Despite sharing a love of costumes, sweets, and the end of October, Halloween and the Day of the Dead are remarkably different in their treatment of death.

Although the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is the latest king of the Nürburgring, Porsche has returned to claim another record. The German sports car and luxury brand announced it has set the street-legal lap record with a modified 911 GT2 RS.

The worst kept secret in the automotive world is that BMW wants to have three variants to the 8 Series lineup. We’ve already seen the coupe with two doors, a gran coupe with four doors is on the way, and the convertible version has just debuted.

Usually, a Formula 1 course is full of sporty, lightweight, agile speed machines, but this week, the Bahrain International Circuit is home to the heavy and large but light on its feet 2019 Porsche Panamera GTS.

American automakers continue to have some of the least reliable cars available.

Consumer Reports has released its annual Car Reliability Survey and there are a few surprises.

Pick your jaw up off the floor. The Smart brand, officially spelled with a lowercase “s” that we can’t abide by, is now 20 years old, but seems destined to leave this earth before it has to start worrying about the big three-oh.

Well, it’s official, the Audi R8 is growing a mustache. A new teaser image from Audi Sport reveals that the facelift R8’s new front fascia will, in fact, mirror the GT3 car’s new front end.

The MINI Cooper lineup got some refreshes for the 2019 model year and while the 2019 MINI Cooper S Convertible is as cute and playful as ever, it isn’t perfect. Here is a quick overview of the pros and cons of this fun little car.

The three-row VW Atlas was the midsize utility vehicle the automaker needed, but the model’s entry-level 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder is apparently the engine it doesn’t want.

Buyers waiting to get their hands on the Audi e-tron electric crossover are going to have to wait a bit longer. That’s because Audi is waiting on regulatory clearance for a new piece of software, according to a company spokesperson.

BMW’s current electric cars are anything but pedestrian. The forthcoming i4 electric sedan will change that, however.

The fully electric Porsche Taycan may be priced below the Porsche Panamera in the United States, which starts at $98,300. 

BMW’s first ever X7 is finally here. After months of preparing us with risible concepts and veiled shots that the press has been mean about, we can finally see the X7 in its entirety. And yeah. It looks pretty much like we expected.

The BMW i3 and i8 both wear rather extreme designs, and the looks are absolutely on purpose. Future electric cars from the German brand, however, won’t be as dramatic.

BMW has confirmed it will place a major emphasis on plug-in hybrid for the United States and mostly ditch diesel engines, but elsewhere, the automaker is taking a more cautious approach.

Audi appears to be rethinking its historic “four rings” logo, according to trademark filings our team uncovered. While they don’t give up on the essential idea, they update the interior part of the logo to more fully connect the rings.

For a small car, the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sure is taking on a lot of responsibility.

From 1984 through to 1987, the McLaren Formula One team used a turbocharged Porsche V6 engine, which took them to 26 Grand Prix wins and two World Championships. 

Audi of America head, Scott Keogh is being promoted to president and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America. He replaces Hinrich Woebcken, who will stay with the company as an advisor.

Volkswagen has grand expectations for its future electric-car portfolio globally. The German brand and parent automaker hope to use the dedicated electric MEB platform to underpin millions of electric cars by 2025.

While the BMW i8 is a rather stunning looking car, it’s no supercar.

“It’s all going to hell in a handbasket.”

That’s pretty much what was going through my head several months ago when Mercedes-AMG announced the E 53.

Volkswagen Group has announced that Audi Chair Rupert Stadler’s contract has been terminated with the automaker.

Audi Sport has unveiled the latest evolution of its R8 LMS GT3 race car at the 2019 Paris Motor Show.

Mazda has confirmed the rotary engine will return in 2020. 

First unveiled as a concept to celebrate Porsche’s 70th birthday, the 911 Speedster is a concept car no more: Porsche announced at the Paris Motor Show that this purist sports car will be put into production as a limited edition model.

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The seventh-generation 2019 BMW 3 Series has made its debut at the Paris Motor Show with a raft of new technology that improves driving dynamics and user-friendliness.

A small part of me is disappointed again. For the second time in as many visits to Seattle, Washington, there wasn’t even a hint of rain. Instead, we were greeted by blue skies and warm, sunny weather and perfect driving conditions. I can live with that.

Peter Mertens, Audi’s newly hired head of development, is stepping down from his role at the company for health reasons.

Come 2020, Audi says it will have an electric car that will charge to 80 percent in 12 minutes. That car is the upcoming e-tron Gran Turismo.

European automakers have pulled numerous plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) from the Euro market as the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) takes effect this month.

As the number of X models increases yearly (with the X2 just arriving and X7 coming soon),  BMW has to make sure that the big daddy of the lineup is up to the world-class standard that the brand represents.

There’s very little good news to be had about the R8 these days. Between the evidence of its demise, rumors of its transformation into an EV super-hyper-dupercar, and Audi’s overall disinterest in the project, we’ll take any good V10 news we can get.

Daimler AG and its Mercedes-Benz division won’t have Dieter Zetsche at the helm for much longer. The mustachioed, jeans-loving chief executive, who’s headed the automaker since 2000, leaves the position in May, the automaker announced Wednesday.

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I wish there was a car that slotted between the Mercedes-AMG CLS 63 and the Mercedes-AMG GT.” Or perhaps, “I wonder how many ways they can re-skin an E-Class platform?”. Possibly you just wanted to know what the folks from Affalterbach would do if they made their own version of Porsche’s Panamera.

Since the first Audi Q3 arrived in North America just a few short years ago, the subcompact luxury crossover segment has exploded.

The Horch name may finally make its triumphant return as a report from Automotive News suggests that a powerful and fancy version of the Audi A8 will wear the badge.

By 2027, nearly every vehicle Porsche makes will be fully electric – except for the performance-focused 911.

What do you do when your dad is a rich car collector but you can’t drive yet? You convince him to buy you a motorized, half-scale replica of a supercar, obviously.