Blog Posts by: Christian Seabaugh   GT

Simulation racing gamers get ready: the next-generation is arriving. Microsoft just pulled the wraps off its next-generation console, the Xbox One. With it came the announcement of Forza Motorsport 5 and the first trailer of the game featuring the McLaren P1 and legendary McLaren F1. Rendered with extreme detail thanks to ...    Read more

The Dubai Police Force is adding yet another supercar to its ranks. Weeks after adding a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, and Chevrolet Camaro SS (among others) to its fleet, the police force is now looking to acquire a Bugatti Veyron squad car for the department. The above ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants your car to slow or stop itself. The agency is reportedly considering a push to make automatic braking, the active safety tech now found on some Infinitis and Volvos, standard on all new cars. The news comes from NHTSA administrator David ...    Read more

Gran Turismo 6 is coming. In celebration of the franchise's 15th anniversary, Sony today announced its signature racing game Gran Turismo 6 is in development, and will arrive on shelves this holiday season. A playable demo is scheduled to arrive in July. Sony touts Gran Turismo 6 as bringing new levels ...    Read more

The F-Type is one of the most exciting Jaguars to debut in quite a while, and on the latest episode of Wide Open Throttle, we hear about what inspired the car's design from Jaguar design director Ian Callum himself. Callum and crew kick off the episode by discussing the lengthy ...    Read more

They battle at the track and in showrooms too: Sports car sales are just as important to automakers as their performance is to enthusiasts. With that in mind, we decided to take a look at April sports car sales of vehicles that start at around $100,000 or less. ...    Read more

The Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra together staged an upset in April compact sales. The Civic earned the top spot, while a hot-selling Elantra surged forwards, bumping the Toyota Corolla into third place. Honda sold 26,453 Civics last month, beating all of its competitors by a wide margin. Those ...    Read more

Despite early reports that the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray would be lighter than the outgoing C6 Corvette, it actually appears that its estimated curb weight has gone up. Chevrolet tells us that, according to an early estimate, the new Corvette Stingray weighs about 90 pounds more than the ...    Read more

Shelby may have turned its attention to the Ford Focus and F-150 lines lately, but it hasn't forgotten the Mustang faithful. Shelby American announced this week that its 2013 Shelby GT500 wide body kit will now be available for owners of 2005-2009 Ford Mustangs. The fiberglass body ...    Read more

The long-rumored 2014 Cadillac ATS coupe lives. The two-door ATS has been caught wrapped in camouflage on Michigan streets. The telltale sign that this mule is the 2014 Cadillac ATS Coupe is its wide and low snout, with its shield-like grille covered by white cladding. Along its flanks the edgy ...    Read more

Globally, Mercedes-Benz is known as the maker of everything from Unimog trucks to luxury executive sedans and everything in between. In the U.S., however, Mercedes is known for nothing but big, luxury rear-drive cars and crossovers. That's why the front-drive 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class represents a major step in a new ...    Read more

Chrysler may soon be Imported from Detroit no more. In a recent interview, Chrysler marketing boss Olivier Francois said he wants the brand to move away from the tagline made famous by Eminem, and instead focus on marketing Chrysler as an American import-fighter. In a recent interview with Forbes, ...    Read more

What would you do if you had some cameras and access to two Ferrari F50s? If you run the YouTube channel Tax the Rich, there's only one acceptable answer: tug of war. The video starts with a red and a yellow F50 revving up their engines in the type ...    Read more

Toyota isn't too happy with GM, Ford, or Ram. The automakers have been going back and forth for years determining an SAE-standardized test for their trucks' tow ratings, and while Toyota is using the numbers with the refreshed Tundra, the Detroit Three aren't playing ball, reports Automotive News. The ...    Read more

Is Ford already preparing the C-Max for a refresh? A spy photographer recently caught a C-Max test mule hiding an Aston Martin-like nose and testing in the snow of Sweden. From the looks of this early prototype, Ford may only have minor updates in store for the C-Max, which ...    Read more