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It's been 16 years since General Motors killed the Pontiac brand, and nearly three years since the Bring back Pontiac Facebook page's last official post. There's still a lot of love out there for the brand, with plenty of folks clamoring for its return. But there's little chance GM will…

If building hypercars were easy, everyone would do it (though, lately, it seems like that's more true than ever). But Jim Glickenhaus loves a challenge. The former filmmaker and Ferrari collector turned entrepreneur launched Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in 2004 with dreams of competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In…

I remember being fairly skeptical when first hearing the MkV Toyota Supra would use a BMW straight-six. Obviously, BMW was the keeper of the straight-six flame when other automakers embraced V-6s, but in supplying Toyota, its turbo ‘six would have big shoes to fill. The MkIV Supra’s 2JZ twin-turbo engine…

Somewhere in the UK, a lady had a great idea. She wanted a classic MG to tool around in, but didn’t want the one-on-every-corner MGB that most go for. Nor did she want any possibility of breaking down. So she went to Abingdon’s Frontline Cars, who make MGBs bulletproof (and…

Nissan is undertaking a massive cost-cutting agenda after losing billions in recent years due to sales falling short of investments. While the new product roadmap centers on the usual suspects, crossovers and SUVs, there’s still hope for fun cars. The Z is soldiering on and could one day be joined…

Right off the bat, it’s highly unlikely that Toyota will shoehorn a V-8 engine into the new RAV4. The compact crossover was engineered with four-cylinder engines as the foundation of its full hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. Doubling the cylinder count in a vehicle focused on efficiency doesn’t make much…

The Senate has blocked California’s plan to phase out gas-powered cars by 2035. Using an obscure rule allowing a simple majority 51-44 vote to prevail rather than the usual 60-vote threshold, the Federal government has effectively killed all EV mandates, with a legal battle surely to follow.

The Emira might be the last great Lotus you can buy, but it might get even better before production is supposed to cease in 2027. In a recent earnings call, Lotus CEO Feng Qingfeng said that the brand is "currently investigating the feasibility of the V-8."

Last year, San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) voted to install 33 cameras at high-risk intersections across the city beginning in late April. Those cameras issued more than 30,000 warnings in their first month of operation—that's more than 1,000 warnings per day, and the final 11 cameras aren't even up…

When our colleagues at Motor1 Italia broke the story late last year on a quad-turbocharged V-12 from a brand-new automaker, it’s safe to say it caused a stir. Now, Giamaro Automobili has revealed its first two cars, the Katla and Albor, and both feature this mad, 2,100-plus-horsepower engine.

The RD center of Giamaro Automobili smells like drying paint. In the small Emilia-Romagna town of Cavezzo, Italy, a half-hour from Modena, workers are busily preparing this former medical-supplies factory for the launch of the Katla, the first hypercar from a brand-new challenger to the Italian establishment. They’re a week…