Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that more Model S variants were in the pipeline, which led us to speculate that one would likely be an all-wheel-drive version built using the dual-motor setup previewed in the Model X crossover. Since both cars are spun from the same underlying structure, installing the Model X’s all-wheel-drive...
In the same week Subaru showed a new STI-tuned BRZ concept, Toyota rolled out a version of its GT 86 sports car, a Scion FR-S to U.S. readers, fitted with some of its own performance upgrades. The vehicle, described as a prototype, was presented to Australian media at an event organized by Toyota to mark one year since the launch of the GT 86 in...
One of the most famous race car drivers of all time is Ayrton Senna, and a first-generation Acura NSX has popped up on eBay with a claim that Senna was the original owner. In fact, the driver-side floor mat supposedly still has Senna's footprint on it. If this isn't a collector's item we don't know what is. According to Bob Lutz, if Pontiac had...
Better brush up on your French because one of the most exciting entries for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship is France’s Citroën, which is fielding two cars driven by two world champion French natives. We’ve already told you that the unstoppable Sébastien Loeb, a winner of nine World Rally Championships and the man...
The proliferation of new luxury crossovers coming onto the market, and in never-before-seen bodystyles, too, is a sure sign of the changing trends in buyer preferences sweeping the globe. While not so long ago buyers after a luxury auto sought stately sedans with elegant styling, today those same buyers are going after lifestyle vehicles with...
Audi’s latest A3 range already consists of a hatch, Sportback wagon and a sedan, and soon a convertible will be added, but further down the track we may see even more variants, one of which is tipped to be a MPV. The A3 MPV was championed by Audi’s recently ousted R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer and is expected to be previewed in...
Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker recently confirmed plans to unveil a convertible version of its B6 Venator concept this year, and hinted that both show cars were destined to spawn production versions. The last we heard, Spyker planned to start production of its B6 Venator sometime in 2014, though the company hasn’t said when sales in...
Honda, more specifically Honda’s U.S.-based Honda Performance Development unit, is working on a new engine it hopes to sell to private teams competing in the World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new engine is a turbocharged V-6 that will be offered to teams competing in the series’...
Kia's rolled out a string of concepts over the past 12 months, foreshadowing a new generation of stylish and--presumably--affordable models it has in the works. These have included standouts such as 2011’s GT and the funky Provo and Cross GT crossovers from earlier this year. Considering this cadence, it should come as no surprise that the...
Spend around a hundred grand on a performance sedan, and it had better put a smile on your face, right? After driving the 2014 Jaguar XFR-S up on Pacific Northwest mountain roads, as well as on the track, we can say that this very focused model—the fastest, most powerful Jaguar sedan ever—never ceased to have us grinning. A wicked...
Are you a person who misses the Pontiac brand? Perhaps you were hoping it would continue so you could have your chance at a modern GTO? Well, if the brand had survived they certainly would've produced that car you were after. According to Bob Lutz in a recent issue of Road & Track, a next-generation Pontiac GTO was being developed. They even...
The new Acura NSX should prove to be quite an entertaining machine. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to the original NSX from a pure driving experience standpoint. Of course, you can still buy the old NSX if you hunt them down on Craigslist and eBay Motors. If you have the means to afford one, you should do so. They're practically...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that more Model S variants were in the pipeline, which led us to speculate that one would likely be an all-wheel-drive version built using the dual-motor setup previewed in the Model X crossover. Since both cars are spun from the same underlying structure, installing the Model X’s all-wheel-drive...
In the same week Subaru showed a new STI-tuned BRZ concept, Toyota rolled out a version of its GT 86 sports car, a Scion FR-S to U.S. readers, fitted with some of its own performance upgrades. The vehicle, described as a prototype, was presented to Australian media at an event organized by Toyota to mark one year since the launch of the GT 86 in...
One of the most famous race car drivers of all time is Ayrton Senna, and a first-generation Acura NSX has popped up on eBay with a claim that Senna was the original owner. In fact, the driver-side floor mat supposedly still has Senna's footprint on it. If this isn't a collector's item we don't know what is. According to Bob Lutz, if Pontiac had...
Better brush up on your French because one of the most exciting entries for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship is France’s Citroën, which is fielding two cars driven by two world champion French natives. We’ve already told you that the unstoppable Sébastien Loeb, a winner of nine World Rally Championships and the man...
The proliferation of new luxury crossovers coming onto the market, and in never-before-seen bodystyles, too, is a sure sign of the changing trends in buyer preferences sweeping the globe. While not so long ago buyers after a luxury auto sought stately sedans with elegant styling, today those same buyers are going after lifestyle vehicles with...
Audi’s latest A3 range already consists of a hatch, Sportback wagon and a sedan, and soon a convertible will be added, but further down the track we may see even more variants, one of which is tipped to be a MPV. The A3 MPV was championed by Audi’s recently ousted R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer and is expected to be previewed in...
Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker recently confirmed plans to unveil a convertible version of its B6 Venator concept this year, and hinted that both show cars were destined to spawn production versions. The last we heard, Spyker planned to start production of its B6 Venator sometime in 2014, though the company hasn’t said when sales in...
Honda, more specifically Honda’s U.S.-based Honda Performance Development unit, is working on a new engine it hopes to sell to private teams competing in the World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new engine is a turbocharged V-6 that will be offered to teams competing in the series’...
Kia's rolled out a string of concepts over the past 12 months, foreshadowing a new generation of stylish and--presumably--affordable models it has in the works. These have included standouts such as 2011’s GT and the funky Provo and Cross GT crossovers from earlier this year. Considering this cadence, it should come as no surprise that the...
Spend around a hundred grand on a performance sedan, and it had better put a smile on your face, right? After driving the 2014 Jaguar XFR-S up on Pacific Northwest mountain roads, as well as on the track, we can say that this very focused model—the fastest, most powerful Jaguar sedan ever—never ceased to have us grinning. A wicked...
Are you a person who misses the Pontiac brand? Perhaps you were hoping it would continue so you could have your chance at a modern GTO? Well, if the brand had survived they certainly would've produced that car you were after. According to Bob Lutz in a recent issue of Road & Track, a next-generation Pontiac GTO was being developed. They even...
The new Acura NSX should prove to be quite an entertaining machine. It will be interesting to see how it holds up to the original NSX from a pure driving experience standpoint. Of course, you can still buy the old NSX if you hunt them down on Craigslist and eBay Motors. If you have the means to afford one, you should do so. They're practically...
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