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QUICK! Grab your DVD of Steve McQueen's epic film, "Le Mans." Fast forward to the bit near the end where McQueen's Gulf Porsche 917 is chasing down the No. 8 […]

FIRST you scan the options list: touchscreen navigation, premium leather trim, rear parking sensors, iPod adapter, Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity, backup camera, Alpine audio system, power-folding mirrors. Next you check […]

FERRARI is one of the few automakers on planet earth to have any news worth celebrating these days, but indeed the prancing horse posted a 54-million-euro profit for the first […]

IF THE Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione never stirred a tire, it would draw a crowd. Somebody might even try to frame it. Likewise, if the 8C simply revved its 4.7-liter, […]

TEMPERATURE IS-13 Fahrenheit. The Dallas Cowboys lead the Green Bay Packers, 17-14 and the Packers have the ball two feet from the Cowboys' goal line. There's 16 seconds on the […]

"THIS BUTTON here activates the power top," said the friendly Italian technician, as we stood outside the Lamborghini factory, getting acquainted with the marque's newest Gallardo variant. "Press this to […]

THE NEW Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro may drive like one of the world's most exotic and exquisitely executed sports cars--new V-10 engine, choice of six-speed manual or R-tronic paddle-shift […]

JUST A YEAR ago, Hyundai pulled out the red carpet to launch the Genesis, a rear-drive, V-8-motivated luxury car with power and grace akin to that of a Lexus LS […]

EVERY Corvette is a car to see and be seen in. This one will get you seen by everyone. Specter Werkes/Sports of Troy, Michigan, has performed its GTR styling-and-performance magic […]

AS THE formal press introduction for the revamped Porsche Cayman S broke up and the international mix of scribes (including some Russians for the first time in my experience) clicked […]

SUPERCARS are like castles: The best ones come from Europe. Right? For sure, it's long seemed that way. In the spirit of the old adage "Speed costs money, how fast […]

WHEN WE evaluate a group of cars at the test track, it's often the case that we inadvertently get to compare dissimilar vehicles, be it contrasting type (sports car versus […]

YES, WE ARE fully aware of the GT-R's best-known nickname, "Godzilla"--so called because the automotive press found previous generations as ferocious and all-conquering as Japan's fire-breathing monster. But following a […]

"FOR THE MONEY." Three words that, for decades, have stuck to the Chevrolet Corvette like lampreys on a shark. As in, "The Corvette is a heckuva runner--for the money. But […]

THE SKY is a brilliant Bugatti blue, winding Sicilian mountain roads beckon, and a nice man has just given you the scarlet-red key a new Ferrari. Yet, be warned, today's […]

THE ELECTROLUMINESCENT speedometer brushes 200 kph as we hurtle down the back straight of a secluded, banked-oval test track near Turin, Italy. From the seat to my left, snapper Bramley […]

WHEN I ARRIVE in Chennai, known as India's "Gateway to the South," my taxi driver, Arun, informs me that monsoon season may be returning a bit early, the sheets of […]

ITALIAN IS a wonderful language, with rich, mellifluous syllables that roll around the tongue like vintage wine, making the mundane sound magical, the descriptive delightful. Maserati Quattroporte sounds like someone […]

THE HYSTERIA surrounding the impending launch of Nissan's GT-R has prompted a mad rush to judge its performance. Various media have strapped their gear to well-worn engineering mule cars and […]

"I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed" --Academy Award Winner Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview LIFE WAS HARD. Money was scarce. Competition was […]

0:26 SO HOW fast is the Tesla Roadster really? In a few seconds, we're gonna find out because framed by its porthole-size windshield is a deliciously straight stretch of Skyline […]

NOTHING ELSE looks like it. So futuristic, so angular, so aggressive is Lamborghini's newest raging bull that it almost defies description. The otherworldly Reventon is named after a particularly feisty […]

GIVEN THAT the all-new Impreza WRX failed to pass the first round of this year's Car of the Year competition, it's no secret we're not entirely smitten with it. Sure […]

THE STRING of bright orange cones up ahead signals a fast-approaching uphill right-hander that terminates with a bit of uneven pavement. No paddle shifters needed; a tap of the brakes […]

YOU'VE PROBABLY noticed that a horsepower war has been raging throughout the automotive spectrum, much to the chagrin of the Greens--we even have 438-horse hybrids ferpetesake. Naturally, the fighting is […]

FIRST OFF, your humble servant is not James Bond. That's no Jaeger-Le Coultre Reverso (the watch from which the V8 Vantage Roadster draws its design inspiration) on the left wrist. […]

EVER SINCE his dot com went public, your neighbor Sedgwick has been totally in your face with his newfound lucre. First, he razed his cabin and built that nine-bedroom Greek […]

CONDITIONS WERE far from optimal. Our charcoal-gray G35S six-speed contender arrived fresh off the plane with barely 200 miles showing on its odometer. The similarly somber-hued BMW 330i Sport six-speed […]

INFINITI WAS arguably adrift when the dashing G35 sedan and coupe arrived in late 2002 to chart a new course for the brand. In addition to earning Motor Trend's coveted […]

THERE ARE probably few things in the world more pointless than a 190-mph convertible. Even if you could find somewhere to go 190 mph, driving one with the roof down […]

FORGET THE 1960S. Now is the golden age of horsepower. Just visit your local new-car dealer, and you'll find an abundance of factory-tuned hot-rods, replete with warranties and that new-car […]

WE'RE CRUISING Florida's Fernandina Beach while in town for the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. There's some fabulous hardware trolling the island this weekend, yet our brilliant Sunburst Yellow Sky is […]

OUR AUDIENCE with the current project manager of the 911 line, held in a small 'burb just outside of Porsche's technical center in Weissach, was intimate. A chit-chat over strudel […]

MEANWHILE, on the other side of Modena, Italy, Lamborghini isn't just sitting around waiting for the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano to steal all the local thunder. The exoticar elves at […]

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, isn't Modena, Italy and Steve Saleen isn't Enzo Ferrari. But that hasn't stopped this Mustang racer-turned-car-builder from creating a 220-mph-plus supercar that's all his own--and all-American, right down […]

TO A MEDIEVAL Japanese warrior, Kabura described the first arrow launched into battle: a whistling missive that boldly proclaimed the arrival of a new force to be reckoned with. To […]

OFFERING MORE for less is a powerful selling tool. BMW hopes that approach will persuade prospective buyers of topless Teutonic tin to opt for its all-new M Roadster instead of, […]