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It’s all about the Mercedes-Benz Unimog on the newest episode of Ignition. Host Jonny Lieberman travels to Germany to get behind the wheel of a Unimog U4000 and discovers that the off-roader is truly built to thrive in dirt, deep water, and on steep inclines. Part of what makes the Unimog ...    Read more

The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is one of the most impressive trucks on the market, purpose-built for climbing rocks and attacking sand dunes. Race driver and Top Gear personality Tanner Foust, however, had another idea in mind: take the performance-tuned pickup for a ...    Read more

Unveiled at this week’s Geneva motor show was the Bertone Jet 2+2 shooting brake, a one-off shooting brake based on the Aston Martin Rapide and crafted with help from the famed Italian coachbuilder. The two companies have a 60-year history of working together, and ...    Read more

Hyundai is busy prepping for its first-ever entry in the World Rally Championship with the i20. At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Hyundai is showing the i20 WRC Rally car, which sports new skin and updated hardware. For now, the show car is only showcasing updates to ...    Read more

Supercars have dominated headlines at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, but German tuner Hamann is attempting to steal some of the spotlight with a few distinctive vehicles including an eye-searing custom Range Rover called “Mystere.” There’s nothing subtle about the Mystere, which the tuner ...    Read more

We’re getting a clearer picture of what we can expect for the next-generation Hyundai Genesis sedan, especially following this latest batch of spy shots that include photos of the four-door’s dashboard and center stack. In all, it appears that the new sedan ...    Read more

We knew the 2014 Chevrolet SS race car was going to debut at the 2013 Daytona 500, and the green flag for the race drops this weekend. Chevrolet has already unveiled much of what we want to know about the SS racer and ...    Read more

Although the BMW 4 Series coupe concept was unveiled last month, the automaker is still hard at work testing its upcoming two-door. This particular test mule, which was caught performing some winter tests alongside an Audi A5, is covered with camouflage, ...    Read more

If you pay attention to our monthly sales reports, you may have noticed that the Mercedes-Benz C-Class outsold the BMW 3 Series during the month of January. Benz is undoubtedly patting itself on the back, but the automaker is also ...    Read more

Elon Musk has published a thorough blog countering some of the results in a recently published, controversial Tesla Model S review in The New York Times. The review has received plenty of attention, and this week Musk prepared his reply -- complete with charts to illustrate his points -- on ...    Read more

We have lots to look forward to once the 2014 Audi R8 V10 Plus arrives in the U.S. We already know it’ll be fast, but until we can hear the V-10’s glorious engine note on the street,you can listen to it over ...    Read more

Apparently Mercedes-Benz isn’t finished updating the current-generation E-Class. By model-year 2015, a Mercedes-Benz E-Class powered by a twin-turbo V-6 may replace the V-8 powered E550 model, Motor Trend reports. As we’ve mentioned before, a new E400 biturbo model is expected to arrive in ...    Read more

Toyota has released its third-quarter sales report, which shows a number of gains thanks to increasing U.S. sales and the yen's declining value. When the third-quarter ended December 31, 2012 (the fiscal year ends in March) Toyota saw an overall profit of 99.9 billion yen (approximately 1.08 billion dollars). The yen’s ...    Read more

The Toyota Corolla has regained the top spot in the compact segment thanks to the 23,822 customers who took one home last month. The Honda Civic, which sold 21,881 units during January, ...    Read more

Honda and Acura will be among the first automakers to integrate Apple’s Siri voice command feature in their vehicles with a new system dubbed “Eyes Free.” The system will allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road while enjoying the convenience of Apple’s Siri digital personal assistant. Eyes Free will ...    Read more