One of the most exciting races of the year will be taking place this weekend, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe near the French town of Le Mans. While the race is typically dominated by the high-tech and super expensive prototype race cars of major automakers like Audi and Peugeot, the event also features a number of...
French automaker Renault has taken the wraps off its fastest model ever, the new Renault Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy, which is set to make its official world debut at the World Series by Renault motorsports event at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany next weekend. The new car is based on the Megane Coupe first revealed back in 2008 but thanks...
Neither John Hennessey nor Jay Leno needs an introduction here at MotorAuthority so we’ll just cut straight to the chase. The two automotive industry minor celebs have come together for the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage which showcases the 2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible based on the popular open-top Chevy muscle car...
This weekend the Formula 1 circus heads to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal for the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, and coming as no surprise the odds are already favoring Red Bull Racing champ Sebastian Vettel to take the checkered flag at the conclusion of Sunday’s race. The race is the only North American leg on the F1 calendar, though it...
We’ve all heard of pedestrian detection safety systems but now Volvo is taking the concept to the next level by developing a version that can also detect animals. The project is the latest development in Volvo’s vision for 2020, a future in which accidents no longer occur thanks to technology. The new system, set to be launched on the...
MINI recently announced an $800 million investment deal for its plant in Oxford, UK to prepare for production of its third-generation Cooper model. The new model, spy shots of which have already surfaced, will be based on a new front-wheel drive platform dubbed UKL, which will be used by BMW for its own range of entry-level hatchbacks. This new...
The brand new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class has been revealed and is on track for a debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this September, but the model we’re most interested in, the high-performance AMG variant, is still being fine tuned ahead of a sales launch around the end of the year. We now have an exclusive spy video of a prototype for...
Rap phenom Flo Rida is riding a little lower today, now that his $1.7 million Bugatti is off-limits after an early-morning DUI arrest in Miami Beach. The 31-year-old Tramar Dillard (from Florida, hence "Flo Rida") had been showing off his driving skills at about 3:30 in the morning. Unfortunately the driving came after a lot of drinks, which...
Today's road courses bear little resemblance to the historical circuits the pioneers of motorsport ran on. Even most of the "street circuits" that are still run have been massaged and made safer over the years. But there are a few circuits that still offer the difficulty and danger those original racers faced. One of them is the Isle of Man TT...
Whispers about a sub-SLS Mercedes-Benz sports coupe codenamed SLS have been growing louder recently. A few weeks ago, Autocar reported that the car would be aimed at the likes of the Porsche 911 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage and would use an AMG V-8 to get it right in line. A new Auto Bild report supports the concept of a 911 fighter, but suggests...
Speaking at a conference in Washington, D.C. today, Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby confirmed the U.S. will receive a plug-in hybrid version of the V60, but it won't be quite the same as the European model. There, they'll get a diesel-hybrid V60. Here, we get gasoline. The diesel V60 plug-in won't be available in Europe until late 2012, and even then, it...
Rumors are surrounding the next Maserati GranTurismo and Quattroporte, suggesting that instead of the current 4.2 and 4.7-liter V-8s that those cars use, V-6 power is on the way. Not just any V-6 power, but power from a version of Chrysler's Pentastar V-6. Inside Line is reporting that a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged version of the same V-6 found in...
This video from a recent test session of the NISMO RC racing version of the Nissan Leaf shows what it can do in near-ideal conditions: warm, dry, and sunny. The last test session was damp, cool, and overcast, so the car should be a bit faster this time around. To say it's a bit unsettling to see a race car running around a track with little more...
Given Audi's racing connections and past dominance at Le Mans, including this year's R18 race car, it only makes sense that the R8 has been chosen as the safety car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place this weekend, June 11-12 at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The R8 safety car receives the same 525 horsepower V-10 that's available in the...
Early this spring, word emerged on the Web that the 2013 Shelby GT500 could kick out as much as 620 horsepower. Shortly after we brought you the first spy shots of the new car. Today, we update the images with a new set that hints at a turbocharger replacing the supercharger under the hood. A larger, higher-capacity intercooler spotted peeking out...
One of the most exciting races of the year will be taking place this weekend, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe near the French town of Le Mans. While the race is typically dominated by the high-tech and super expensive prototype race cars of major automakers like Audi and Peugeot, the event also features a number of...
French automaker Renault has taken the wraps off its fastest model ever, the new Renault Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy, which is set to make its official world debut at the World Series by Renault motorsports event at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany next weekend. The new car is based on the Megane Coupe first revealed back in 2008 but thanks...
Neither John Hennessey nor Jay Leno needs an introduction here at MotorAuthority so we’ll just cut straight to the chase. The two automotive industry minor celebs have come together for the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage which showcases the 2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible based on the popular open-top Chevy muscle car...
This weekend the Formula 1 circus heads to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal for the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, and coming as no surprise the odds are already favoring Red Bull Racing champ Sebastian Vettel to take the checkered flag at the conclusion of Sunday’s race. The race is the only North American leg on the F1 calendar, though it...
We’ve all heard of pedestrian detection safety systems but now Volvo is taking the concept to the next level by developing a version that can also detect animals. The project is the latest development in Volvo’s vision for 2020, a future in which accidents no longer occur thanks to technology. The new system, set to be launched on the...
MINI recently announced an $800 million investment deal for its plant in Oxford, UK to prepare for production of its third-generation Cooper model. The new model, spy shots of which have already surfaced, will be based on a new front-wheel drive platform dubbed UKL, which will be used by BMW for its own range of entry-level hatchbacks. This new...
The brand new 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class has been revealed and is on track for a debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this September, but the model we’re most interested in, the high-performance AMG variant, is still being fine tuned ahead of a sales launch around the end of the year. We now have an exclusive spy video of a prototype for...
Rap phenom Flo Rida is riding a little lower today, now that his $1.7 million Bugatti is off-limits after an early-morning DUI arrest in Miami Beach. The 31-year-old Tramar Dillard (from Florida, hence "Flo Rida") had been showing off his driving skills at about 3:30 in the morning. Unfortunately the driving came after a lot of drinks, which...
Today's road courses bear little resemblance to the historical circuits the pioneers of motorsport ran on. Even most of the "street circuits" that are still run have been massaged and made safer over the years. But there are a few circuits that still offer the difficulty and danger those original racers faced. One of them is the Isle of Man TT...
Whispers about a sub-SLS Mercedes-Benz sports coupe codenamed SLS have been growing louder recently. A few weeks ago, Autocar reported that the car would be aimed at the likes of the Porsche 911 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage and would use an AMG V-8 to get it right in line. A new Auto Bild report supports the concept of a 911 fighter, but suggests...
Speaking at a conference in Washington, D.C. today, Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby confirmed the U.S. will receive a plug-in hybrid version of the V60, but it won't be quite the same as the European model. There, they'll get a diesel-hybrid V60. Here, we get gasoline. The diesel V60 plug-in won't be available in Europe until late 2012, and even then, it...
Rumors are surrounding the next Maserati GranTurismo and Quattroporte, suggesting that instead of the current 4.2 and 4.7-liter V-8s that those cars use, V-6 power is on the way. Not just any V-6 power, but power from a version of Chrysler's Pentastar V-6. Inside Line is reporting that a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged version of the same V-6 found in...
This video from a recent test session of the NISMO RC racing version of the Nissan Leaf shows what it can do in near-ideal conditions: warm, dry, and sunny. The last test session was damp, cool, and overcast, so the car should be a bit faster this time around. To say it's a bit unsettling to see a race car running around a track with little more...
Given Audi's racing connections and past dominance at Le Mans, including this year's R18 race car, it only makes sense that the R8 has been chosen as the safety car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place this weekend, June 11-12 at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The R8 safety car receives the same 525 horsepower V-10 that's available in the...
Early this spring, word emerged on the Web that the 2013 Shelby GT500 could kick out as much as 620 horsepower. Shortly after we brought you the first spy shots of the new car. Today, we update the images with a new set that hints at a turbocharger replacing the supercharger under the hood. A larger, higher-capacity intercooler spotted peeking out...
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