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  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG

    In a time when most of its rivals are downsizing their engines and adopting forced induction or hybrid technology to boost output, we’re glad to see that AMG is sticking with the tried and true formula of a naturally aspirated V-8 engine for its latest generation 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG. With a peak output of 415 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque, the new V-8, codenamed M152, ensures that the 2012 SLK55 AMG is the most powerful SLK of all time. However, it’s also quite frugal thanks to cylinder deactivation technology, direct injection, and an engine stop-start system...

  • Dinan custom BMW S85 V-10 on the engine dyno
    720-HP Dinan Custom BMW S85 V-10 Engine Dyno

    In the world of high-end trackday cars, there are many choices and few wrong answers. One of the best answers is likely the Riley MkXXV, which is powered by the bored and stroked 5.8-liter S85 V-10 (yes, the one from the last-gen M-5) shown in the dyno video below. The sound alone is worth the 1:42...

  • Jay Leno and Stephan Winkelmann talk about the Lamborghini Aventador
    Jay Leno, Stephan Winkelmann Talk Lamborghini Aventador: Video

    We've already seen the Aventador LP700-4 in the sheet metal, pored over its details, and lusted after ownership, but it's always good to get Jay's take on things, particularly when he's shooting the breeze with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann. The video below ticks all of those boxes, plus a few...

  • 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
    Dodge Viper ACR's record 7:12.13 Nürburgring lap

    Though it's well out of production and nearing the outer limits of what qualifies as a "production" car in the first place, the Dodge Viper ACR has reset the benchmark in road-going performance at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife with a 7:12.13 lap. Straight from the gearheads at SRT, the video shows...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Launch Control Preview: Video

    The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 launches next summer complete with a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 engine developing no less than 580 horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque. Helping to make the most off all that power will be a myriad of electronic and mechanical aids, one of which will be an advanced...

  • 2012 Lotus Exige S live photos
    2012 Lotus Exige S Gets Official Promo: Video

    Prior to its reveal at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show earlier this month, Lotus released a cryptic teaser video for its new 2012 Exige S simply titled ‘The Duel’. Since the reveal, the full promotional video has been made available, though apart from several quick glances of the car and...

  • Electric RaceAbout EV

    In early August, the Electric RaceAbout, a former Automotive X Prize contender, set what it claimed to be the Nordschleife lap record for an electric car at (roughly) 9:08. Today, it has announced an improvement to 8:42.72. The latest time comes from testing this month at the Green Hell, and equates to an average speed of 88 mph--no BTTF jokes, please. Top speed achieved in testing so far has been 151 mph, on a different lap. The RaceAbout team says the car consumed a total of 25.6 kWh during the lap, equating to efficiency of 123 kWh/100 km, or about 17 mpg-equivalent (using the common 33.7...

  • 2012 Audi A6
    Audi And FX Team Up On 'Untitled Jersey City Project' Short Film

    Audi has an intriguing new short film featuring the A6 set amidst a backdrop of money, fame and intrigue along the Jersey City waterfront.

  • Justin Bell drives the Boss 302 on 'The World's Fastest Car Show' from eBay Motors
    Video: eBay Motors Launches 'The World's Fastest Car Show'

    To promote eBay Motors and the eBay Motors mobile app, the site is producing a ten-minute weekly web show starring Justin Bell and billed as "The World's Fastest Car Show."

  • Justin Bell in 'World's Fastest Car Show' from eBay Motors
    eBay Motors Debuts 'World's Fastest Car Show' With Justin Bell

    eBay has had a tough go of it since former CEO Meg Whitman stepped down, but what change a week can bring: now, Whitman's been tapped to help the sinking ship known as HP, while eBay Motors has just launched an impressive new series for the web and mobile devices called "World's Fastest Car Show"...

  • David Coulthard plays in the Texas dirt. Image: Red Bull
    David Coulthard Tours Texas - In A Red Bull Renault F1 Car

    David Coulthard has more fun in the Lone Star State than we ever will, promoting the 2012 Circuit of the Americas F1 race in a Red Bull Renault F1 car.

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Magnetic Ride Control Video

    The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will get the magnetic ride control shocks found on other GM performance cars like the Cadillac CTS-V and Corvette ZR1.

  • Namco's Pole Position video game

    Today's video game moment of Zen is brought to you by none other than the game that jeopardized so many of our early educational careers: Pole Position. This Namco arcade classic features "realistic" explosions, stunning 8-bit graphics, and sound effects that shaped a generation. Modern driving sims like Gran Turismo 5, Forza Motorsport, and Need For Speed simply can't compete, despite all the photorealism, accurate physics models, and force feedback in the world. Better yet, the player's initials are an anagram for George Herbert Walker Bush's first three initials. Bush was U.S...

  • First Tata Nano rolls out of new Sanand factory on June 2, 2010, with founder Ratan Tata at left
    Jeweler Creates A $4.7 Million... Tata Nano: Video

    An Indian corporation that owns a chain of jewelery stores has created the world's most expensive Tata Nano, by covering the diminutive commuter car in over 200 pounds of gold, silver and jewels.

  • Velocity TV logo
    Discovery's Velocity Channel Debuts October 4

    Earlier this summer, we brought you news of Discovery's plans to launch a new channel targeting "upscale men" called Velocity, with part of its focus being custom, classic, and vintage cars. Today, the channel officially announced its launch date: October 4. The first night's programming will...

  • 2011 Jaguar C-X16 Concept
    2011 Jaguar C-X16 Concept Hits The Road: Video

    We can’t get enough of the sultry lines of the 2011 Jaguar C-X16 Concept, and we hope you can’t either as we’ve just got our hands on a new promo video featuring the first driving shots of the car as well as the sound of its new supercharged V-6 engine. This same drivetrain, most...

  • 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 Doing Burnout
    2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 Burnout: Video

    Every once in a while we get a vehicle in the MotorAuthority Garage that is just begging us to lay some rubber down. The 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 is just such a vehicle, and we are more than happy to oblige. A quick refresher on the latest SRT8 to sport the Chrysler badge: Powered by a 6.4-liter V-8...

  • Zahir Rana's custom enzo crashes at the 2011 Targa Newfoundland
    Zahir Rana Talks About His Ferrari Enzo Crash At Targa Newfoundland: Video

    Crashing a car is never a fun experience. It's even less so when that car is a Ferrari Enzo. The horror is compounded when it's all caught on tape. But Zahir Rana handles the situation with grace. With grace and the affability that can only come from being able to easily afford another--at one...

  • BAAAM! George Lindell recounts his accident. Image via video capture from MyFoxPhoenix report.

    A Phoenix, AZ driver suffering from a medical condition yesterday rear-ended another car, swerved, and collided with an electrical power pole, bringing the lines down on the rear-ended SUV. Both drivers are alive, but the man trapped in the SUV got a bit of a charge out of the fiasco. For a full rendition of the crash from the rear-ended driver's perspective, from initial impact to escape from the electrified SUV, watch George Lindell's interview with local Phoenix news station KSAZ below. Lindell summarizes the event with a Lebowski-worthy tag line: "Reality hits you hard, bro."...

  • Underground Racing Audi R8 V10 TT
    1,000-HP Underground Racing Twin Turbo Audi R8 V10: Video

    The team at Underground Racing have done it yet again: put over 1,000 horsepower to the wheels of a supercar. It never really gets old, especially when they turn out such great videos highlighting their work. The latest project is an Audi R8 V10. Interspersed with detail shots of their aesthetic...

  • Pagani Huayra and Jay Leno
    Pagani Huayra shows up at Jay Leno’s Garage

    The official sales launch of the controversially styled Pagani Huayra supercar in the U.S. has been delayed due to the NHTSA's refusal to waive airbag requirements, however, the car, and Pagani founder Horacio Pagani, have been traveling the country to build up momentum before it's finally given...

  • 2011 Aston Martin V12 Zagato
    Aston Martin V12 Zagato Design, Engineering In Detail: Video

    Live from the floor of the Frankfurt Auto Show, Aston Martin director of design Marek Reichman and product development director Ian Minards talk in detail about the V12 Zagato, its prototype history, and the design and engineering that go into it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the V12 Zagato shares some...

  • Nokia Car Mode, using MirrorLink
    2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: Nokia Merges Cars & Cell Phones

    Last spring, we told you about Terminal Mode, a new protocol being pushed by GM, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Volkswagen, and other automakers, as well as handset manufacturer Nokia. Terminal Mode (now known as MirrorLink) promises to make smartphone integration in cars much easier, and during this...

  • Lotus Exige teased ahead of Frankfurt?
    Lotus Teasing New Exige In Frankfurt Preview Video?

    There's no real explanation for the content of this video other than some creative ad guy thought it worked and Lotus' execs apparently didn't bother to look too closely. Fortunately, there are at least a few milliseconds of the car it's ostensibly teasing ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show buried in...

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