The new Porsche 911 cabriolet features an innovative fabric and composite plastic folding hood to provide the soft-top with a cleaner appearance, improved aerodynamic efficiency and more refinement. (Scroll down the page for video of the new Cabrio on the road.)
Pictured officially for the first time, ahead of its official premiere at the Detroit auto show in January, the new open-top 911 will go on sale in the U.S. in the spring, priced at  … Pictures and more
McLaren, the U.K. motor-racing team that trails only Ferrari in Formula One victories, is switching its pursuit of the Italian icon from the track to the road.
McLaren yesterday opened a 50 million-pound ($80 million) factory that will allow mass production of a 200-mile-per-hour street-legal model selling for 168,500 pounds as it seeks to translate sporting success into 4,000 car sales a year.
Only a handful of  … More
Color us a bit puzzled: Ferrari president Luca de Montezemolo says he would like the Italian supercar maker to include more technologies from Formula One racing in its road cars. The puzzling part: Ferrari is arguably already the leader in doing just that.
de Montezemolo told Automotive News Europe that he is looking to Formula One as a source of  … More
The latest high performance variant of the Ford Mustang bearing the Shelby name has been unveiled at the 2011 LA Motor Show, and it’s a beast. Packing a 5.8-liter supercharged V8 producing a headline-grabbing 650 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque, Ford claims the new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 is the most powerful production V8 in the world. While the Mustang has never been the most aerodynamic vehicle on the road, the vehicle’s completely reworked drivetrain provides the power to propel it to a top speed of over 200 mph (322 km/h). And as surprising as the grunt under the hood, Ford says the new Shelby GT500 even manages to avoid the United States’ Gas Guzzler Tax  … Pictures and moreÂ