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We’ve seen the Ford Fiesta offered with a numbrer of different powertrains, ranging from small three-cylinder engines to turbocharged four-cylinder engines with 197 hp, but until now, we hadn’t seen one powered by electricity, like this new Fiesta eWheelDrive prototype. Like its larger Focus Electric sibling, the Fiesta eWheelDrive ...    Read more

May 11 marks the first anniversary of Carroll Shelby’s passing – but rather than mourn his loss, you could spend the day celebrating the man’s legacy by spending a day at tribute car show in Gardena, California. “Carroll Shelby changed the course of history and touched millions of lives through his ...    Read more

The car of the future came to an unceremonious end 38 years ago today, when the last Citroen DS rolled off the automaker’s plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. To say the DS stunned the automotive world upon its launch in 1955 is perhaps an understatement. Not only did the ...    Read more

Yeah, so the Toyota ME.WE concept does look a bit like the crosspollination of a Smart ForTwo and a baked potato, but if you look past its unusual exterior panels – and that homely face – you may find some rather intriguing design features. The ME.WE. was built by Toyota’s European ...    Read more

Peugeot will race up Pikes Peak later this summer with a modified 208 rally car, and that the finished vehicle - revealed last week - looked pretty crazy. But now, thanks to a few more specifications, we know just how crazy this new Pikes Peak Pug truly is. Early press releases ...    Read more

There’s no terrain or task a Mercedes-Benz Unimog can’t tackle, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room left for improvement. Although spurred in part by new Euro 6 emission standards, Daimler significantly upgraded its Unimog model portfolio. Light/Medium Range ...    Read more

iPhone, meet Beetle; Beetle, meet iPhone. That seems to be the premise of the new 2014 Volkswagen iBeetle, which debuts this week at the Shanghai Motor Show before going on sale in the U.S. early next year. The iBeetle earns its name by way of a horizontal iPhone dock mounted atop ...    Read more

Riviera is indeed a French name, but Buick chose to unwrap an all-new Riviera coupe concept this morning in China on the eve of the 2013 Shanghai auto show. Much like the gullwinged Riviera concept of 2007, this new Riviera concept is a long, and sensuous two-door coupe. Like that ...    Read more

Ford’s millionth Mustang built in Flat Rock announcement isn't the only bit of Ford sports car history to fall on April 17. For instance, April 17 is when the Ford Mustang first made its public debut some 49 years ago. Ford vice president Lee Iacocca had been lobbying for a ...    Read more

Ignore those little red “GTI” lapels on the trailing edges of the front fenders – the car you see here is really the next-generation 2015 Volkswagen Golf R, which our spy photographer caught on testing on the Nurburgring. Traditionally, Golf R (and even R32) models haven’t pushed the envelope ...    Read more

Aston Martin announced today it will again compete in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring with a Rapide sedan –  but this time, the automaker will field a Rapide S that’s fueled by Hydrogen. Aston Martin’s press materials refer to the white Rapide S you see here as a “hydrogen hybrid,” but ...    Read more

If you love seeing what zany ideas French automakers come up with, you’ll be happy to see both Citroen and Renault have new concept cars waiting in the wings. Let’s start with Renault’s little ditty, which it calls the Twin’z. The car made its debut at the Salone Internazionale del ...    Read more

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Last we left Hot Rod’s David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan, ...    Read more

If you ever watched one of Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos and thought “this is great, but it needs more power, dirt, jumps, and a Nissan GT-R,” then you might like this new Recoil clip starring Trophy Truck driver B.J. Baldwin. Like Block, Baldwin is sponsored by Monster Energy, and seems ...    Read more