In the atrium of New York’s Guggenheim Museum last night, BMW celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Art Car collection by announcing the next two creative masterminds who will partake in the project. Chinese artist Cao Fei, born in 1978, and American conceptual artist John Baldessari, born in 1931, will ... More

Lincoln has been hard at work in recent years whittling the age of its typical buyers. And the effort—comprising its rollout of sleeker, sportier crossovers like the MKC and MKX, an SNL-parodied ad campaign featuring a deep-breathing, deep-thinking Matthew McConaughey and its “Date Night” promotion—is seemingly paying off. In ... More

Part motorcycle, part car, part space-age Go-Pod, the C-1 from San Francisco-based Lit Motors combines all the efficiencies of two-wheeled transportation with the comfort and sanity of four. The self-balancing electric vehicle is light, easy to park almost anywhere and takes up little of the road, while providing a climate-controlled environment ... More

Long the stuff of science fiction, autonomous cars are a fast-approaching reality. Apple, Google and nearly every auto manufacturer has been hard at work ironing out the technology at closed facilities in California and Michigan, and we’ll likely see production models on public streets in as little as five ... More

A decade ago, Bugatti dropped a meteor on the automotive world with the Veyron, reshaping notions of what’s possible in a production car. At the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show this month, visitors can get a glimpse of the ultra-exclusive French automaker’s future, with the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo.  As its name ... More

Ferrari’s 458 Italia, in production since 2009, was nearly perfect—a sublime mid-engine sports car exhilarating to drive both on the track and on the open road. So when it was announced that its successor, the 488 GTB, would be powered by a smaller, turbocharged V8 engine, Ferraristis were understandably, and ... More

The new Rolls-Royce Dawn is a convertible made for its driver and passengers to see and be seen. The vehicle represents an extroverted optimism, a shift for a manufacturer whose recent Wraith and Phantom models suggested a more elusive and secluded character. With a 563 bhp engine, the Dawn ... More

Fifty years ago Carroll Shelby took delivery of a stock Ford Mustang at his facility in Venice Beach and, after several performance modifications, created the iconic GT350, a race-spec masterpiece that defined an era and set a standard for American performance cars. To commemorate the anniversary, Ford ... More

Porsche’s new North American Headquarters and Experience Center, built on a 27-acre plot of land adjacent to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, signals an evolution in the relationship between manufacturers and their clientele—a significant change in the traditional dealership model. Today’s car buyers are no longer beholden to a curbside ... More