| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | Michael Schumacher says his performance is improving as he continues his comeback.... | | Michael Schumacher answered his critics by outpacing teammate Nico Rosberg in both practice sessions in Spain on Friday. The Mercedes W01 car has been much revised since the last race in China, where Schumacher admitted to having a subpar race. He has also switched to a different chassis after his original one suffered damage early in the season. The 41-year-old German was third quickest in ... |
|  | | Did you know that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe? That it powers our very sun? That everything in the hydrogen future is going to be so groovy that we'll need tranquilizer darts shot into our necks just to keep from screaming about how great it'll be? There are politicians,...
|  | | More Denali. That's what GMC says heavy-duty truckers want, and that's what the truck maker aims to give them. GMC announced on Friday that the Denali trim will be added to the 2011 Sierra 3500 model in several configurations. It will be offered on the single-wheel and dualie setups, and in two-...
|  | | Spend three or four minutes with Herschel Walker and you'll be tempted to suspend that long-built feeling that most great retired athletes aren't quite the people we'd like them to be. (See Lawrence Taylor's latest stumble, for example). But this is Walker on a typical fuel stop on the 16th-...
|  | | EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: Wow, almost $40 grand for a gussied up Volkswagen Golf. Amazing. Not that this isn't a nice-looking, nice-riding, comfortable car to drive. But man, I am stunned by the sticker. You have to really get into the throttle to get any torque out of this engine. Its ...
|  | | Red Bull Racing star Sebastian Vettel started off the Spanish Grand Prix weekend in the best possible way, as the German set the quickest time in Friday free practice. Vettel was the only Formula One pilot to break the 1 minute, 20 second mark at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, clocking ...
|  | | Felipe Massa says he was not frustrated by Fernando Alonso's opportunistic passing move as the pair came into the pits in China during the most recent Formula One Grand Prix. The Spaniard cut in front of his teammate as they both came into the pit lane and thus had first dibs on a tire change....
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