| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Thursday, January 13, 2011 |  | Clad in a fresh look, the third-generation SLK roadster is more sculpted and more confident than its strong-... | | Following its premature unveiling in a French-language marketing video late last year, Mercedes-Benz has now issued official photographs of the new SLK. Set to make its debut at the German carmaker's 125th birthday celebrations in Stuttgart at the end of January--prior to North American sales beginning this summer--the popular two-seat roadster was thoroughly re-engineered with a new rear-... |
|  | | Cars from Porsche, BMW, Chrysler and Ford have been named by AutoWeek editors as being the standouts at this year's Detroit auto show--led by the Porsche 918 RSR concept being our Best In Show honoree. “The 2011 Detroit show had more than two dozen new models and reinforced the new...
|  | | Few vehicles screamed for a redesign more than the Infiniti QX56. And although the styling on the new-for-2011 model remains somewhat polarizing, we haven't encountered anyone who prefers the old look, a design we not so affectionately called "the broken camel." In reality, we were split on...
|  | | EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: Since the Touareg hit the market a few years back, we've driven all manner of Volkswagen's sport-ute, from basic V6 gasoline-engine models to V10 diesel-powered monsters. Now comes the hybrid, combining a strong, supercharged V6 gasoline engine...
|  | | Ex-Formula One driver and fan favorite Jean Alesi is now an official ambassador for Lotus Motorsport, the company said Thursday. The 46-year-old Frenchman will work on Lotus's F1-inspired Type 125 track-day car. “I’m delighted to be partnering with Lotus, I have a lot of affection...
|  | | Some say the devil is in the details, but the details are where Audi sets itself apart from the luxury field. Achim Badstuebner, Audi's head of exterior design, says the maker of sports and luxury cars is always focusing on small things--such as door handles, the C-pillars and its familiar five-...
|  | | McLaren Automotive design boss Frank Stephenson detailed his company's transformation from strictly racing to producing road-going models on Thursday at the AutoWeek Design Forum. McLaren is launching the highly anticipated MP4-12C this year, and the company has been hard at work refining ...
|  | | What is inspiration? Johnson Controls design vice president Michael Warsaw pondered that and other style themes on Thursday morning at the AutoWeek Design Forum in Detroit. "It's about having a vision--it's about having that vision be your guidepost," he said. Inspiration for his...
|  | | UPDATED -- According to reports in Europe, Formula One will finally broadcast Grands Prix in true high definition when the season starts with practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 11. Germany's Sky TV earlier this week said it would present F1 in HD in 2011, and F1 management followed...
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|  | | Teammates Giniel de Villers and Dirk von Zitzewitz won their first Dakar Rally stage on Wednesday during the event's 10th stage, while their Volkswagen teammates continued to extend their overall lead. In the ongoing battle between Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah and Carlos Sainz, both suffered navigation...
|  | | Ex-Formula One test driver James Rossiter has inked a contract to become a test and development driver for Lotus Motorsport in a deal that could lead to a race seat in the Izod IndyCar Series. Rossiter, who tested for the BAR-Honda and Super Aguri F1 teams in 2005-08, has been part of Lotus's...
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|  | | Leo and Greg Mansell, the sons of 1992 Formula One world champion and 1993 CART World Series champion Nigel Mansell, will debut Lotus's new Evora GT4 endurance racer on Jan. 14 in the sixth running of the Dubai 24-hour race.Twenty-six-year-old Leo Mansell and 23-year-old Greg Mansell will join...
|  | | Popular NASCAR veteran Mark Martin will race the full Sprint Cup Series schedule again for Hendrick Motorsports in 2011, but he also will return to action in the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series for Turner Motorsports, the team announced on Wednesday. Martin will drive the No....
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