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  • Aston Martin Rapide crash captured on video

    The owner of this wrecked Aston Martin Rapide accidentally switched off the stability control when reaching for the sport mode button, resulting in the violent crash.

  • Lexus ES 300 goes swimming in Russia
    Lexus ES Gets Towed Out Of River, Slides Right Back In: Video

    Let this be a lesson to those of you who might, one day, need to tow an errant Lexus ES 300 out of a river for a Russian-speaking friend: be very careful about your attachment points for the tow straps. It turns out that various small fixtures on the underside of the rear crash structure are not...

  • CEOs of Toyota and Aston Martin - Akio Toyoda and Dr. Ulrich Bez
    CEOs Of Aston Martin And Toyota Take Time Out To Race Each Other’s Cars

    The CEOs of Aston Martin and Toyota Dr. Ulrich Bez and Akio Toyoda have been getting much closer lately, with the two originally signing an agreement to develop the iQ-based Cygnet minicar back in 2009 and more recently teaming up to help the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster. Both execs...

  • 2011 Toyota FT-86 II Concept
    Toyota Launches New FT-86 App

    This December we’ll finally get to see the unveiling of the production version of Toyota’s ever evolving FT-86 Concept, and Subaru’s version of the car for that matter, but until then Toyota is doing everything it can to flog its concept car, announcing this week a new app as well...

  • 2013 Ford B-Max spy shots
    2013 Ford B-Max Spy Video

    We’ve seen plenty of spy shots of the upcoming 2013 Ford B-Max, and even been presented with a near production ready concept earlier this year, but here’s a new spy video showing the compact MPV in a whole new light. It’s unclear whether the B-Max will join its C-Max big brother...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 endures torture testing
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: 24-Hour Track Torture Test Video

    We've seen the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 take to the Nurburgring, we've seen it cruise into Jay Leno's Garage, and we've seen it all over the airwaves since its debut at the Chicago Auto Show. But we've never seen it abused, misused, and intentionally tortured to the breaking point over 24 hours of...

  • 1,000-horsepower modified all-wheel drive Fiat Coupe by TotalRace

    Sometimes tuners take things too far, sometimes they miss the point entirely, and once in a while, they get things crazy right. This is one of the latter. Pairing a Bangle-and-Pininfarina-designed Fiat Coupe with a heavily modified all-wheel-drive powertrain from a Mitsubishi 3000GT, this TotalRace-tuned car pushes nearly 1,000 horsepower to the wheels in a pint-sized package. TotalRace is a Romanian outfit that typically turns their efforts toward more conventional installations, slapping turbos and superchargers on the typical selection of sports and supercars. This project, however, shows...

  • The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine, CA
    Mercedes-Benz Classic Brings The Past Back To Life: Video

    Located in Irvine, CA, Mercedes-Benz Classic is one of three Mercedes-owned restoration shops worldwide.

  • Nissan Juke-R
    Nissan Juke-R Video: The Build Begins

    In this week's Juke-R video installment, the staff at RML begin building the Nissan Juke-R from a Juke body shell and a lot of steel tubing.

  • George Clooney advertising the Mercedes-Benz E-Class L in China
    Mercedes-Benz Chooses Clooney Charm To Sell Chinese E-Class L

    Ah, celebrity endorsement, where would we be without you? We certainly wouldn't have half as much amusement in our lives from watching singers and film stars do the most embarrassing adverts imaginable in exchange for a big suitcase full of money. It appears George Clooney likes big suitcases full...

  • Shelby Supercars Tuatara
    SSC Tuatara Gear Ratio Test, 0-200 MPH Under 16 Seconds: Video

    The Shelby Supercars Tuatara is steadily progressing through its development process, with the latest work being done on selecting the final gear ratios for the seven-speed transmission. The latest video from SSC shows an Ultimate Aero testing the new gear ratio pack on a 0-200 mph run. That run...

  • Lexus IS F gets crushed
    Lexus IS-F Crushed For Street Racing? Video

    A fairly new looking Lexus IS F finished in a sultry red was crushed recently in the state of California, allegedly for street racing. The sad practice has been going on since 2007 when the first impounded car, a modified Honda Civic hatchback, went into the crusher. It’s not clear whether...

  • Five-year-old kid hoons a Nissan GT-R

    This video depicts a 5-year-old kid driving a Nissan GT-R to the limits--it's cute and funny, but does it contain a deeper criticism about the computerization of the modern car?

  • The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 visits Jay Leno's Garage
    'Ring-Running 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Stops By Jay Leno's Garage: Video

    The 580-horsepower 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is one beastly muscle car, hotly anticipated by Bowtie fans eager for an answer to the Ford Mustang GT500 and performance enthusiasts in general. Today, we get yet another look at the car courtesy of Jay Leno's Garage. With Mark Reuss in tow, the same...

  • Google Street View, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
    Google Maps Update Zooms From Satellite View To Street View

    Google Maps has become an indispensable tool for many travelers, offering highly detailed maps, complete with satellite imagery. Now, the service offers a new feature: seamless movement from Google Maps to its popular sibling, Street View. Once upon a time, if users wanted to use Street View, they...

  • Genty Akylone supercar
    France’s Genty Akylone Aiming For Supercar Crown

    It never ceases to amaze us how many unknown startups announce ambitious plans to launch a world-beating supercar. And while many never make it past the prototyping stage, a few, such as Pagani and Koenigsegg, go on to legendary status. The latest startup hoping to do the same is France’s...

  • Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid
    Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid Confirmed For 2012 Launch

    Volvo has already confirmed that its upcoming V60 Plug-In Hybrid will be sold in the U.S., albeit in gasoline-electric form whereas the rest of the world will get diesel-electric versions, but now the automaker has given us a rough timeline of when it might finally appear in showrooms. Volvo has...

  • 2012 Lexus LFA right-hand drive model
    Tracking The History Of The Lexus LFA Supercar: Video

    What began originally as an exercise in lightweight construction development at Lexus would eventually become one of the greatest and most talked about supercars of the modern era. It turns out it was the influence of one man, who would later become the chief engineer of the new supercar’s...

  • BMW microNavigation

    At this point in the game, satellite navigation is old hat. To really get attention, automakers have to up their game -- and that's exactly what BMW has done with its new microNavigation system prototype. The microNavigation unit works a lot like other satnavs, offering traffic data, suggesting routes, and so on. But it does so at a far more granular level. As you'll see in the video below, it's capable of doing many useful things that other systems haven't mastered. For example, microNavigation uses cameras to track which lane of the freeway you're traveling in. That in itself is intriguing...

  • Volvo V30 spy shots
    2013 Volvo V30 Spy Video

    You’ve seen the spy shots. Now here’s a spy video of Volvo’s new five-door C30, which was spotted recently in a car park in Europe. The new model is scheduled to make its official world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show next March before going on sale shortly after as a 2013...

  • The making of the 2011 Mercedes-Benz Concept A-Class
    How Mercedes-Benz Gives Life To A Concept Car: Video

    We’ve seen a number of striking concept cars from Mercedes-Benz in the recent past, including the Concept A-Class featured in this video, as well as the more recent F125! and stunning F800 Style. Now we get an inside look at the making of a Mercedes-Benz concept, with the automaker releasing...

  • 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Need For Speed competition
    Win A 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S With Need For Speed: The Run

    If Sports Illustrated swimsuit models weren’t enough, you now have another reason to be excited about the upcoming installment of the long-running Need For Speed series, Need For Speed: The Run, which hits store shelves on November 15. The publisher of the Need For Speed series, Electronic...

  • 2013 Audi RS4 Avant spy shots
    2013 Audi RS4 Avant Spy Video

    Update: The 2013 Audi RS4 Avant has been revealed. Click here for all the details and images. The Audi TT RS has just made its showroom debut here in the U.S. and has been winning accolades from most that have driven it, including us, but there are still several other high-performance RS models in...

  • Nelson Racing Engines Buggy
    Watch What 1,800 Horses Can Do To Sand: Video

    An 1,800-HP dune buggy rips through the desert like a sidewinder.

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