Exotic Cars

When we got our first look at the Fisker Atlantic ahead of this year's New York International Auto Show, we were stoked to see a stylish car from the automaker that would be more accessible than its more than $100,000 Fisker Karma. In fact, early word had it the Atlantic ...    Read more

In a bizarre mashup that combines a $375,000 vehicle from a luxury company known for its somnolent properties and one of the most legendary skateboarders in the world—the man that made it possible to use the words "skateboarding" and "legendary" together in the first place—Lexus lent Tony Hawk an example ...    Read more

Chevrolet announced today the addition of an all-new sedan to its lineup. Tentatively called the Chevrolet SS, the new sedan will go on sale sometime in late 2013 as a 2014 model. Relevant details, like size (can it truly fit three adults in the rear row?), fuel economy (fuel sipper or ...    Read more

The picture you're looking at with the Audi was taken on flat land. The Aud R8 LMS above was riding a track with an incredible 60-degree banked corner. Now that we have your attention with that tidbit, here's your unusually present update of race cars simply too awesome to ignore. We're ...    Read more

Aston Martin has carved out its own niche in today's automotive market thanks to its flagship vehicle, the DBS. While everyone loves a good supercar, their low ground clearance means they're not always practical in markets with poor road conditions, like China, Russia, and India. That's why Aston Martin has ...    Read more

BMW has been teasing its 2013 M5 and M6 for a while. Both are already on sale abroad, which makes it even worse. But as the German automaker gears up for pushing its new high-performance cars into dealerships, it's taken some of the guessing out by showing us how much they're ...    Read more

Here's an idea that might not come to mind so easily—the Army is just as interested as you are in saving gas. If you needed to know, the Abrams M1 main battle tank uses 1.6 gallons per mile, which can seriously tie up Army logistics when you're looking to pan-fry ...    Read more

We're all about cars here at Automotive.com, but when a boat with a Ferrari engine that was designed to be the fastest thing on water goes up for sale, well, naturally, our interest is piqued. The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari "Arno XI" racing hydroplane set a world record for speed on water, and ...    Read more

The Mercedes-Benz C63 Coupe Black Series is one of the most lusted-after supercars among Mercedes line. We can only imagine the conversation when Mercedes engineers went up to tuner division AMG, dropped off the C-Class coupe to the surprised staff, and with the mandate, "make it faster." And the AMG folks ...    Read more

In this week's episode of Ignition, on the Motor Trend YouTube channel, mean slide guitar player and pie enthusiast Carlos Lago takes the Mercedes-Benz SL550 out for a cloudy Sunday drive. The increasingly misnamed SL550 features a 4.6-liter V-8 engine with 429 horsepower and, count 'em, two turbochargers—good ...    Read more

Ferrari is known around the world for the high-pitched scream of its V-8 and V-12 engines. These high-revving masterpieces are built to racecar specs, literally, as the tolerances required for them are exacting. Which makes it all the more surprising that Ferrari is recalling a small batch of its 458 and ...    Read more

The Toyota Supra was a car enthusiast's dream, an inexpensive sports car for the masses. Toyota discontinued the Supra in 1998, which resulted in fanboys hounding the automaker ever since to build the next generation model. Instead, the automaker focused on its family friendly Camry sedan, RAV4 crossovers, and the ...    Read more

Porsche fan have been waiting for an updated version of the 550 since the original 550 first won Le Mans...way back in 1955. Porsche hinted of such plans at least twice in 2011 but announced it was delaying the project in fear it could affect the ...    Read more

Late last year, the world got its first glimpse of the Nissan Juke-R, a concept car version of the Juke with a 485-horsepower, turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 from a Nissan GT-R shoved into it. The idea of putting the mechanical bits from a world-class sports car into a compact crossover body ...    Read more

Host Jessi Lang of the Motor Trend Channel recently put the Nissan GT-R—and herself—to the test at the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca racetrack up at Monterey, California. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is famous among racers and car enthusiasts alike, its twisty tracks used by both car and motorcycle racers. This ...    Read more

A teaser video for the Bugatti 16C Galibier four-door concept has just hit the internet, and while it already has thousands of clicks, don't be fooled as most of them have probably come from this office (we're believers). In what may be our best look, or certainly most dramatic one ...    Read more

Is there such a thing as too much horsepower? Not if you're a muscle car fanatic. The rivalry between the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, has been ongoing since the Camaro was introduced to counter the Mustang in 1967. It stalled briefly when General Motors discontinued the Camaro ...    Read more

By all means, there's little to criticize about a a twin-turbocharged V-8, 560-horsepower super-sedan that hits 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, boasts a potential top speed of 200 mph, and most importantly, wears the BMW roundel on its nose. But it turns out, the new M5 uses something called ...    Read more

Starting in May, you will be able to buy a Lotus again. That's important for the employees and supporters of one of the world's great enthusiast brands, since the recent 60-day financial freeze halted production of Lotus' Elise, Exige, and Evora models, as well as development of the next Esprit. The ...    Read more

In a match made more in heaven than Crockett and Tubbs, Russian purveyor of insanely customized luxury Dartz is providing Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie The Dictator with a few examples of its biggest SUV, the Prombron, which aspires to be the Simpsons Canyonero. Yes, you, Mister Small Ruler ...    Read more

Much ink has been spilled over China's burgeoning upper class, the sort of easily-excitable millionaires and billionaires that snap up luxury cars as if they were the Pogs from our childhood. China now has 1.11 million, er, millionaires, a world record—does that make it a nation of millions squared?—and  ...    Read more

In yet another sign of the coming CAFE-inspired carpocalypse, Ferrari is moving beyond the experimental phase on its new HY-KERS, a hybrid electric two-motor power plant with kinetic energy recovery system for its next megasupercar, the F12berlinetta. The F12berlinetta with HY-KERS—which as the name implies, comes with a traditional Ferrari V-12—promises ...    Read more

Victoria Beckham -- singer, reality star, and wife to soccer god David Beckham -- has added car designer to her already long list of accomplishments. At this year's Beijing Motor Show, the Range Rover Evoque "Victoria Beckham" Special Edition made its debut onto the runway. We first became aware of Ms ...    Read more

In possibly the only subtle thing Lamborghini has ever done, the company quietly previewed an SUV at the New York Auto Show for a select group of journalists; the rest of the world will get to look at it when it debuts at the Beijing Auto Show next Monday. And ...    Read more

When we hear the word hybrid, our mind flickers to a land of Toyota Prius fuel-sipping runabouts. It's not that Prius isn't a good car—it is—but it's more that the connotation that doesn't automatically excite us. But when we hear Porsche is involved, our interest is naturally piqued. In episode ...    Read more