| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |  | Pricing for the 2011 Ford Edge SEL starts at $32,845.... | | EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: First off, this is one of the nicest colors of red I’ve seen on a “regular” car in a long time. Love the color. And I also really like what Ford has done with the interior. The dash is all new, and while it might be considered by some to be a bit tedious to operate with the information window on the left of the speedometer and the infotainment ... |
|  | | McLaren-Mercedes Formula One driver Jenson Button still has a chance of repeating as the world champion for 2010--but it's a long shot. Button talks with AutoWeek motorsports editor Mac Morrison about the conditions at the Korean Grand Prix, his driving style compared with that of teammate...
|  | | Nissan is planning to launch three more electric vehicles besides the Leaf hatchback. By 2014, there will be an electric delivery van and a sporty subcompact for the Infiniti brand, in addition to the Leaf, said Pierre Loing, Nissan Europe's head of product planning/electric vehicles. "This...
|  | | Russo and Steele will again stage its Scottsdale auction event, on Jan. 19-23, 2011--but not to the site the company used in prior years In its 11th year, the auction will be held at the intersection of the Loop 101 Freeway and Hayden Road in North Scottsdale, Ariz. The decision to change...
|  | | The Grand-Am-sanctioned Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series will return to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Road America in the 2011 season as part of the 10-race schedule the series announced on Nov.1. Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., last hosted the series in 2009, but it will return...
|  | | Jerry Caldwell, on the staff at Bristol Motor Speedway and Bristol Dragway since 1997, has been named the complex's new general manger. Bruton Smith, chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc., made the announcement on Monday, 15 days after the death of popular track GM Jeff Byrd. Caldwell...
|  | | With the sun rising over the Appalachian Mountains on a crisp fall morning, a line of lovely European sports and classics cars line up to enter the grounds in front of the BMW Zentrum in Greer, S.C., for the annual Euro Auto Fest. Within an hour or so, more than 450 cars are neatly parked in more...
|  | | RM Meadow Brook, Rochester, Mich. July 24, 2010 Red with new black top over white MB Tex vinyl. Six-cylinder inline, 2,308 cc, 170 hp; four-speed manual. Good-quality recent respray. Brightwork good to fair; light pitting to taillight surrounds; taillights are dull. Two...
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|  | | The promoter of the inaugural South Korean Grand Prix is calling for a national enterprise to step forward and create a new Formula One team based in the country.Chung Yung-cho, CEO of the Korea Auto Valley Association, told Reuters, “This is something we really must have: a team and a driver ...
|  | | If you're in the market for a portable navigation unit, features such as spoken street names and reality view/lane assist are worth the money while traffic information, connected services and voice recognition are not as essential, says Consumer Reports magazine. Less expensive navigation models...
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