| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Friday, February 01, 2013 |  | The SRT Viper, shown here in 2012 at Road Atlanta competing in Petit Le Mans, will be racing at Le Mans this... | | The ACO -- Automobile Club de l'Ouest -- has offered the invitation, and Chrysler has accepted: Two SRT Viper GTS-Rs will be entered in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place June 22-23. It's a return to the race that, arguably, gave the Viper its most triumphant moments. The model finished first and second at the 24 Hours in GTS class competition three straight years, from 1998 to... |
|  | | Toyota is exploring a convertible version of the Scion FR-S coupe and will show a concept of the open-top car at the
|  | | The Dodge Challenger R/T gains a Redline package for those looking to dress up the coupe a bit more. The Challenger R/T Redline debuts at the Chicago Auto Show next week....
|  | | Today we’re taking you back to an era when the future of the Chevrolet Corvair was bright with the optimistic promotional film The Corvair in Action. The feature dives into the development of the rear-engine ...
|  | | UPDATED: Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Chrysler Group posted double-digit sales increases in January, signaling the industry may be starting 2013 on a stronger note than expected. Other automakers will release January sales results later Friday, with Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co....
|  | | McLaren uploaded the first of three short films to its Youtube channel on Friday as part of the company’s 50th anniversary celebration. It’s called...
|  | | NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: I took the lead-off slot in this 2013 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited. It measures up well in this midsize segment. The car offers most of the standard stuff one expects for a Ford Fusion-...
|  | | In our last installment of Project Car Hell, we all plunged screaming into the debarker-equipped vat of ...
|  | | The new Ferrari F138 was unveiled in Maranello, Italy, Friday morning, and the good news for fans of the marque is that the car is a lot more attractive than its predecessor, as the team has taken advantage of the rule that allows designers to hide the unsightly step
|  | | It's as much of a tradition in NASCAR as the races themselves -- drivers' tempers flaring up after some unfavorable on-track contact. The sanitized world of multi-million dollar corporate sponsors aside, competitive people are by...
|  | | Mercedes-Benz is taking a page out of the playbook of the SLS supercar to power up a new version of the C63
|  | | Force India unveiled its new VJM06 at a damp Silverstone on Friday, with Paul Di Resta doing the honors on his own as there is still no decision on the second driver for the team. Like its racing predecessor, the car was designed by a team led by technical director Andrew Green. Force India...
|  | | The ACO released its list of 56 invitees for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans today, and there are no big surprises for the June 22-23 classic. But, as always, the American Le Mans Series has a substantial presence there. Before you ask, no, the Deltawing will not be going back -- we aren’t...
|  | | Actor/racer Patrick Dempsey, star of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" and the owner of his own race team, will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June as a driver and co-owner of a team. The announcement came this morning, as Dempsey was chosen from
|  | | On Thursday it was announced that Michael Shank Racing used an illegal engine in the Ford that took third place at the Rolex 24 last weekend. The car was piloted by Ozz Negri, John Pew, Justin Wilson, Marcos Ambrose and A.J. Allmendinger.
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|  | | Formula One's Red Bull Racing says it has given team director Christian Horner a multi-year contract extension.The team, which confirmed the extension on Thursday, won its third straight constructors' title in 2012, and Sebastian Vettel clinched his third consecutive championship.A former junior...
|  | | Six-time American Le Mans Series champion Olivier Beretta is returning to the series with the Risi Competizione Ferrari team for 2013. The Ferrari factory driver, who won GTS/GT1 titles with the Oreca Chrysler (1999-2000) and Corvette Racing teams (2004-06 and 2011), will race Risi's solo GTE class ...
|  | | Bill Romanowski, who played 16 seasons in the NFL, has signed on as a minority owner of Swan Racing, a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The retired NFL star joins forces with upstart team owner Brandon Davis, who is leading Swan into its first full racing season....
|  | | As we inch closer to the season-opening Daytona 500, expectations and excitement are running high for not only NASCAR and its teams but for fans as well.NASCAR has a lot riding on 2013.More sponsorship opportunities, changes in the next TV deal, the next generation of race cars, the relaunch of...
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|  | | A former business manger for Bill Davis Racing, which fielded teams in the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series as recently as 2009, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $300,000 from the company.Anne Winner, 62, of Summerfield, N.C., pleaded guilty on Tuesday...
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