| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Friday, December 07, 2012 |  | The Aston Martin Vanquish may get a modern engine from Mercedes-Benz offshoot AMG via its new Italian... | | The former owner of Italian motorcycle maker Ducati has bought a 37.5-percent stake in financially strapped British car maker Aston Martin. The move means future Astons could use modern drivelines and electric architectures from  |
|  | | Rotary-engine fans should head over to Bring a Trailer and check out the 1983 Mazda RX-7 being sold by a little old lady. Her kids are...
|  | | ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: There's always plenty of fun to be had behind the wheel of a Mazda MX-5 Miata, even when your commute home isn't very interesting. I had the top down and was cruising at about...
|  | | Porsche is teasing the 2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car on YouTube. It's the first dedicated track car of the 991 generation. The company reportedly will...
|  | | After a tumultuous and sometimes litigious couple of years (which included Steve Saleen the man suing Saleen the company for calling itself Saleen!), Saleen the man, the car and the company with the man again in the driver's seat are back, still in Southern California and still in the bustling...
|  | | This morning I got an instant message from a friend that said simply, "Red Bull does the best stuff." Beneath those words was the link to the above video. While I normally stay away from videos that over five minutes long, this one is well worth watching (a couple dozen times). Titled, "The...
|  | | Rolex will become a major long-term partner of Formula 1 starting in 2013. The luxury watchmaker will become the official timekeeper and official timepiece of the series. According to Rolex, the partnership will reinforce the company's commitment to motor racing and its support of global...
|  | | If a spare tire cover is the one thing keeping you and your Toyota RAV4 off the trails, don't fret. We've found the perfect cover for you, and it's
|  | | Star Mazda champion Jack Hawksworth has signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports for the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights season. The 21-year-old British driver dominated Star Mazda last season with a record number of poles, wins and fastest laps in races. He won eight times with 10 poles in 16 rounds for...
|  | | Lotus is no longer part of the Izod IndyCar Series. Confirmation came Friday morning. There were no details about the departure. IndyCar and Lotus issued statements in the release. “We appreciate the effort that Lotus made in...
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|  | | When Volkswagen shipped a Beetle off to our southernmost continent to be part of the 1963 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, the German concern had only constructed 6 million of the rear-engined, air-cooled little buggers.The final tally landed somewhere around 21 million. In '63,...
|  | | Teaser photos of the production-spec Vygor Opera were revealed today by the Italian carmaker. We have a good shot of the nose and the trunk, as well as a few darkened detail shots. We know what you're thinking. “What the hell is a Vygor Opera?”We're not exactly sure. Just over a year...
|  | | Dutch supercar maker Spyker and the Chinese Youngman Group have agreed on a joint venture to build a new super sport utility vehicle and a group of sedans based on Saab's Phoenix platform. The SUV is scheduled to hit the market by the end of 2014, while no dates for the Phoenix-based sedan were...
|  | | Paint company DuPont released its annual Color Popularity Report on Thursday, and for the second consecutive year, white and white pearl are the most popular car colors in the world. Black and black effects are second, followed by silver then gray.Finally at fifth place a splash of color comes in:...
|  | | I have a bad habit of rooting for the underdog. It's been that way since I was a little boy. My favorite football team is the Detroit Lions, and when I fill out my March Madness brackets, there is always a double-digit seeded team that sneaks into my final four.What can I say? I like long shots.So ...
|  | | The National Motorsports Press Association has unveiled its three-man Class of 2013 for induction into the Joe Weatherly Hall of Fame at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. The 40-year-old organization is open to motorsports writers, broadcasters and photographers from throughout the United States and...
|  | | Paul Miller Racing and driver Bryce Miller have entered into a technical partnership with Michelin for its 2013 American Le Mans Series GT class effort with the No. 48 Chopard/Total Porsche 911 GT3 RSR."We've worked extremely hard over the past two seasons with tire development programs in the ALMS ...
|  | | Ex-Formula One star Robert Kubica—who suffered severe injuries in a rally-car crash almost two years ago—has put himself firmly back on the motorsports map with a stunning performance recently in the French Championship's Rallye du Var. The event is one of the most challenging asphalt...
|  | | NASCAR has scheduled three preseason tests for the new “Generation Six” Sprint Cup cars that will officially debut in the Feb. 24 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. The sanctioning body recently issued its 2013 rules package and confirmed its first test of the cars for Dec....
|  | | Jeff Belskus is IndyCar’s CEO for now. How long he continues in that role remains to be seen.That was the message delivered Thursday by Mark Miles, the soon-to-be CEO of Hulman and Company, the parent organization of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Miles said Belskus, the IMS CEO,...
|  | | Also in this episode: BMW gives us an early look at the upcoming 4-series, and Zora-Arkus Duntov will be honored in the Corvettes USA Great Hall next summer.TRANSCRIPT-- Audi has a fire-breathing rocket wagon that's not coming here.-- BMW tells us almost exactly what the 4-series will look like.--...
|  | | Two years ago, crew chief Mike Ford came agonizingly close to winning the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with Denny Hamlin. The went to the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a 15-point lead over Jimmie Johnson, but struggled to a 14th-place finish and ended the season ...
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