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In terms of pure performance, the Corvette is a surprise. For its relatively low price, it should not be able to beat so many more powerful and more expensive cars, but it does. Its hidden secret is its low weight. Since the beginning, the Corvett...

Apparently, loyal and especially wealthy McLaren customers can get very special treatment. A McLaren customer who owns an F1, McLaren SLR and MP4-12C wanted a car that was truly unique, and it took three years for McLaren to build it for him. The ...

Volkswagen took a modified Jetta Hybrid to the Bonneville Salt Flats during the Speed Week last week and set a new record time for a hybrid vehicle. The modified Jetta managed an average speed over two runs of 185.394 mph (298.363km/h). Motor Tren...

Last weekend, BMW staged a series of races during the Nürburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix celebrating 40 years of M cars. The cars were featured in two half-hour all BMW races on Saturday and Sunday. The event brought 60,000 spectators to the tra...

The 22nd RAID Suisse-Paris begins on August 23rd as a classic car rally with this year's featured marque being Cadillac. Former GM Head of Product Development Bob Lutz will be there when the cars set off, and GM has sent a few classic Cadillac...

Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey blames the blown diffuser ban in Formula 1 this year for the team's poor performance. He says the team had put significant time and money into the blown diffuser concept since 2010. It allowed the ...

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson is going to auction his 1958 Corvette with money going to Habitat for Humanity Detroit to build homes in the Morningside Commons neighborhood on the eastern side of Detroit. The car will be auctioned during the ...

SRT is debuting a special edition Viper Launch Edition at “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering” during the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The Launch Edition wears the same iconic paint scheme that was also on the 1996 Viper ...

Austerity measures in Italy are causing sales of luxury goods to fall precipitously even for domestic brands like Ferrari and Maserati. Exports of second-hand luxury cars are flowing out of Italy. Prime Minister Mario Monti has begun a crackdo...

Jaguar is adding all-wheel drive as an option to the XF and XJ. The option will only be available in North America, Russia, China and continental Europe for now.  The all-wheel drive system is only available with Jaguar’s ...