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Retired Ferrari F1 cars take to the Nurburgring – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you're lucky wealthy enough to own one of Ferrari's retired works Formula One machines, the automaker's F1 Client department takes care of maintenance and…

Mystery prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
One of our alert readers was driving down Woodward Avenue in suburban Detroit when he spotted a prototype and quickly snapped off a few photos. That's where the mystery starts. We're honestly…

1957 BMW 507 – Click above for high-res image gallery
The BMW 507 is arguably the most beautiful and certainly among the rarest production models ever to emerge from Munich, with only 253 produced between 1956 and 1959. The 507 was the first BMW…

Hiring new engineers in the auto industry is always something of a gamble. Just because someone coming out of school has a 4.0 GPA, it doesn't mean that they are well suited to the day-to-day problem solving and innovation required of a modern…

BMW 123d – Click above for high-res image gallery
Members of the StreetCar car sharing service in the UK now have the option to rent a BMW from as little as £6.95 per hour. Like ZipCar and other similar services, StreetCar is a membership program…

Fiat will be partnering with Irish company SolarPrint to add photovoltaic systems to the roofs of its future cars. Despite advances in solar energy collection and conversion, a photovoltaic roof still can't generate nearly enough electricity to power…

Following last weekend's running of the Indianapolis 500, the Indy Racing League announced that when its next-generation engine rules go into effect, smaller displacement, boosted engines would replace the current, normally aspirated 3.5-liter V8…

Reva may build very small cars, but you can't accuse the company of thinking small in business. The Indian company – best know for building the G-Wiz low speed electric vehicle that Jeremy Clarkson is so fond of – plans to expand outside of India in…

Bentley Continental SuperSports Convertible – Click above for high-res image gallery
Nobody actually needs image and fashion statements like Bentleys,and Rolls-Royces, but those who choose to buy them anyway naturally want to have the latest and…

One of the big selling points of electric vehicles ( EVs) has been the ability to skip past gas stations and “fuel up” cars entirely at home. Until now, though, EVs have largely been the realm of hobbyists and enthusiasts. Starting later this year,…