The new Land Rover Ranger Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs are lighter, higher-tech, and more luxurious than ever--and they're in massive demand. So much so, that even with production running full-blast around the clock, Land Rover simply can't keep up with demand, which is about 40 percent higher than the company predicted. What does that mean...
The Mercedes-Benz Concept S Class Coupe was one of the most interesting and attractive debuts at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show. Now it looks like it will be joined by a two-door S Class Convertible, as a production model. Having already captured spy shots of the car in testing, this comes as no surprise to us--in fact, we've known about it for...
The American Grand Prix isn't the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas--it's the one that's going to happen on a street circuit in New Jersey, just a short distance from New York City. Today, it's officially on the 2014 Formula 1 calendar. As recently as August, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had said the New Jersey F1 race was...
The 2015 Lamborghini Cabrera, the upcoming replacement for the Gallardo, has been spied in testing again, and this time, it's shooting flames from its exhaust--and showing off its interior. The epic tale of James Hunt's rivalry with Niki Lauda in the 1976 F1 season is being shown all across the country today in the Rush movie, but McLaren's F1...
The new Rush movie is officially being released across the U.S. today, and it looks like it will be great. But is there more to the story of James Hunt's and Niki Lauda's duel in the 1976 F1 season? There is, and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes shares it from an insider's perspective in its first-ever comic strip. The strip captures the story of the...
The idea of a hot crossover has yet to really take off, but that isn't stopping Audi from trying to blaze the trail with the 2014 RS Q3. While we wait in suspense to hear if Audi will finally bring the Q3 to the U.S., we doubt the RS Q3 will follow. Too bad for us, as this blend of tall hot hatch and compact crossover is intriguing, at least in...
These days, smartphones seem to be the answer to everything including, apparently, drunk driving. A new device called the Breathometer is billed as the "World's First Smartphone Breathalyzer." Its makers say it gives people the opportunity to asses their ability to drive before the police have to. About the size of a key fob, Breathometer attaches...
Near the top of the list of exciting new American cars for 2014 sits the Cadillac CTS. Why is it so exciting? Well, it's because a solid luxury machine looks to be stepping into an even greater world of both quality and performance. The styling is updated and sharper, and it means the next generation CTS-V is just around the corner. The...
Burnouts are fun, but what about burnouts with trailers? 1320 Video caught just such a spectacle. The crew of a Chevy Nova participating in Hot Rod Drag Week decided to make a rather unconventional run down a busy city street. They even attached the car's parachute to the back of the trailer. The Chevy may look a little beat up, but under the hood...
When Toyota and Subaru brought their respective rear-wheel-drive compact sport coupes to the market, the enthusiasts of the world rejoiced. After all, it's always exciting when automakers bring sporty products into their lineup, and the GT86/FR-S/BRZ siblings are just that. These are fun to drive machines that don't cost a ton of money to...
Mercedes-Benz is prepping for a product onslaught over the course of the next few years. The all-new CLA baby Benz is a good case in point, but it's not going to have the spotlight to itself for long. Shown at Frankfurt, the GLA is going to be hot on its heels with a launch date set for sometime in the later half of 2014. Eager to start hyping up...
There's no doubt the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray is a truly impressive performance car, from its electronically actuated limited-slip differential to its direct-injected, 460-horsepower LT1 V-8. But it might soon become even more advanced: GM has filed a patent for a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The news comes by way of Corvette Forums...
These are strange times for Rolls-Royce. After decades of building traditional luxury cars that emphasized serenity over speed, Rolls has built a car, the Wraith, that can do 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. Now, it's mulling over an SUV and limited edition models with carbon fiber bodywork, Edmunds reports. A Rolls-Royce SUV has been whispered about...
Unveiled in August before making its public debut at the Frankfurt auto show earlier this month, the BMW Concept X5 eDrive is a 61.8-mpg take on luxury utility driving. And it may soon spawn a production plug-in hybrid X5. While still cautious to couch the news in tentative, future terms, BMW's head of large vehicle production Peter Wolf told...
The Circuit of the Americas is a world-class facility and a very challenging track to master. Pair that with the world-class Hennessey Venom GT (which also looks rather difficult to master) and you have a match made in Texas. Here, we see the Venom GT chasing a Hennessey-modified Nissan GT-R during the Venom GT's first trip to COTA. What does...
The front-wheel drive BMW 1-Series is coming, even though 80 percent of current 1-Series owners think their car is already front-wheel-drive. A new report today puts a timeline on the "New Entry-level Sedan" (NES): it should arrive in 2017. The news comes by way of according to Automotive News Europe (subscription required). The calendar-year 2017...
The new Land Rover Ranger Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs are lighter, higher-tech, and more luxurious than ever--and they're in massive demand. So much so, that even with production running full-blast around the clock, Land Rover simply can't keep up with demand, which is about 40 percent higher than the company predicted. What does that mean...
The Mercedes-Benz Concept S Class Coupe was one of the most interesting and attractive debuts at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show. Now it looks like it will be joined by a two-door S Class Convertible, as a production model. Having already captured spy shots of the car in testing, this comes as no surprise to us--in fact, we've known about it for...
The American Grand Prix isn't the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas--it's the one that's going to happen on a street circuit in New Jersey, just a short distance from New York City. Today, it's officially on the 2014 Formula 1 calendar. As recently as August, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had said the New Jersey F1 race was...
The 2015 Lamborghini Cabrera, the upcoming replacement for the Gallardo, has been spied in testing again, and this time, it's shooting flames from its exhaust--and showing off its interior. The epic tale of James Hunt's rivalry with Niki Lauda in the 1976 F1 season is being shown all across the country today in the Rush movie, but McLaren's F1...
The new Rush movie is officially being released across the U.S. today, and it looks like it will be great. But is there more to the story of James Hunt's and Niki Lauda's duel in the 1976 F1 season? There is, and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes shares it from an insider's perspective in its first-ever comic strip. The strip captures the story of the...
The idea of a hot crossover has yet to really take off, but that isn't stopping Audi from trying to blaze the trail with the 2014 RS Q3. While we wait in suspense to hear if Audi will finally bring the Q3 to the U.S., we doubt the RS Q3 will follow. Too bad for us, as this blend of tall hot hatch and compact crossover is intriguing, at least in...
These days, smartphones seem to be the answer to everything including, apparently, drunk driving. A new device called the Breathometer is billed as the "World's First Smartphone Breathalyzer." Its makers say it gives people the opportunity to asses their ability to drive before the police have to. About the size of a key fob, Breathometer attaches...
Near the top of the list of exciting new American cars for 2014 sits the Cadillac CTS. Why is it so exciting? Well, it's because a solid luxury machine looks to be stepping into an even greater world of both quality and performance. The styling is updated and sharper, and it means the next generation CTS-V is just around the corner. The...
Burnouts are fun, but what about burnouts with trailers? 1320 Video caught just such a spectacle. The crew of a Chevy Nova participating in Hot Rod Drag Week decided to make a rather unconventional run down a busy city street. They even attached the car's parachute to the back of the trailer. The Chevy may look a little beat up, but under the hood...
When Toyota and Subaru brought their respective rear-wheel-drive compact sport coupes to the market, the enthusiasts of the world rejoiced. After all, it's always exciting when automakers bring sporty products into their lineup, and the GT86/FR-S/BRZ siblings are just that. These are fun to drive machines that don't cost a ton of money to...
Mercedes-Benz is prepping for a product onslaught over the course of the next few years. The all-new CLA baby Benz is a good case in point, but it's not going to have the spotlight to itself for long. Shown at Frankfurt, the GLA is going to be hot on its heels with a launch date set for sometime in the later half of 2014. Eager to start hyping up...
There's no doubt the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray is a truly impressive performance car, from its electronically actuated limited-slip differential to its direct-injected, 460-horsepower LT1 V-8. But it might soon become even more advanced: GM has filed a patent for a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The news comes by way of Corvette Forums...
These are strange times for Rolls-Royce. After decades of building traditional luxury cars that emphasized serenity over speed, Rolls has built a car, the Wraith, that can do 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. Now, it's mulling over an SUV and limited edition models with carbon fiber bodywork, Edmunds reports. A Rolls-Royce SUV has been whispered about...
Unveiled in August before making its public debut at the Frankfurt auto show earlier this month, the BMW Concept X5 eDrive is a 61.8-mpg take on luxury utility driving. And it may soon spawn a production plug-in hybrid X5. While still cautious to couch the news in tentative, future terms, BMW's head of large vehicle production Peter Wolf told...
The Circuit of the Americas is a world-class facility and a very challenging track to master. Pair that with the world-class Hennessey Venom GT (which also looks rather difficult to master) and you have a match made in Texas. Here, we see the Venom GT chasing a Hennessey-modified Nissan GT-R during the Venom GT's first trip to COTA. What does...
The front-wheel drive BMW 1-Series is coming, even though 80 percent of current 1-Series owners think their car is already front-wheel-drive. A new report today puts a timeline on the "New Entry-level Sedan" (NES): it should arrive in 2017. The news comes by way of according to Automotive News Europe (subscription required). The calendar-year 2017...
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