| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Friday, November 02, 2012 |  | 1959 Ferrari 250 GT... | | RM's London Battersea auction sales this week totaled just more than $23 million, led by a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta “Tour de France” that sold for $3.14 million. More than 80 percent of the lots sold. Other top sellers included a 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Testa Fissa that went for $1.25 million and a... |
|  | | Perhaps a shrink can explain sometime why crows, brook trout and people like shiny things. But until then, know that the Harley-Davidson CVO Breakout attracts an audience like a shimmering lure zaps a rainbow ...
|  | | Chrysler design chief and SRT boss Ralph Gilles took to Twitter for a strongly worded rebuke of Donald Trump, telling the businessman he was "full of shit." Trump on Thursday...
|  | | Fans of Bavarian cars need only travel to Canada to snatch up this 1990 BMW Alpina B10 Biturbo listed at BringATrailer.com. The car is said to be number 135 ...
|  | | Hyundai and Kia overstated the estimated fuel economy on more than 900,000 U.S. vehicles sold over the past two years and will compensate owners for the faulty...
|  | | NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: Curvy and creamy white, the 2012 Subaru Impreza WRX STI looks sinewy yet subtle, though the performance potential is given away by these big, sporty wheels set in wide tires. In short, it looks...
|  | | Ever wonder what it would be like to have a 360-degree view from inside a speeding Formula One car? Who hasn't. But, unless you have access to an F1 car and a track, you probably aren't going to get the chance to see the world fly by you at breakneck speed. However, the folks at Making...
|  | | Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone said today in Abu Dhabi that he is "not concerned" about Bahrain once again hosting a Formula One race despite the ongoing clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters....
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|  | | The SEMA show in Las Vegas is crawling with celebrities from various parts of the auto universe, but few draw a larger crowd than hot-rodder/designer/TV personality Chip Foose. And this year he rolled out a classy vintage Cadillac that was among the highlights of the custom-car extravaganza. The...
|  | | Ron Howard, two-time Academy Award-winning director, (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon), on Thursday delighted a capacity crowd in the Austin (Texas) Hilton Ballroom by previewing a five-minute clip of his much-anticipated Formula One film Rush, due in theaters on Sept. 20th, 2013. The script was...
|  | | Jeff Belskus, interim CEO of IndyCar, posted the following open letter to IndyCar fans on the IndyCar Series Web site on Thursday to address some of the recent moves at the top of IndyCar management:Published: Nov 1, 2012Open Letter to IndyCar Fans:Without a doubt, the last few days have been...
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|  | | Honda's presence at the SEMA show wasn't as boisterous as it has been in past years, but then, in past years there was never anything on the stand powered by palladium, the platinum-group metal.The biggest draw was the "Acura supercar concept." It featured a "palladium-powered 80,000 TOHC 32-valve...
|  | | A minor temblor shook Dearborn, Mich., today with the announcement that Mark Fields, president of the Americas, climbed the golden corporate ladder to grab the chief operating officer ring, setting him up to succeed Alan Mulally in a couple of years. The move did not come as a shock-it only...
|  | | It was hard to pick a favorite of the seven Hyundais on the company's SEMA show stand, so we narrowed it down to these three podium finishers.-- The HATCI Velocity. Pronounced "hatchee" for the Hyundai America Technical Center Inc., this is the design, technology and engineering arm for Hyundai in...
|  | | Circuit of The Americas has revealed the trophies that will be presented to the winner of the 2012 Formula One United States Grand Prix, along with the trophies for the second- and third-place finishers and the winning constructor for the venue's inaugural Grand Prix on Nov. 18. The trophy design...
|  | | HVM Racing will enter the FIA's World Endurance Championship in 2013, team owner Keith Wiggins told Autoweek on Thursday.Plans haven't been finalized, but Wiggins said the core of the staff that remains from HVM's Indianapolis-based IndyCar program will work on the sports-car endeavor with another...
|  | | Once Randy Bernard put the finishing touch on 2013 plans, IndyCar's board of directors reviewed his performance. That's when it became clear he wasn't going to continue as CEO.At least that's how Jeff Belskus, the CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and now IndyCar, explained it in a series of media ...
|  | | Jenson Button believes that the field could be more competitive in Abu Dhabi this weekend than in other recent Formula One races, with more teams potentially involved in the fight.McLaren struggled with its front tires in India but in Abu Dhabi it's the rears that take the heavier load, and Button...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel continues to play down his chances of winning the 2012 Formula One World Championship as the battle enters its final phase.Vettel is 13 points ahead of Fernando Alonso, and if he stays ahead at the end of this weekend, he could clinch the title in Austin.“Obviously there are...
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