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Sometimes people do stupid things, especially when they’re not paying attention behind the wheel. Take this driver who apparently pinned the throttle on their Oldsmobile and blasted full speed into and out of a drive-through automated car wash.…

A rumor has been circulating around the web the last day or so that has to do with Ford and V8 engines use in its sports cars and trucks.…

The Detroit Electric SP:01 is an all-electric sports car that’s designed to pick up where Tesla’s now discontinued Roadster left off. About a year ago, we saw preliminary images of the SP:01, and now the final production design has been finalized.…

Stunt driver Alistair Moffatt couldn’t allow his world record for parallel parking in the smallest spot fall. After hearing that Han Yue of China broke his record driving a MINI, Moffatt returned in a Fiat 500 to reclaim his record.…

Local Motors is a custom automaker that builds not only the outlandish Rally Fighter but also famously printed a car on a 3D printer. Following on the heels of their contest to design a lightweight sports car, the company just launched a new contest in concert with the U.S.…

Here in the U.S., most of the cars are transported by truck or train to dealerships, but cars that come to the U.S. from overseas usually spend a bit of time on the seas.…

Hyundai arrived at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with a new toy to share: a new Blue Link smartwatch app that allows owners of Blue Link equipped Hyundai vehicles to connect with their cars through their smartwatch a la Dick Tracy (or maybe I’m thinking of Michael Knight).…

If you live in Venice, Italy, there’s no place to drive a car. But that didn’t stop one man from figuring out a way to have a Ferrari F50 anyhow. …

The new BMW M4 looks to be an impressive performance coupe both on and off the track. We wouldn’t be surprised if a good number of buyers took advantage of BMW’s European delivery program and, while they were waiting for their new BMW to roll off the line, they pay a visit to Nürburg for a few laps of one of the most vaunted circuits in the world, the Nürburgring Nordschleife.…

One of the best field trips I ever went on in grade school was to a local factory where they make Trane heating and cooling systems.…

X-Tomi Design takes a look back at 2014 – a year in which we saw a plethora of shooting brake concepts – and shares 10 of his favorite sports cars rendered as shooting brakes.…

I love assembly line videos like this one. It’s devoid of music, voiceovers, interviews, or even text. Instead, it just takes us inside the complex assembly process that goes into the construction of each and every flat-six that goes into a Porsche 911.…

If you’re already tired of shoveling snow out of your driveway before you leave for work (I’m looking at you, Buffalo, New York), then maybe you’d prefer to use the power of your own car to plow your drive.…

Ariel Motor Company is well known for their ultra-lightweight, minimalist racers, and now the company is looking to take their track cars off road with the Ariel Nomad.…

Mazda is the latest automaker to design an awesome virtual race car for Gran Turismo 6. The LM55 Vision Gran Turismo is their gift to gaming fans, and it looks pretty amazing.…