The famous song lyric may be “I love Paris in the springtime,” but many car fans prefer the City of Light in the fall, or at least the fall of an even-numbered year. It is...
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Over the course of its 51 years in the car business, Lamborghini has built many different models: Front-engine grand tourers, mid-engine supercars, coachbuilt limited edition hypercars, and even an SUV. However, not a single one...
It used to be that one of the first rules of building a super-hardcore, track day special of a sports car was to start with a fixed-roof coupe bodystyle; targas and convertibles were no-nos, thanks...
Ah, Paris in the autumn. The temperatures are dropping, the leaves are turning to varying shades and saturations of crimson and, if the year ends in an even number, the automotive world is converging upon...
A few years ago, when it first became known that McLaren was working on its second purpose-built road car (the MP4-12C), there was some speculation that it would pick right up where the mighty F1...
In the pantheon of major auto shows, Paris is right up there with Geneva, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Detroit and, increasingly, Shanghai in terms of prestiege and importance to automakers. The City of Light is home turf...
Toyota Prius. Nissan LEAF. Renault Twizy. These are the kinds of electric and hybrid cars that can make even a crack-addicted cheetah fall asleep. They’re perfectly good for transporting people and they know just how...
In the world of car companies, Lamborghini is probably the one least likely to be associated with the terms “responsible” and “sensible.” Gas-chugging V10 and V12 engines, in-your-face styling and colors so vibrant even moles...
It might seem downright quaint today, but prior to 1980, presenting the idea of an all-wheel-drive passenger car of any sort – never mind one with sporting pretensions – would have provided you a one-way...
With the oh-so-notable exception of the MC12 (which was essentially a targa-top Enzo in drag) and the occasional production-based race car, Maserati has pretty much stayed away from the true sports car market for the...