With improvements made to the race car using feedback from driver Ken Gushi, the Lexus IS-F CCS-R set out to conquer this year’s Pikes Peak in hopes of joining the nine-minute club. For 2013, Lexus ...

As we wait for the 2014 Lexus IS to arrive in dealerships a bit later this year, we’ll take another look at the outgoing IS model’s track-ready version as it was recently raced around the Fuji ...

Some critics have suggested that the Volkswagen CC may have lost some of its visual verve following its 2012 facelift, the original CC’s organic “four-door coupe” form having been made a bit more ...

Known for comfortable luxury, we take a look at the Lexus brand’s emerging focus on performance. Lexus is working hard to reinvent itself, to change its image from stuffy and squishy to poised and ...

Nelson Ireson June 15, 2012 Comment Now! It's incredible that Pikes Peak exists as a public road. It's even more incredible that people race up it--the narrow two-lane surface, now mostly paved, is ...

Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

Volkswagen has just presented the new Passat CC R-line, a sporty model that is already available for ordering. The R designation brings a number of enhancements, at both the exterior and the interior.

Next month’s 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb is shaping up to be a cracker, with one of the wildest and most varied selection of cars we’ve ever seen set to tackle the climb this year. Fresh from his ...

DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: The 2014 Volkswagen CC R-Line is an attractive enough car, but its steep $34,000 price is pure style over substance. Compared to the Passat, you get a more cramped cockpit, ...