Mercedes-Benz is adding a fire-breathing AMG variant of the GL sport-utility vehicle for the first time for 2013. The people hauler will pack a biturbo 5.5-liter V8 rated at 550 hp and 560 lb-ft of torque. Code-named M157, it’s capable of propelling the ute to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds en route to an electronically limited […]

Don’t look now, but Toyota’s Prius now is the world’s third best-selling car line. The Prius, which now includes four versions in the U.S., raced to third place in the first quarter, Bloomberg News reports. It’s proof that the Prius has crossed deeply into the mainstream. http://goo.gl/FTnxO

In the world of futuristic materials and components for future cars, we never thought that carbon fiber would be superseded by something called buckypaper, but if Marko Petrovic’s design ever comes to fruition, then we could see a lot more cars being constructed out of this material featuring carbon nanotubes. http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/ferrari-millenio-designed-by-marko-petrovic-and-yanko-design-ar129460.html

Toyota Motor Corp. today unveiled the production version of its RAV4 electric vehicle, which carries a battery pack and electric motor system developed in collaboration with Tesla Motors. The crossover will carry a sticker price of $50,610 including an $810 destination charge but before available tax incentives of $2,500 in California and $7,500 at the […]

At best, the new ES 350 is an inoffensive design with conventional sedan flanks capped by the new face of Lexus at the front – essentially an Audi grille pinched in the middle to resemble an hourglass. Or a catfish, depending upon one’s perspective. The powertrain is equally inoffensive: A 3.5-liter V6 backed by a […]