Luxury car design can usually be summed up under the axiom “less is more.” While the interiors offer every conceivable comfort or convenience feature, the exterior sees minimal gaudy bits that are often found on lesser cars. Rather than excessive chrome, vents, flares, and spoilers, luxury cars are well thought out designs, where every line makes sense, and every curve evokes an emotion. Here ...

Buying Rental Cars – Good or Bad Idea?

Rental cars are like political candidates: everyone either loves them or hates them, and many people are too willing to tell you about them. Over the years, rentals have earned the mostly deserved stigma of dreadful penalty boxes with numb steering and questionable maintenance histories. Fortunately, we are no longer stuck with the Chrysler Sebring in all its plastic glory, and the rental ...

10 Car Features That Were Once Luxury

Luxury cars have changed over the years, and options that were once exclusively limited to luxury can now be found in cars costing under $20,000. While these options might make your drive better or safer, they are no longer luxury items. Here are 10 features that were once luxury, but are now everywhere. Adaptive cruise control Old school cruise control has been around nearly as ...

Meet Bentley’s Most Powerful Car Ever: Bentley Continental Supersports

If the Bugatti Chiron is a 32 oz. can of Four Loko, the Continental Supersports is Hennessy X.O. Sure, there are some buyers out there who want their hyper-luxury cars in DEFCON 5 all-out-attack mode, but many a well-heeled car buyer would rather pilot something they can park in front of the Casino de Monte-Carlo without attracting a crowd. Or at least a large crowd. Because true ...

Classic Cars that Actually Look Good in Yellow

While certain car colors such as silver, black and white can look decent if not great, on most cars, others like purple, orange, green and yellow are more challenging to execute well. There is a reason why yellow cars are less likely to be stolen than silver. Yellow is a bold, bright and in-your-face color that demands your attention. If you drive a crapmobile then you’ll probably want to ...

Video: McLaren 650S Thrashed on Track

Some might assume that the McLaren 650S is just a face lifted and tweaked MP4-12C. They’d be wrong. In this video Chris Harris learns that the McLaren 650S is not the standard mid generation face lift and update. However, the 650S is a rather impressive and ambitious bundle of improvements as a result of McLaren listening to feedback from their clients and automotive experts. The 650S is ...

Is the Opulent Mercedes-Maybach S600 Worth it?

Maybach is a name that either brings to mind stately opulence from the golden age of motoring, or poorly executed badge engineering and the definition of overhyped. Mercedes-Benz is hoping you will think of the former, when you see a new 2017 Mercedes-Maybach S600. When the previous Maybach 57 and 62 models debuted in 2002, they promised unparalleled levels of luxury and comfort in the ...

Luxury Car Features You Don’t Need

Luxury cars are all about having the best. Whether for style, comfort, entertainment, or performance, luxury features are meant to be new, desirable and exclusive. They are also sometime expensive and offer dubious return on investment. Here are ten of the most common luxury car features you may want, but don’t need. Seat massagers Massaging seats of various quality have been ...

Megacar Showdown: Bugatti Chiron vs Koenigsegg Regera

Supercars are awesome, and everyone thinks they are great. Hypercars are even better, and everyone thinks they’re also great. But what about megacars? With automakers debuting ever new technologies and approaches, the ever-increasing horsepower wars have escalated in the last 20 years to somewhere ridiculous where we have to create new names to quantify them. While there have been a couple ...

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VIDEO: Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Tracked

Ford claims the Shelby GT350R Mustang is the “Most Track-Capable Production Mustang Ever”. Watch the GT350R around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and decide for yourself. Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang is the latest track-ready masterpiece to emerge from the Ford Performance mantra of “innovation through performance.” In 1965, Ford and Carroll Shelby developed a road-racing version of ...

Muscle Cars vs Sports Cars: Which is Right for You?

Shopping for a new fun car? There are more excellent options than ever, but narrowing it down between muscle cars and sports cars can get confusing. Rather than some company website trying to sell you their car, this quick comparison offers an unbiased look at the pros and cons of each. Clarification First up, before we can compare and contrast, we need some set definitions. Internet ...

How to NASCAR for Newbies

Sports on TV just aren’t as good as being in the stands. Racing is no exception. There’s nothing else quite like being there and getting to hear and feel the race experience. While Formula 1 in Austin, TX can cost as much as $5000 for the weekend, there are other options for the race fan to view an affordable professional race series. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series delivers pro race ...

How Much is Too Much Horsepower?

Proven fact: pretty much everyone thinks horsepower is great. If 300 hp is good, then 400 hp must be better, right? In our current era of horsepower wars, it seems like the cars get faster and more powerful year after year. But that brings up the question I’ve been seeing on forums lately: how much is too much horsepower? First, we need to step back and look at where we’ve been. “The days ...

Celebrity Gearhead: Jay Leno

Jay Leno is most recognized as a longtime host of The Tonight Show on NBC. A close second would be his passion for all things automotive. Leno is known for his in-depth knowledge of every vehicle he owns, and his openness with fellow fans. His 150+ car collection ranges from the common to the super rare and exotic, but it wasn’t always that way. James Leno was born April 28, 1950, in New ...

How to Go on Your First Autocross

Want to know the single greatest way to become a better driver? Want to find the cheapest way to go racing? The answer to both of those questions is the same. Go to an autocross event! Stripped down, autocross is a race against the clock on a closed course. Rather than competing with other drivers at the same time (NASCAR, F1, etc), autocross sends you through one at a time, letting the ...

Pop Culture Face-Off: Mach 5 vs KITT

In TV land, there are two fantasy techno-wonder cars from simpler times that entertained millions and became cult hits. Speed Racer introduced many kids to their first Japanese anime, with mandatory terrible dialogue and nonsensical violence. Knight Rider brought a cartoon idea into sexy real life, yet it also somehow remained cartoon-like. Racecar vs crime fighter, kid vs cop, ‘60s vs ‘80s. ...