| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  | Drift-car star Vaughn Gittin Jr. launched the Ford Mustang RTR to bring the American pony car to younger generations, who often are more infatuated with low-displacement, high-boost imports than old-school American muscle. The RTR is the creation of Gittin Jr.’s motorsports... |
|  | | Growling like a night owl roused early, the V12 responds to the minuscule increase in pressure on the floor-hinged, cast-aluminum throttle pedal. This 6.3-liter engine makes the F12 Berlinetta Ferrari's fastest-ever road car, yet it is content to saunter in seventh gear among Fiats ferrying Italian ...
|  | | As promised, we've cut together some of the best Woodward Dream Cruise video from our R/C helicopter at the event. The pilot started around 13 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, then made his way up to Birmingham and down to Ferndale, catching...
|  | | The world is lousy with budding supercar makers. Besides the GT-21 Invictus, we've got the Rimac Concept One, the
|  | | 2012 BMW 335i Sedan review notes New 3-series is bigger and nicer, but still behaves like a 3-series EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2012 BMW 335i sedan is a pricey little bugger. It's a very nice, small-to-midsize...
|  | | Chevrolet was in good shape in 1940, ahead of Ford and producing General Motors' 25-millionth car while moving from the crisply upright to the gently wide....
|  | | As a fresh-scrubbed, wide-eyed, utterly likeable 20-year-old, you might have thought Trevor Bayne could have written his own stock-car racing ticket after
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|  | | ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: Personally, I would take my 550-hp 2012 Jaguar XKR-S as a coupe for added structural rigidity and lighter curb weight. I'm not the biggest convertible fan, either. With 40 hp and 40 lb-ft torque more than the XKR thanks to a revised exhaust, a tad more boost and...
|  | | Chevrolet Corvette enthusiasts on Thursday got an up-close look at a car that raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 52 years ago but hasn't been seen for more than 20 years.On the eve of the Corvettes at Carlisle show in Carlisle, Pa., event promoter Lance Miller opened one of his climate-controlled...
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|  | | The end of Monterey Week is always a bittersweet affair for me.It's a year's worth of preparation and anticipation that leads to eight to 10 days of long days and longer nights filled with both work and fun.For me, 2012 was the third consecutive year of jumping on a plane and heading out West for...
|  | | “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” isn't something people say after things go well. It's more of a conciliatory phrase, usually said to soften the blow when plans go awry.Unfortunately, it applies perfectly to my efforts to get my 1951 Packard 200 up and running for the Woodward Dream...
|  | | NASCAR's numbers-crunchers have done the heavy lifting so we don't have to. Thanks to them, we know that 10 drivers can clinch spots in the upcoming Chase for the Championship based on what happens in Saturday night's Irwin Tools 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Seven of them can advance to the 10-...
|  | | This makes so much sense, really. Penske Racing has a vacancy in its No. 22 NASCAR Sprint Cup entry for next season. Roush Fenway Racing still has more potential Sprint Cup drivers than sponsorships to fund them. Trevor Bayne, who in 2011 became the youngest driver, at 20 years and one day, to win...
|  | | Looks like someone at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) got into the box of old issues of Modern Mechanix tucked away in their grandpa's attic. That's the only way we can explain the cool-but-outrageous Captive Air Amphibious Transporter (CAAT) shown above.We figure the low-...
|  | | Whether you inhaled your body weight in hydrocarbons at this year's Woodward Dream Cruise or you had to miss it, you can get a full overview of the biggest collector-car event on the planet in our Woodward video recap. Autoweek editors were headquartered at the legendary Vinsetta Garage, but we...
|  | | If the IZOD IndyCar Series paddock agrees on nothing else—and there are opinions on everything in this sport—everyone wants more engine power. They'd like more oomph from the overtake button, too, and more bang from the 2013 event schedule.The schedule is part of what IndyCar boss Randy ...
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