| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |  | There's no need to tuck your sports car away when the snow falls--if you learn how to master driving in icy... | | Don't let trivialities like sub-zero temperatures and snowfall keep your sports car stuck in the garage all winter. We attended three winter-driving schools that embrace the art of slipping and gliding over icy surfaces, and graduated from each with a newfound confidence in the high-stakes game of low-friction supercar control.... |
|  | | The Nissan GT Academy returns on Thursday night on Spike TV at 11:30 p.m. Normally we’d post a review on Thursday, but we’re going to be in a turkey coma on the couch just like you. If you didn’t catch ...
|  | | LeMay, America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash., has named auto journalists Thomas L. Bryant and Ken Gross as co-guest curators of the museum, which opened earlier this year. “America’s Car Museum is about illustrating America’s love...
|  | | NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG is an effortless assassin, offering an abundance of power delivered in smooth, athletic fashion. The naturally aspirated V8 is the critical element in this...
|  | | Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali had no doubts about making the decision to drop Felipe Massa down the grid in Austin in order to give teammate Fernando Alonso an improved spot on the starting grid for the Formula One...
|  | | McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says that Lewis Hamilton's victory in the United States Grand Prix came as a welcome boost after the recent run of misfortune. It was also achieved in one of the highest profile event of the...
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|  | | Audi of America will begin offering 3.0-liter V6 diesel engines in the A8, A7 and A6 cars and the Q5 crossover beginning next year.The four TDI diesel-equipped models will make their debuts next week at the Los Angeles auto show. Audi already offers a diesel powerplant in the Q7 crossover but the...
|  | | Ford confirmed Monday its three-cylinder 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine will arrive next year in the 2014 Ford Fiesta. The unit is expected to achieve an output of about 123 hp and 148 lb-ft of torque. The Blue Oval says the engine has a higher specific output than any engine in its stable.Several...
|  | | There is a fine line, if any, between axiom and cliché, and I despise the use of either. But on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the new Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas, the first United States Formula One Grand Prix in five years is described no better than the following, which is familiar to...
|  | | To say it’s been a tough couple of weeks for residents of New Jersey would be an understatement. Many are still without power, while thousands more are coping with devastating damage to their homes and businesses. Making matters worse, a crippling gas shortage followed by statewide rationing...
|  | | The first Ferrari F12 Berlinetta in the United States was sold on Saturday at the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas for $1.125 million. The auction benefited Hurricane Sandy victims. Bidding started at $315,888 and the price rose quickly with bids coming in from live bidders and by phone....
|  | | On first glance, the Performance Garage Club in Frenchtown, N.J., is vaguely reminiscent of a hospital nursery. Classic cars—of various vintages and values—are in tidy rows, hooked up to battery tenders and wrapped in soft beige covers. The temperature in the garage is kept around 65...
|  | | McLaren Racing CEO and McLaren Group COO Martin Whitmarsh, 54, sat down with Autoweekracing.com during the USGP weekend at the new Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. Among the topics discussed by the 24-year veteran of the sport were Formula One's return to the U.S., which driver he would...
|  | | Lewis Hamilton scored a brilliant win for McLaren in the inaugural Formula One USGP in Austin after an exciting race that proved to be a huge success in every way. Circuit of the Americas claimed a race day crowd of more than 117,000, and the packed stands and general admission areas suggested that ...
|  | | By the time the celebration finally ends –oh, maybe around the middle of next Tuesday – we might have some vague idea of what kind of NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski will become. For sure, we know he’ll be free-wheeling and fun-loving and wide-freaking-open. He’ll ...
|  | | Elliott Sadler has found a new home.On Monday, Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs confirmed that Sadler would join the organization beginning in 2013.Sadler will drive full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, teaming with Brian Vickers.Sadler has been the runner-up for the Nationwide...
|  | | A famous Texan, billionaire Ross Perot, once described the prospect of American jobs being lost overseas as a "giant sucking sound." How sad it will be if that colorful phrase is soon applied to the Formula One career of Lewis Hamilton that is vanishing down the same black hole that swallowed...
|  | | Less than six months ago, there was some big time skepticism surrounding whether or not the Circuit of the Americas would even be completed, let alone be ready for a Formula One race.However, after Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix in Austin went off without a hitch, no one is talking about what they were...
|  | | Formula One front runner Sebastian Vettel heads to the Brazilian GP with a 13-point lead over Fernando Alonso after losing out to Lewis Hamilton in Austin.Vettel led for most of the race until Hamilton passed him on the 42nd lap, and thus added only three points to his previous advantage over title ...
|  | | Christian Horner smiled inside the Red Bull tent on Saturday when it was brought to his attention that the music was blaring out of Red Bull Racing's Formula One garage louder—and later—than any other garage at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Friday night.The Red Bull...
|  | | This weekend was huge for motorsports in the United States, so watch out for spoilers as we take a look at results from the Formula One United States Grand Prix, NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series.TRANSCRIPT-- The Sprint Cup championship is wrapped up in Miami.-- F1 goes back to the...
|  | | When it comes to blandly functional transportation, it's harder to get more bland and functional than the eighth-generation Toyota Corolla. Rumor has it that every exterior paint option was simply the same shade of beige with a variety of clever names attached to it. The color shown here is,...
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