Arias Pistons 12.5:1 Compression 82mm Bore Honda B-series on 2040-parts.com

Redesigned 2013 Lexus LS offers new sheetmetal, safety features

Lexus Division unveiled its new LS 460 flagship luxury sedan that arrives in dealerships this fall, with standard and long-wheelbase editions, a hybrid version and a new F-Sport trim level with improved handling dynamics. Despite its sheet metal changes, the car is actually little changed underneath. Its 4.6-liter V8 engine and eight-speed transmission are basically carryover, at a time when luxury brands are using powertrain technology as a differentiating ploy.

Porsche 959 prototype to cross the block at Barrett-Jackson

When Professor Helmuth Bott arrived at the fledgling Porsche sports-car company in 1952, he was in his late 20s. The young engineer's first assignment was setting up a gearbox test stand for the company's new all-syncromesh Type 519 transaxle. Thirty-one years later, he gave the go-ahead for the development of a car that was to be the ultimate bleeding edge of what Porsche knew about building a rear-engined sports car.

Lamborgini Jota (or nota Jota) Tease 5

Lamborghini Paris 2010 Tease 5 Normally, we’d have given up now out of sheer boredom. But sometimes you go past the point when you should have said ‘Can’t be arsed’ and you get to the point where you might as well carry on. That’s where we’re at with the Lamborghini Jota / NotaJota tease which has been going on for months.