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AFTER 47 YEARS at General Motors, Tadge Juechter, longtime chief engineer of the Chevrolet Corvette, is retiring. But Juechter is going out with a bang, sticking around just long enough [...]

Electrifying the 992.2 Porsche 911 GTS doesn't change our opinion one proton. It's still the gold standard of sports cars. NOT SINCE PORSCHE BLEW air-cooling out the back door in [...]

2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo HIGHS: Elegant as high tea, rip-roaring acceleration, passenger-pleasing comfort. LOWS: Sleepy shifter buttons, pricey driver-assistance options, Joe Walsh lost his license in a Maserati, and you [...]

Mercedes-AMG GT63 HIGHS: Hoot-and-a-half performance, devilish good looks, four driven wheels. LOWS: Larger and heavier than before, slow transmission, four driven wheels. THE MERCEDES-AMG GT isn't on its own branch [...]

* During our first weekend with the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, we headed to an unlikely destination. With the trunk loaded with shotguns, a bin of hunting gear on the [...]

TOYOTA WORE THE STINK OF APPLIANCE-GRADE TRANSPORTATION WITH PRIDE FOR A LONG TIME. Reliability is neither sexy nor fun--unless you're into actuarial science, in which case, are you reading the [...]

The charismatic V-8 engines that long made the Mercedes-AMG C63 a rowdy sports sedan will be missed. In their stead comes an elaborate four-cylinder plug-in-hybrid system good for 671 horsepower [...]

Porsche made us wait a year before producing a row-it-yourself version of its latest-generation 911, indicating that we live in a world where a sports car with a manual gearbox [...]

2:58.2 Turning a lap in under three minutes on the Grand Course with less than 400 horsepower is an exclusive club, one populated solely with Porsche sports cars and a [...]

The economics of modern B manufacturing mean _HL today's low-volume sports cars often languish in the market with minimal investment beyond the initial engineering effort. The Toyota Supra, however, makes [...]

Price As Tested $162,510 Base $116,795 Vehicle Type: mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door convertible Options: 3LZ equipment group (leather-wrapped interior with microfiber headliner, heated and ventilated GT2 bucket seats, navigation, wireless [...]

Price As Tested $44,420 Base $43,995 Vehicle Type: front-engine, all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door hatchback Options: Heavy Metal paint, $425 Infotainment: 8.0-inch touchscreen; wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay; satellite radio (3 [...]

Until now, no one would have included in the many reasons to throw a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R gummies at a sports car that they would [...]

The Porsche 911 GT3 changes, but it mostly stays the same. Since the 996-gen 911 began the dynasty in 1999, the GT3 has remained true to its original form with [...]

'Watch this,' Corvette engineer Chris Barber said, seconds before punching the throttle at the entry of a tight turn leading into Road Atlanta's terrifying back straight. The car shimmied slightly, [...]

For the Mercedes SL, the arrival of the AMG GT roadster created a problem. Even in Mercedes-Benz's vast lineup, having a pair of six-figure roadsters isn't a great idea, especially [...]

You won't confuse the Sabre for any other McLaren. McLaren Special Operations (MSO) made sure of it. Only 15 will be made, each with an exacting set of requirements from [...]

'The Chevrolet SS is not a 'Boy Racer' offering. Yes, the exterior styling is aggressive, but in a sophisticated manner. It's restrained but muscular, and it's both sporty luxury and [...]

The SLK is sometimes seen as a 'hairdresser's car'--but with a 0-60mph time of 7.4 secs and 140mph for the 230Kin 1996, plus fine handling, that's hardly fair. And if [...]

Just imagine wandering through the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show, a ration book instead of a bulging wallet in the breast pocket of your sports jacket, and--amid the gloom of [...]

The residents of Spain's Navarra region have every right to be displeased with us. After all, who wants to be awakened by a 495-hp sports car racing through their bucolic [...]

There are certain events in a man's life that he never forgets: the playground spat with a bully; that first kiss; the birth of a child. Add to that the [...]

Can we be honest? First impressions of Ed Umland's outrageously reworked, mid-engined, twin-turbo '37 Ford coupe were, 'looks killer, won't run, if it does run it will be a handful [...]

Even by Lamborghini standards, the Sian is a wild-looking supercar, but this rebodied Aventador's styling isn't drawing as much attention as the brand's approach to electrifying its legendary V-12. Unlike [...]

Have you been seeking to recapture the magical feeling of your first solo flight as a freshly minted driver? After years of trying in vain to rekindle that joy and [...]

No windshield, no problem. When your lineup is full of seemingly identical supercars, one way to elicit a wow is to build something so outside the carbon-fiber box that it [...]

LET'S GET THE OBVIOUS out of the way: 200 mph is an absurd number. Jet airliners take off and land at slower speeds. 200 mph is twice as fast as [...]

It's easy to measure horsepower and it's simple to measure fuel economy. We can gauge interior and cargo space in cubic feet, engine size in cubic centimeters by the number [...]

RACETRACKS are often used to introduce new models to the press. Ferrari, for example, often uses its Fiorano test track, while Lamborghini brought its new Aventador supercar to Italy's renowned [...]

It's a tough time for yesterday's heroes. With the current automotive Zeitgeist increasingly focused on economy, weight has become more relevant than sheer power, mechanical and electronic advancements have had [...]

Ducati versus Ferrari: That's got a nice, juicy newsstand ring to it, doesn't it? And it should. After all, it suggests two of the most recognizable marques in transportation history [...]

PEOPLE OFTEN describe Ducati motorcycles as two-wheeled Ferraris, and that's not surprising. Both manufacturers produce fast, stylish, melodious machinery, frequently painted Italian racing red. Given most Italians' passionate support for [...]

NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE, December 2006. Walter Rohrl laps in a base GT2, time: 7:35, and returns with a list of modifications needed to make the car better. May 2007, back at [...]

'NOW ARE YOU high or just stupid? An M3 against a Mustang GT? On a racetrack? Seriously, son, which one is it? High or stupid?' Yes, we know how this [...]

IT'S 6 A.M. The light is soft and the air cool. In two hours, it'll be about 95 degrees F, the sun pouring heat onto the pavement until the place [...]

It's bound to happen. Somewhere at Porsche's headquarters in Zuffenhausen, a secretary will sign the DHL delivery slip for an enormous crate sitting in the parking lot. When a crew [...]

FERRARI has rebooted its V-8 sports-car range, starting with a sheet as clean as the one the 360 Modena was scribbled on to replace the F355.The new 458 is still [...]

: To the beloved, we say, don't change. But then what? If it were up to some Porsche aficionados, development of the 911 would have stopped in 1998, the final [...]

A romp on an empty back road with the right car can deliver a double shot of S high-performance fun. When the chemistry is just right, the driver melds into [...]

Once you've experienced 700 horsepower, anything less feels utterly ordinary. A 500-hp V-8? Cute. Seven hundred horsepower corrupts you, and as the rush wears off, you start to wonder how [...]

In some alternate universe, golf clubs and targa tops don't exist and the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette is 174.4 inches long. That happens to be the length of the Audi R8, [...]