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A sizable chunk of RM Auction’s forthcoming Monaco acution consists of vintage Ducati motorcycles of all shapes and sizes, but we can’t help but notices a number of amazing vintage Ferrari race and road cars have also worked their way into the auction catalog. Here are a few of ...    Read more

Automakers offering restoration services for vehicles they built decades before isn’t exactly uncommon. Aston Martin’s Works Heritage Service will gladly maintain your wanna-be-Bond DB5. Mercedes-Benz Classic will restore a 600 Grosser, a 300SL Gullwing, and everything in between. And Volkswagen, it seems, is more than willing to give your Microbus ...    Read more

There's no need for any further estimation or guessing: Subaru announced today at its press conference here in New York that the 2013 BRZ sports coupe will carry a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $26,245, including $750 in destination charges. That price puts buyers behind the wheel of ...    Read more

Hyundai's next-generation Santa Fe will come in 2 flavors: the standard Santa Fe (5 seats, FWD/AWD, 4-cylinder); and a longer version (3 rows of seats, FWD/AWD, V-6). The standard version arrives first, late this summer, and will take the name Santa Fe Sport. Its standard 2.4-liter four-cylinder makes 190 hp and ...    Read more

It was a poorly kept secret at the time (the vehicle was officially referred to as a "production concept"), but technically Jaguar hadn't fully confirmed its C-X16 sports coupe concept was destined for production when the car broke cover at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. That said, it's now completely ...    Read more

If you had access to a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, where would you take it? Laguna Seca? Route 66? Corvettes at Carlisle? All fair options, but Motor Trend's Angus MacKenzie had a better idea: grab contributor and racer/ driving ace Justin Bell, and take the ZR1 on a proper ...    Read more

March 2012 proved kind to the Chrysler Group, as the automaker reports sales volumes rose 34 percent year-to-year to 163,381 vehicles. That makes March 2012 Chrysler's best sales month since March 2008, and a key part in the automaker posting it's best first quarter sales result in four years. "The combination ...    Read more

GMC spent most of its first 100 years building workhorses of industry, military, and public transportation. How?s the brand celebrating its next 100 years? By building some gussied-up 2012 Sierra, Yukon, and Yukon XL models, of course. The new package is called the Heritage Edition, and as ...    Read more

The Honda Fit is one of four Honda passenger cars sold in North America that isn't manufactured in North America - but that may soon change. Honda announced today it is constructing a plant in Mexico that, among other things, will build Fit models for the North American market ...    Read more

Few will ever mistake a three-row, seven-passenger sport-utility as a sport sedan, but that hasn’t stopped automakers from dressing them up as such. Dodge launched its Hemi-powered Durango R/T model last year, and now Ford is following suit with the new 2013 Explorer Sport. As we predicted, the 2013 ...    Read more

Ladies and gentlemen, start your rumor mill. The Internet was abuzz after a revised Mercedes-Benz G-Class “accidentally” appeared in a GLK press shot, but a U.S. dealer seems to have sparked even further speculation over forthcoming AMG-tuned G-Class models by way of a short press release. The release, which was ...    Read more

Compressed natural gas made a surprise appearance in last week’s automotive news cycle. Not only did Chrysler and General Motors commit to launching CNG-fueled heavy-duty pickup trucks, but General Electric announced it was partnering with energy company Chesapeake Energy to expand the availability of CNG fueling stations ...    Read more

When it comes to old-school sports cars with wood-framed bodywork, we never thought the British Morgan firm would ever have a true competitor in this day in age - but now it does. Meet the new Atalanta, a British firm revived after almost eight decades of obscurity. The original Atalanta Motors ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week, and missed the big news stories in the world of automobiles? Fret not: we've gathered a few of the top stories from this past week here for your convenience. Lamborghini Aventador J Remember the days when supercars and show cars were wild-looking machines that looked ...    Read more

We live in an age of CAFE ratings, emissions concerns, and increasingly expensive gasoline – but despite all this, the high-horsepower muscle car wars continue. In fact, with the new 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Lagnua Seca and the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on the market, the competition ...    Read more