What you missed on 6.23.11

First Drive: 2012 Jaguar XKR-S [w/video]

Donning its latest new costume, the XK is transformed - via the XKR - into the XKR-S. The fastest and most powerful U.S. legal road car Jaguar has ever made, the brief was to create a coupe that could be hellacious around a track yet remain gracious around town.

Review: CARS 2

The amazing thing about the CARS franchise: It's equally appealing to four-year-olds and forty-year-olds. Oh, and anything emblazoned with its V-shaped hood ornament logo or the likes of its lead character Lightning McQueen will sell by the truck load.

Video: 2012 Corvette Z06 laps the 'Ring in 7:22.68, a 20-second improvement

Corvette engineer Jim Mero took a brand new Z06 fitted with the Z07 chassis package to Germany's Nürburgring, only to find out that it's capable of ripping off a 7:22.68 lap time.

Also of interest:

• Saab unable to obtain short-term funding, pay employee wages
• Spy Shots: BMW M6 coupe shows off a little more skin
• Video: Mini uses Google Maps and Facebook to let you race digitally on any road in the world
• Ram HD trucks get new six-speed automatic transmission
• Report: Supplier strike could potentially affect Chevy Sonic launch [UPDATE]

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