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Through the magic of your computer/device screen, you are about to spend ten minutes with the 2014 Jaguar XKR-S GT — a rare cat. Only 25 are coming to North America, but the car will make a significant impact on Jaguar’s image, for it just may be the best-handling Jaguar ever built. As you’ll hear […] More »

Picture it: a parallel reality where 2012 was actually the end of the world. Every life form on the planet is about to be erased by an asteroid the size of Belarus, and three men called Fred, Mike and Greg attempt to survive the end times by driving off the planet through a salvation portal […] More »

After reading the title above, you may think to yourself, “No, they ruined it by designing it to be hideous.” Yes, the Panamera (if I may use an old Clarkson reference) looks like a Chihuahua taking a crap. For crying out loud, a Porsche 911 crossbred with a Citroën DS looks better than the Panamera. […] More »

Seven-hundred-thirty horsepower and 764 lb-ft of torque exploding out of a 6.0L, twin-turbo AMG V12 do not make the $1.4-million Pagani Huayra a great car. Neither do its carbon-fiber/titanium bits and pieces, or the fact that it can go 0-60 in 3.2 seconds on the way up to 231 mph. Character is what makes the […] More »

The Porsche 911 Turbo S is like the Hometown Buffet of the 991 lineup. It offers a little bit of everything, mixing the comfort of a GT car with a racy disposition that, at moments, may give you the feeling you’re in a GT3, but because it’s not a GT3, it can afford to have […] More »

For three years Motor Trend has been making YouTube’s servers work overtime with its “World’s Greatest Drag Race” videos. The 2011 World’s Greatest Drag race got 13,995,708 views. In 2012, World’s Greatest Drag Race 2 got 13,648,251 YouTube views. Now it’s 2013, and for the next few hours, the view counter for World’s Greatest Drag […] More »

The Porsche 911 Carrera S won last year’s Motor Trend Best Driver’s Car competition. This year, its all-wheel drive brother the Carrera 4S is having a crack at winning the trophy for the Carrera brand two years in a row. Will it get the job done, or will the added grip of Porsche Traction Management […] More »