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This is the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe , the first production coupé (Cadillac XLR's a coupé convertible ) from GM's luxury brand since the 1993 Cadillac Eldorado. Luckily, the CTS Coupe is a helluva lot hotter. Better news? The CTS-V Coupe 's coming!

We totally believed the story behind the drug-smuggling Paraguayan S600 Benz , and so the big V12-powered German got zero penalty laps during the BS Inspection. However, a good story won't save you from the claimer rule!

Tying the old LeMons record from last year's Thunderhill event, three cars flipped over at the '09 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza . In every case the driver suffered zero injuries, which should serve as a counter-argument to those whining about "overkill" rollcage specifications.

After a little mishap with a TR7 on Saturday, the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo (formerly the Black Metal V8olvo ) suffered a much worse setback late in the race today, when it attempted to share space with a '67 Plymouth Fury.

Pandamonium Racing, the team that placed 78th in last year's Arse Freeze-A-Palooza , did everything right this weekend: drove clean, didn't break the car, and didn't panic even with several wild-eyed competitors going all-out to catch them.

Since we all care more about the Index Of Effluency than we do about the overall winner, I'm going to take advantage of my very limited internet access to share the IOE winner with you: Purple Lemon Racing's 1969 Beetle!

A pushrod, carburetor-fed V8 from BMW? Sure, but you have to go back about a half-century.

We can't tell you what cheezoid cop show you're watching, nor can we tell you why the chiseled good guy in the Renault 5 is pursuing the obvious baddie in the Citroën.

Race cars built for 500 bucks and thrashed on a tough endurance course for hour after hour tend to develop a few problems. OK, they develop many problems!

We're going to see all of the 2010 BMW 5-Series Monday, but after showing off its balls BMW just revealed its headlights. Now all we need is the rump. More photos below.

Cadillac’s CTS Coupe has been a long time coming. First shown in concept form nearly two years ago, the car was originally expected to be launched earlier this year. But the May 2009 on-sale date was pushed back during GM’s restructuring. Now, the General has finally spilled the beans on the prod…

In a move that could make it the first American automaker to go public in over half a century, Tesla Motors, the California-based electric car startup, is said to be preparing an IPO filing. To date, the company has received $268 million in venture capital, a $50 million investment from Daimler, …

After flip-flopping on their decision to bring the new microcar to the US market several times, Chevy is now claiming that the US market will likely see the Spark in 2011. The Chevy Spark will enter the US and fill a role in the Chevy lineup that is not currently filled with any model – the [...]

We first saw it at the New York International Auto Show. Looking every bit the part of a cast member from the Mad Max movies, the GMC Terrain seemed like a futuristic armored car with hidden panels that would cover the tires and wheels in case of attack. Mr. Brinks, Mr. Wells and Mr. Fargo: [...]

Confirming earlier reports, Volkswagen announced on Friday that it will buy assets of German coachbuilder Karmann. Volkswagen also announced that its new Karmann subsidiary will produce at least one new model for the German car maker. Rumors of VW’s interest in Karmann surfaced in October, fol…

Lamborghini has the scissor door, Lincoln popularized the suicide door and Ferrari may soon have a unique door design of its own. Leaked patent drawings from Europe have revealed the Italian automaker is readying a new door design to aid in ingress and egress. Intended to make it easier to slid…

Following the most recent trend in the luxury segment, Lexus could be planning a compact mode for the United States market. If Lexus goes ahead with the compact model, it will likely be based on the LF-Ch concept first shown at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. A version of the LF-Ch will surf…

It’s no secret that General Motors has never made a profit on its Saab brand, but the amount of money GM has lost on the Swedish brand is quite astonishing. General Motors became the sole owner of Saab’s automotive operations in 2000. General Motors’ part ownership helped Saab turn a profi…

As reported a few weeks ago, Toyota is believed to be working on a convertible version of its FT-86, the long-anticipated Subaru joint-venture sports car unveiled in concept form at the Tokyo Motor Show. Our team has since put together an illustration of what such a vehicle might look like. Acco…

The Tesla Roadster is the ideal vehicle for any environmentally-conscious driving enthusiast, but the EV is also proving to be a perfect fit for the video game world. Thanks to its silent operation, Microsoft Game Studios has selected the Roadster as its sound effects generator of choice. Althou…

This here is the production version of Cadillac's 2008 CT Coupe Concept that will be revealed at next month's Los Angeles Auto Show. The first Cadillac coupe in almost two decades features a classic 2+2 seating layout and is slated to arrive in U.S. showrooms in the spring of 2010. The most obvio…

If money isn't an issue, vinyl wraps allow you these days to transform the appearance of your car from one look to the other in a matter of days, sometimes even hours. This British owner of the Nissan GT-R took may have taken delivery of the Japanese sports car only in July but he's already in hi…

How much sense does it make to offer a performance package for an eco-friendly diesel car model that has been specifically designed to deliver maximum fuel efficiency and low CO2 emissions? Not much if you ask us but anyways... This here is Heico Sportiv's tuning package for the recently unveiled…

The all-new 2010 ZDX four-door-sports-coupe-slash-crossover (take your pick...) goes on sale at Acura dealerships across the U.S. on December 15 with a starting price of $45,495 plus, plus a destination and handling charge of $810. The ZDX will be offered exclusively with a 3.7-liter VTEC V6 that…

The official, live unveiling of the 2011 BMW 5-Series, which carries the internal codename F10, isn't due until Monday, November 23, but the first batch of photos of the executive sedan with the 'skirt' lifted just high enough so we can get a good peak of the front-end design, have already made t…

The first official shots of the U.S.-spec version of the all-new 2010 Lexus GX460 have surfaced online ahead of the luxury 4x4's world premiere at next week's 'Auto Guangzhou 2009' motorshow in China. If the GX470's replacement looks familiar that's because it is based on the 2010 Toyota Land Cru…

At the Frankfurt Motor Show this past September, BMW launched a new M Sport package for its latest generation 7-Series sedan. While this sport kit is now available for anyone that orders a new 7er in the U.S., those that already own the car may want to take at this proposal from European Auto Sou…

Audi has released a new video teasing its 2011 A8 luxury sedan ahead of its world premiere at the Audi Pavilion in Miami on November 30. The word teasing translates here to a few cryptic shots of the Audi flagship sedan such as the grille and front quarter panel. Nothing really to get excited abo…

You never know what you'll stumble upon in and around the famous Nurburgring circuit in Germany. It may be a heavily camouflaged prototype model performing test runs like the ones we often post here on Carscoop, or in this case, a pair of privately owned cars dressed in a eye-catching police unif…

Together with the 2010 Cube, Nissan released pricing for its new model year 370Z Coupe today. The changes for the 2010MY 370Z include an enhanced navigation system, the addition of heated mirrors and in-cabin microfilter, one new exterior color (Black Cherry) and a limited edition 40th Anniversar…

The X6 M crossover makes no pretensions of carrying soccer teams or fording rivers. Fun is its raison d’être.

Could it now be time for the lowly differential — a vital drivetrain part seen by few drivers and understood by even fewer — to shine?

A reporter test-drove a Chevrolet Volt to see how it performed after its electric power supply was depleted.

The demands of aerodynamics and interior space are reshaping the silhouettes of new cars in a way that recalls the fastback designs of decades past.

At the Simeone Foundation Museum, the sports cars in the collection are displayed — in motion — on the fourth Saturday of each month.

Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?

As of Thursday, 193 people have taken General Motors up on its 60-day money-back guarantee. G.M. plans on interviewing them to find out why.

The 1000 Millas Sport is a three-day vintage-car rally from Argentina to Chile and back.

A paper from the University of California, Berkeley, concludes that compressed-air energy storage is a relatively inefficient technology when it comes to personal transportation.

Remembering the day that Ford Motor Company put the Edsel, the car that's synonymous with colossal failure, out of its misery.