img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/porsche/fe/porsche_fe_727101_196.jpg’ / What’s the quickest way to drive to Texas from California to get some good BBQ? In a Porsche 911 Turbo, of course. So we did.

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/pagani/zonda/2010/fe/2010_pagani_zonda_actf34_fe_826101_196.jpg’ / The 2010 Pagani Zonda R is not the sort of supercar you see every day. But then this track car with a 739-hp Mercedes V12 has to be special to have broken the lap record at the Nurburgring.

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/ferrari/599xx/2010/fe/2010_ferrari_599xx_actf34_fe_819102_196.jpg’ / It’ll cost you $1.8 million and you can’t even drive it home. It’s called the Ferrari 599XX and what it offers is a 720-horsepower V12 and an entire race team to take care of it.

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/audi/a6/2012/fe/2012_audi_a6_f34_fe_82610_196.jpg’ / The 2012 Audi A6 has been completely redesigned and we have the latest information on the new luxury sedan due out next year.

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/tyrrell/1977-p34/fe/tyrrell_1977-p34_actf34_fe_810105_196.jpg’ / Once the future seemed to include the six-wheeled Formula 1 car, a bold vision of radical technology. We drive the 1977 Tyrrell P34 F1 car and learn what went wrong (and scare ourselves silly, too).

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/chevrolet/corvette/2010/fe/2010_chevrolet_corvette_actf34_fe_811101_196.jpg’ / Every car guy should master the powerslide before he dies. Here are nearly four dozen of our favorite photos, plus a video highlights reel, of powerful cars getting sideways. Glorious smoke plumes included.

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/hummer/h3/2010/fe/2010_hummer_h3_actf34_fe_811101_196.jpg’ / Driving the Geiger Cars Hummer H3 Sno-Cat at the Nurburgring, a midwinter stunt with 3 feet of freshly fallen snow and a weird orange lobster with caterpillar treads. Will we set a track record?

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/ford/mustang/2012/fe/2012_ford_mustang_actf34_fe_813103_196.jpg’ / All the details on the 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/bmw/m3/1989/fe/1989_bmw_m3_group_fe_727103_196.jpg’ / BMW is beginning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BMW M3, so we compare the 200-hp 1986 BMW M3 with the 414-hp 2010 BMW 3. Is one twice as good as the other?

img src=’http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/mercedes-benz/carlsson-c25/2010/fe/2010_mercedes-benz_carlsson-c25_actf34_fe_803101_196.jpg’ / This is aftermarket tuning taken to the extreme. It’s the 2010 Carlsson C25 and it features a 743-hp V12, not to mention styling that barely hints at the Mercedes-Benz SL buried underneath.