When Audi introduced its first ever production mid-engine supercar – the R8 – six years ago, most of the automotive world figured the company would always keep its performance potential a couple notches below that...
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The mid- to late-1950s can easily be called the first golden era of sports car racing. Not only did this period see factory-backed sports racing cars from the likes of Jaguar, Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz (briefly)...
Starting with the Nissan Fairlady Z in 1969, aka Datsun 240Z for those of us stateside, this marquee has been a member of the sports car lexicon for decades. With six generations under its belt,...
When most people think of sports cars, they probably think of two seats, maybe an open top, and stupendous agility. Of course, that agility tends to be compromised the larger and more powerful a sports...
While the Panamera and redesigned Cayenne have been getting lots of love from Stuttgart, some of the other models from Porsche have been showing their age, forcing the automaker to toss in lots of options and...
The Mazda Miata is now in its third generation after over 20 years of faithful service to the motoring community. And its determination and steadfast grip on the original mandate of a lightweight, scrappy two-seat...
Veritas has a short but storied history. After WWII, this West German race car company got its start tuning BMW 328 models and competing in FIA World Championships. And from the late 40s to the...
Pagani may be a low-volume producer of high-end automobiles but you have to give them credit for being able to use the same basic platform to come out with variation after variation of some pretty...
The Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG is a great small-body roadster with more than impressive performance stats. It has a naturally aspirated 5.5L 360 hp V8 engine capable of 0 to 60 mph times of 4.7 seconds....