We rarely hear from the Musketier tuning firm, but that doesn’t mean that mean these guys have fallen off the face of the earth. Recently, the German tuning company that specializes on aftermarket works done on Toyota, Citroen and Peugeot vehicles unveiled their latest work on the Citroen C3.

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Lotus has been a hot topic in the news ever since their astounding resurgence into the sports-car world.

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Like most of the world's top automakers, Mercedes-Benz has been increasingly feeling the heat from ever stricter emissions and fuel economy standards, which have been forcing the folks in Stuttgart to replace larger, naturally aspirated engines with smaller, more efficient forced induction versions. Fans of the C63 AMG were sure the super-sedan would suffer that fate in the name of saving the polar bears. Despite the pressure, disciples of the big piston can rejoice: Benz kept the 451-horsepower 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V-8 in the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, and it's more ice-cap friendly to boot.

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As all four wheels on the QT Wildcat 300STR leave the ground and we launch skyward, I'm living a "Dukes of Hazzard" moment. Of course we know what really happened when Bo and Luke's stunt doubles came back to earth: The wheels splayed and fell off as the front end crumpled. The General Lee wasn't all that tough. But the Wildcat certainly is.

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The legendary Ford Mustang line has spit out many iterations in its decorated history, but of all the versions of that line, none has been more powerful than the Shelby GT500 Super Snake.


Download 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake

Pininfarina and Ferrari are two companies in the automotive industry that live and breathe pure excellence. Match them up with one of the most luxurious events of the year - the Villa d Este Concorso D’Eleganza - and the outcome is a one-off model based on either the 599 GTB Fiorano or the P540 Superfast Aperta (pictured).

Download 2011 Ferrari Super America 45 by Pininfarina

After you see the commercials for the 2012 Honda Civic Si, you might think the car was built by over-caffeinated Japanese animators for equally restless gum-chewing teenage girls who dabble in ninja work when they tire of hanging out in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park. Anything but subtle, the marketing message appears to target a buyer raised on video games, Red Bull and manga. Ironically, inspiration for the new Si came from a farther-flung blend of kookiness: yoga and Pilates.

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Before 1998, prison was the only reason to visit Joliet, Illinois. For more than 135 years, guests of the small town were either temporary residents for 25 to life or visiting their uncle Vinny, who still swears it was self-defense.

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As the trail gets steeper and steeper, rougher and rougher, all I can think about is the proximity of the nearest cell tower, and how I will describe our location to the rescue team. "We're two miles south of the big rock, just past the giant stump that looks like the head of Bob's Big Boy."

Download Full Test: 2006 Hummer H3

With lots of public support stemming from the relative success of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans, it wasn't a stretch for managers in the Glass House to expect similar reactions from a Lincoln product built on the same front-drive platform.

Download Full Test: 2006 Lincoln Zephyr

In BMW's 2006 M Coupe, it's all about the steering wheel.

As anyone who's ever driven a BMW knows, the steering wheel represents a crucial element in cars wearing the blue-and-white roundel. In other automobiles the steering wheel merely serves as a directional control device. But in BMW automobiles it's more like an ergonomically shaped syringe — injecting the car's soul directly into the driver's cerebellum.


Download First Drive: 2006 BMW Z4 M Coupe

The all new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK Roadster made its official U.S. Debut at New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The scene at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week heated up as fans got their first glimpse of the red 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster. Lincoln Center, the heart of the most anticipated runway shows with more than 80 designers presenting their Fall 2011 collections including Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Derek Lam, Tommy Hillfiger, Prabal Gurung, Nicole Miller, Charlotte Ronson, Tory Burch, and Betsey Johnson was the location for the roadster’s debut.


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The all-new 2012 Mercedes C-Class Coupe, that is rumored to be debuting at the Detroit Auto Show this month, has been spied on video at the California Long Beach Vehicle Processing Center. Covered lightly by camouflage, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe was parked next to other Mercedes-Benz models, two of them covered up prototypes that appear to be the next generation Mercedes M-Class and Mercedes SLK roadster.

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With the Adrenalin pickup canceled, Ford's in-house hot-shop has no work. Is Ford's performance shop, Special Vehicle Team, about to die? It looks that way, with no new products scheduled after Ford's launch of the Mustang-based Shelby GT500. The Adrenalin, which was to be an SVT-built performance version of the new Explorer Sport Trac, has been canceled.

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Ah yes, the good old days. When gas cost pennies per gallon, you could rent genuine Shelby Mustangs from Hertz, and the cops didn't have radar. When Toyota was still an obscure Japanese automaker, Hyundai was still in the construction business, and Motown still dazzled the world with brazen displays of power and performance and style. When sex was safe, and racing dangerous.

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