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In the Alto-Adige region lies the Dolomite mountain range, and at 2,350 meters (about 7,700 feet) you'll find the top of the Plan De Corones. That's where the helicopter-lifted 2012 Ferrari FF is destined in the video below. We're just days away from the first press drives of the car, and the Plan...

If you had any doubt that racing safety has come literally light years ahead in the past century, this video should erase it. Horrific, brutal, and often deadly crashes in the days before seatbelts, safety cells, and fire suppression systems were an accepted, if feared, part of the sport. The music...

You already know that the Jaguar XKR-S is the fastest, most powerful XKR that the company has ever made. It's a lustworthy car for enthusiasts of any stripe. But, just in case you weren't entirely convinced that you should really park one of these in your manor's driveway, feast your eyes on this...

In chillier parts of the country, you might not believe it, but summer is a-comin'. And of course, with summer come action films. And with action films come fast cars, scantily clad women, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Add all that together, carry the one, and you've got the new trailer for Fast...

Do you love to grow hedge-sized facial hair, wear weird hats, and drive classic Mercedes-Benzes? Maybe you like to talk about being an addict while running barefoot down the middle of the street. Either way, Mercedes is targeting you. Believe it or not, these two caricatures are the main...

Endurance racing is a grueling, often frustrating experience, but the rewards--when you get it right--are equally significant. Team Falken Tire gives us a look into what they're working on improving for the 2011 American Le Mans Series season with this video from the Sebring winter test session...

If you don't know who Scott Pruett is, you should. He's a legend in U.S. road racing, a dominant force in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series, and often steps in for NASCAR road course duty as one of the "ringers." Behind the wheel of the Lexus LFA, at breakneck pace, he's still completely...

New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) isn't a headlining NASCAR venue or even one of America's great road courses, but it was the site of the inaugural U.S. RallyCross event, and it plays host to dozens of motorcycle and car track days each year--as well as the occasional vehicle launch. Today, NJMP...

You already know MINI will be back in WRC this year, testing at a limited number of events ahead of a full push for the 2012 season. Here's the view from inside the company on what it means to throw gravel with the MINI badge. With this years adoption of the cost-saving Super 2000 rules for...

The latest installment of the classic Need for Speed franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed, is just around the corner--March 29 to be exact--and in the lead up to the game’s arrival we have a new trailer showcasing one its cool new features. Shift 2 Unleashed will ship with a special feature called...

Audi is looking to collect winter stories of its quattro all-wheel drive system in use, and let's face it: this winter probably provided ample opportunity with snow falling heavily from the North Pole clear into the Deep South. This video--which only briefly features the Audi R8, sadly--is a call...

Aching for the sounds of some vicious, hotter-than-stock American V-8 action today? Hennessey has your fix: the 2011 HPE600 Chevy Camaro Convertible, previewed in this video. As you might guess from the car's name, the HPE600 packs 600 horsepower--602 to be exact--of supercharged, dyno-tuned fury...

Whether you're into ancient Andean gods or not, you'll enjoy this video: an official intro for the new Pagani Huayra, including some background on its unusual name. The name fits the look of the Huayra, which is also highly unusual. From the look and the legend, it's clear that Pagani was going...

We're pretty familiar with autonomous cars around here, and we've even been treated to a ride in one of Stanford's robots at their automotive innovation lab, which they launched in partnership with Volkswagen. You might also remember Shelley, their autonomous Audi TTS, which autonomously raced to...

The new Ferrari FF may not be to everyone’s liking but like most models from the Prancing Horse, it’s not only a technical marvel but also one of the fastest cars on the planet. With its latest supercar, Ferrari has introduced a controversial ‘shooting brake’ hatchback...

A pure concept car (a bit of a rarity in this age of production-bound "concepts") the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive, the latest in an iterative series of similarly-themed concepts since the GINA Light Visionary concept, has a story to tell. We just can't tell if it makes sense. Using lots of analogies...

For those of you out there who like watching engines on dynos, this is for you. The engine you'll see below is an Edelbrock-supercharged 5.0 V-8 that pounds out 600 horsepower and 524 lb-ft of torque. It's important to note that Edelbrock hasn't released official numbers, but this video from the...

It didn’t make this week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show but a brand new 2012 BMW M5 is just around the corner, at least in concept form, and in the lead up to its arrival BMW’s hallowed M Division has released an extended version of the original teaser video from a couple of days ago...

Nighttime in Franciacorta, Italy. Legendary touring car driver Fabrizio Giovanardi behind the wheel. The James Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 Competizione on track. Magic. These are the latest videos to come from the continuing development of what may be the most ferocious custom-built one-off racer...

When we first heard about Mercedes-Benz's new Send2Benz service, we were slightly underwhelmed: sending a destination to your car's navigation system? That seems so 2009. A number of automakers -- including GM -- already offer similar services that facilitate communications between smartphones...