| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | Lotus plans to roll out a front-engine hybrid car at the Paris motor show that uses the modular-hybrid... | | Lotus is preparing a high-risk concept-car blitz that will redefine its identity at this year's Paris motor show. Sources have confirmed that the sports-car maker will take four all-new models to Paris, including two groundbreaking hybrids. But here's the rub: None of them will be on sale until at least a year and a half after the fall show. The first to become reality will be a modern-... |
|  | | The Mazda MX-5 (Miata) roadster has been with us for more than 20 years. And it's better than ever, as editors Bob Gritzinger and Jon Wong explain....
|  | | EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I liked driving this truck a lot. I'm just not sure why it exists. It's plenty fast, gets 19 or so mpg and weighs as much as a Chevrolet Suburban. This is BMW's first full hybrid, and it's the most powerful hybrid in the world. I can't begin to explain all that is going ...
|  | | Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is reviving a name from the growing list of dead car companies, building a reimagined, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro-based Trans Am for the PlayStation generation. Ken Lingenfelter and his Decatur, Ind., team redesigned almost every panel of the Camaro, leaving only...
|  | | Rubens Barrichello didn't qualify for the infamous 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He cracked his arm and nose in a violent accident during practice, the first blow in what would swiftly become one of the darkest weekends in Formula One history. By Sunday evening, crashes had claimed the lives of...
|  | | “Let's get motorsports back on track,” racing-team owner extraordinaire Chip Ganassi urged a roomful of motorsports movers and shakers gathered in downtown Detroit. They were there for the 22nd-annual induction ceremony for the Motorsports Hall of Fame. “We need to stay relevant....
|  | | As we were packing up to go home on Thursday night, we were gutted with the news that our friend Jack Pitney had died earlier in the day. Details were sketchy, but apparently he died while vacationing on his farm; he was removing a tree stump with a tractor when it flipped over and landed on him,...
|  | | Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fastest in both practice sessions at a rainy Spa-Francorchamps on Friday, emphasizing that he's a serious contender for the world championship. Rain fell for most of the day, and there were spells of thunder and lightning. However, there was a brief dry window at...
|  | | India's Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said it has terminated a four-year agreement with its independent U.S. importer, Global Vehicles U.S.A. Inc., just days after receiving a key U.S. government approval to sell its small-engine diesel pickups in the United States. The certification from the EPA...
|  | | The off-road racing accomplishments of Ivan "Ironman" Stewart might never be matched: 82 major wins in desert racing, 17 of them in the crash-and-bang Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 1000s and others too numerous to squeeze in here over a career that spanned 30 years. The thing that...
|  | | Corvette Racing will swap some drivers this weekend at the American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Canada at Mosport. Olivier Beretta will move to the No. 3 GT2-class Compuware Corvette, joining Johnny O'Connell. Jan Magnussen will rejoin old teammate Oliver Gavin in the No. 4. All four drivers...
|  | | In a significant reversal of policy, International Speedway Corp. has promised to keep sending two Sprint Cup races a year for the next five years to Martinsville Speedway, the popular little half-mile bullring that was part of the first Cup season of 1949. Normally, tracks that have Cup dates...
|  | | We spiced up this year's Woodward Dream Cruise by rolling in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Ride along with managing editor Bob Gritzinger....
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