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The all-new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 has launched and is supposed to be a luxury sedan. But is it a luxury saloon or a performance sport sedan?

Subaru unveiled the Cross Sport Design Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013. Is it the forerunner of a future BRZ Shooting Brake?

Nissan has released a new video that details the making of the GT-R NISMO. Very awesome for GT-R fans.

The 2014 Subaru BRZ is here and there are many things to be thankful for, here are eight that we like after testing the sports coupe.

Let's start by admitting that I was more than a bit hesitant to write a review about the 2014 Odyssey. After-all it’s Honda’s fuel hog people mover. Prepare to be pleasantly surprised as you discover the urban ‘transformer’ of the automotive world. This is not your grandmother’s Dodge Caravan.

This two seat, tech laden pocket rocket takes the age old concept of sports driving fun and puts a green spin on it. The 2014 Honda CR-Z sports hybrid coupe has taken supercharged gasoline injected piston power and combined it with the superior torque of an electric motor to produce a pocket coupe that will blow the doors off of the competition.

The 2015 Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S Convertible may not make it to production because of two important reasons.

Way back in 1996 Honda introduced the Valkyrie to a very crowded cruiser class dominated by Harley Davidson. While those that owned the Valkyrie loved it, the Hog crowd shunned it as being a bit too refined. Stripped to the bone and sharing engines with Goldwing, Valkyrie returns to the market for 2014. Watch out Harley Davidson.

The 2014 Barrett Jackson Scottsdale Auction will include a pair of uniquely designed 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Linda Vaughn Edition models with the proceeds going to the charity the International Kids Alliance Network via the automotive Dreamakers group.

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX was unveiled at the LA Auto Show and it comes with steering and handling mirrored after the Porsche 911.

How does the 2015 Subaru WRX compare with the 2014 Ford Focus ST, 2013 VW GTI, 2013 Mazdaspeed3 and 2013 Honda Civic Si? Here’s a comparison.

From the all-new 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class to the 2014 SLS AMG Black Series, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 team racing technology improves the breed, and the car you drive.

In the never ending battle between Ford and Chevy performance enthusiasts, this video of a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray against a 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang has stirred up some controversy as the far less powerful Corvette holds its own against the most powerful Mustang ever.

Accord owners are a tough, critical crowd. They know their cars and are brand loyal. In recent forum reviews of the 2014 Accord line-up, the EX-L V-6 Coupe stands out as an outstanding performance sports coupe value.

Nissan's Carlos Ghosn says the company will not make it's 2016 electric vehicle sales goals as the federal government and California begin altering their support for electric vehicles. Maybe the answer to our transportation needs lies somewhere else.

Lexus dealers focus on service to keep customers coming back.

Unless you are one of four racers in the world scheduled to pilot the 'factory prototype' in 2014, you’ll never ride one. The RCV 1000R was unveiled in Valencia on Saturday and has undoubtedly captured the imagination of road and track racers world-wide. The RCV 1000 R is based on the very successful RC 213V prototype and is expected to successfully extend Honda’s point dominance in international MotoGP through 2014.

Halloween is the most dangerous day of the year for parked cars. HDLI's analysis also confirms some other interesting vandalism myths.

The alliance of Renault-Nissan for global platforms was a long, hard road of engineering collaboration and development for a dramatically different product development process, but the payoff is big savings and faster drawing board to showroom times.

In anticipation of Halloween, there is a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, the 2013 C63 AMG Black Series that is so wild, it’s scary-good.

If everyone in America now has health insurance, why do we also have to pay for medical coverage on our car insurance and other insurance policies?

Consumer Reports clarifies that it isn't Japanese brands that are reliable - it is Lexus/Toyota/Acura that are year after year. Let's take a moment to call out the losers bracket.

Self-driving cars are here now and some of the systems they use will soon be saving America billions on insurance and repair costs, and more importantly, lives. But will we make the most of these systems?

The little two-seat Smart has lost a total of about $5 billion over the lifetime of the project. But does this mean the electric vehicle is doomed?

The United Auto Workers union has been losing membership and influence for years and now, in its third attempt to unionize Nissan workers in the southern states, the UAW is desperately trying to make international problems relevant to itself and workers in Tennessee.

As Cummins releases information on their new V8 diesel offering, which will appear in the Nissan Titan Diesel, we talk with one of the truck's planners about their ideas for the big V8 in the 1/2 ton's next-generation.

The Wall Street Journal slammed the new Nissan Versa Note in an editorial review of the car, but the points made were subjective and not very convincing. We'll show you why the WSJ shouldn't be in the automotive review business.

Two Japanese rivals, Nissan and Toyota, are battling it out with continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology, with the focus being primarily on whether to shift or not to shift. That is the question behind the Shift Wars. Now let's consider the answer.

Long on the back burner, diesel engines in passenger vehicles are about to become a big part of the American automotive landscape. There's good reason for that.

Nissan has made some announcements over the past few months that hint at the possibility of a heavy-duty pickup for their lineup, one that might give the Detroit 3 some competition in the commercial and consumer towing sectors.