| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Tuesday, November 06, 2012 |  | An artist's rendering of the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car traveling at an absurd rate of speed.... | | The ambitious British Bloodhound SuperSonic Car project took a significant step forward in the quest to raise the world's land speed record to 1,000 mph when the machine's main power unit—a spectacularly forceful rocket engine—was successfully test fired Oct. 3. The rocket is believed to be the largest... |
|  | | It’s rare that we see a car on BringaTrailer.com that we don’t instantly recognize. This 1953 Siata Daina Gran Sport is one of the few. Siata was an Italian tuning shop that joined the likes of
|  | | A 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo Roadster took Best-in-Show honors at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and it was recently enlisted to help raise funds so other historic vehicles can shine in such limelight. The Mercedes-Benz was the centerpiece at a fundraising event at...
|  | | The nine-speed transmission might be where the race to add gears ends, ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer said. He referred to nine speeds as the "natural limit" because going beyond that number adds weight and complexity that cannot be offset by gains in fuel efficiency. "There is no hard...
|  | | The redesigned Maserati Quattroporte sedan will debut at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. It will go on sale next...
|  | | EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: In this fifth-gen Altima, Nissan takes the car yet another step closer to the flagship
|  | | Graham Rahal figures to soon be driving for his father's IndyCar Series team, but a deal hasn't been finalized just yet, he told Autoweek on Tuesday. The driver referred all additional questions about his 2013 employment status to his father, Bobby Rahal, after veteran motorsports...
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|  | | Nissan revealed the next iteration of the Japanese-spec GT-R supercar last week. The 2013 model will enter that market sometime this month, but those sold in the U.S. will debut in January and be sold as 2014 models. Improvements span the engine, chassis and interior, along with some trim upgrades. ...
|  | | Domino's Pizza recently put out a call to its fans to design the ultimate pizza-delivery vehicle. Those fans answered the call, and the winner was Anej Kostrevic of Slovenia. What he came up with was a Smart Car-looking vehicle with large sliding shelves for several hot bags of pizza, a...
|  | | Hang around road-race courses during vintage weekends in the Southeast long enough, and you'll run into half a dozen guys in MGAs and Minis, part of a group known as Zapata Racing. This team of British car nuts includes expert driver Phil Wicks (he drove the red Mini in the original 1969 film The...
|  | | Wanting a larger chunk of Fiat 500 hatchback buyers' aftermarket dollars, Fiat USA has opened Fiat Custom Shop to build customized vehicles ordered from a menu at dealerships.Tim Kuniskis, head of the Fiat brand in the United States, said the Custom Shop would add parts that will fall under the...
|  | | Six months into our yearlong journey with an Electronic blue Kia Rio SX and we're still enamored with all the features packed into the compact hatchback. “This rig is well appointed. The options really make the Rio feel premium with a crystal-clear backup camera, seat heaters, expansive...
|  | | Italian Formula Three star Eddie Cheever will test a 2010 Ferrari F10 at Rome's Vallelunga track on Nov. 9. His chance some 35 years after his famous father undertook a similar test, also by coincidence when he was 19 years old.The older Eddie Cheever tested a 312T2 in 1977 with a view to landing a ...
|  | | Tim Wardrop, one of open-wheel racing’s most respected engineers, died Oct. 27 after a lengthy illness. He was 62.The British-born Wardrop is probably best known in the United States for serving as the engineer for Arie Luyendyk when two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Luyendyk established the...
|  | | Robert Kubica is on his way back.After a horrific rallying crash in February of 2011 that left one of his forearms partially severed, the Pole, who also drove in Formula One, has agreed to drive one of Citroen's C4 WRCs in two major events in November.His rehabilitation has taken longer than...
|  | | Watch out for spoilers as we review the results of the weekend Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and NASCAR Sprint Cup races, and stick around as we take a look at the new Renault-Caterham partnership.TRANSCRIPT-- The comeback kid gets the win in Abu Dhabi.-- Renault and Caterham are expanding their ...
|  | | Fuel shortages remain a very serious problem in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Still, there's a right way to help those in need (like volunteering or contributing to the Red Cross) and a wrong way. Yunus Latif's attempt to render aid turned out to be the latter.Although we admire Latif's...
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