+ Mini JCW Lineup to Adopt Revised 1.6-Liter Four and Available Six-Speed Automatic— The entire line of John Cooper Works Minis—Countryman, hatchback, Clubman, Convertible, Coupe, and Roadster—will be equipped with a slightly revised ...

+ Tech Dept.: The Latest on the Airless Tire-and-Wheel Combo— When Robert Thomson invented the pneumatic tire a century and a half ago, a rubber doughnut inflated with air was only one of several ideas the Sco...

+ We Interview IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard: Revolutionizing the Sport Won’t Be Easy in the Wake of Dan Wheldon Tragedy— C/D: Your first official appearance as CEO of IndyCar was at the Chicago auto show in 2010. You seemed so cheerful and innocent then. RB: “Naïve” mig...

+ 2013 SRT Viper GTS: In-Depth with the Men Who Made It Happen— Russ Ruedisueli, 53, is sitting in his office at Chrysler’s Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, although he’s the kind of guy who doesn’t ...

+ 2013 Subaru BRZ Tested, Tackles France’s Route Napoléon— This is a story of unlikely scenarios. The first concerns the Subaru BRZ, a rear-wheel-drive sports car from the company famous for making all-whee...

+ 2012 Chrysler 300C Update One: Miles, Smiles, and Some Minor Confusion With the Dials— As we spent January and February preparing for a winter that never quite did arrive, our 300C continued to consume miles at a steady pace. In the sev...

+ LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Consistent Contenders; Or, A Look at Teams to Watch— While LeMons organizers make no secret of the fact that their hearts are with the cars that never belonged in the same time zone as a race track and ...

+ Why Are Gas Prices Going Up When Demand Is Going Down?— The price of crude oil—and more importantly, gasoline—has climbed to painful levels once again. As of early April, the quote for Brent crude, the int...

+ Apple Patents a Remote Control, Apparently for Cars—An iCar? Not yet. But a steering-wheel-mounted remote control was among the 21 patents granted to Apple this week. We don’t typically track pate...

+ 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Long-Term Test: Halfway Through the 40,000-Mile Gauntlet— For most of its history, the Volkswagen Jetta was the three-box version of the two-box Golf hatchback, which also meant that the performance-oriented...

+ 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport Manual: Fun, not Fast— Perhaps you’ve seen the TV ad showing a CX-5 zoom-zooming across a dry lake and then whistling past an array of scientific apparatus, staffed by a be...

+ Volkswagen Apprentices Build 360-hp Golf GTI Black Dynamic for Wörthersee Festival— Volkswagen is showing a factory-apprentice-tuned GTI at the annual Wörthersee festival in Austria, an annual celebration of the GTI and all things VW...

+ Production of the Lexus HS250h Hybrid Comes to a Whimpering Halt— According to Lexus, the last examples of the maker’s HS250h luxury hybrid sedan rolled off the assembly line in January 2012. Based on the Euro-marke...

+ Toyota to field GT 86 and Lexus LFA at 24 Hours of Nürburgring— Toyota’s Gazoo Racing is entering a pair of race-prepped GT 86s (the Toyota-badged sibling of the Scion FR-S) in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance r...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 136: 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-Spec— On Tuesday we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Only a couple of you figured out that t...

+ Volkswagen Polo WRC Street Concept Coming to Wörthersee, Previews Limited Edition Model— Volkswagen always brings cool stuff to the annual Wörthersee GTI meet—the event has previously hosted gems such as the Edition 35 GTI and the Golf R ...

+ Ford Announces 2013 C-Max Hybrid to Start at $25,995; Plug-In C-Max Energi Available in Select Markets— It has been a while since we last heard any news regarding Ford’s upcoming C-Max twins—hybrid and plug-in Energi—but today the silence was broken. Fo...

+ Chevrolet Confirms V8-Powered, Rear-Drive SS Sedan; Releases Camo’d Photo of 2013 NASCAR Version— We already knew that Chevrolet is working on a civilian vehicle using the Zeta bones of the rear-drive Caprice PPV cop car, and that it will be calle...

+ 2011 Mazda 2 Touring Long-Term Road Test Wrap-Up— Our diminutive long-term Mazda 2, the least-powerful, least-expensive car in our fleet for quite some time, has completed its 40,000-mile stay. Few t...

+ Configurators for 2013 BMW M5 Sedan and 2013 M6 Coupe Power Up— Attention, dreamers: BMW has powered up its online configurators for the 2013 M5 and M6 coupe. Regardless of whether you have the scratch to afford t...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 76: 1987 Dodge Charger Shelby GLHS— On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. The shifter apparently w...

+ LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Mazda RX-2 Exhumed From Collapsed Barn, Stuffed With 13B— When you hear about a “barn find” car, you imagine it being removed from the barn. In the case of the Sensory Assault Mazda RX-2, the bar...

+ 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Gets Two Special Editions, New Options— Land Rover is giving the Range Rover Sport a few minor updates for 2013, as well as introducing two new special-edition models: the Sport Supercharge...

+ Carroll Shelby, A Retrospective: 10 Seminal Drives, Tests, and Comparisons of Ol’ Shel’s Most Iconic Cars— Ten seminal drives, tests, and comparisons of Ol’ Shel’s most iconic cars. (more…) [Category: Uncategorized, 289 Cobra, 427 Cobra,...

+ Ford Details Launch Control for 2013 Shelby GT500— We had the chance to experience an early iteration of the GT500’s launch-control system during our first ride in the 662-hp beast, and now Ford has f...

+ Waiting for the Future: Up Close at Lotus Headquarters— The moment that Malaysian carmaker DRB-Hicom took control of Lotus in April, rumors were born that Lotus’s fifth owner was looking for a sixth....

+ BMW Introduces 2013 135is Coupe and Convertible—BMW will extend its “is” badging to the 1-series starting this fall, when dealers begin taking deliveries of the 2013 135is coupes and convertibles. W...

+ 2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost First Drive: Sampling Ford’s 1.0-liter, Three-Cylinder Engine— With its EcoBoost-branded engines, Ford feels it really has a substitute for cubic inches, and it’s taking the turbocharged, direct-injected concept ...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 136— Hit play for an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note, and then share your guesses or get a few hints from other visitors in the com...

+ Porsche Releases Photos of a 918 Spyder Prototype— Porsche has released some official, er, “spy” photos of its 918 Spyder prototype, the same one our own spy photographers recently spotted. We applaud...

+ How Active Safety Tech Is Developed, Wherein We Mow Down Dudes with Our Car.— I feel a little perverted driving into Carson City—but it’s not because I’m in Nevada, about to slink out to some brothel. No, I’m in a silent and sn...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 76— It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the mak...

+ Chevrolet Trax to Join Global Lineup, Will Debut in Paris— We first saw a Chevrolet bearing the Trax name as a concept at the 2007 New York auto show, riding on the bones of the Chevy Spark. Now Chevy has ann...

+ Let the Wood (and Aluminum) Times Roll: A Tour of Morgan Motor Company’s Factory— While at Morgan Motor’s headquarters in the U.K., in addition to having a more serious meeting with Charles Morgan, we visited the factory faci...

+ Tesla Says Model S Arrives in June, Not July, and Announces New Contract for Benz EV— According to its quarterly report, Tesla is planning to begin deliveries of the Model S sedan this June, not July, as had been earlier announced. Tes...

+ The Continental: Opel’s Adam, Hyundai’s European Engines, and News From Audi— Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the ...

+ 2013 BMW M135i: Not a True M, But It’s M Quick— The 1-series M coupe is going out of production, but there will be a successor: Here is the M135i, the most powerful derivative of the second-genera...

+ 2013 BMW 3-series Sports Wagon Revealed— We like the BMW 3-series, and we like station wagons. So here’s good news: BMW has released the first round of info on the new 3er Sports Wagon...

+ 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP Hatchback: Mini Has Saved Its Fastest for Lastest— We’ve previously run a couple of speculative stories on the Mini John Cooper Works GP. It is with some relief that we are now able to provide some of...

+ 2012 Cadillac SRX 3.6 AWD Instrumented Test: Third Engine’s More Charming— It took Goldilocks considerably less time than Cadillac to settle on option three. When the current SRX launched for 2010, it came with a pair of V-6...

+ Ferrari Enzo Successor to Debut this Year, Boss Confirms— Ferrari’s successor to the Enzo will debut sometime this year, company chairman Luca di Montezemolo announced in a press release this morning. ...

+ So long, Shelby: Carroll Shelby 1923–2012— The automotive world’s most famous failed chicken farmer, Carroll Shelby, died Thursday, May 10 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, 110 miles due west from...

+ Audi Q3 Red Track: A Familiar-Looking Crossover Concept Heads to Wörthersee— When Audi debuted the Q3 Vail concept at this year’s Detroit show, it also used the occasion to announce that the Q3 will be sold in America. Loaded ...

+ BMW Reveals Confusingly Named M3 and M5 M Performance Limited Editions in U.K.— BMW is introducing two new special-edition M cars in the U.K. based off of the M3 coupe and M5 sedan, and it has given them both the same head-scratc...

+ 2014 Porsche 918 Spy Photos: It’s What Captain Planet Would Drive— What It Is: Porsche’s new supercar, the 2014 918, which will be launched as a Spyder with a removable top and as a hybrid only. Later, a coupe body a...

+ Senate Passes Bill Mandating Vehicle Data Recorders for 2015, House Expected to Do Same— Is your car going to snitch on you? It’s a question on the minds of many enthusiasts given this year’s version of the annual transportati...

+ Inside the New Chinese-Owned MG Motor Co.— In the town of Longbridge, just outside of Birmingham in the U.K., British workers assemble an all-new MG model from kits imported from China. We wen...

+ Lotus Reveals New Evora GTC Race Car Headed for Grand-Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series— Lotus the car company may not be on an even footing at the moment, but Lotus Racing seems to be chugging along just fine. One promising sign: The out...

+ McLaren’s Future: MP4-12C Spider This Year, V-8 Engine in Range of Future Products— We’ve just come from the space-age headquarters of McLaren, which is tucked away in a suburb of London. The stunning facility houses both McLar...

+ McLaren’s Future: MP4-12C Spyder This Year, V-8 Engine in Range of Future Products— We’ve just come from the space-age headquarters of McLaren, which is tucked away in a suburb of London. The stunning facility houses both McLar...

+ 2013 Bentley Continental GT Coupe and GTC Convertible V8 Eke Out EPA-Rated 24 MPG Highway— Fuel-economy figures for the 2013 Bentley Continental GT V-8 and GTC V-8 convertible have been released, and the car’s downsized engine delivers bett...

+ Porsche Planning a Panamera Junior, Still Considering Ferrari FF–Baiting Coupe—The Porsche Panamera (above) will have a smaller sibling. Porsche is planning to add a mid-size four-door to its lineup. Internally referred to as Paj...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 135: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG— On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Almost everyone who commented figured ...

+ What’s Old Is New: How Morgan Motor Company Is Succeeding— Volkswagen is investing $86 billion in R&D over the next five years and Morgan builds cars using wood. The 200-odd-employee company will never po...

+ Jeep J-12 Concept Driven: This Sweet One-Off Mixes Ability with Retro Style— When all else fails, mine your past. At times, this seems to be the only strategy Chrysler knows how to follow anymore. But for all the Chargers, Cha...

+ 2012 Aston Martin DBS Ultimate: $287,576 Gets You One of the Final 100— The Aston Martin DBS as we know it will go out of production this year. To celebrate this DBS generation before it’s replaced in 2013, Aston Ma...

+ 2013 Audi S6 Instrumented Test: Zero to 60 in 3.7 Seconds!— Audi’s lineup of V-8–powered S models is growing, and each one has its own place. Of the four models with the new twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter ...

+ That’s Infotainment: 2013 Cadillac XTS Buyers Get Free iPad to Learn CUE— When the 2013 XTS hits showrooms in late May, it will be the first Cadillac product available with the marque’s new CUE (Cadillac User Experience) ca...

+ 2014 Porsche Macan Spy Photos: The Cayenne’s Little Brother Progresses— What It Is: A cleverly disguised prototype of the upcoming 2014 Porsche Macan crossover. The Macan—which previously went by the codename “Cajun”—is P...

+ Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition Is a Go, Minus Guitar-Compatible Sub— Taking its Fender-badged-stereo partnership to the next logical level, Volkswagen showed the Beetle Fender concept at last year’s Frankfurt aut...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 75: 1977 Lotus Esprit— On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. As a way to celebrate th...

+ 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to Pace 2012 Indy 500— In celebration of the Corvette’s 60th anniversary, Chevrolet will pace the field at this year’s Indianapolis 500 with its Corvette ZR1. With 638 hp u...

+ 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to Pace the Indy 500— In celebration of the Corvette’s 60th anniversary, Chevrolet will pace the field at this year’s Indianapolis 500 with its Corvette ZR1. With 638 hp u...

+ Cadillac’s Omega Platform Comes Into Focus: RWD XTS Successor On the Way, Long-Rumored Flagship and More Derivatives Still Being Discussed— Cadillac has done well with GM’s Sigma platform. The rear-drive architecture has served under two generations of CTS, the passable if somewhat mundan...

+ 2013 Hyundai Sonata Gets Shuffled Equipment and Price Bumps, Drops Manual Model— Hyundai altered the 2013 Sonata model range to include more standard features than last year’s already well-equipped model while also increasing pric...

+ Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series Goes Monochrome, Tears It Up in New Video— What’s black, white, and loud all over? This new video from Mercedes-Benz, in which the 2012 C63 AMG Coupe Black Series gets down and boogies for the...

+ 2014 Audi A3 Sportback Five-Door Rendered: No Official Confirmation, But We Expect It Here— What It Is: The most practical body style for the next-generation A3, which we expect eventually will be sold here alongside the sedan. We recently r...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 135— Hit play for an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note, and then share your guesses or get a few hints from other visitors in the comments ...

+ Scion FR-S Convertible Confirmed, Rendered; Other Rear-Drive Models Under Study— What It Is: The rear-wheel-drive Scion FR-S will be offered in softtop convertible form, we’ve learned, confirming recent rumors. (The images...

+ 2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster First Drive: Improved, for the Most Part— Don’t try to make sense of the Aston Martin V-8 Vantage roadster. It’s impractical, a joke of a value, no more powerful than at least a dozen less-ex...

+ Turbo Version of Subaru BRZ’s FA-Series Engine Debuts in Japanese Legacy, Will Power Next WRX— We recently confirmed that we won’t be seeing a turbocharged Subaru BRZ anytime soon; however, we now have a fairly good idea of what kind of power s...

+ 2013 Audi A8 3.0T EPA Numbers: Same as the Outgoing V-8’s— When Audi showed the 2013 A8 3.0T at the Detroit auto show, it claimed the 333-hp, supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 that replaced the 372-hp, 4.2-liter V-8...

+ April 2012 Sales: What the Headlines Don’t Tell You— Another month, more headlines blaring profit news and sales records. And still more cautious pessimism from this writer. It’s not that a bubble burst...

+ 2013 Porsche Boxster with New Engine Rated for Up to 22 MPG City, 32 Highway— The 2013 Porsche Boxster’s EPA fuel-economy ratings have been released, and the new mid-engine roadster is more efficient than the outgoing model. On...

+ 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV Photos and Info: The Tesla-fied Toyota for Californians— Toyota has revealed its second all-electric RAV4 SUV, and it is the result of a partnership between the Japanese automaker and Tesla Motors. The orig...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 75 [Forza 4 Giveaway]— It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the mak...

+ Cadillac Prices 2013 ATS Sedan From $33,990; Top-Spec V-6 Model Rings in at $42,090— Cadillac has announced pricing for the upcoming 2013 ATS sedan, which will slot beneath the larger CTS in the company’s lineup, and it will start at ...

+ LeMons New England: The Winners—Some 24 Hours of LeMons races have a leader that runs away from the competition and takes the win on laps by a comfortable margin, as happened in Mich...

+ BMW Heads Visio.M Project: M Doesn’t Stand for What You Think It Does— Midway through 2010, 20 department heads at universities in Munich teamed up to develop the Mute, a 20-hp electric microcar. It looks relatively unsp...

+ BMW Heads Visio.M Project: M Doesn’t Stand for What You Think it Does— Midway through 2010, 20 department heads at universities in Munich teamed up to develop the Mute,  a 20-hp electric microcar. It looks relatively uns...

+ LeMons New England Day 1: Accord Leads, Escort ZX2 and Volvo 244 Close Behind—With the huge quantities of BMW E30s in 24 Hours of LeMons races (the temptation of a cheap— if not so reliable— rear-wheel-drive car with manual tran...

+ LeMons New England BS Inspections: Volvos, a Racing Trailer that Tows Itself, and—Wait, Racing Trailer?— Here we are at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second annual Loudon Annoying 24 Hours of LeMons, and we’re seeing the usual New England–st...

+ 2013 BMW 6-series Gran Coupe First Drive: An Elegant Alternative to a 5- or 7-series— BMW’s four-door answer to the Mercedes-Benz CLS and the Audi A7 is here, wrapped in stretched 6-series coupe sheetmetal. Like the 6er coupe, it...

+ Tested: Which Portable GPS Data Recorder is Best for Your Track Day?— Driving on a track is serious fun, but if you really want to get the most out of your car and your talent, feedback is key. The latest affordable G...

+ 2013 Audi A3 Quattro First Ride: Audi’s R&D Chief Gives Us a Lift— “We do not want to shock our customers,” says Michael Dick, board member of development at Audi, in a veiled shot at Mercedes-Benz. “That’s why we de...

+ What I’d Do Differently: James Garner— C/D: Were cars a big part of growing up in Oklahoma? JG: Cars were a luxury and a necessity when I started driving, at the age of 10. They were a lux...

+ BMW Releases New M Performance Parts for 2012 3-series, 5-series— BMW has revealed some additions to its M Performance parts line for the latest 3- and 5-series sedans, as well as pricing for several parts the compa...

+ C/D Project Cars Past: We Track Down the Twin-Engined CRX, Newman’s Own Turbo, and our ’72 Pinto Race Car— While no car is immortal, a lucky few Car and Driver projects have elbowed their way onto keeper lists normally restricted to rare Bugattis and pedi...

+ The Continental: Notes from Vienna, and an Electric That’s Fun— Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the ...

+ Chrysler Potentially Working on Lane-Keeping Assist or Lane-Departure Warning System— While out to lunch today we came across this black 2012 Dodge Charger wearing manufacturer plates; big whup, right? Of course, M-plate vehicles are a...

+ Bentley Pondering Le Mans Return— A Continental like this could be the basis for an endurance racing return, should Bentley decide to do so. In 2003, a remarkable thing happened at th...

+ Long-Term Intro: 2012 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Hatchback Manual— Subaru’s latest Impreza is familiar to small-car buyers in one way—it offers standard all-wheel drive—and fresh in another: It actually boasts compet...

+ 2013 Volvo XC90 Photos and Info: Minor changes for the Long-Serving Crossover— Volvo’s XC90 SUV is old and nearing retirement—it’s expected to finally get a replacement sometime in 2014—so we’ll consider this mild 2013 refresh s...

+ An Awesome-R Shade of Awesome: Nissan to Sell 545-hp Juke-R in Limited Numbers [Updated With Pricing, Availability]— So remember the two GT-R–powered Juke crossovers that Nissan Frankensteined into existence and dubbed the Juke-R? Of course you do; no self-respectin...

+ Eight Automakers Working with SAE on Combined Charging System to Consolidate All Types of EV Charging— A group of automakers—Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen—is announcing a new charging standard for electric ...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 134: 2013 Lexus GS350 F Sport— On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. This week’s vehicle proved tricky; onl...

+ Kia K9 Launched, Detailed in Korea; Could Be Renamed Elsewhere— Kia has launched its new K9 flagship sedan for its home market of Korea. The rear-wheel-drive range-topper is destined for a global marketplace; whet...

+ Kia K9 Launched, Detailed in Korea; Will Be Renamed Elsewhere— Kia has launched its new K9 flagship sedan for its home market of Korea. The rear-wheel-drive range-topper is destined for a global marketplace; whet...

+ BMW Announces 2013 X1 Good for Up to 24 MPG City, 33 MPG Highway— BMW has announced mileage figures for the 2013 X1 crossover, and the high-riding wagon is as fuel-thrifty as the new-for-2012 3-series sedan. The X1 ...

+ An Awesome-R Shade of Awesome: Nissan to Sell 545-hp Juke-R in Limited Numbers— So remember the two GT-R–powered Juke crossovers that Nissan Frankensteined into existence and dubbed the Juke-R? Of course you do; no self-respectin...

+ Aston Martin Will Celebrate 100 Years with 2013 DBS, Won’t Name Car “Centenary”— There are rumors floating around that Aston Martin will unveil a new capital-C Centenary model next year in celebration of its 100th year of existenc...

+ LeMons Pacific Northworst Entry Deadline Looms, Olympian Gods Confused— Last year’s Pacific Northworst 24 Hours of LeMons featured everything from Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his Rolls-ified BMW 325i to a semi tracto...

+ 2013 Audi S7 First Drive: She’s Quick, and Pretty— Looking at the Audi S7, it’s hard to believe hatchbacks ever went out of fashion. Few cars on the market have the presence of the A7 and its new high...

+ LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Saab Sonett!— The 24 Hours of LeMons provides multiple paths to Legend of LeMons status. You can build something completely ridiculous, you can break more parts th...

+ Volkswagen Passat R Line: More Go than Show, Still No Go in the U.S.— We can’t get the European Passat—and given its high price point and shorter wheelbase, VW’s decision to offer an elongated, cost-effectiv...

+ Chevrolet SuperSport Sedan Coming in 2013, Wagon and Ute Body Styles Possible for Next Gen on Zeta II—General Motors sees a growing need for rear-wheel-drive cars in its product portfolio, and such an influx requires either an unimaginably flexible pla...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 74: 1983 Volkswagen Vanagon— On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. This week’s contest was ...

+ 2012 Kia Soul Eco 1.6 Tested: Attempting to Do More with Less— By the time the Kia Soul arrived Stateside for the 2010 model year, conventional wisdom had the Kabuki-faced wagon pegged as a late entry to a contes...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 134— Hit play for an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note, and then share your guesses or get a few hints from other visitors in the comments ...

+ The Continental’s Beijing Notebook: Design Talk, the Ultimate XJ, China Has the Wagon Bug— Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the ...

+ Jaguar Confirms V-8 Option for Upcoming F-type— At the Beijing auto show, Jaguar confirmed that its new F-type would receive a new 380-hp, supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 derived from the brand’s ...

+ 2013 Ford Focus ST: $24,495 Base Price, SAE-Rated 252 hp and 270 lb-ft— Ford has revealed the base price for the upcoming 2013 Focus ST: The turbocharged hatchback will start at $24,495 when it goes on sale later this yea...

+ 2013 Ford F-150 Spy Photos: A Mild Cosmetic Update is Coming; Don’t Expect Any Powertrain Changes— What It Is: A lightly face-lifted 2013 Ford F-150 caught while testing. The current F-150 generation was introduced for 2009, and although it has r...

+ 2013 Dodge Dart Aero Announced with 41 mpg Highway: Same Great Taste, Less Filling—This is a regular Dodge Dart. On a bridge. In an effort to reach or surpass the vaunted 40-mpg mark that manufacturers have been aiming at for months ...

+ Dodge Dart Aero: Same Great Taste, Less Filling—This is a regular Dodge Dart. On a bridge. In an effort to reach or surpass the vaunted 40-mpg mark that manufacturers have been paying lip service to...

+ Volkswagen Golf/Jetta CC Not Destined for U.S.— Remember that theoretical Golf/Jetta CC four-door-coupe-type substance we reported on last month? Yeah, don’t get your hopes up. We’ve le...

+ 2012 Audi A8L W12 Instrumented Test: 0 to 60 mph in 4.1— Ease is among the chief differentiators between the obnoxiously wealthy and those who are merely ultra-rich. Ease of buying your way into finer polo ...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 74— It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to present this week’s shifter. You’ll have until mid-day Wednesday to identify the mak...

+ 2013 Ford Focus ST Wagon Spied; Still Not Coming Here— This past weekend we stumbled across a 2013 Ford Focus ST wagon prototype, and so naturally our love of wagons—especially of the hot, turbocharged va...

+ VW Polo R Line Adds Show Without the Go— Having an R badge on your car typically means that the car is quick, or at least quicker than its plebeian, non-R counterpart. However, the new Europ...

+ 2013 Dodge Dart First Drive: Fiat and Chrysler’s First Kid is a Good One— Chrysler must have a death wish, an inferiority complex, or a burning desire to stay third among the domestic Big Three. Thirty-odd years ago, Lee ...

+ Italian Masterpieces on Display at L.A.’s Petersen Automobile Museum; Here’s an Exclusive Behind-the-Ropes Photo Tour— Should you find yourself in Los Angeles between now and next February, or if you’re itchin’ to make a trip out west and all you need is a reason, mak...

+ Mercedes Opens First AMG-Only Dealership in Beijing— China is not the perfect place for fast motoring: Traffic is congested, speed cameras abound, and when you leave the urban centers, people don’...

+ Massage-Off: Jag, Mercedes, and Audi Seat Massagers vs. Massage Therapist— Some might call us nitpickers, but we prefer to think of ourselves as students of minutiae. Things like the feel of radio-tuning knobs—and they’d b...

+ Confirmed: 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Rated at 662 hp, 631 lb-ft!— The $54,995 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will have 662 hp and 631 lb-ft of torque according to SAE ratings released by Ford today—eclipsing the 650...

+ 2012 Audi A1 Sportback First Drive: Two More Doors and a Trick New Four-Cylinder— Audi has added two doors to its A1 hatchback, a car that competes head-on with BMW’s Mini, yet does without any retro touches or excessive cuteness...

+ Lamborghini’s Latest Trademark Application: “Huracán”— Just months after filing trademarks for Urus (the eventual name for its SUV concept) and Deimos (still unassigned), Lamborghini has added Huracán to ...

+ Acura NSX Concept Gets Painted Proper Sports-Car Red [Beijing Auto Show]— When it debuted in January at the Detroit auto show, the Acura NSX concept wore techy silver paint, and that didn’t change when the car made a...

+ The Acura NSX Concept Gets Painted Proper Sports-Car Red [Beijing Auto Show]— When it debuted in January at the Detroit auto show, the Acura NSX concept wore techy silver paint, and that didn’t change when the car made a...

+ Aston Martin Will End Current DBS Production with Run of 100 Ultimate Editions—The DBS Ultimate should follow the template laid out by this DBS Carbon Black Special Edition. Aston Martin will introduce a new DBS for 2013 at the e...

+ MG’s Icon Concept Unveiled in China [Beijing Auto Show]— Chinese-owned MG unveiled a concept SUV called the Icon at the Beijing show, but we’re thinking it would have been more accurately named Iconoc...

+ 2013 Aston Martin DBS Spied: 550 hp and One-77 Looks— What It Is: A heavily camouflaged example of the next-generation Aston Martin DBS, seen here undergoing cold-weather testing in Sweden. We previously...

+ Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 133: 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T— On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Many detected that this week’s sound c...

+ 2012 Ford Focus Electric to Serve as NASCAR’s First Electric Pace Car— Ford has announced that the 2012 Focus Electric will silently pace this weekend’s Capital City 400 Sprint Cup race in Richmond, Virginia. The company...

+ Automated-Vehicle Cheat Codes: How to Get the Most Out of Cars that Drive Themselves— Self-driving cars have arrived: Google has a fleet of autonomous Toyota Priuses roaming Silicon Valley, Audi raced a driverless TTS up Pikes Peak, a...

+ 2012 Buick Regal GS Automatic Tested: That’s Right, It Shifts for Itself— No matter how beguiling its looks or convincing its Opel-derived specifications, the Buick Regal has one major handicap: a name laden with disappoi...

+ Toyota Dear Qin Sedan and Hatchback: Don’t You Want Somebody to Love? [Beijing Auto Show]— Toyota’s new “global strategic” Dear Qin compact sedan and hatchback debuted this week at the Beijing auto show alongside the Chinese-market-only Yun...

+ Toyota Yundong Shuangqing Concept: What’s Happening, Hybrid Hot Stuff? [Beijing Auto Show]— Toyota brought three concepts to the Beijing auto show, but only one—the Yundong Shuangqing hybrid—can claim to be inspired by clouds. (Details on To...

+ The Continental: Nine-Speeds Are Coming, Legalizing Side Cameras in Place of Mirrors, and Audi Bags a Headlight Expert— Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the ...

+ The Continental: Nine-Speeds Are Coming, Legalizing Side-View Cameras, and Audi Bags a Headlight Expert— Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the ...

+ 2013 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse Driven: You’re Gonna Need a Longer Road— The sad truth is that the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is simply too fast for this world. You just can’t go cruising around at something like 20 mph faster ...

+ In Hot Pursuit of Cold Milk: A Look at the New IndyCar— After last year’s IndyCar debacle at Las Vegas resulting in a 15-car debris field and the death of two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon, series orga...

+ Volkswagen Launches China-Only New Lavida [Beijing Auto Show]— Another China-only car debuted at the Beijing auto show this week, although this one didn’t feature dragons or extra space between the wheels. Shangh...

+ Jaguar/Land Rover Officially Launches Engineered to Order Division [Beijing Auto Show]— The Beijing auto show debut of Land Rover’s Range Rover Evoque Special Edition with Victoria Beckham had us initially scratching our heads. Not...

+ Name That Shifter, No. 73: 1999 Toyota Camry Solara SE V6— On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. A few of you guessed tha...

+ Mercedes-Benz Shows Off Viano Vision Diamond Van Concept [Beijing Auto Show]— Introducing the Mercedes-Benz Viano Vision Diamond concept, the fanciest van you’re likely to see this year, which debuted at the Beijing auto show. ...

+ Dissected: Lotus-Based Infiniti Emerg-E Sports-Car Concept— One could barely walk through a major international auto show in the last couple of  years without tripping over a hybrid or electric sports-car co...

+ Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series to Serve as 2012 DTM Safety Car— Mercedes-Benz has announced that for the 2012 DTM season, it is retiring the C63 AMG sedan safety car it fielded last year—and replacing it with a C6...

+ Toyota Tacoma TRD T/X Baja Series Package Starts at $34,450— For almost 30 years, Toyota off-road enthusiasts have looked to Toyota Racing Development to lead the way in factory-engineered performance mods. And...

+ LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Toyota Fun With JB Weld and Shattered Engine Blocks— Some otherwise-reliable engines just don’t hold up well under the rigors of low-budget endurance racing. The small-block Chevrolet V-8 is one, ...

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