| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | Reports say the Renault Alpine A110-50 concept will have a mid-engine V6 with roughly 400 hp and 310 lb-ft of ... | | Just days before the public reveal of the Renault Alpine A110-50 concept at the Monaco Grand Prix, a leaked image has hit the Web. Eerily similar to the Renault DeZir concept from the 2010 Paris motor show, the A110-50 is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Renault Alpine A110. According to the  |
|  | | Audi's Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts debuted as a free, high-definition iTunes download on Tuesday. The company's second Le Mans documentary made its television debut on Speed in early May. The new film follows
|  | | Is $135,000 too much for a big boy's weekend toy? Not as reigning ALMS champ Chris Dyson sees it, if the big boys happen to be the growing cadre of well-heeled track-day enthusiasts, and the toy is essentially a pure-bred race car. Dyson's...
|  | | Darn it if we aren't always loath to turn in the keys to our utility vehicles, which only means that we're part of the mouth-breathing masses of SUV-driving Americans clogging up the roadways despite the protestations of our sports-car-fueled souls. Perhaps that's just the way these things work: We ...
|  | | Corvette . . . That name has had magical qualities for me since the day in 1964 when my dad and brother split the cost and bought a Sting Ray. It was love at first sight for me. My family kept our car keys in a jar by the door, and I used to get up early--something few teenage boys...
|  | | A survey by Consumer Reports magazine finds that fuel economy is most important to car buyers. Nearly 40 percent of those surveyed ranked gas mileage as the No. 1 buying factor. That was followed by quality (17 percent), safety (16 percent) and value (14 percent.) Only 6 percent of the 2,...
|  | | Chrysler is recalling automatic-transmission-equipped 2010 Jeep Wranglers for a problem with the transmission skid plate. The plate, meant to protect delicate...
|  | | F1 Group majority shareholder CVC Capital Partners has confirmed that it has sold a large chunk of its stake in the business. In a statement, the company said that “three leading institutional investors have together invested U.S. $1.6 billion in cash for equity interests in Formula 1,...
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