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Chevrolet Teases Camaro Track Concept For Geneva

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 04:30 AM PST


Chevrolet has released an intriguing teaser image of a special Camaro concept, set to debut at this week's Geneva Motor Show 2017 in Switzerland.
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Watch A Koenigsegg Agera RS Don Winter Tires And Tackle The Swiss Alps

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:54 AM PST


There aren't a lot of situations in which we wouldn't want to drive a Koenigsegg. But on a snowy mountain? We'd sooner take something with all-wheel drive and a decent amount of ground clearance, thank you very much. The owner of this Agera RS, however, evidently feels differently.
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Brabus Turns The Mercedes V-Class Into A Rolling Business Lounge

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:31 AM PST


Mercedes-Benz may only bring its light van to North America as a cargo transporter in the form of the Metris, but back in Europe it offers the V-Class passenger version. And Brabus has modified it as a Business Lounge for the 2017 Geneva Motor Show.
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Rolls-Royce Ghost Elegance Coming To Geneva Painted With Actual Diamonds

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST


A Rolls-Royce, you might argue, is in and of itself already the rolling embodiment of elegance. But one customer commissioned the luxury automaker to go over and above, and has been kind enough to allow the manufacturer to bring the result to the Geneva Motor Show this year so we can all get a look.
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PSA Finalizes Opel/Vauxhall Acquisition From General Motors

Posted: 06 Mar 2017 02:28 AM PST


It's official, boys and girls: French automaker PSA Group is buying Opel and Vauxhall, with (nearly) all its connected properties, from General Motors.
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Italdesign And Airbus Debuting Concept With Flyable Cockpit

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:58 PM PST


Italdesign and Airbus are set to unveil a bold new concept car at the Geneva Motor Show unlike anything before it.
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Toyota Tacoma Soars Like An Eagle During U.S. Police Chase

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:41 PM PST


A Toyota Tacoma managed to take flight at the conclusion of a police chase in Louisiana last week in a truly extraordinary sight.
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Tesla Admits It Didn't Have A Model 3 Beta Prototype Testing In Late-2016

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:49 PM PST


In Tesla's annual filing with the Security and Exchange Commission, the company admitted that at the end of 2016, it had yet to put a Model 3 beta prototype on the road.
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Jaguar E-Pace To Accelerate Brand's SUV Push

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:41 PM PST


Jaguar is preparing to unveil its entry-level E-Pace SUV in May as it pushes forward with its aggressive roll out of crossover and SUV models.
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Ford Imagines A Future Where Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Get Your Groceries

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:40 PM PST


Beyond offering fully-autonomous vehicles to consumers, Ford believes that self-driving delivery vans and drones could take out some of the hassle of everyday life.
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This Copper Ferrari 246 GTS Is A Shining Tribute To The 1970s

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 03:10 PM PST


We've been on a bit of a bent lately, geeking out of Ferraris in unusual colors. Like that electric-green 458 Spider, or the yellow LaFerrari. But this... this is something else.
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Mercedes Starts Cranking Out New AMG GT, GLA

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:59 PM PST


It's all well and fine when an automaker unveils a new model, but it doesn't count until it actually starts rolling off the assembly line. And that's just what's taken place at Mercedes-Benz, which has begun production of two of its newest models lines in Germany.
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RUF To Reveal A Completely Original Supercar In Geneva

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:01 PM PST


There are manufacturers in the automotive industry, and then there are tuners. Some straddle the divide by modifying vehicles so extensively that they could be considered completely different by the time they're done. But some tuners have even gone beyond that to create entirely original vehicles that aren't even nominally based on another manufacturer's products.
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Things Could Have Ended A Lot Worse When This Explorer Ate A Corvette

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:04 PM PST


Here's the thing about traffic rules: they work as long as everyone abides by them. When they don't, well... things can quickly take a turn for the worse, as this case goes to show.
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Bugatti Chiron Already Half-Way To Completely Selling Out

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:57 AM PST


You might think that – having already sold, produced, and delivered 450 examples of the Veyron – Bugatti had exhausted the market for seven-figure supercars. But it hasn't. In fact it has already taken 250 orders for the new Chiron.
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Alpina's Latest B3/B4 S Bi-Turbo Outguns BMW M3/M4 With 434 HP

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:02 AM PST


BMW's own M division isn't the only outfit offering performance-enhanced Bimmers. The good folks at Alpina do the same, with their own unique flavor. And they'll be coming to the 2017 Geneva Motor Show this week with even more powerful versions of their core models.
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These Are The 5 Most Expensive SUVs You Can Buy Right Now

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:04 PM PST


There was a time, not so long ago, when there was a limit to how much you could spend on a sport-utility vehicle. And that limit came under the $100,000 mark. But those times are far behind us.
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This Tiny Suzuki Kei Pickup Truck Has An LS V8!

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:59 AM PST


The tiny Suzuki Mighty Boy is one of the most iconic models to be spawned from Japan's love of 'kei cars'.
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Someone Turned A Totaled 1988 Porsche 911 Into A 959 Cabriolet [72 Pics]

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:05 PM PST


You can't blame Porsche fans for lusting after the classic Porsche 959, but modifying a 911 into one? Well, sometimes, there's a reasonable explanation.
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Toyota Shows Off New Autonomous Lexus LS 600hL Tester

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 05:53 AM PST


The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) showcased its second-generation autonomous research vehicle at the company's Prius Challenge event in California.
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This Rover 45 Was Sold For £3 Or $4 on eBay!

Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:50 AM PST


It seems that if you really try hard, you could end up owning a daily-driver for as little as £3.19, or roughly $4.
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