Carbon fiber and its various composite materials are central to the design and construction of a modern Formula 1 car. But how are carbon composites made, used, and leveraged to make the brutally efficient machines we see on race day? This video takes us behind the scenes into Infiniti Red Bull Racing's process as it prototypes carbon fiber parts...
The Lexus IS F was, when introduced in 2008, the brand's first real attempt to meet the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG head-on. For the most part, it was a success, even if it didn't top either of the Germans. Today, Lexus released info on its 2014 IS F, and it's almost exactly the same as last year's, right down to its last-generation IS...
Mercedes-Benz is well-known for its magically controlling names for its high-tech products. Wipers that shoot cleaning fluid directly onto the window? Magic Vision Control. A sunroof that varies its opacity? Magic Sky Control. And now, on the new 2014 S Class, a system that scans the road ahead and proactively manages body movement to ensure a...
The 2014 BMW M3 and M4 are on their way, and we have the first official technical details on the new turbocharged performance cars. Will you miss the high-revving, sweet-sounding V-8? America loves its cars and its food. When the two come together, special things happen. We have a list of America's favorite road foods. Is yours on the list? A...
The arrival of SUVs at ultra-luxury brands is a hot topic these days, with Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini all in the process of moving concepts toward production. It looks like Lamborghini might be among the first with its Urus. Speaking with Bloomberg (via Detroit News), Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said, regarding the Urus, "We are...
There's getting it wrong, then there's this. The car is a Porsche 911 RSR of the 964 flavor. The barrier is a large cement line of the Jersery flavor. The water is of the you-don't-want-to-land-upside-down-in-it flavor. The scene: Driver Harry Kleinjan, attempting to tear through a stage of the Hellendoorn rally in the Netherlands, swings the 911...
The Porsche 911 turns 50 this year. Not bad for a car with the engine in the wrong place. What's kept it so appealing for so long? The above video is one man's explanation. Jeff Zwart is more familiar with 911s than most. He's been in charge of Porsche's advertising campaigns for over 20 years, and has raced 911s at Pikes Peak. He learned to drive...
Rumors about the newest version of the BMW M3 Sedan and the new M4 Coupe have been circulating for years, and some of them have been pretty wild. Today, we can put many of them to rest: these are the first official technical details of the next generation of BMW's iconic performance car. While many significant changes are found throughout the F8x...
An Atlanta-area police officer has written nearly 800 tickets this year for texting and driving, WSB-TV Atlanta reports. Gwinnett County Police Officer Jessie Myers told WSB-TV he has issued more tickets for texting while driving than any officer in the state of Georgia; it wouldn't be surprising if that record applied to other states as well...
While we've had no issues expressing our qualms about the driverless future of cars, we also can't help but find the technology interesting, even amazing, even at this early stage in its development. But most car buyers don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about self-driving cars, according to a new survey. ORC International, at the behest of the Chubb...
Like Mini, Fiat has turned one retro hatchback into an entire family of cars, but is it possible to have too many 500 variants? MSN Cars UK reports that Fiat is expanding its line of Abarth performance models, possibly with a 500L Abarth. "In [the] future it is possible," Marco Magnanini, the European head of Abarth, said in an interview. A 500L...
It's not often you'll see 100 Lamborghinis in the same place, much less such a nice cross-section of the many generations and styles of the famed Italian supercar brand's automotive excess. Here, you get more than 100 of them, scooting at varying velocities around a mountain hairpin turn. In the rain. And while there are several classic...
Fiat has delayed Alfa Romeo's U.S. return to the second quarter of 2014, the Detroit News reports. Rick Deneau, a Chrysler spokesman, told the paper that the debut of the 4C sports car, the first production model Alfa plans to sell in the United States, has been pushed back at least to that time. Back in January, Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio...
If you haven't been to the Circuit of the Americas yet, you need to figure out a way to do it. And you should go on a race weekend. Just about any race weekend. Last weeked wasn't just any race weekend, however, as the FIA World Endurance Championship made its first-ever stop at the new track with some of the top endurance racing cars in the...
Carbon fiber and its various composite materials are central to the design and construction of a modern Formula 1 car. But how are carbon composites made, used, and leveraged to make the brutally efficient machines we see on race day? This video takes us behind the scenes into Infiniti Red Bull Racing's process as it prototypes carbon fiber parts...
The Lexus IS F was, when introduced in 2008, the brand's first real attempt to meet the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C Class AMG head-on. For the most part, it was a success, even if it didn't top either of the Germans. Today, Lexus released info on its 2014 IS F, and it's almost exactly the same as last year's, right down to its last-generation IS...
Mercedes-Benz is well-known for its magically controlling names for its high-tech products. Wipers that shoot cleaning fluid directly onto the window? Magic Vision Control. A sunroof that varies its opacity? Magic Sky Control. And now, on the new 2014 S Class, a system that scans the road ahead and proactively manages body movement to ensure a...
The 2014 BMW M3 and M4 are on their way, and we have the first official technical details on the new turbocharged performance cars. Will you miss the high-revving, sweet-sounding V-8? America loves its cars and its food. When the two come together, special things happen. We have a list of America's favorite road foods. Is yours on the list? A...
The arrival of SUVs at ultra-luxury brands is a hot topic these days, with Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini all in the process of moving concepts toward production. It looks like Lamborghini might be among the first with its Urus. Speaking with Bloomberg (via Detroit News), Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann said, regarding the Urus, "We are...
There's getting it wrong, then there's this. The car is a Porsche 911 RSR of the 964 flavor. The barrier is a large cement line of the Jersery flavor. The water is of the you-don't-want-to-land-upside-down-in-it flavor. The scene: Driver Harry Kleinjan, attempting to tear through a stage of the Hellendoorn rally in the Netherlands, swings the 911...
The Porsche 911 turns 50 this year. Not bad for a car with the engine in the wrong place. What's kept it so appealing for so long? The above video is one man's explanation. Jeff Zwart is more familiar with 911s than most. He's been in charge of Porsche's advertising campaigns for over 20 years, and has raced 911s at Pikes Peak. He learned to drive...
Rumors about the newest version of the BMW M3 Sedan and the new M4 Coupe have been circulating for years, and some of them have been pretty wild. Today, we can put many of them to rest: these are the first official technical details of the next generation of BMW's iconic performance car. While many significant changes are found throughout the F8x...
An Atlanta-area police officer has written nearly 800 tickets this year for texting and driving, WSB-TV Atlanta reports. Gwinnett County Police Officer Jessie Myers told WSB-TV he has issued more tickets for texting while driving than any officer in the state of Georgia; it wouldn't be surprising if that record applied to other states as well...
While we've had no issues expressing our qualms about the driverless future of cars, we also can't help but find the technology interesting, even amazing, even at this early stage in its development. But most car buyers don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about self-driving cars, according to a new survey. ORC International, at the behest of the Chubb...
Like Mini, Fiat has turned one retro hatchback into an entire family of cars, but is it possible to have too many 500 variants? MSN Cars UK reports that Fiat is expanding its line of Abarth performance models, possibly with a 500L Abarth. "In [the] future it is possible," Marco Magnanini, the European head of Abarth, said in an interview. A 500L...
It's not often you'll see 100 Lamborghinis in the same place, much less such a nice cross-section of the many generations and styles of the famed Italian supercar brand's automotive excess. Here, you get more than 100 of them, scooting at varying velocities around a mountain hairpin turn. In the rain. And while there are several classic...
Fiat has delayed Alfa Romeo's U.S. return to the second quarter of 2014, the Detroit News reports. Rick Deneau, a Chrysler spokesman, told the paper that the debut of the 4C sports car, the first production model Alfa plans to sell in the United States, has been pushed back at least to that time. Back in January, Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio...
If you haven't been to the Circuit of the Americas yet, you need to figure out a way to do it. And you should go on a race weekend. Just about any race weekend. Last weeked wasn't just any race weekend, however, as the FIA World Endurance Championship made its first-ever stop at the new track with some of the top endurance racing cars in the...
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