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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

If you've never heard of pop star Hatsune Miku, don't worry. Most of her work is in Japanese. And she's only four years old. And of course, she's not real. Miku is a virtual celebrity, created in 2007 as part of a music software package called Vocaloid. (Basically, she's apotheosis of AutoTune: a...

Late last month a cryptic message was announced by London-based Eterniti Motors, which said a new luxury automotive brand was coming and that a concept of its first model will be unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. This week, in Frankfurt, the new 2011 Eterniti Hemera Concept was unveiled...

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...

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...

Maybe it has something to do with the start of the auto show season. Or maybe it's because we're fast approaching the 30-year anniversary of War Games. But whatever the reason, the subject of hacking is clearly a hot topic in car circles. Last week, you might recall that MacAfee issued an alarming...

We've known for months now that the next issue from the Need For Speed video game series would feature the 2012 Porsche 911 (and the Lamborghini Aventador and Camaro ZL1, among many others). While the rest of the Web whinges about how the NFS series is an "also ran" or simply isn't their fanboy...

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...

Right before the start of this weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso wanted to try out the new Ferrari 458 Spider, even though the car isn’t set for its world debut until the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13. We’re sure being the automaker’s...

Luxury SUVs are proliferating at what many sport sedan aficionados might consider a disturbing pace--but are they really all-terrain capable or are they just tall, bulky hatchbacks? Mercedes-Benz puts the 2012 M-Class to the test in this video. While you'll see the results for yourself in the...

We already know what it will look like, as well as most of its specs, but Ford is likely to have a few surprises up its sleeve when it unveils the sporty 2012 Ford Focus ST at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13. As we’re sure you are aware, the design of the latest Focus has been a...

An R230 series Mercedes-Benz SL-Class has fallen victim to a flash flood that hit Ellicott City, Maryland yesterday. The driver of the Mercedes attempts to proceed along a flooded street before the car stalls, attracting the attention of onlookers who happily film the event. Several Toyota vehicles...

Volvo is planning a new concept for next week’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show and we now have an official video teaser showing off some of its details. Dubbed the Concept You, the new concept car is a showcase of Volvo’s upcoming Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA) and downsized engine...

We'll take any excuse to spend some more time looking at the Porsche 918 RSR, but fortunately, this excuse is also informative. Anthony Hatter, Porsche's design manager for sports cars, walks us through some of the key elements of the 918 RSR. It's not all academic, either: Porsche is planning a...

There aren't many production engines that sound better at full song than BMW's V-10, which manages to simply scream rather than sounding like a truck as many other V-10s do (we're looking at you, Viper). But putting one in a 1996 Subaru WRX? That doesn't sound so great. That is, it doesn't sound so...

Toyota's dropped a new YouTube video of its FT-86 II concept. We've talked about the admittedly gorgeous concept so much--as recently as this year's 2011 Geneva Motor Show--we're not sure what else to say about the FT, which embarked a few years ago on a gestation cycle longer than that endured by...