Detroit Auto Show: 2011 Ford Mustang GT and 5.0 Photos Leaked

This is the first photo of the 5.0-liter all-aluminum beatin' heart of the 2011 Ford Mustang GT that'll pump at a rockin' 412 HP and 390 lb-ft of torque. Merry Christmas.

The 5.0-liter motor will be an all-aluminum engine featuring iron cylinder sleeves, forged crankshaft, four-bolt main bearings, high-performance pistons and connecting rods. Another feature of the engine is vertical intake ports and twin independent variable valve timing. New tuned exhaust headers on the new engine will eliminate the need for aftermarket headers thus helping the engine to breathe better. The 5.0-liter motor will be mated to a 6R80 six-speed automatic or MT82 six-speed manual transmission.

2011 Ferrari 599 GTB Roadster Special Edition Coming Soon

The next new model to come out of the Maranello shop will be a roadster version of the 599 GTB supercar.

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo dropped the news himself yesterday morning during a special press gathering in Central London...

How Consumer Reports tests Cars

Such a safety warning has been issued for only twelve different cars in the past 31 years. Like the Lexus, most of the vehicles have been charged with unsafe handling, typically in high-speed, emergency situations. However, there’s more than one way to flunk a Consumer Reports evaluation, as evidenced by some of the past failures. 1969 Subaru 360: Subaru’s first mass-produced car was deemed too slow to be safe, as the 25-hp two-stroke engine needed 37.5 seconds to accelerate the car from zero to 50 mph...

Audi R8 Supercar turns to the Dark Side

SR Auto Group's new Valkyrie project is all about adding some dark style to Audi's R8 supercar.

The tuning house starts off with a matte black wrap for the body and continues with a series of carbon-fiber aero bits from PPI...

2010 Aston Martin Volare Concept Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

2011 Aston Martin Rapide Test Driven by Motor Trend

The former is insanely expensive and impractical to drive on trips. The latter is not, and so in August 2000 when a lovely 1967 example came up for sale at an exotic car dealership 5.4 miles from home, I test-drove it right to my house for a quick snapshot that instantly became my screen saver. Seeing myself in that gorgeous car every day helped cement my resolve to pay about as much as I'd spent on all the cars I'd owned prior to that one combined. Ten years later I had the chance to drive what I feel is the most beautiful car in production today, and I was so smitten by it that I recreated the same screen-saver image as an affirmation that with hard work and clean living I may one day land an Aston Martin Rapide in my humble garage. I'm probably going to have to wait a lot longer for this one to depreciate into my price range. My Ghibli listed for about $19,000 in 1967--roughly $122,000 in today's dollars, and had depreciated by about 80 percent in modern money. The Rapide starts at $195,000, so if it holds up like my gorgeous Ghibli, it may be down to $39,000 in today's currency by 2043--a perfect bauble for my 80th birthday...