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Delay after delay of Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. may have you despondent that we'll ever see the new breed of Alfa on our streets, most especially, the gorgeous and very high-performance 4C. Unfortunately, this video is only likely to make the pain grow stronger. Complete with a mocking sound...

Ford's insane versions of the Fiesta for Ken Block's Gymkhana and WRC cars are nothing short of mind-blowing in their ability to generate power and turn it into tire smoke, especially considering the tiny displacement of the turbo hatch. The latest take on the uber-Fiesta is a "hybrid function hoon...

Why burnout? Because muscle car. Because why not. Because Roush. Whatever your justification (if you even need one) there's always a little room in the day for some gratuitous tire smoke, especially when delivered at the drive wheels of a big American V-8 that's been tuned up to 540 horsepower. The...

At a time when most major manufacturers are scaling back and focusing on core products, Toyota has added a brand -- and along with it, a new toy to keep kids occupied on road trips. The brand in question is ToyToyota, and its first product is an app called Backseat Driver. Backseat Driver is...

There are a lot of strange, unexplained things in the world. Some of them have been caught on video. Unfortunately, that video is almost always too grainy and shaky to draw any conclusions. So it is with the Porsche 7-speed manual transmission. Sure, we're pretty certain one is coming in the 2012...

During his visit to AMG's headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany, Jay Leno even gets to help build one of the firm's legendary 6.2-liter V-8 engines.

Fire, the sound of a V-10 engine, and a high-def, slow-motion camera. For some of us, this is church. Robert Himler, sir, you are a god among men. Keep up the good work. Oh, and thank Underground Racing for us, too, if you would. Be sure to go full screen and 1080p. This video deserves it. The slow...

Vaughn Gittin, Jr. shows off the Mustang's drift abilities in both the road-going production version and his highly modified pro drift car.

There are crash videos, and then there are crash videos. This one is definitely one of the latter: a Porsche 911--or it could be a Cayman, the video is grainy and the car is damaged--traveling at what appears to be a very high rate of speed somersaults over a high wall before landing in a parking...

The stock Nissan GT-R is a force to be reckoned with, but the AMS Performance Alpha 12 GT-R is more like a force of nature.

America's own Shelby SuperCars has just named its 275-mph Veyron Super Sport beater 'Tuatara'.

The latest Bugatti fail happens before the driver even starts the car.

Ever wondered what the BMW ActiveE looks like while it's rolling through the plant, innards exposed to the open air? Here's your answer. The 1-Series bodies in white glide through the Leipzig plant as they are built up into BMW's all-electric, lease-only ActiveE coupe. As it's being build, BMW...

The BMW M3 gets a fully radicalized motorsports interpretation for the company's return to DTM racing next year. The DTM series will be coming to the U.S. in 2013.

Audi fans can take a complete virtual walk-around of the 2012 Audi A5 Coupe thanks to a 360-degree video posted on YouTube.

The video features Leno on his tour of the McLaren factory and behind the wheel of his own example as he’s given instruction by the MP4-12C’s chief test driver Chris Goodwin.

The Corvette Racing Team shows us what it takes to win a race like Le Mans. Hint: it's all about teamwork.

When a new car is launched, the manufacturer typically provides the media with a few minutes of "B-roll" footage, to be used for voiceovers and the like. Typically, it's pretty tame stuff--static shots, some two-lane driving, fly-bys. The new SRT brand's B-roll is all sideways and smoking. It's a...

Want to be a motorsports hero? Think you can hang with some of the best rally, drift, offroad, and gymkhana drivers in the world? Get your video camera out and try out for the Octane Academy. Four high-profile drivers will put on a four-day driving camp for the people chosen through the video...

For gearheads, Batman is clearly the best superhero. It's nothing to do with the cape, nor having the appearance and skills of a nocturnal flying creature, oh no - it's because his favourite method of transportation has always been a cool car. From a modified Lincoln Futura concept car in the...