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  • 2019 BMW X4 M spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    Behold the latest spy shots and video of the first-ever BMW X4 M. Yes, the folks at the M division are bowing to demand pressures for more SUVs and will add the new X4 M as well as a new X3 M to join the existing X5 M and X6 M. This way the M division will have direct rivals for Mercedes-AMG's GLC63 and GLC63 Coupe duo in the small SUV segment. Just note that the X4 M is based on a second-generation X4 that BMW introduced this year. The first X4 was only introduced for 2015, but since the X3 on which it is based has already been redesigned the X4 needed to be redesigned too. Underpinning the...

  • Mystery BMW M4 GTS spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Spy shots and video of possible BMW M4 CSL

    BMW M engineers are testing an extreme version of the already hardcore M4 GTS at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track's surrounding roads. It's impossible to say whether this is a new model in the works or just some routine testing of components, but there's been confirmation...

  • Icon Old School BR
    Icon puts original Ford Bronco back into production

    A new Ford Bronco is coming. An old one is on its way as well though, thanks to Jonathan Ward and his firm Icon. The truck is called the Old School BR, and it's a first-generation Ford Bronco buillt virtually from scratch. It's also better than any Bronco that ever left the Ford factory. When Icon...

  • Porsche 919 Evo at the Nürburgring
    Porsche 919 Evo obliterates Nürburgring record with 5:19 run

    It's official. Porsche's 919 Evo with Timo Bernhard behind the wheel clocked an unbelievable 5:19.55 lap time at the Nürburgring on Friday, completely destroying the previous all-time record of 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 C back in 1983. His average speed around the Green...

  • Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign
    Nissan and Italdesign show one-off GT-R with 710 horsepower

    The GT-R and Italdesign both celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, so Nissan and the Italian design house decided to collaborate on a very special project. The result is the striking GT-R50 by Italdesign, a one-off build to celebrate all things GT-R as well as show off the talents of...

  • Adamastor P003RL
    Adamastor is your latest lightweight sports car supplier

    You likely haven't heard of this one. Adamastor is a sports car builder based in Portugal and it's finally ready to bring a road-legal track car to market. Say hello to the new P003RL. Adamastor is following in the footsteps of other lightweight, high-fun quotient track-focused cars, such as the...

  • 2019 McLaren 600LT

    McLaren on Thursday unveiled a new member of its Sports Series. Called the 600LT, the car is a new hardcore variant plugging the gap between the 570S and the 720S from the Super Series. LT, which stands for Longtail in McLaren-speak, is the British automaker's designation for track-focused road cars, and the 600LT is only the third McLaren to wear it. Like the previous F1 GTR LT and 675LT, the 600LT brings a combination of more power and less weight to the table. Loosely based on the 570S (McLaren says around a quarter of the parts are new), which itself is no slouch, the 600LT also benefits...

  • EPCS Tesla Model S P100D electric race car
    Tesla Model S Electric GT car ready to race

    Formula E may be the premier league for electric car sports, but Electric GT's Electric Production Car Series (EPCS) wants a slice of the budding motorsport. Electric GT together with EPCS race team SPV Racing held a launch ceremony in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday where the competition-ready Tesla...

  • 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC spy shots and video

    Prototypes for Mercedes-Benz’s electric SUV based on the Generation EQ concept from the 2016 Paris auto show have been spotted. Earlier test mules had been using the makeshift body of a GLC Coupe to hide the new mechanicals, but now we can see the true shape of Mercedes' first volume electric...

  • 2019 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
    2019 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera debuts with 715 horsepower

    Behold the new Aston Martin DBS Superleggera. The super GT is the third model in the British automaker's much-hyped Second Century plan, which calls for seven new cars in seven years, and it fills the void left by the Vanquish which bowed out of production late last year. DBS is a familiar Aston...

  • 2019 Audi SQ8 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Audi SQ8 spy shots and video

    Audi has a new flagship SUV coming for 2019, and it's called the Q8. Today we have spy shots and video of the sporty SQ8 variant which should arrive in showrooms roughly alongside the standard Q8 later this year. Further down the track there will be a fully fledged RS Q8 joining the fold. Audi...

  • Romain Dumas drives the Volkswagen ID R at 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
    VW ID R electric racer smashes Pikes Peak record

    Volkswagen has done it. The German automaker's ID R electric race car has not only broken the record for electric cars in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, it's also broken the record for all classes by setting a blistering time of 7:57.148 during the 2018 running held on Sunday. The...

  • 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    Porsche is out testing a new generation of the 911, the 992, and the latest prototype spotted is for the car's Turbo Cabriolet variant. The new 911 will be revealed late this year or early next, initially in Carrera and Carrera S guises. The 911 Turbo should trail the basic models by six months to a year. We expect it to go on sale in the United States late next year as a 2020 model. 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet spy video from Motor Authority on Vimeo. The prototype may look like testers for the Carrera Cabrio. However, a number of clues identify it as the Turbo Cabrio. The pumped fenders...

  • The LS3-powered Bruiser Jeep Wrangler 6x6
    Bruiser Conversions made a V-8-powered Jeep Wrangler 6x6

    What is it about an increased wheel count that puts a smile on our face? It must be the ridiculous idea of a road car packing six-wheel drive, not to mention all the engineering required to make it work. Putting engine power out to all that extra rolling mass is no easy job though, but Bruiser...

  • Camilo Pardo's 2005 Ford GT is for sale
    Camilo Pardo's 2005 Ford GT for sale on eBay

    Ford had to pick you if you wanted the privilege of spending half a million bucks on a the current Ford GT. That wasn't the case with the 2005-2006 generation of the car. Should you find an earlier example for sale, you should still expect to dish out maximum dough as the value of the original...

  • Twin-engined Volkswagen Golf used to race up Pikes Peak
    Meet the crazy twin-engine Golf that VW used for its last Pikes Peak attempt

    It might look like nothing more than a Golf that's been prepped for motorsport duty, but this VW packs a twin-engined, high-altitude secret. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a torturous test of man and machine. Today, the route to the top is fully paved but it wasn't always that way...

  • Avtoros Shaman 8x8 on the road
    Russian off-roader: the Avtoros Shaman 8x8 can conquer any terrain

    A number of vehicles do the job just fine off road. Land Rovers, Jeeps, and Toyotas can go most places where regular vehicles cannot. For the more adventurous set, there exists a class of vehicle that goes above and beyond. One such machine is the massive Avtoros Shaman. With its eight driven...

  • Mil-Spec Automotive Launch Edition Hummer H1
    This Detroit-based company just rebooted the Hummer H1

    Singer reimagines the Porsche 964, and makes buckets of cash doing so. Icon does a similar job on Toyota Land Cruisers, Ford Broncos, and other vintage vehicles. Now a company called Mil-Spec Automotive (MSA) plans to bring its own resto-mod vision to life, and it's doing so using an unlikely hero...

  • 2019 Audi S7 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    Audi’s A7 didn’t start the modern coupe-like sedan trend, but with its muscular proportions, beautiful surfacing and Kammback rear it managed to make us almost forget the segment’s progenitor, the Mercedes-Benz CLS. The handsome four-door has been redesigned for the 2019 model year, though so far we've only been treated to the regular A7. Sporty S7 and high-performance RS 7 models are still in the works. Today we have new spy shots of the S7, which judging by the lack of camouflage gear should be making its debut soon. We know this prototype is for the S7 because of its...

  • 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE spy shots and video

    BMW has just unveiled a redesigned X5, and one of its main rivals, the Mercedes-Benz GLE, will soon be redesigned as well. We now have fresh spy shots and video of prototypes for the new generation of the Mercedes mid-size luxury SUV. The current GLE was introduced for the 2016 model year but is...

  • Porsche 911 Speedster Concept
    Porsche 911 Speedster Concept honors brand's 70-year anniversary

    On June 8, 1948, the first Porsche 356 Roadster received its operating permit. Porsche celebrated that milestone Friday with a "70 years of Porsche Sports Cars" event in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. And what better way to link to the past than to reveal a concept car that pays homage to that...

  • Prototype for Porsche Taycan, the production Mission E
    Porsche Taycan chosen as name for production Mission E

    Porsche continues to prepare its assault on Tesla, and on Friday the German automaker announced the production version of the Mission E concept will be called the Porsche Taycan (pronounced "tie-con"). Likely to be unveiled later in 2018—possibly at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show—the...

  • Kahn Design WB12 Vengeance
    Meet the Kahn Design Vengeance inspired by the Hulk

    Having felt that the second-generation Aston Martin Vanquish lacked the aggression of its predecessor, Afzal Kahn, founder of British coachbuilder Kahn Design, was inspired to come up with its own successor to the original Aston Martin super GT. The result was the imposing WB12 Vengeance unveiled...

  • 2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera spy shots and video

    Aston Martin has just unveiled its redesigned Vantage, and the next model in the automaker’s ambitious Second Century plan is a replacement for the Vanquish, prototypes for which are shown here. However, the car won't be called a Vanquish as earlier thought. Instead, it will be called a DBS...

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