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BMW may have a pair of pavement-shredding scalpels on its hands in the form of the M3/M4 twins, but Toyota’s luxury arm just brought out a 450-horsepower machete to the party.

London’s iconic black cab, also known as the hackney coach, is set to retire after five decades of dutiful service. And its replacement has all the charm and charisma of a festering boil.

Breaking 40 miles per gallon without burning diesel or relying on a hybrid drivetrain in a modern car isn’t just difficult, it’s damn near impossible. Volkswagen managed to do it, and not with a dinky econobox, but a full-size sedan.

The Volvo C30 is one of the best-looking hatchbacks to come out in a decade. But what if you wanted to get a little mud in the wheel wells? That’s what the XC Concept is for.

How do you introduce a new breed of open-wheel racing to notoriously finicky U.S. race fans? Drive it down the most American thing on the continent: the Las Vegas Strip.

Dashboard gauges are so 20th century. The dash of the future is a flat, high-resolution, and fully customizable. And that’s what the next Audi TT will have when it lands in showrooms later this year.

BMW makes the Ultimate Driving Machine, and now it’s made the Ultimate Drifting Machine. Except it’s the code that’s in control.

Ford’s relentless push to add as many apps to its Sync portfolio has finally peaked. With pizza.

There’s a whole lot to look forward to in 2014 if you’re a gearhead, which is good because last year was a bit of a downer. We’ll have a sweet new model from Tesla, Alfa Romeo’s triumphant return to the …

After decades of big promises, false starts, and meager infrastructure, the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle will go on sale in the United States next year. It’s coming from Toyota, which promises a range of 300 miles and a fill-up …

When Delta flight 2014 departs Minneapolis for Atlanta later today, it’ll mark the last commercial passenger flight for a DC-9 aircraft.

Google has joined forces with Audi, General Motors, Honda, and Hyundai to form a new consortium aimed at making Android in the car a reality. And the first Android-equipped vehicles are promised to arrive later this year.

Cars, buses, and rogue pedestrians are all conspiring against cyclists in congested cities. It’s something that designer Norman Foster — an avid rider — wants to alleviate with a dedicated biking highway built above London’s rail lines.

The sun puts out over 170 petawatts of solar energy every day, but aside from impractical science experiments, we haven’t been able to tap into that energy source to power our cars. Ford thinks it has a solution, and it …

Let’s say you find yourself with a cool quarter mil to drop on a car. You could do what everyone does and get a Ferrari 458, or a Lamborghini Gallardo, or a Bentley Continental GT. Fine cars, one and all, …

For billionaire executives, a 16-hour flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo is just too damn long to spend out of pocket. The Spike Aerospace S-512 promises to cut that time in half, and it won’t cost more than a measly …

Electric vehicles may be gaining a small foothold in the U.S., but according to the feds, fossil fuels will still be powering the vast majority of our vehicles into the next two and a half decades, with fully electric cars …

While we’re still waiting for the day when we can finally ditch our car keys, Mercedes-Benz is inching closer to incorporating wearable tech into its cars. And the latest integration comes in the form of the Pebble smartwatch.

Atlanta’s public transit authority has begun installing $10,000 urine detectors to try and stop people from relieving themselves in subway elevators.

2013 was an odd year for cars. The few highlights were surrounded by an aura of meh, and the exciting stuff that debuted this year won’t come out until the first half of 2014. But sprinkled throughout the four-wheeled doldrums …