Through a decade of research, BMW is now able to use carbon fiber in mass production vehicles by greatly reducing production times.
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Colored carbon fiber will be available soon thanks to U.K. automotive technology house Prodrive.
Unveiling its first new vehicle in over 70 years, the resurrected Detroit Electric car company debuted the SP:01 in the motor city last night.
After the purchase of any new car, an opportunity to rust-proof arises. Should you do it, or is it just a waste of money?
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McLaren P1
Few car companies are committed to all-out performance quite like McLaren. The boutique British brand is probably best known for its outrageous F1 supercar that set speed records in the 1990s. But the company is far from a one-hit wonder. Over the last decade and a half they’ve been active in racing, worked with other automakers like Mercedes-Benz to deliver some awe-inspiring vehicles and have even developed a successor to the F1 – the elegant looking but awkwardly named MP4-12C.
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Pushing into the future, McLaren is set to reveal a new supercar at the Geneva Motor Show in just a few days, and believe it or not the P1 as it’s known is actually a hybrid. But don’t worry; it’ll still deliver absolutely crushing performance. Here are the Top 10 things you must know about this exciting new McLaren before it takes the stage next week.
Koenigsegg Automotive is asking us to celebrate “0-100-10″ at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, releasing a teaser image featuring carbon fiber with yellow stripes.
Chevrolet lit things up the night before the Detroit Auto Show this year by inviting roughly 1,200 people to watch as it unveiled the seventh-generation Corvette, but the lighting was terrible.
Acura’s NSX supercar is still two years from being production-ready, but the brand brought its concept car to Detroit again this year, only this time to show its interior.
As cars go, the Corvette is about as American as fireworks bursting into a stars and stripes pattern on the Fourth of July.
Well shucks. It looks like Toyota has a useless carbon fiber mill on its hands now that the LFA is out of production – or does it?
The all new 2014 Chevy Corvette is coming in a few short weeks, and today Chevy released the third video in a string of teasers, with this one showing off some interior touches such as the seat stitching.
Having a tug-of-war over whether or not calling something a four-door coupe is even reasonable is a waste of time, but the M6 Gran Coupe most certainly isn’t.
Air and ground met at the horizon since day one, but now the two are gathering over over something else — carbon fiber.
No stranger to high-end special edition cars, Audi will produce a limited run of 80 R8 “China Edition” supercars in, well, China.
Despite not having a booth at the LA Auto Show, Lamborghini showcased one of its new Aventador Roadsters during a small event last night.
Jaguar took the sheet off its XFR-S today during the L.A. Auto show, giving its fastest sedan ever an official introduction.
Sometimes the tire-destroying Mercedes-Benz SLS isn’t enough… enter the Black Series.
An even more extreme supercar is on the way from Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg with a knee-knocking power to weight ratio from which its name is derived.
Jaguar is teasing its range-topping XFR-S for a second time ahead of its scheduled debut during the L.A. Auto Show this week.
Said to be capable of as much as 282 mpg, one of Audi’s latest projects is internally called the “1.0-liter car.”
Called a “new breed of grand tourer” by its manufacturer, the 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish is set to roar into the L.A. Auto Show next week.
Lexus will bring its eye-catching LF-LC concept to the Los Angeles Auto Show for its North American debut later this month.
Days after the car first debuted, Lamborghini announced how much American buyers will pay for its Aventador LP700-4 Roadster: $441,600.
Lamborghini might debut its Aventador LP700-4 convertible as early as November 12 if rumblings around the internet prove to be true.