When you have, quite literally, everything--or at least the capacity to buy everything--what do you want? Solid gold models of $400,000 cars, apparently. That's our take-away from this $7.5 million solid gold Lamborghini Aventador model, anyway. Carved from an 1,100-pound block of solid gold, the model will weigh 55 pounds. In solid gold...
There's so much afoot in the world of luxury and performance cars this year it's almost impossible to keep pace with it all--but we're doing it so you don't have to. First up in today's news highlights: the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C Class has been spied in testing again, this time revealing its interior, as well as another look at its updated, more...
With a blistering 6:57 lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife already under its belt, Porsche's 918 Spyder may be capable of still faster laps, says the driver who clocked the record-setting run. Porsche factory racing driver Marc Lieb spoke with Australia's Drive recently, saying he thinks the 918 Spyder has more in the bag. While it's not...
The Tesla Model S is an undeniably quick car, especially considering its considerable weight. But just how much power does the world's only real electric car produce? A lot, it turns out. The team at Autocar took the Model S to the dyno to find out exactly how much power reaches the rear wheels. With a Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S Performance edition...
No matter which of the hot new trio of hybrid hypercars you're most infatuated with, you have to admit they're all massively impressive machines. And unlike most hybrids, this group sounds pretty great--perhaps especially the LaFerrari. HEAR MORE: Hear The LaFerrari’s Engine Bark In This Behind The Scenes Video A pair of the cars were caught...
Sliding Down The Socioeconomic Scale Orange Grimace Red Mist Patina Fey Whiter Shade of Sarah Palin Burt Sienna (buy this car!) Self Whiteousness Conscientious Objector Green Kind Of Blew Red Herring Brick Shithouse Canary In a Coalmine Salmon P. Chase Seepia Amber Alert
There's no doubt that the Alfa Romeo 4C is a technological standout in the compact sports car class, and a relative bargain even at a projected price somewhere north of $75,000. But it's also incredibly good-looking. Like, really, really good-looking. Even with the weird spider-eye headlight units. And it's downright sexy when full lock is applied...
There's nothing about this Nissan Patrol that makes sense. We love it while hating it. What's so different? There are no driver controls in the front row. They've been relocated to the center-mounted second row. Why? We're not sure the guys (at King of Customs in Dubai) who built it know. They certainly don't explain why. It just is. The issues...
Just last week, word broke that the gorgeous Mazda Furai concept had burned to the ground while in the custody of Top Gear--way back in 2008. Today, the Furai's designer expressed his pain at seeing the photos of the car's charred corpse. Carlos Salaff, a senior designer at Mazda at the time of the Furai's creation for the 2007 Detroit Auto Show...
The American Le Mans Series will host the fifth round of the World Endurance Championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend, and among the highlights will be the U.S. debut of the Toyota TS030 Hybrid race car and the official Toyota Racing team. It might seem odd that Toyota's WEC team has never raced on American soil...
A prototype for the next-generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been spotted once again, this time revealing more details of the upcoming sedan than ever before, including our first glimpse of the interior. The new C-Class is expected to go on sale sometime in 2014 and will, for the first time, be manufactured at Mercedes’ plant in Tuscaloosa...
The BMW i8 was finally revealed in full production guise at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, but so far, video of the hybrid sports car in action has been relatively scarce--especially in terms of real-world encounters. That's been solved by the gang at The Smoking Tire. While filming for an upcoming episode, an i8 prototype pulled into a parking lot...
The 2014 Cadillac CTS packages grand design with impressive performance (in the Vsport model), building on the car that almost single-handedly revived the brand's reputation for design and excellence. Now it bears the honor of being the one-millionth Cadillac ever built. Rolled off the line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant this morning...
There's a lot to be excited about when it comes to the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. It is, after all, an even better version of the already life-changingly good 458 Italia. This video shows its strengths to great effect. Of course, even the best video can't convey the emotional depth of the experience of actually driving a 458 of any stripe, but this...
When you have, quite literally, everything--or at least the capacity to buy everything--what do you want? Solid gold models of $400,000 cars, apparently. That's our take-away from this $7.5 million solid gold Lamborghini Aventador model, anyway. Carved from an 1,100-pound block of solid gold, the model will weigh 55 pounds. In solid gold...
There's so much afoot in the world of luxury and performance cars this year it's almost impossible to keep pace with it all--but we're doing it so you don't have to. First up in today's news highlights: the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C Class has been spied in testing again, this time revealing its interior, as well as another look at its updated, more...
With a blistering 6:57 lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife already under its belt, Porsche's 918 Spyder may be capable of still faster laps, says the driver who clocked the record-setting run. Porsche factory racing driver Marc Lieb spoke with Australia's Drive recently, saying he thinks the 918 Spyder has more in the bag. While it's not...
The Tesla Model S is an undeniably quick car, especially considering its considerable weight. But just how much power does the world's only real electric car produce? A lot, it turns out. The team at Autocar took the Model S to the dyno to find out exactly how much power reaches the rear wheels. With a Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S Performance edition...
No matter which of the hot new trio of hybrid hypercars you're most infatuated with, you have to admit they're all massively impressive machines. And unlike most hybrids, this group sounds pretty great--perhaps especially the LaFerrari. HEAR MORE: Hear The LaFerrari’s Engine Bark In This Behind The Scenes Video A pair of the cars were caught...
Sliding Down The Socioeconomic Scale Orange Grimace Red Mist Patina Fey Whiter Shade of Sarah Palin Burt Sienna (buy this car!) Self Whiteousness Conscientious Objector Green Kind Of Blew Red Herring Brick Shithouse Canary In a Coalmine Salmon P. Chase Seepia Amber Alert
There's no doubt that the Alfa Romeo 4C is a technological standout in the compact sports car class, and a relative bargain even at a projected price somewhere north of $75,000. But it's also incredibly good-looking. Like, really, really good-looking. Even with the weird spider-eye headlight units. And it's downright sexy when full lock is applied...
There's nothing about this Nissan Patrol that makes sense. We love it while hating it. What's so different? There are no driver controls in the front row. They've been relocated to the center-mounted second row. Why? We're not sure the guys (at King of Customs in Dubai) who built it know. They certainly don't explain why. It just is. The issues...
Just last week, word broke that the gorgeous Mazda Furai concept had burned to the ground while in the custody of Top Gear--way back in 2008. Today, the Furai's designer expressed his pain at seeing the photos of the car's charred corpse. Carlos Salaff, a senior designer at Mazda at the time of the Furai's creation for the 2007 Detroit Auto Show...
The American Le Mans Series will host the fifth round of the World Endurance Championship at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend, and among the highlights will be the U.S. debut of the Toyota TS030 Hybrid race car and the official Toyota Racing team. It might seem odd that Toyota's WEC team has never raced on American soil...
A prototype for the next-generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been spotted once again, this time revealing more details of the upcoming sedan than ever before, including our first glimpse of the interior. The new C-Class is expected to go on sale sometime in 2014 and will, for the first time, be manufactured at Mercedes’ plant in Tuscaloosa...
The BMW i8 was finally revealed in full production guise at the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, but so far, video of the hybrid sports car in action has been relatively scarce--especially in terms of real-world encounters. That's been solved by the gang at The Smoking Tire. While filming for an upcoming episode, an i8 prototype pulled into a parking lot...
The 2014 Cadillac CTS packages grand design with impressive performance (in the Vsport model), building on the car that almost single-handedly revived the brand's reputation for design and excellence. Now it bears the honor of being the one-millionth Cadillac ever built. Rolled off the line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant this morning...
There's a lot to be excited about when it comes to the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. It is, after all, an even better version of the already life-changingly good 458 Italia. This video shows its strengths to great effect. Of course, even the best video can't convey the emotional depth of the experience of actually driving a 458 of any stripe, but this...
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