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Although the new Porsche Panamera was just shown barely 48 hours ago, the German sports car manufacturer already has bragging rights over any other sedan on the planet. That's because the flagship Panamera Turbo has turned the fastest lap ever recorded for a production sedan at Germany's famed...

The original Ecto-1, built for the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters," was a 1959 Cadillac hearse that, according to Dr. Ray Stanz, only needed work done to the suspension, shocks, brakes, brake pads, brake lining, steering, transmission, rear end, engine, muffler, and wiring. Basically, it was great, but...

Brakes can fail. When you put too much heat into a set of pads and rotors they won't be able slow the car the way they could before. Perhaps you've pushed them too far, and they will actually fail on you. This is a very bad situation for any driver. It's especially bad if you're on a racetrack in a...

Dual-clutch gearboxes are becoming increasingly common, and today's versions of these fast-shifting automatic gearboxes are far better than they were just a few years ago when they first hit the consumer market. Our friend Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained takes a look at these transmissions in...

Chevrolet has released a pair of new videos celebrating 50 years of Camaros with rare footage of all six generations of the pony car in action. The video above features complete commercials and promotional videos, while the shorter video below is a compilation with snippets from ads throughout the...

It is safe to say that this 1952 Buick Super Riviera looked nothing like it does today when it rolled off the assembly line and made its way to its first owner. Nothing General Motors had in mind for it can compare to what racer Jeff Brock did to it decades later. Christened "Bombshell Betty," the...

Tesla has engineered some great features into its Model S sedan. There's the Summon command, which brings your Model S to you on its own. Additionally, there's the AutoPilot feature that has the car drive itself. With any new features, you expect the automaker to do a whole bunch of testing and...

It's not every day you spot a Lamborghini running down the road. It's far less likely, however, that you'll ever see a Lamborghini Centenario before your eyes. Your odds improve though, should you trek to the Lamborghini headquarters located in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. That's exactly what a...

The Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Cavalcade is a gathering of brand loyalists who come together for the chance to share in their passion. This year, the Cavalcade gathered in the Venetian region of Italy. A large parade of Prancing Horse enthusiasts then set off for drives and events throughout the area. One...

To call this parking effort "poor" is underselling it quite a bit. What we have here is, in fact, one of the worst parking jobs ever. It seems a young resident of Vancouver was attempting to park his Porsche Cayenne in a garage. That should be a boring and simple task. This round peg should fit in...

A stretch of Route 66 in Missouri will step well into the 21st century soon when it becomes the first stretch of road in the Untied States to be covered with pavers that double as solar panels. The Missouri Department of Transportation applied recently for a grant that would allow it to test new...

What better place for the Bugatti Chiron to visit last weekend than the March family's driveway at Goodwood House? The world's most powerful road-going car was one of the biggest stars at last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed, where retired British racing driver and Le Mans star Andy Wallace...

There are few cars more complex and sophisticated than Godzilla, also known as the Nissan GT-R. Our friend at Engineering Explained, Jason Fenske, has a knack for making the most complicated topics far easier to understand, and his latest project is dissecting just how the GT-R puts its 565...

Laguna Seca's corkscrew isn't famous because everyone gets it right. The combination of corners—lovingly 8 and 8A—combines a hard left and hard right with little camber to help and a five-story drop to make it even harder. By the time you're done with turn 9, cars have dropped more than...

Since he was a kid, Jay Leno has appreciated the Hurst Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda. With a Hemi engine moved to the back under the rear glass, the car had a considerable rear weight bias that turned it into a prominent wheelstander. The car wowed the crowds at dragstrips more than it...

It might look like a suitcase, but the NightHawk Tire Deflation Device seen here boasts a rapidly-deploying strip designed to stop perpetrators in their tracks. And, as video depicts, the system retracts quickly to prevent a pursuing officer from suffering the same tire damage to his or her police...

Do you like watching a master at work? How'd you like to see a car rip through a quaint British countryside? A couple weeks ago, we shared the news that rally driver Mark Higgins smashed his own Isle of Man record for cars, completing the 37.73-mile course in a blistering 17:35.14. That translates...

Nissan is in the car business, but it has commissioned a special drone that is capable of keeping pace with the high-performance GT-R on a racetrack. The GT-R Drone, as Nissan is calling it, was designed by World Drone Prix Champions. Its most impressive spec is that it can reach 62 mph from a...

Mercedes-AMG’s new GT R sports car was hardly a secret, but regardless it’s finally here and there are plenty of details to divulge. The GT R is a track-focused version of the GT sports car launched by AMG two years ago, and it’s coming onto the market next year with even more...

What happens when you open up ideas for a new stunt track to the world? Well, you get a bunch of goofy suggestions. Honda did just that to promote its Civic Coupe and produced a video to prove it. In this video, stunt driver Matt Powers takes the wheel of a series of Civics to attack Honda's "Dream...