After a few years of teasing automobile enthusiasts following the debut of the Sports Study Model (SSM) at Tokyo in 1995, Honda finally unveiled the production ready S2000 in 1999 as a 2000 model....

Positioned as the entry level C-Class model from Mercedes-Benz, the C250 is an exemplar of the company’s legendary engineering prowess, construction quality, and strong value proposition. Featuring...

After a few years of teasing automobile enthusiasts following the debut of the Sports Study Model (SSM) at Tokyo in 1995, Honda finally unveiled the production ready S2000 in 1999 as a 2000 model....

Positioned as the entry level C-Class model from Mercedes-Benz, the C250 is an exemplar of the company’s legendary engineering prowess, construction quality, and strong value proposition. Featuring...

It’s no surprise that Sprinters have become an increasingly common sight at national parks and other outdoor recreation areas. Their capable diesel engines and available 4-wheel drive will get you where you want...

With 500hp on tap from a supercharged 5.4L V8 engine and a bold, bawdy presence worthy of a mean, top-ranked MMA fighter, Shelby’s GT500 returned in 2007 as a more than worthy successor to the legendary Shelby...

This final year 981 Boxster S looks so good in Black on Black and it appears to have been responsibly and meticulously maintained with zero visible flaws. We can't say enough good things about the model, but...

Based on the Land Cruiser, Toyota’s Lexus brand introduced the LX 470 full-size SUV in 1998. Luxurious and equally suited to the soccer field as well as suburban streets and interstate highways, the LX 470...

When Porsche introduced the Cayman in late 2005 as the long-awaited hardtop coupe sibling to its highly successful Boxster Convertible, it was at once lighter and better balanced than the 911 with its mid-engine...

Recalling the purity and purpose of the original Shelby Cobras of the 1960s, the Dodge (later SRT) Viper RT/10 is the product of the fertile imaginations of Chrysler president Bob Lutz, design chief Tom Gale, and...

Code named “Project 11,” the McLaren MP4-12C, commonly known as the “12C,” was conceived as a premium series production sports car in 2005. A total in-house program, as opposed to the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR...

Finding a high-end LTZ Suburban is hard enough to begin with, and when you do find one, it’ll likely be pricey, have way more than 25k miles, and won’t have attended Callaway finishing school, like this one. This...

Thanks to the Chrysler’s Street & Racing Technology (SRT) group, the brutal Ram SRT-10 high-performance pickup debuted in 2004 as Dodge’s brash, bawdy, and brutal Viper V10-powered sports truck. Countering and...

Just when we think we’ve seen it all at Zero260.com, along comes the Ariel Nomad. Outwardly similar to the Atom, Ariel’s virtual F1 car for the road, the Nomad is purpose-built for extreme performance on and off...

While the world was still trying vainly to process the impact made by the Murciélago LP640, Lamborghini unleashed the Aventador LP 700-4 at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, five months after it was first unveiled at...

Porsche’s 911 series represents the definitive sports car family, with many considering the road/track GT3 as its crowning achievement. In keeping with the Carrera RS 2.7, the Type 996-based GT3 (introduced in...

The Heritage High Roof Chevrolet was a fantastic idea – small package, retro styling, fabulously sized, wonderfully styled, reasonably powerful, efficient, comfortable, easy to drive… what more could you want?...

By 2011, Porsche’s mid-engine Boxster was re-tuned to its roots with the Boxster S-based Spyder placed on a 176-pound diet with a simple, 13-pound manual bikini top that could nonetheless be sealed completely in...

As Subaru’s standard bearer in World Rally Championship circles since the 1990s, the Impreza was famously the mount of WRC World Champions Colin McRae and his brave co-driver, Nicky Grist. The Impreza-based WRX...

Established in 2009, the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo single-make racing series was the start of an exciting partnership between Automobili Lamborghini and Swiss luxury watchmaker Blancpain. Similar in...

Porsche introduced the Cayman in late 2005 as the long-awaited hardtop coupe sibling to its highly successful Boxster Convertible. At once lighter and better balanced than the 911 with its mid-engine layout, the...

Upon introduction in September 1996, the Elise marked a back-to-basics revolution at Lotus, in contrast to the ever-more exotic Esprit. Designed and built according to late company founder Colin Chapman’s “added...

To try and best the Italians at their own game, VW just went and purchased Lamborghini, and with the historical heavyweight by their side, they set about maximizing those efficiencies to scale. The R8 shares the...

When Parnelli Jones was dominating the track back in the heyday of the Trans Am Race Series, his driving was a sight to behold – aggressive, tactical, unexpected. His work with the Mustangs of the era helped...

Certain iconic cars mean a whole lot more when flying their signature colors. The combination of World Rally Blue with gold wheels evokes the numbers “555” and images of Imprezas flying through the air along...

Produced by Ford since 1965, the incredibly versatile Transit line of light commercial vehicles has gone on to become the third best-selling utility van of all time worldwide. Still in production, the Transit has...

The Ferrari 360 Spider is a brilliant technical tour de force that in concept and construction is an artful blending of sophisticated design, sensitive styling, and exceptional performance and comfort....

Even though the new mid-engine C8 Corvette is all the rage and talk right now, that doesn’t mean the previous gen C7 doesn’t still have life and value as a frontline performance car. Many ‘Vette types feel the...

Infiniti’s rear wheel drive G35 4-door put the brand on the map as a maker of a genuine sports sedans, and it was often referred to as the Japanese 5-Series. When the G35 Coupe came to market, it was equally...

Probably the finest expression of Jinba ittai, loosely translated from Japanese as “rider and horse (be) as one,” Mazda’s MX-5 Miata reigns as the world’s most successful production sports car – bar none....

Modern Dodge Challengers are terrific cars, but finding one that celebrates the original Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird is a cut above. Heide Performance Products (HPP) made their first Daytona/Superbird...

The 3-pointed star affixed to every Mercedes-Benz automobile has rightly symbolized “The Best” since inception, and the E63 AMG-S Station Wagon stands as likely the fastest and most versatile road car ever...

Nipping at the heels of the 911 is easy with a Cayman GTS, and some will contend the Cayman is even more fun. At about 5 years-old, this Cayman GTS is presented in seemingly exquisite shape with less than 7k...

The point of the Carrera T (for Touring) was to be a spartan model equipped with only the necessities that a dedicated driver might want. In truth, it was built from a combination of parts available elsewhere in...

The Chevrolet SS was based on Australia’s Holden Commodore, a V8, rear-drive platform that gave the Dodge Charger and Ford Taurus SHO a run for their money. In fact, the SS gave many more expensive cars from...

Brought to you by the engineering wizards at SRT, Chrysler’s all-out Street Technology and Racing division, the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a Hellcat in SUV clothing. Looking for a luxury SUV with sinister...

The early 2000s were a high-water mark for bonkers rally inspired road cars built and sold to meet racing homologation requirements. Not to be outdone, Volkswagen’s AWD Golf-based R32 was unleashed as a special...

Launched in 2003, what made the RX-8 so special was its high-revving, 231hp 1.3L rotary engine mated with a 6-speed manual gearbox. The RX-8 did have a bit of an identity crisis: it’s not a regular coupe, but...

When Toyota dipped its toe into the full-size SUV segment, it did so in typical Toyota style – carefully, purposefully, and successfully. The Sequoia bore a resemblance to the omni-popular Ford Expedition, giving...

Performance and rarity put this car in the realm of exclusivity. Only about 1,300 2012 SRT8 Yellow Jacket Challengers were built, and only 641 were equipped with the 6-speed manual transmission. On top of that,...

A bold automotive venture and approach to building high-quality, yet affordable cars, Saturn debuted on the scene in the 1980s, and it was initially a joint venture between GM and Toyota. GM was firmly at the...

When Ford and Harley-Davidson decided to produce an F-150 pickup, it seemed like a logical idea. What a great way to celebrate two American icons! Equipped with acres of black paint and leather and adorned with...

Over the years, BMW has created many cars that truly could be called “Ultimate Driving Machines.” Of these, the ones that embody this idea best tend to have something in common – the letter M. The BMW M...

Introduced 25 years ago, the Sprinter commercial van line is a huge success for Mercedes-Benz. Now in its third generation of production, the Sprinter offers a myriad of possible configurations, limited only by...

Ford’s Police Interceptor is a proven piece of kit, just as capable chasing down baddies as running through the Krispy Kreme drive thru. With $5k in his hand tasked to build a cheap hot rod, Mr. Rob Corddry opted...

Porsche introduced the Cayman in 2006 as a coupe compliment to the Boxster roadster. People immediately pit it against the 911 Carrera, and wondered why not just spend the extra money and get the real thing? Ah,...

Based on the Frontier pickup, Nissan’s Xterra compact SUV was produced from 1999 to 2015 along two generations. A great companion model to the full-size Pathfinder SUV, the Xterra rounded out Nissan’s truck-based...

GM’s Pontiac division was on the move again by the mid to late-2000s with a strong product portfolio including such exciting performance-oriented models as the GTO, G8, and Solstice Convertible. Built and...

Do you pine for the new 2021 BMW M2 CS, but lack the financial resources to take that plunge? Well, rewind yourself a nice round decade and see if the previous iteration will fill that gaping void in the garage....

North American Chevrolet fans have Holden (GM’s Australian subsidiary) to thank for some of the company’s best modern rear-wheel drive performance models, including the 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO and 2008-2018 G8 GXP....

Defined as a “descendant or heir” or as “a detached shoot or twig,” Scion was the name applied to Toyota’s companion marque established in 2003, aimed primarily at younger buyers, but folded back under the Toyota...

Ford’s former vice president of Global Design, J Mays, famously said that “nobody outside of Ford did more for the Mustang than Carroll Shelby (vis a vi the Shelby Mustang GT350 and GT500) and Steve McQueen”, for...

One look reveals the probable character of the beast, so let's just cut right to the quick. When Road & Track tested the Neon SRT-4 for their December 2002 issue, they recorded 0-60 mph time of 5.6 seconds, 0-100...

Following a total redesign for 2005 and just in time to celebrate its 40th anniversary in continuous production, Ford’s Mustang was poised for further success and growth with its classic 1960s-inspired styling...

As Ferrari’s most advanced road model at debut, the hybrid-powertrain La Ferrari marked the culmination of the Formula 1 technologies developed at Maranello that helped the marque win an unprecedented eight World...

By the time the last Crown Victoria rolled off Ford Motor Company’s St. Thomas, Ontario Assembly Plant in 2011, industry watchers speculated on how the company would replace the popular and venerable ‘Crown Vic’...

For 2004, Porsche would introduce the latest variant of its famed and fabled 911. Internally known as the 997, it would offer updated styling both inside and out from its predecessor, the 996 911 of ‘97-‘04. The...

Following his resignation from the chief designer’s post at Aston Martin in 2005, Danish-born Henrik Fisker established Fisker Automotive in 2007 to develop and produce plug-in hybrid vehicles. While his...

When Porsche introduced the Boxster concept car in 1993, it stopped people in their tracks. The design blends cues of the vintage 356 Speedster and 550 Spyder with a healthy dose of modernism that absolutely...

While it emerged onto the scene as a rough-and-ready Cobra for the 1990s, those built in the final years of 2013-2017 proved a high-level evolution of the brand. Quality was up, performance was up, fit and finish...

Paying homage to all that preceded them, some vehicles have larger shoes to fill than others, and no wonder the S-Class is so popular with NBA stars. Being the pinnacle of a brand that has long been synonymous...

Featuring outstanding engineering and a fun, purposeful persona, today’s Volkswagens are, in the opinion of this Zero260 contributor and VW freak, less-pricey virtual clones of their upmarket brethren from...

Designed by Henrik Fisker and Ian Callum, the DB9 was the first Aston Martin to be built at their new factory in Gaydon, Warwickshire in England and is sometimes credited as being the first Aston Martin fully...

Rooted in the 1.8L EX Turbo, soon renamed the Lancer 2000 Turbo from 1982-1988, Mitsubishi’s all-conquering rally legacy included a seemingly endless victory record with the all-out Lancer Evolution (“Evo”) I to...

When the last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the production line in 2011 at Ford Motor Company’s Talbotville Assembly Plant near St. Thomas, Ontario in Canada, a long and distinguished line of full-size,...

German. Muscle. Masterpiece. Hailing from the golden age of modern classics, before sub-prime loans annihilated the economic landscape and took down entire sections of the auto industry with it. In standard form,...

The Golf R is a conservative play on the age old “hot hatch” formula, decidedly upscale compared to its rivals. It makes gobs of sense on paper: middle manager needs a nice commuter and wants to be reminded of...

Debuted at the April 2017 New York Auto Show, the audacious Dodge Challenger SRT Demon shocked the motoring world as one of the world’s quickest and most powerful production cars ever unleashed on the public....

Released for sale in September 1996, the Lotus Elise marked a back-to-basics revolution of sorts at its legendary maker. Designed and built according to late company founder Colin Chapman’s “added lightness”...

Adventure rigs are the jam right now – everyone is trying to get in on the action. Whether it’s the ability to get off grid for an overlanding weekend trip with buddies, or an insurance policy for the zombie...

If it doesn’t have a Mustang badge, Ford isn’t making cars for North America any longer. The cruel rules of the free market have decided that enthusiast royalty hot hatches just weren’t worth the hassle. Luckily,...

When you set out to kill a butterfly, you may as well use a sledgehammer, right? Get the job done – that seems to be the mantra under which this Camaro was built. Slapping a Vortech Pro Charger atop the already...

Mitsubishi’s “Lancer” nameplate debuted in 1973 and the all-out Lancer Evolution, built and sold to homologate the Lancer for World Rally Championship (WRC) racing series, carries heritage dating back to the 1.8L...

It’s been 20+ years since they were introduced and Honda’s S2000 continues to deliver amazing responsiveness and electrifying performance with its high-revving 2.0-liter DOHC inline ‘four’ equipped with Honda’s...

Launched in 1997 as the wagon version of Volvo’s S70 (now renamed 850), the V70 Wagon enjoyed production across three generations until 2016. Both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive versions were initially...

Engineered and developed by Audi’s famed in-house Quattro GmbH tuning arm, the RS4 debuted for 2007 as the successor to the twin-turbo RS6, production of which was curtailed at the end of 2003. Based on the A4,...

It’s hard not to like a Porsche 911 Turbo. From every era in every flavor, RWD or AWD, this iconic supercar has wrapped itself around the hearts of many an aspirational dreamer…and telephone poles. The 997...

While the Viper stole a lot of hearts at the beginning of the 1990s with it’s unique V10 engine, lack of technology (safety or otherwise), raw and ego-taming power, and exotic nature, it left a lot to be desired....

When rebooting hits from the back catalog was de rigueur in the automotive industry, one of the largest and most successful manufacturers in the world branched out to offer a seriously capable off-road machine....

Throughout its storied history, Porsche has blessed the motoring world with a succession of homologation specials engineered and built to meet international competition requirements while remaining perfectly...

Only produced for the 2006 and 2007 model years, Chevrolet`s Cobalt SS Supercharged Coupe remains a startling performer, capable of accelerating from rest to 60 mph in just 5.9 seconds, covering the quarter mile...

The Ariel Atom is a hero car. It isn’t a car for posers, wannabes, or Instagram influencers. It will call the bluff of those who profess aspirations of being a race car driver. The converse is also true, if...

The Germans attacked with a flurry of small, lightweight, sporting cars and took the world by storm. The invasion had a planned, engineered feel to it, but no one cared; in fact, for the most part, motorheads...

BMW’s motorsports division has always offered a topless hot rodded 3 series, and why shouldn’t they? Track rats will overlook them as heavier, wobbly wet noodle versions of each respective chassis, and purists...

North American Chevrolet fans have Holden, GM’s Australian subsidiary, to thank for some of the company’s best modern rear-wheel drive performance models, including the 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO and 2008-2018 G8 GXP....

M3 pricing has been on track to make it the next Porsche 911 – or maybe it’s already arrived and starting in on Ferrari territory, but for certain and by far, they’re proving themselves as exquisite investments....

BMW’s Motorsports division is largely responsible for popularizing the factory tuner phenomenon, and their 2011 1M is a prime example of this. It’s often described by journalists as a “parts bin” or “greatest...

Introduced for the 2010 model year, the menacing Raptor joined the Ford F-150 line, courtesy of the wizards at the company’s SVT Special Vehicle Team. Drawing its provocative model name from both birds of prey...

Attractive, over-engineered, performance-minded, luxury-laden station wagons of the German school have long had a tendency to call to car enthusiasts like the sirens’ song to sailors. And given their...

There are automotive enthusiasts that will default to alternative choices at every chance. Faced with objective bests, and subjective popularity contests, some people seek out the “also ran”, the runt of the...

Thanks to the establishment of the Dodge Street and Racing Technology (SRT) group, the brutal Ram SRT-10 high-performance pickup debuted in 2004 as Dodge’s version of massive retaliation in the 1990s-2000s...

First introduced in 2015, the comparisons to the Porsche 911 seemed to be never ending – from the shape of the new AMG GT Coupe, to the performance, to the price, to the level of amenities, the new Mercedes-Benz...

Nissan is roundly criticized these days for putting their sports cars out to pasture, languishing in obsolescent obscurity while the rest of the automotive world is passing them by. Valid point, considering the...

Automotive icons are constantly being judged from every angle - by their current competition for sure, but just as equally by all pre- and post-generations. With the E92 era M3, built from 2007-2013, we sit smack...

We get it – a nearly 600 HP anything isn’t for everyone. In fact, it’s for a rarified few. That’s why there aren’t many on the market. But when Chevrolet introduced the ZL1 Camaro, it got a lot of things spot-on...

To attract younger buyers, boost lagging sales, and establish some street cred with urban buyers, Ford partnered with celebrity hip-hop DJ Funkmaster Flex to create a custom Expedition Limited as styled by the...

So often, especially with younger enthusiasts, car guys dream of a race car for the street. Of course, after driving a real racing car, few walk away thinking, “Boy, I can’t wait to use that on my daily commute!”...

With automotive heritage dating to 1917, Mitsubishi as we know it today began in 1934 when the company’s shipbuilding and aircraft divisions were merged to create Mitsubishi Heavy Industry. The Lancer nameplate...

Just when we were starting to think we’ve seen most things automotive, the magicians at AMG, the renowned racing and tuning arm of Mercedes-Benz, created the E63 AMG-S Station Wagon – an automotive monster worthy...

As the factory hot-rod version of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the W204-based C63 AMG was available from Mercedes’ legendary racing/tuning skunk works in 2009 as a sedan through mid-2014, and in coupe form from...

It’s easy to spot the vehicles owned by enthusiasts. They always stand out, at least to people who are in the know, probably like are you if you’re reading this. This Land Cruiser did that for us. Dressed with...

For fans of the finest high-performance cars from Japan, the hallowed NISMO® name carries special significance. Combining the first letters of ‘Nissan’ and ‘Motorsport’ into one catchy name that easily rolls off...

A true renaissance was underway at Cadillac during the 1990s in terms of design, technology and performance, headlined by the stunning Evoq concept debuted in 1999, followed by the 2001 Vizon 4-door crossover and...