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2017 Audi SQ7 TDI Diesel: A Sporty Diesel SUV That’s Coming to America
Audi’s ultimate hedge against the alternative-fuel future is offering every possible type of powertrain. In Europe, various members of the Audi lineup can run on natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, gasoline, or diesel, and there are all sorts of hybrids across varying body styles. The brand’s latest entry is a high-performance diesel SUV, the SQ7 TDI, […]

Fiat Panders to Panda Fans with Panda-Themed Kung Fu Panda Panda to Save Pandas
As tempted as we were to continue the theme set forth by this story’s headline and stuff the opening sentences full of the word “panda” over and over again, we didn’t want to leave your eyes panting over so much panda pandemonium. So what’s the panda-everything deal with this Fiat Panda? Just look at it! […]

McLaren Developing Full-EV Hypercar Concept to See Whether It’s a Good Idea
One of McLaren’s lesser-noticed announcements at the Geneva auto show is that it is working on an all-electric hypercar concept, one that is aimed at gauging potential demand for a production version. We always get a bit confused with McLaren’s three-tier model strategy, which has the Sports Series at the bottom (the 540C, and the 570S […]

Farewell, My Lovely: Porsche Cayman S 40,000-Mile Long-Term Test Wrap
I stood beside a Porsche public-relations man at the company’s Atlanta headquarters looking for the last time at our long-term Cayman S, determinedly not saying what I wanted to say, which was, “How much money would it take to make this my personal car?” READ MORE ››

2014 Porsche Cayman S – Long-Term Road Test Wrap-Up

Nine Lives! BMW Planning Mega-Luxe 9-series
BMW is pondering a model line positioned above the 7-series, company sources confirm. The project is in its concept stage and the vehicle is far from being finalized, but the most likely body style is a low-slung four-door sedan with a sloping roofline (a “four-door coupe”). A large two-door coupe and a convertible pair is […]

2017 Audi Q7 3.0T vs. 2015 BMW X5 xDrive35i, 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE, 2016 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription – Comparison Tests

Chariots of the Dads: New Audi Q7 vs. BMW X5, Range Rover Sport, Volvo XC90
The ramifications of the crossover—or, more accurately, the unibody SUV—are still vibrating through the luxury segment. Americans just can’t get enough of these pricey family haulers, and buyers are even beginning to choose them over like-sized sedans. To wit: Audi expects the new Q7 to outsell the A6 in a year or two, and the […]

Got Wood? Toyota’s Setsuna Concept Is Made of the Stuff
With the exception of some vintage station wagons, once you get beyond homemade go-carts and the Pinewood Derby, wood ceases to be a popular material for automobile construction. Toyota, however, seems to be questioning that situation with its Setsuna EV concept, a boatlike machine that’s made largely of dead trees. Wood is used for the […]

Really Long Haulin’: What It’s Like to Drive 200,000 Miles Per Year
You might feel like you spend a lot of your life, perhaps even too much of your life, in your car. Me? I commute every day from the second floor of my house to the first floor. Then we have the other extreme. In conducting TrueDelta’s car-reliability survey, I confirm odometer readings that are either unusually low or unusually […]

There is a 50th Anniversary Edition Chevrolet Camaro Because the Camaro Is Now 50 Years Old
Chevrolet will build and sell a 2017 model-year Camaro 50th Anniversary Edition. It said as much in a tweet pitched into the webbernet-osphere this morning, and, you know, the fast-approaching 2017 model year marks the 50th year since Chevrolet first tossed the Camaro at the American public in 1967, shoving the two-door pony car into direct […]

2017 Audi SQ7 TDI: The High-Voltage Diesel SUV – Official Photos and Info

2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Limited Edition: More for Less
If you were to find yourself browsing Volkswagen’s Golf SportWagen lineup, it might come as something of a surprise to discover that the base S model starts at $22,445—and that the mid-level SE starts at $27,845. That’s quite a pricing gap from the entry-level model to the next-least-expensive variant. Volkswagen is fixing that situation, however, […]

Volvo XC40 to Come to U.S. in 2018, Other Compact Models to Follow
Volvo definitely will be bringing its next generation of compact models to the U.S., with the first to arrive being the next-generation of the XC40 crossover that will debut in 2018. “The 40-series will be at the heart of the brand,” Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson told us at the Geneva auto show, confirming that “it […]

This “Zipper Truck” Can Build Tunnels at Nearly One Foot Per Minute [w/ Video]
Tunnels are tricky business. You must first bore through the earth, then you either shore up your hole and begin walling it in, or do the digging and wall-building simultaneously using a huge Tunnel Boring Machine similar to the one munching its way beneath London, laying the foundation for the new Crossrail train system. But […]

Ford May Introduce Next-Gen Mustang Two Years Ahead of Schedule
The new Chevrolet Camaro is spectacular. In our comparison test between the new Camaro SS and the Ford Mustang GT, the Chevy came away with the victory as we declared it to be “rippling with American muscle, but as sophisticated as European iron.” The stiff competition from Chevrolet could be one reason that Ford reportedly is moving up the […]

Everything You Need to Know About the VW Diesel Emissions Scandal
General Motors and Toyota had their massive scandals. Now it’s Volkswagen’s turn. The company, which owns 70 percent of the U.S. passenger-car diesel market, is in major trouble for cheating on diesel-emissions tests. After years of promoting “Clean Diesel” as an alternative to hybrid and electric vehicles—the company even marched on Washington with a squadron […]

Speed Freaks: The Hottest Performance Cars at the 2016 Geneva Auto Show

Safe Sexy: The 1969 Pininfarina Sigma F1 Concept Race Car Still Drops Jaws

Safe Sexy: The 1969 Pininfarina Sigma F1 Concept Race Car Still Drops Jaws
As much as the Geneva auto show prompts us to imagine our four-wheeled future, sometimes a glimpse into the past can be just as cool. This year, the Pininfarina stand gave us a chance to do both. As the design house introduced its H2 Speed concept, which attempts to solve the current challenge of reconciling ultimate performance with […]

Audi A4, Red Bull Extreme Athletes Tackle Steepest Street in the World [w/ Video]
The city of Pittsburgh and Audi’s German headquarters are as far apart as, well, Pittsburgh and Germany, but somehow Audi caught wind of a unique opportunity for a car commercial in the old steel town where three rivers meet. The city’s Canton Avenue is slathered across a hillside and its surface sits at a brutal 37-degree […]

BMW’s On-Street Parking Information Service Finds Open Spots, Eases Traffic
Bitching about parking, and especially the lack thereof, is basically a competitive sport for urban dwellers. Even if you have a reserved spot near your home or work, that merely eases the pain of commuting—what about the times you might, you know, actually want to get out and enjoy life without being held hostage by the […]

High on Hydrogen: Pininfarina H2 Speed Supercar Concept

High on Hydrogen: Pininfarina H2 Speed Supercar Concept
The Geneva auto show is a land of champagne wishes and supercar dreams, so naturally that’s where Italian (now Indian) design house Pininfarina unveiled its H2 Speed, a supercar concept powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Its maker describes the H2 Speed as “halfway between a racing prototype and a production supercar.” Two hydrogen stacks […]

No Money, No Problems: Pockets Empty, We Road-Trip in a Rolls-Royce Across the South – Feature

No Money, No Problems: Pockets Empty, We Road-Trip in a Rolls-Royce Across the South
Someone has stolen all our stuff. And we have no money, no credit cards, no driver’s licenses, and no other form of identification on us. Absolutely nothing. READ MORE ››

11 of the Wildest Rides of the 2016 Geneva Auto Show
Because everybody gets the itch to ruin an exotic now and then, right?

Swiss (Can’t) Miss: The Must-See Cars of the 2016 Geneva Auto Show

McLaren Confirms 650S Replacement Will Be a Hybrid
With McLaren’s confirmation of its $1.4 billion investment plans, thoughts turn to what exactly it is going to be spending that money on. One of the most exciting upcoming products is likely to be the production version of the car that is still known internally only by the code name P14, the replacement for the […]

Good Show! Morgan Plans to Sell Its Venerable Roadsters in America Again

Good Show! Morgan Plans to Sell Its Venerable Roadsters in America Again
Call us lazy and unpatriotic, but we don’t tend to read more than the first couple of dozen pages of any bit of legislation enacted by the federal government. Others do, however, and an obscure provision in the so-called FAST Act that passed into law last year—that’s “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation”—is set to have a […]

Brabus Rocket 900 Is a Batcrap-Crazy S65 AMG Coupe for the Filthy Rich

Brabus Rocket 900 Is a Batcrap-Crazy S65 AMG Coupe for the Filthy Rich
While there’s no shortage of tuners putting wrenches to factory-fresh hardware in search of performance, it takes a special kind of lunacy to crack open a gleaming 6.0-liter V-12 for a minor displacement increase of 0.3 liters. In this case, the lunatic is German tuner Brabus, and the engine in question resides between the fenders of the Mercedes-AMG […]

McLaren Invests $1.4 Billion in R&D, Promises Ferrari-Beating Product Onslaught
McLaren showed off both the new 570GT and 675LT Spider at the Geneva auto show, but the sports-car maker’s most significant news came with the announcement of a six-year program that will see it invest $1.4 billion in new products, and lead to the launch of 15 new models or derivatives by 2022. That is […]

Dutch Supercar Maker Spyker Gets Unspyked, Reveals C8 Preliator

Dutch Supercar Maker Spyker Gets Unspyked, Reveals C8 Preliator
Spyker has had a rocky few years, to say the very least. Case in point: In January 2015 we got wind the brand was planning a comeback just over a year after we reported it was bankrupt. And now the Geneva auto show has provided proof that the Dutch concern lives on and is once again building rolling sculptures. Meet […]

Koenigsegg Baits Bugatti Chiron with 1500-hp, Production-Spec Regera

Koenigsegg Baits Bugatti Chiron with 1500-hp, Production-Spec Regera
This year’s Geneva auto show gave us more ludicrously powerful hypercars than we suspect even the world’s flashier billionaires will have appetite for, but none matched the output of the production-spec Regera that sat on the Koenigsegg stand—save the one that sat just yards away, the just-unveiled Bugatti Chiron, with both cars boasting 1500-hp outputs. Zero […]

Goodyear Dreams of Spherical Tires for Self-Driving Cars
If you believe the darkest prophecies about the self-driving future, our roads will one day be full of cars without owners, cars without steering wheels, and cars without passengers. Such a radical change in how we use vehicles would almost certainly lead to a radical redesign of the automobile as we know it. The trunk […]

Many Dynamisms: This Mega-Hot BMW M2 Is Stuffed with New Performance Parts

Many Dynamisms: This Mega-Hot BMW M2 Is Stuffed with New Performance Parts
We’re fans of the BMW M2 for many reasons, not the least of which are its bad-ass looks and near-holistic tactile feel that made the original BMW “M” models so special back in the day. Still, there will always be those owners who yearn to add a personal touch to their car, either by amping up the visuals […]

Smart Fortwo Cabrio Brabus Edition: Shockingly, It Doesn’t Have 600-Plus Horsepower

Smart Fortwo Cabrio Brabus Edition: Shockingly, It Doesn’t Have 600-Plus Horsepower
What comes to mind when you think of Mercedes-Benz tuner Brabus? Twin-turbocharged, 690-hp six-wheeled G-wagen SUVs? Modded AMG C63s with 650 horsepower? That sounds about right, only Brabus also lends its unique touch to that other Daimler brand: Smart. Make that Daimler’s smaller brand. Brabus has been tuning and upfitting factory Smart Fortwos for a long […]

Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 Avio Celebrates Aeronautics as Only a Supercar Car

Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full List of Affected Vehicles
The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is […]

Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 Avio Honors Flight as Only a Supercar Can
Automakers have long tried to forge strong associations between their products and the aeronautics industry—perhaps the most famous example was Saab and its “Born from Jets” campaign that came long after the car company was separated from the fighter-jet division. But the strongest ties in today’s marketplace just might come from Lamborghini, what with its cars’ aggressive wedges, scoops, red start […]

Porsche 911 R Was a Direct Response to Doppelkupplungsgetriebe Haters
Porsche’s 911 R was easily one of our favorite cars of the Geneva auto show. Its combination of light weight, an 8800-rpm 4.0-liter flat-six, and a proper six-speed manual gearbox is just about perfect, but its development is a rather interesting story. This car is very much a response to those unhappy about Porsche’s decision to offer only the dual-clutch PDK […]

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Collector Edition—It’s for Collectors!

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Collector Edition—It’s for Collectors!
Does putting “Collector Edition” in a car’s name guarantee future collectibility? The better question: Does fitting a car with an eye-searing blue interior help or hurt that cause? Chevrolet, or, more accurately, the buyers of Chevrolet’s 2017 Corvette Grand Sport Collector Edition will need to wait to find the answer to that query until a […]

Saved by Zero? Italdesign Unveils GTZero Concept

Saved by Zero? Italdesign Unveils GTZero Concept
Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro may have departed Italdesign, but the Volkswagen-controlled design house soldiers on, displaying its annual concept at the Geneva auto show. This year’s example is a tribute to Italdesign visions of the past, with a futuristic electric drivetrain tucked up underneath. It also looks a bit like a smug cybernetic duck got […]

First Look: Ford Focus RS to Compete in 2016 Global Rallycross Season
We hold our imaginations in high regard, but even we didn’t think it was possible for Ford’s Focus RS to become appreciably cooler than it already is. Ford Performance, working in conjunction with Ken Block’s Hoonigan Racing and U.K.–based speed shop M-Sport, has just put that to rest with the Focus RS–based Global Rallycross race […]

Per the EPA, 2016 Mazda CX-9 Three-Row Is Most Efficient Non-Hybrid in Its Class

Per the EPA, 2016 Mazda CX-9 Three-Row Is Most Efficient Non-Hybrid in Its Class
Mazda’s transformation of its U.S. lineup is complete, and the CX-9 three-row crossover is the latest model to be completely redesigned under the new “Skyactiv” ethos. This bit of marketing hyperbole represents Mazda’s aggressive weight-savings design techniques and fuel-efficient engine technologies, and every vehicle introduced under the Skyactiv banner has offered very competitive fuel economy. The […]

Swede Speed: Polestar Announces Parts Program for Volvo Models
Polestar, the recently acquired in-house tuning arm of Swedish automaker Volvo, announced today that it plans to offer a full line of performance parts and dress-up accessories for various models. We sort of already thought this was a thing, but apparently not. Polestar has long sold engine-tuning packages, however, and factory Polestar-fettled versions of the S60 […]

A German Gigafactory? Daimler Tripling Size of Its Plant for Lithium-Ion Vehicle Batteries, Will Also Sell Home Backup Power
Electricity is the sexy way to propel a car these days. Within the past 12 months, even before the Volkswagen scandal, all the major German automakers have announced plans to expand their electric-vehicle lineups in response to tightening emissions laws. The latest is Daimler, which has announced plans to drop more than $540 million on a new […]

2017 Maserati Levante Revealed: Looks Good, Sounds Good – Official Photos and Info

2017 Maserati Levante SUV Debuts: Looks Good, Sounds Good
Maserati named its first-ever SUV, the Levante, after a warm Mediterranean wind that “can change from a light breeze to an irresistible natural force in an instant.” Now that warm wind has blown all the way from Italy to the 2016 Geneva auto show, where we’re finally getting our first in-person look at the Levante. […]

Nissan Says Its First Semi-Autonomous Model Will Arrive in 2017
Nissan’s first semi-autonomous driving-assistance tech will debut in Europe next year on the Qashqai crossover. Called Piloted Drive 1.0, the system will act as a traffic-jam assist like that found on the Volvo XC90, which means it can operate only at lower speeds in a single highway lane with at least one car in front. […]

Dark Shadows: Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost and Wraith Invoke Restless Spirits

Dark Shadows: Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost and Wraith Invoke Restless Spirits
As the protagonist of the ’60s Dark Shadows television series, Barnabas Collins was the archetypal fictional vampire. Possessing superhuman strength and speed, masterful sorcery skills, and a penchant for napping in a coffin, Collins spent the majority of his waking hours in pursuit of romantic liaisons. We mention this not because the entire C/D staff […]

Bentley’s Mulsanne Mulliner Limousine Is Long, Strong, Down to Get the Chauffeurin’ On
It’s too close to the announcement of the Continental GT Monster by Mulliner for the Mulsanne Grand Limousine by Mulliner to be intentional atonement for that brand-tarnishing sin, but this elongated behemoth definitely goes a stretch toward convincing us that things are mostly right at Bentley’s customizing division. Unveiled at the Geneva auto show, the […]

Resurrected Borgward Brand Turns Up in Geneva with Three SUVs

Resurrected Borgward Brand Turns Up in Geneva with Three SUVs
Borgward, a long-forgotten German brand that folded in 1961, made a splash by announcing its return and some incredibly ambitious sales targets early last year. It then showed off the BX7 SUV at the 2015 Frankfurt auto show before sort of fading once again into the background. Now that Borgward has popped up at the 2016 Geneva show with more […]

2017 Toyota C-HR Debuts, Is a Funky CUV for the Subcompact Crowd
If the exploding subcompact-crossover segment were a party, Toyota would only now be showing up with a Black Eyed Peas CD and a sixer of Smirnoff Ice in hand well after everyone else has passed out. That’s how late Toyota is to this shindig. Kia kicked off the party in 2009 with the boxy, front-drive […]

2017 Toyota C-HR: A Funky CUV for the Subcompact Crowd

New Abarth 124 Spider Rally Is an Epic 300-hp Throwback Race Car

New Abarth 124 Spider Rally Is an Epic 300-hp Throwback Race Car
Threatening to sap some wind from the Fiat 124 Spider–based Abarth 124 Spider roadster at its big debut in Geneva is—believe it or not—another Abarth Spider, a much, much cooler one. The only caveat is that you can’t buy it, at least, unless you’re keen on taking it rallying in the FIA’s R-GT class during the […]

Jamming Good with Weird and Gilly: Touring Unveils Disco Volante Spyder
Jamming Good with Weird and Gilly: Touring Unveils Disco Volante Spyder
Forget Panic! At the Disco. Get outta that Disco Inferno. Leave behind that fond, fuzzy memory of making out with Cherie Currie at Rodney Binghenheimer’s English Disco. Instead, welcome yet another iteration of Touring Superleggera’s take on their venerable Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 Disco Volante of the early 1950s. This time inspired by the open […]

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Debuts, All Three Versions of It – Official Photos and Info

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Photos and Info: Hybrid, Plug-In, or EV, the Ioniq Is All Three
As the debate over the relative merits of different hybrid technologies and pure electric powertrains continue to simmer if not quite rage, Hyundai offers a compellingly simple solution: sell them all. READ MORE ››

Mean and Green: M4-Powered AC Schnitzer ACL2 Concept

Mean and Green: M4-Powered AC Schnitzer ACL2 Concept
For nearly 30 years, German tuning firm AC Schnitzer has been manipulating BMW vehicles in an effort to squeeze out mind-blowing levels of performance that surpass even those of BMW’s in-house M division. The BMW M235i-based ACL2 concept may be the tuner’s greenest effort, and while its reptilian hue may be its most obvious modification, […]

2017 Fiat Abarth 124 Spider: Setting the Dial to “Veloce” – Official Photos and Info

2017 Abarth 124 Spider: Setting the Turbocharged Roadster’s Dial to “Veloce”
As a general exercise, Fiat’s new 124 Spider is at its core a retro effort. The original 124 Spider first went on sale in the late 1960s and enjoyed a relatively successful production run that lasted over a decade. The new 124 Spider apes many of the old car’s styling cues, wrapping the Italianate look […]

Protester Interrupts VW’s Geneva Press Conference Over Diesel Cheating [Video]
Considering the enormous scope and still-pending implications of the Volkswagen diesel-emissions scandal, the automaker has managed to deflect criticism and downplay the severity of its outright deception fairly effectively. However deserving the automaker is of being punished—and it is deserving, there can be no doubt about that—surely the last thing VW wanted was the stink of Dieselgate to waft over its proceedings at this […]

2017 Aston Martin DB11 Revealed! – Official Photos and Info

2017 Aston Martin DB11: The DB9 Successor Revealed!
We start with the bad news: As previously reported, Aston Martin’s glorious-sounding naturally aspirated V-12 engine won’t be making the transition to the new DB11. The engine that has powered all of the company’s larger products since 2003, and was essentially two Ford Duratec V-6s joined at the crank, is soon to be retired and […]

2016 Porsche 911 R: The Purist’s Porsche – Official Photos and Info

Subaru XV Concept: The Next-Gen XV Crosstrek in Fancy Clothing – Auto Shows

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: Z06 Inspiration, Stingray Motivation – Official Photos and Info

2017 Audi Q2: A Small Step in a Big Expansion – Official Photos and Info

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Debuts, Is Essentially a Z06 in All But Engine
The original Corvette Grand Sports stalked racetracks in the 1960s, but the name went dormant until it was revived in 1996 for the final year of the C4-generation Corvette. With a 30-hp bump over stock and the wider wheels and tires of the mighty ZR-1—and the bulging fenders to match—that Grand Sport also sported a […]

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Subaru XV Concept Is the Next-Gen Crosstrek
Mild-mannered Subaru has been on something a concept-car bender lately, first busting out the Impreza 5-door hatch concept last October, which was quickly followed the next month by a sedan counterpart, the aptly named Impreza sedan concept. The latest concept to see the light of day is the Subaru XV, a thinly veiled peek at […]

2017 Honda Civic Hatchback Debuts in Concept Form—or Is That “Type R Form”?
Honda has now rolled out the hatchback version of its all-new Civic at the Geneva show—and even though the model was introduced on the Continent, this is a debut that has plenty of relevance to America. READ MORE ››

2017 Honda Civic Hatchback Debuts—In Concept Form – Auto Shows

Volkswagen T-Cross Breeze Previews New Small CUV – Auto Shows

Volkswagen T-Cross Breeze Previews New Small CUV
If you’re thinking that the one thing the world needs least right now is a convertible crossover, you have plenty of company. But there are enough people interested in the idea that Land Rover is going there with its handsome and pricey Range Rover Evoque convertible. And now VW is showing us something remarkably similar […]

Ken Block Unleashes Smokin’ Hades Upon the UAE in Gymkhana 8 [Video]
If Ken Block knows anything, it’s his audience. As a pro skater, he launched DC Shoes with Danny Way. As his interests, er, drifted toward rallying, he assumed that the kids would want to see examples of ridiculous car control. As his Gymkhana series grew into the bated-breath juggernaut it’s become, Block has worked to make […]

Ford Unveils New Edge, S-Max, and Mondeo Five-Door in Upscale Vignale Trim, Kuga Vignale Concept
Ford is moving to expand its upscale Vignale trim in Europe—it isn’t offered in the U.S.—from more or less a single offering built around the Mondeo sedan and wagon (sold as the Fusion here), to an entire sub-brand with multiple offerings. Joining the Mondeo Vignale on the automaker’s Geneva auto show stand are Vignale iterations based […]

2017 Audi Q2 Crossover Debuts as First Step in Big SUV Expansion Plans
Key Audi rivals BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and even Lexus have flooded the market with every conceivable size and shape of crossover SUV over the past decade or so. Yet the four-ringed brand from Ingolstadt has plugged along with just three such models: the Q3, Q5, and Q7. All three have been success stories, sure, but profit-laden […]

Revealed! Lamborghini Centenario, the 759-hp Birthday Present
When normal people die, they are remembered in framed photographs or personal anecdotes told by their loved ones. Pillars of the community might get their name on a street or a ball field, but for most of us, that’s where our legacy stops. But if you’re a dead Italian tractor-builder-cum-supercar-constructor named Ferruccio Lamborghini, who would […]

2017 Lamborghini Centenario: The 759-hp Birthday Present – Official Photos and Info

2016 Porsche 911 R Packs GT3 RS Engine and Manual Gearbox in a Lightweight Body
Despondent over Porsche’s migration with the rest of the auto world to boosted engines and automatic transmissions? Behold this ray of sunshine: Porsche has a new 911 R that combines just what you want/need—a hot naturally aspirated engine, six shift-’em-yourself gears, and a clutch pedal all in one tantalizing package. READ MORE ››

Electric Shocker: Morgan Shows Production 3-Wheeler EV

Electric Shocker: Morgan Shows Production 3 Wheeler EV
Morgan isn’t like other automakers, but you probably knew that already. This tiny British sports-car maker continues to do many things in much the same way it has throughout its century-plus of existence, regarding timber as an appropriate structural material for use in a car and producing some models that could be sent through a […]

2017 Mercedes-Benz C-class Cabriolet: Available in C300, C43 AMG Potencies – Official Photos and Info

2017 Mercedes-Benz C-class Cabriolet: Available in C300, C43 AMG Potencies
Mercedes-Benz has long enjoyed a healthy reputation for quality, comfort, and solidity, but it is once again making cars that are beautiful, too. The latest in the company’s string of handsome designs is the all-new C-class cabriolet, which may be among the most attractive vehicles on the star-studded floor at the 2016 Geneva show, where […]

2017 Volkswagen Phideon: That’s “Phideon,” Not “Phaeton” – Auto Shows