In its 77-year history, Toyota has been a force when it comes to building mass-market automobiles. The pumping out of massive numbers of affordable cars has seen the Japanese juggernaut produce its 200-millionth vehicle since production began way back in 1937. The first official Toyota was a Model G1 truck produced in August 1935 by [...]

It’s not often that a concept car gets transformed into a working demonstrator, but that’s exactly what Infiniti has done in conjunction with the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB). Working closely with the TSB and several engineering partners, EMERG-E has become a reality. Boasting an array of new technologies that the brand will adopt [...]

The Legend is Dead, RIP Carroll He was a man who was bigger than life. He, with the help of Ford, brought American cars into the limelight of sports car racing at the height of the sport’s glory years. He created legendary race cars, iconic road cars and built a name that was performance. He [...]

Aston Zagato Going Into Production? Aston Martin’s V12 Zagato was the star of many auto shows and even the Nurburgring 24-hour race last year. Thankfully, the feedback that Aston has been receiving has meant that it has just released the first production reveal at the Kuwait Concours d’ Elegance. Only 150 of the super-exclusive Astons [...]

Return of the Dart? The Dodge Dart was an iconic car of the ’60s and ’70s, but Dodge is bringing the name back, and who would have thought it would be based on Alfa Romeo DNA? Dart marks the Dodge brand’s re-entry into the compact sedan segment, and after teasing us for some time with [...]

Jaguar is a sports car company, pure and simple. That’s how it got its start over 60 years ago, and all its most iconic vehicles have had speed in mind. Under the Ford umbrella, that core trait seemed to dull, however. While the XK is a fantastic GT, the company’s focus has been to build [...]

Reports out of BMW are currently suggesting that the its two futuristic and eco-conscious i-series vehicles, the i3 and i8 shown here, may soon be joined by two additional models said to be the i4 and i5, a smaller coupe and a family-focused four-door. Both models will employ the i-series design language and will be [...]

Emphatically… Yes! But it will be missing a key ingredient. We here at RPM have been quite happy with the recent trend of putting super cool concepts into production, even if it is limited production. With Porsche announcing the building of the 918, and Lamborghini putting very few examples of the Sesto Elemento on sale [...]

Building replicas of famous movie cars is nothing new. After the second version of Gone in 60 Seconds came out, the streets soon filled with Eleanor lookalikes. However, it’s taken a good long time for a replica of the most famous Mustang of all to take shape. The Steve McQueen thriller Bullitt features a Mustang [...]

When the Chrysler 300 surfaced in 2005, it put the entire full-size sedan market on notice, offering the most masculine, chisel-jawed good looks in the segment. However, since that time, sales of the 300 have consistently fallen and the design has now become quite long in the tooth. However, with Chrysler doing a full facelift [...]