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We all know the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C is quick--the numbers and McLaren engineering alone tell us that much. But how quick is it at the Nurburgring? In the hands of one driver, on a single lap, it can circumnavigate the 'Ring in 7:28 seconds, as the video below shows. Unfortunately, that's all it...

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...

Top Italian motorbike rider Marco Simoncelli died earlier today due to the results of a crash at the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang International Circuit. Simoncelli, just 24 years of age, died on lap two of the race after his Honda skidded and veered across the track and straight into the path of...

The Corvette Racing team won the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but things didn't go so well after that. This video recaps the struggle of the rest of the season and the 2011 Petit Le Mans.

The Toyota FT-86 sports coupe is something of an enigma and it hasn't even been launched yet. Known variously as a spiritual successor to the AE86 "Haichi-Roku" Corolla of the 1980s, the "Toyobaru" for its technology shared with an upcoming Subaru coupe and "stop making concepts and build the thing...

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...

The incredible gathering of historic, vintage, and simply awesome machinery at Porsche's Rennsport Reunion has become something of a pilgrimage for both Porsche fans and motorsports devotees in general. This video offers those of us who weren't able to attend a small taste of what it's like. It's...

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...

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

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.

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...

As we've said before, the 2012 Ferrari FF isn't for everyone. But that's just swell, as the latest Ferrari FF Neiman Marcus edition isn’t, either. It’s for 10. In keeping with holiday tradition, the retailer to the rich parked a limited-run car among the “Fantasy Gifts” in...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon has died after a 15-car wreck at the Las Vegas Indy 300. Wheldon, a native of England, won the Indy 500 twice, earlier this year and in 2005. He hadn't won a race in two years when he took over the lead in the last lap of this year's Indy 500, winning for Bryan Herta...

BMW is working to develop future navigation systems that will even advise the user which traffic lane to pick, or how to find their car in a crowded parking garage.