| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |  | Bentley will add a 4.0-liter V8 model to the Continental GT range. The GT with W12 power bows at the Paris... | | Bentley will add a 4.0-liter V8 model to the Continental GT range after it retools its elegant coupe for the 2011 model year. The sportier-looking GT will be revealed at the Paris motor show late this month with the familiar W12 power. The V8 hits the market as a '12 model in about 18 months. “The V8 is our hedge against fuel-price spikes, carbon-dioxide-related legislation and... |
|  | | WITH VIDEO -- What is it? Hyundai boldly steps up to the luxury-car class with this full-size, rear-drive, V8-powered luxo cruiser. It is loaded with every imaginable tchotchke feature known to man: 12-way driver's seat, seat massages all around, smart cruise control, lane-...
|  | | The big news at Mazda is a new family of direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines that will start to arrive in 2011. Mazda will make significant changes to vehicle platforms to accommodate the Sky engines, which will be more powerful and fuel-efficient at lower displacements than the...
|  | | Kamui Kobayashi will stay with the Sauber Formula One team in 2011 after a strong second half of the season, the team said on Tuesday. Pedro de la Rosa's future remains in doubt. The team said the "second driver for the 2011 season will be announced at a later date." It remains to be seen...
|  | | The 2011 BMW 335i sedan is a car that is perfect in nearly every way. Editors Wes Raynal and Mac Morrison give their impressions of this recent visitor to the AutoWeek fleet of test cars....
|  | | WITH VIDEO -- Former HRT Formula One race driver Karun Chandhok had the privilege of opening the new Korean Grand Prix venue over the weekend, behind the wheel of a 2010 Red Bull Racing F1 car. The Indian racer drove the Red Bull as part of an event at the track which is set to host the...
|  | | Will Power doesn’t want to hear this: Twice in the past three years, the Izod IndyCar Series driver leading the points with two races left did not win the title. The average swing was 27 points. And, in the case of the one driver who did hold on for the title during that stretch--Scott...
|  | | NASCAR seems intent on changing the format for its season-ending Chase for the Championship playoff in the Sprint Cup Series for next year. The 2011 championship series could very well come down to only two drivers at the last race of the season. One story says it will work like this: The top 16 ...
|  | | It looks as if Wal-Mart and Hendrick Motorsports won’t team up on Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 Chevrolet next year, after all. There was strong speculation last week that the Arkansas-based retailer might replace DuPont as Gordon’s primary sponsor in 2011, but that’s not likely to...
|  | | There was never any question that Bill Elliott’s only son would at least try stock-car racing. Now, there’s no question that Ford driver Chase Elliott will get at least beyond the beginner stage. This past Saturday, while his father was with the Wood Brothers to race at Atlanta Motor ...
|  | | Two-time German DTM Series champion Mattias Ekstrom appears set to make his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start in Saturday night's 400-lap, 300-mile race at Richmond International Raceway. Ekstrom should replace Reed Sorenson at Team Red Bull. Sorenson has filled in on several occasions while ...
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