One of the hottest of hot hatchbacks in recent years was the Audi RS3, a fire-breathing five-door stuffed with turbocharged inline-five and all-wheel-drive goodness. It never came here to the U.S. (though its drivetrain did...
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During the 2014 Formula 1 season, if you weren’t driving for the factory-backed Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, odds are third place was the highest you could hope to finish. The Silver Arrows of Nico Rosberg...
A little over a decade ago, Cadillac made a clean break with its Vogue tires, phony convertible tops and curb feelers past by building its first European-style extra-sauce super sedan: The CTS-V. And while it...
The vehicles BMW purists love to loathe – the M versions of the X5 and X6 crossovers – are getting a refresh for the 2016 model year, and are now based on the latest versions...
Ever since the introduction of the first straight-six-powered C36 AMG in the mid-1990s, Stuttgart’s small super sedan has stood in the shadow of the BMW M3. Yeah, the Mercs have often put down more power...
Australia is the land of extremes: Extremely deadly critters. Extremely large unsettled/undeveloped areas. Extremely hot women (Seriously, Oz is at least tied with the likes of Brazil and the former Soviet Bloc in that regard.)....
If it seems like significant new car reveals have been happening rapid-fire lately, well, it’s because they are. Last week saw the debut of Mazda’s fourth-gen MX-5 Miata, while Jaguar dropped its first legit 3...
When Porsche released the first-generation Cayenne Turbo, tens of thousands of motorists stumbled onto what GMC Typhoon owners had known for more than a decade prior: Super-fast SUVs are super fun. Before long, BMW M...
Now that the former Mercedes-Benz CL-Class has reverted back to the S-Class Coupe designation, all is right in the House Gottlieb and Karl built. Well, except for the fact that the CL range was headed...
As far as North American automotive history is concerned, Ford Falcon production ended with an abbreviated “1970½” model year where the nameplate was applied to a stripped-down version of the mid-size Fairlane; beginning with the...