One-77 apart, the latest version of Aston’s already mightily quick V12 Vantage is billed as “the fastest road-going Aston Martin yet offered”...   read more >>

The unique Aston Martin DB4GT Jet by Bertone has sold for GBP 3,249,500 at Bonhams’ 2013 Aston Martin sale, making it the most expensive Aston Martin ever to be sold at auction...   read more >>

Officially named the ‘CC100 Speedster Concept’, company CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez has nicknamed the striking 6.0-litre V12-powered roadster the ‘DBR100’...   read more >>

The new S-Class has landed, enjoying a spectacular world premiere at the Airbus headquarters in Hamburg. Remaining faithful to tradition, the new model is brimming with high-tech features...   read more >>

Egoista is Italian for ‘selfish’. Admire, then, Lamborghini’s selfish concept, a single-seater created as a one-off in honour of the 50th birthday of the House of the Raging Bull. “This is a car made for one person only, to allow them to have fun and express their personality to the maximum...”   read more >>

In something of a coup ahead of its July 2013 Goodwood Festival sale, Bonhams revealed both the fully restored 1953-1955 factory Healey 100 ‘NOJ 393’, and its fellow team car at Le Mans in 1953, ‘NOJ 392’...   read more >>

Porsche has revealed the Turbo derivative of the 911, coinciding with the Turbo model’s 40th birthday. As you would expect from a car with such pedigree, the 991-era Turbo is another festival of lightning performance and advanced technology...   read more >>

Enjoying its Centenary this year, Aston Martin is slightly older than the Rolling Stones and it, too, enjoys massive worldwide popularity and the chance to meet its fans. So, this spring and summer, the famous British company is also taking to the road...   read more >>

Details have emerged of a new, more powerful Lamborghini Aventador, built to celebrate the marque’s 50th anniversary...   read more >>

Next month, a revolutionary hybrid Rapide S will make Aston Martin the first manufacturer to campaign a hydrogen-powered car in the gruelling Nürburgring 24 Hours race...   read more >>

Rolls-Royce has produced a customised Ghost inspired by FAB 1 – Lady Penelope’s unique car from the 1960s sci-fi television series, Thunderbirds – in aid of a cancer charity...   read more >>

Here’s a choice: what would you rather have, a fully optioned, big-engined A6, E-Class or 5 Series, or a Maserati? That’s the decision buyers of mid-sized executive saloons will have later this year when the new Maserati Ghibli four-door saloon goes on sale...   read more >>

The Porsche Panamera has been refreshed – yet from the outside, you’d hardly notice the difference. Plug-in hybrid and long-wheelbase versions, along with new V6 engines, are the headline updates in this mid-life facelift for the super-successful saloon...   read more >>

An all-new Range Rover Sport has been announced, ready to slot into a line-up book-ended by the Range Rover and Evoque. Headline features include aluminium architecture, a new seven-seat option and styling brought in line with the rest of the range...   read more >>

American tuning specialist Callaway has released renderings of its projected 'Aerobrake' version of the latest, C7-generation Corvette. The carbonfibre conversion will transform the sports car into a two-door shooting brake; a configuration popular in the 60s, and enjoying a resurgence in recent times...   read more >>

It’s official: Ferrari has finally announced the successor to the Enzo hypercar, and it’s arrived in the form of the unconventionally named ‘LaFerrari’. With a combined total of 950bhp from the electrically assisted 6.3-litre V12, it puts McLaren’s P1 firmly in the shade for round one of the face-off...   read more >>

Pininfarina is using the Geneva Motor Show to showcase its ‘Sergio’ concept: a one-off barchetta, based on a Ferrari 458 and built to commemorate the achievements of its late chairman...   read more >>

Since early this year, Rolls-Royce has been releasing a series of ‘teaser’ images of the new Wraith – a smokily insubstantial Spirit of Ecstasy, a spectral hint of its outline, a mysterious sketch of its silhouette. But at last, at Geneva, the “most dynamic and powerful Rolls-Royce in history” has been fully unveiled...   read more >>

For the second year in a row, Lamborghini will use the Geneva Motor Show to showcase a limited-numbers special based on its V12 flagship, the Aventador. Going by the name ‘Veneno’, the new car celebrates the marque’s golden jubilee by placing focus on aerodynamic efficiency...   read more >>

Alongside the many exciting premieres at this year’s Geneva Show, Porsche has revealed the latest iteration of what many connoisseurs consider to be the greatest driver’s car ever: the 911 GT3...   read more >>

McLaren has released full details of the P1 hypercar, ahead of its Geneva showdown with the Ferrari Enzo successor LaFerrari. Here’s what you need to know about the wonder from Woking...   read more >>

In advance of next week’s Geneva Motor Show, word is out that Bertone will be taking the wraps off a shooting brake concept version of the Aston Martin Rapide...   read more >>

At the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show, a collaborative effort between Italian design students and the Alfa Romeo Style Centre will see classic Alfa design cues reinterpreted in a sleek saloon...   read more >>

Bentley has revealed details of the second-generation Continental Flying Spur ahead of the car's debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Revisions centre on a big hike in power – now 616bhp – as well as improvements in styling and refinement...   read more >>

The striking McLaren P1 has been out and about in Bahrain, ahead of its public debut in production form at this year's Geneva Motor Show. See the full gallery here...   read more >>

Alfa Romeo was once a name to stir the blood of any serious sportscar enthusiast, but then it abandoned rear-wheel drive, withdrew from the U.S market, and left its fans to weep and wail. But wait… in less than three weeks’ time, a new mid-engined, RWD ‘compact supercar’ of an Alfa Romeo will arrive in Geneva...   read more >>

An exhibition space in East London was the venue for a rare showing of one of the world’s most desirable cars: a 911 totally re-engineered by Singer Vehicle Design, one which promises to be the ultimate air-cooled 911...   read more >>

This video is a very rare thing: genuinely moving – deeply so – but also informative, interesting, inspiring. It is the first of three (very) short films released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of McLaren and it summarises, beautifully, the life and death of Bruce McLaren...   read more >>

Aston Martin has announced the Rapide S, soon to become the company’s most powerful four-door to date. Chief among the various tweaks and revisions is a power output increased by 17 per cent...   read more >>

A new spectre is coming – and it answers to the name of ‘Wraith’. From Autumn 2013 the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever will glide across the boulevards of the world. It will be revealed in early March at the Geneva Motor Show...   read more >>

15 January 2013. Company Chairman David Richards joined Aston Martin’s CEO Dr Ulrich Bez and members of the Aston Martin Heritage Trust at a London mews house where the company’s workshops were first located...   read more >>

The star of countless American films, a cultural icon and a milestone in the American automotive industry: we are talking about the Corvette, the seventh generation of which premieres in Detroit this week. Classic Driver takes a sneak preview...   read more >>

Bentley has announced a convertible version of the Continental GT Speed which the manufacturer claims will be the fastest open-topped four-seater in the world – capable of 202mph. The new car will be revealed to the world at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on 14 January...   read more >>

As certain as day follows night, an ‘M’ version of BMW’s only recently launched Gran Coupé is now in the Bavarian company’s catalogue...   read more >>

Not only will Porsche be running a works LMP1 car at Le Mans in 2014, but a new edition of the 911 GT3 Cup will debut in 2013...   read more >>

Classic Driver has learnt that Jaguar’s C-X75 concept, a hybrid that was to be powered in production form by a combination of electric motors and a 1.6-litre petrol engine, will not now be built...   read more >>

News has just emerged that Investindustrial, the European investment firm, is buying a 37.5 per cent stake in Aston Martin for GBP 150m...   read more >>

Meet the BMW 4 Series; it’s what the coupé and convertible versions of the 3 Series will be known as from now on. This naming structure will also apply to the M derivative, which loses the famed M3 title in favour of M4 nomenclature...   read more >>

It’s been a long wait but we think it was worth it. Two years after the debut of the current Audi A6 comes the RS6 flagship model...   read more >>

The new Jaguar XFR-S revealed this week at the LA Auto Show not only represents the marque’s fastest and most powerful sports saloon, but its 542bhp and extrovert appearance also show its German rivals that it means business...   read more >>

Following the recent releases of the all-new 911 and Boxster, Porsche has revealed the second generation of its mid-engined sports coupé, the Cayman. Like its new siblings, it’s lower, wider, and offers increased performance and economy...   read more >>

Is this a glimpse into the future of SUV design? This could be the G-Class of the future. Maybe...   read more >>

Mercedes’ G-Wagen has become a design classic in its own right. German tuning company Wolf Factory has made a weapons-grade version: the utility vehicle to end all utility vehicles...   read more >>

You know those special commissions for significant clients, the ones that car manufacturers state “will not be repeated”? Well, now just ANYONE with 300k euros (plus local taxes) can buy a roadster version of Lamborghini’s Aventador, just like the star of the 2012 Geneva Show...   read more >>

Ferrari F12berlinetta drivers might look down their noses at a paltry 631 horsepower, but that’s what the fifth-ever Black Series car from AMG produces, enough to propel the 1550kg car to 62mph in 3.6 seconds...   read more >>

Maserati’s ambitious plans for the next few years (it intends to be producing 50,000 units annually by 2015) took a further step today when the famous Modenese company released images of an all-new Quattroporte which will debut in Detroit, next January...   read more >>

What happens when you drive through the paint section of the local hardware store at 200mph? Just in time for Halloween, German tuner Hamann has released its interpretation of a McLaren Art Car, called ‘memoR’...   read more >>

Well this is… er… colourful. Produced by Belgian motorsport team VDS Racing, the GT 001-R will make its debut at the 24 Hours Of Dubai in January – and will thereafter spawn a small series of homologated road cars...   read more >>

Does an SUV really need the ability to accelerate to 62mph in 4.5 seconds? Porsche customers apparently believe so, and have thus been granted an ‘S’ version of the already monstrous second-generation Cayenne Turbo...   read more >>

For many years, the McLaren F1 has been regarded as a benchmark of the supercar hierarchy. At the Paris Motor Show 2012, the Woking marque has finally shown a successor, the McLaren P1. It’s faced with an ambitious goal: no less than world domination on both the road and race track...   read more >>

Anyone who thinks Ferrari has gone a bit soft by planning to launch a hybrid version of the model that will succeed the Enzo might like to know what the Prancing Horse has in mind for the chassis. Because the materials, design methodologies, construction processes, staff and instruments are all pure F1...   read more >>

While Rolls-Royce didn’t have a new car to show us in Paris, the marque took inspiration from the Art Deco era and presented highly bespoke versions of the Phantom Saloon, Phantom Drophead Coupé and Ghost, all celebrating this defining movement in 20th Century art...   read more >>

The unveiling of the Panamera Sport Turismo concept in Paris has signalled Porsche’s intentions of entering the sporting estate market. As a thinly veiled production prospect, it’s likely to join the existing Panamera saloon when it reaches its second model generation – and line up opposite the Ferrari FF in the process...   read more >>

Ten years after Bentley unveiled the Continental GT concept at the Paris Motor Show of 2002, the luxury marque is reinforcing its sporting roots with the new Continental GT3 concept racer – a race car currently being developed by a dedicated motorsport team at the Bentley factory in Crewe.   read more >>

Next year marks the tenth anniversary of the Lamborghini Gallardo. For the 2012 Paris Motor Show it’s been given a facelift, which will surely be its last hurrah before retirement...   read more >>

Jaguar has finally revealed the sporty two-seater that is the spiritual successor to the legendary E-type. The new F-type is being shown at the Paris Motor Show – but does it have the makings of a true rival for the likes of Porsche and Aston Martin?   read more >>

Maserati has announced a seventh derivative of its GranTurismo: the GranCabrio MC. Based on the GranTurismo MC Stradale coupé unveiled in Paris two years ago, it’s essentially a more focused version of the GranCabrio Sport...   read more >>

This is the new DB9. Launched today, it will join the Vanquish as the Gaydon company’s other luxurious two-door V12, as the Virage will be dropped from the line-up with immediate effect...   read more >>

Another big event at the Paris Motor Show next week is a preview of McLaren’s ‘next generation ultimate supercar’ – the new McLaren P1. According to the manufacturer, the P1 has one simple goal: to be the best driver’s car in the world on road and track...   read more >>

This is going to be controversial. BMW’s new concept, bound for the Paris Motor Show, is big news – and not because it’s a plug-in hybrid capable of up to 20 miles of electric driving. The controversial bit is that the BMW Concept Active Tourer is built on a front-wheel drive platform...   read more >>

MINI has released the first official pictures of the all-new ‘Paceman’, the three-door coupé version of the Countryman, due to debut at the Paris Motor Show this month...   read more >>

Hot off the press comes news from the Huet Brothers in the Netherlands that the HB Coupé is production-ready and now on sale...   read more >>

Porsche has revealed a new 4.2-litre V8 diesel version of the Cayenne S – the most powerful diesel model in the marque’s line-up. Biturbo charging helps takes maximum power up to 382HP, combined with a quite breathtaking 850Nm of torque...   read more >>

We recently brought you exclusive footage from the launch of the all-new Range Rover in London; now, a glossy video has been released of one of the year's most important new cars in action...   read more >>

The new Audi RS5 will soon be available as a convertible, allowing occupants to hear the symphonic rumble of its V8 ever more clearly. Classic Driver has a live stream from the official unveiling, meaning you can be amongst the first to see the swooping powerhouse Audi in roofless form...   read more >>

The collectors’ car community was shaken and stirred when the man behind so many multi-million-pound transactions, John Collins of Talacrest, announced the sale of DBR1/2, the winning car at the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours...   read more >>

A rendering of a one-off Ferrari based on the 599 GTO has been shown in the latest Ferrari Magazine. The Special Projects car has been commissioned by a Dubai-based client and is set to be delivered early next year...   read more >>

In advance of their debut at September’s Paris Motor Show, the new Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S models have been unveiled – complete with active all-wheel drive, in both Coupé and Cabriolet body styles...   read more >>

Jaguar has announced that AWD (all-wheel-drive) versions of the XF and XJ saloons will be introduced for the 2013 Model Year – but not in the UK...   read more >>

While Rolls-Royce has both Coupé and Drophead versions of its flagship Phantom, Bentley’s Mulsanne has only been available for consumption as a saloon since its launch in 2010. But this looks set to change soon, after the Crewe firm showed a protoype Azure successor to a select few customers in Pebble Beach...   read more >>

After careful deliberation, the judges decided that among some of the very finest cars in the world, it was the 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo owned by Paul and Judy Andrews from Texas, USA that was to be named 'Best of Show'...   read more >>

Antony Sheriff, McLaren Automotive's managing director, dropped the wraps on the Woking company’s roadster supercar at a private reception held at Gooding & Co’s Pebble Beach venue...   read more >>

Within a few hours of news breaking that the British company had built a strictly one-off working concept, the car was revealed to the ultimate audience for such cars: visitors to this year’s ‘Motorsports Gathering’ at Quail Lodge...   read more >>

It took just six weeks for BMW and Zagato to collaboratively create this: the Roadster version of the BMW Zagato Coupé first seen at Villa d’Este in May. The BMW Zagato Roadster is now wowing American crowds at Pebble Beach...   read more >>

It all began with a car enthusiast. An (anonymous) enthusiast who already owned a McLaren F1, a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and a 12C, but who wanted something even rarer; even more special. He wanted, says McLaren, ‘a machine that had all the capability of the 12C but wrapped in a unique body that reflected his needs and personality’. So McLaren agreed to build it for him...   read more >>

Rolls-Royce chose Monterey as the venue to reveal its Phantom Coupé Aviator Collection, a series of just 35 cars which call on the company’s aviation history for their design details...   read more >>

BMW has released a teaser image of an unexpected new concept due to be unveiled at Pebble Beach this weekend...   read more >>

One of the earliest news stories to emerge from Pebble Beach this week is the American debut of the McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition racing concept – a 1200kg track-only car with a new aerodynamic package that increases downforce by a stunning 30 per cent...   read more >>

Land Rover has released images and basic details about one of the most important cars of the year: the all-new Range Rover. It's been made significantly lighter, while refinement and comfort levels are said to be markedly improved...   read more >>

This second video picks up where the first left off: discovering some of Porsche's secret cars, including an experimental forefather to the Boxster from the 1980s, and a one-off 928 Convertible...   read more >>

“When we came to the States with this car, no one could believe what we would achieve….” So says the great German driver in a new video from Audi celebrating the unique sound of its famous five-cylinder engine...   read more >>

The Porsche Museum houses some of the rarest cars in the marque's history – but there’s also a secret inventory of hidden gems kept behind closed garage doors...   read more >>

Fancy a high-performance city car, but not so keen on ordering one version (the standard Abarth 500) and then having it uprated with dealer-fitted (esseesse) equipment? Well, help is now at hand...   read more >>

To celebrate the forthcoming release of the James Bond 50th anniversary blu-ray box set, 20th Century Fox has compiled a montage of the cars synonymous with Bond in action...   read more >>

A 918 Spyder wearing the famous Martini racing livery is the latest addition to Porsche's prototype fleet, currently in the final phase of development testing. It follows the earlier, 'Porsche Salzburg' striped colour scheme first seen in May this year...   read more >>

Audi has announced a facelift for its flagship supercar, plus a new range-topping ‘plus’ model of the R8 V10 that promises 0-62mph in 3.5 seconds thanks to its uprated 550HP, 540Nm engine...   read more >>

This imaginative short film depicts one gentleman driver’s perspective of the recent ‘Wheels and Waves’ weekend in Biarritz, France...   read more >>

One thing’s for sure: Mansory’s modifications to some of the world’s most exclusive supercars are always guaranteed to turn heads. Such is the case now the company has set to work on Lamborghini’s already extrovert Aventador, boosting power and replacing all body panels with carbonfibre...   read more >>

These are the first design renderings of the GT-21 Invictus, which will be Spanish upstart Aspid’s second car. Power for the sub-1000kg supercar will come from a 450bhp V8 supplied by BMW...   read more >>

Land Rover has revealed a new special edition of the Defender, known as the XTech. It’s the successor to a previous special version of the 2011-model Defender, and adds various cosmetic appendages to boost the urban chic appeal of the rugged Landie even further...   read more >>

Following on from the unveiling of its new 12C Spider, McLaren has released video footage of the Ferrari 458 Spider’s most bitter rival in action...   read more >>

Finally, after years of speculation, Aston Martin has responded to demand and produced a roadster version of its V12 Vantage coupé. The 517HP, 6.0-litre V12 gives the open car 190mph performance...   read more >>

Just a week after unveiling the CLS Shooting Brake, Mercedes has revealed its in-house tuning arm special: the CLS 63 AMG...   read more >>

Despite being only one minute long, this fascinating video visually encapsulates 62 years of Formula 1 car design in simple morphing graphics – and summarises engine configurations and steering wheel shapes, too...   read more >>

Ever wondered what the Bentley Boys might drive today? Would we see Woolf Barnato and Tim Birkin at the wheel of a Continental GT Speed – or a Brooklands, maybe...?   read more >>

4 July 2012. The wraps are off: Aston Martin’s latest supercar was launched at the London Film Museum, a venue set deep in the heart of the Capital’s theatreland...   read more >>

Legendary designer Sergio Pininfarina has died at his family home aged 85. During his tenure, the Carrozzeria bearing his name produced such design classics as the Alfa Romeo Spider and Ferraris Dino, 308 GTB, 288 GTO and F40, to name but a few...   read more >>

Following last week’s teaser picture, McLaren has now released full details of its new 12C Spider, the open-top version of the groundbreaking MP4-12C...   read more >>

Mercedes has revealed a sporty estate version of its CLS four-door coupé. Named the CLS Shooting Brake, it’ll go on sale in November and sit a rung above the E-Class estate on the Stuttgart giant’s ever-extending product ladder...   read more >>

The 2013 model year MP4-12C will make its debut at Goodwood this weekend in the hands of Jenson Button – along with a new GT3 car. But we're already looking beyond it, to an even more exciting premiere: the long-awaited but about-to-arrive MP4-12C Spider...   read more >>

For 25 years now, Bowler has taken standard Land Rovers and transformed them into fire-breathing off-road competition cars. This weekend the Derbyshire-based firm will reveal the road-going version of its EXR rally raid car at Goodwood – and it’s given Classic Driver an exclusive peek at the prototype...   read more >>

Porsche will give prospective buyers of the 991-series 911 the option to equip their Carrera S with an extra 30bhp – equating to 430bhp, an identical power figure to the last-generation GT3. Optional aerodynamic addenda will also delight those wanting to draw upon every last drop of the 911’s performance...   read more >>

The 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish

It’s back. For its DBS replacement, Aston Martin has chosen the name ‘Vanquish’, reprising a name used just once before – on the last-ever model built at Newport Pagnell...   read more >>

The 2012 Bentley Continental GT Speed

Bentley has revealed its fastest production model ever, in the form of the 205mph, 616bhp Speed variant of the W12-engined Continental GT...   read more >>

New Porsche 911: Full details

On the day Ferrari revealed pictures of its new 458 Spider, Porsche has released full details about its new 991-series 911. All in all, not a bad day for sports cars then...   read more >>

Ferrari 458 Spider to debut in Frankfurt

Well, here’s something no one expected. The open-top version of the Ferrari 458 Italia doesn’t have a classic fabric top after all, but an electrically powered aluminum roof. The new 458 Spider will be unveiled in September at the IAA in Frankfurt...   read more >>