(December 12, 2016) Just ahead of winter, the new Mercedes-AMG GT R has set the fastest-ever lap time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a test drive independently conducted by the magazine "sport auto." In a time of 7:10.9, the new pinnacle of the AMG model range was faster through the "Green Hell" than any other road-going sports car ever tested by the motoring magazine.

The laptime for the 577-horsepower "Beast of the Green Hell" was just 7:10.9, faster than any other road-going sports car ever tested.

By Christopher A. Sawyer
The Virtual Driver

(December 12, 2016) One of the problems with the vehicles that run in the Dakar Rally is that they resemble their production counterparts, but have little in common with them. Which shouldn’t be a total surprise for a rally that retains the Dakar name, but is now run through Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina instead of on the African continent.

(December 11, 2016) TORRANCE, Calif. — Since 1959, when they first adorned the twin-cylinder CB92 Benly, the letters CB have always meant a great deal to Honda and Honda owners. They came to mean even more in 1969, as the four-cylinder CB750 represented a seminal moment for motorcycling, as the world's first production superbike took center stage, laying down a blueprint that still stands today.

By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 11, 2016) MIAMI — I have a fondness for convertibles — and my favorite car of the moment is the Jaguar F-Type. So you can imagine how I feel about the convertible version. Yes, I like it. A lot.

Just a week after driving the 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR Coupe, I was given the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a 2017 Jaguar F-Type R Convertible. (Not that it means anything, but this is the opposite way the F-Type was introduced with the convertible hitting the market as a 2014 model and the coupe following for 2015.)