On this episode of Ignition, Motor Trend associate road test editor Carlos Lago gets the numbers on the hottest Audi TT available, the 360-horsepower TT RS. Although the engine is on the opposite side of the car, Lago compares it to a “R8 shot by a shrink-ray.” The TT RS equipped with the U.S.-market mandatory [...]

Fiat is looking to celebrate the success of its reborn Fiat 500 hatchback, which has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide in over 100 countries. European consumers will be able to sample a few special editions as part of the celebration: the 500 America, 500 Color Therapy, and the Abarth 695 Tributo Maserati. The 500 America [...]

Jeep’s special edition models have largely been focused on the North American market, but the automaker is readying three new efforts for Europe — all of which will make their debut at the forthcoming 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. If the new Jeep Wrangler Mountain sounds or looks familiar, it should. This new package is [...]

The Honda Racing Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team has been out testing the new Honda Civic Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) in preparation for the upcoming British Touring Car Championship race season. Preliminary testing was done last week at the MIRA test track and is happening this week at the Brands Hatch [...]

The Ford Tourneo Custom concept, making its debut next month at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, provides our first glimpse of the next-generation Transit commercial van. Ford says that the concept “communicates very clearly” the design language of the next-generation Transit, which will eventually launch in Europe and Asia. Ford already offers a nine-seat passenger [...]

Is this déjà vu? If you’re thinking this particular spy shot soiree is reminiscent of last year’s pre-Pebble Beach debut of the 2012 Lexus GS, then you’re absolutely correct. Except this time the star car that was spotted somewhere in China is Lexus’s ES250, and the speculated debut show of choice is April’s Beijing Auto [...]

Those at Nissan’s Smyrna plant in Tennessee celebrated an important kick off after an Emerald Green 2013 Infiniti JX luxury crossover rolled off the assembly line, signaling production for the all-new CUV is well underway. Infiniti has been most excited for the seven-seat crossover, as the JX is expected to be a major player in [...]

Ferrari engineers are busy wrapping up work on the 599 replacement (known internally as the F620) for its February 29, debut – ahead of the Geneva Auto Show in March. Unlike the 612 Scagiletti replacement, the new car will not gain the new FF’s 4RM all-wheel drive system; rather it will retain the 599’s front-engine [...]

With the SRT Viper’s New York Auto Show release imminent, it means it’s time for one thing: teaser photos. SRT has delivered another one just six weeks before the full car will go on display. What we can tell you is that the photo shows some carbon fiber, an opening, and red sheetmetal. Everything else, [...]

Today’s thread of the day is a hypothetical posed by MT forums veteran westys. He asks which of the following models you’d have if you were stranded on a desert island (which hypothetically also has gas stations, paved roads, and driving destinations) for each of the following categories: Weekend Car Commuter Car Date Night Car [...]