The Lotus Esprit is a quintessentially 1990s small-batch supercar. Its intensely pointy body is punctuated by square taillights. The cockpit is about as artfully executed as a Power Wheels car. But 25 years later, the limited-run Sport 300 is still special.

Electric motorcycles make a lot of sense. For most riders, going more than 100 miles on a ride is an extreme case. Range is much less of a concern on motorcycles for that reason. Ducati has been dabbling with the idea of an electric motorcycle for a few years, but according to Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali, an…

Volkswagen has been slogging through the trenches of the Great Hot Hatch war for 43 years. The Golf/Rabbit GTI has been on the front lines since the beginning, and has fended off competition from France and Japan quite well. In the newest extra-performance version of the GTI—Which Volkswagen unveiled in…

2018 was a good year for Volkswagen’s electric racing I.D. R, as it completely obliterated the standing record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. That car managed to smash 12 miles of mountain roads and 156 corners in less than 8 minutes with consummate pro Romain Dumas at the wheel. Volkswagen is so…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the International Motor Sports Association. Founded in 1969 by an ex-SCCA director John Bishop with funding from NASCAR impresario Bill France, Sr. IMSA’s first sanctioned race was for Formula Vee and Formula Ford open wheelers at Pocono Raceway. From that inauspicious…

There aren’t many stories quite so feel-good as the story of Robert Wickens’ road to recovery. Despite spinal injuries sustained during a high speed crash at Pocono Raceway last August that rendered him paralyzed, the Canadian has remained optimistic and working hard through his physical therapy regimen.

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A couple of weeks ago, the CEO of Toyota showed up to a track event in his custom pearl white Toyota Century GRMN, which is Toyota’s beautiful limousine extruded through a Gazoo Racing filter. It was believed to be a one-off until a second Century GRMN, painted black this time, showed up to the Tokyo Auto Salon.

The state of modern car colors in the U.S. is dreadful. People gravitate toward shades of black, gray, silver and white, chanting their chants about “resale value” and how white paint looks decent even when dirty. But we Americans aren’t the only ones with a car-color problem. The UK is bleak, too.

A common complaint that I have heard about new 911s is that you cannot see the engine at all. You raise the little engine cover in the back and are greeted with—nothing. Just some plastic. You have to remove the whole back end just to work on it. The good news is that there is totally a way to see your engine and it’s…

If you wanted to find the most well-worn, gnarly vinyl-stickered-up car available, you’d have a hard time finding something better than Alex Roy’s BMW M5 that he used to reset the NYC-LA Cannonball Run record back in the 2000s.

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We’ve heard rumors of a possible small unibody pickup from Ford for a few months, and more details are now coming from sources within the automaker.