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Ferrari has taken the wraps off the convertible version of its 458 Italia, and as we predicted, the stunning supercar has gained a retractable hard-top. This makes the new Ferrari 458 Spider the world’s first mid-engined car with a retractable hard-top. For Ferrari, the decision was easy. The...

The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is in full swing. With concept reveals and new product debuts, there is no shortage of news. And although seeing the 2013 Lexus GS 350 unveiled at Pebble Beach didn't surprise us, hearing Akio Toyoda tell the crowd that he was initially opposed to the...

British company Zeroshift is developing a revolutionary new transmission that promises to offer faster gearshifts than a dual clutch transmission, which is already blistering quick at eight millisecond shifts, but is also more fuel efficient, lighter and cheaper too. The key is the...

When Lexus unveiled the LF-Gh concept at this year's New York Auto Show, few expected the dramatic, sharp-edged look to make it to production, but that's exactly what Lexus has done. Only minimal concessions to convention have been made for the 2013 Lexus GS 350, with most of the particularly...

As the F1 paddock gets ready to come off its summer break and head to the treacherous, historic circuit at Spa Francorchamps August 26-28, Mazda's U.K. arm has let loose this video walk-through of the circuit, narrated by Mark Ticehurst, factory Mazda MX-5 GT race driver, as he runs a qualifying...

The AEGT electric supercar is the creation of Quimera, a consortium of universities and businesses based in Europe and focused on the development of sustainable projects.

If you've always found the Segway's two wheels to be a little excessive you'll be pleased to hear Audi has come to the rescue. The A0 - A1 being a European-market minicar and A2 an aluminum-bodied economy car - is a conceptual foray into the world of personalized mobility developed jointly by...

Ferrari has posted a video of the construction of the 458 Italia's body and frame online.

An astute Chicago pedestrian caught BMW's new i3 electric car filming a commercial.

Back in May, we told you about new technology from BMW aimed at making left turns safer. Now, the company has uploaded a handful of videos showing that technology in motion, as well as other developments that could eventually make your commute more worry-free. All five of the tech developments...

Tesla is attempting to burn up the Internet with material on its 2012 Model S sedan, and it's largely succeeding. As we've noted before, it needs to to keep interest in the brand in the interim between the Roadster's cessation and the start of Model S production. This video serves as a bridge...

Audi's four-wheeled shark, the 2012 R8 GT, gets some more detailed coverage and spends some time with former F1 driver and Le Mans-winning Audi endurance racer, Emmanuele Pirro, in this final pair of R8 GT Week videos. Along the way, we get some great shots of the R8 GT in action. We also get a...

This Camaro's airbags deploy--without any contact--while a driver tries to drift his car.

[Warning: strong images ahead] The days of a death every month, or nearly every race, as during racing's storied but deadly heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, are well behind us, thanks in part to F1 legends like Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda who pushed for safety initiatives that have changed...

Hennessey Performance supercharges the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 for 563 horsepower at the rear wheels.

Kanye West and Jay-Z destroy a Maybach sedan in their latest video clip for the song Otis by cutting it up and turning it into a roadster.

America’s own Shelby SuperCars (SSC), the maker of the Ultimate Aero TT, has gone to Shanghai, China for the first official public debut of its next supercar project, the 275 mph Tuatara. A concept of the car was previously shown to a select group of clientele but this is the first time that...

James Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5 Competizione finished 40th overall in the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race and third in its E1-XP2 class.

Testing vehicles in Arctic winter or Death Valley summer conditions is, typically, limited to those places and seasons. For Mercedes-Benz, though, that's no longer the case: its climate tunnels can simulate any conditions on earth. The video below gives you the quick-and-dirty low-down on the...

We're so used to seeing carmakers taking leaps forward in in-car technology and mobile innovations that it comes as a shock when progress takes a step back. When the 2011 Hyundai Equus luxury car was launched it gained high praise from all quarters for offering huge levels of equipment at a price...