| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |  | A pair of camouflaged Ford pickups was spotted on the road near the company's Dearborn, Mich. headquarters.... | | A pair of completely camouflaged trucks spied testing near the Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. prove that the Blue Oval is definitely hard at work on its next generation F-series pickup headed our way in 2015. Beyond that, it's all speculation.... |
|  | | Alex Tremulis was an eclectic visionary who saw the future in swoops, curls, bubble tops, and hand-formed metal. At the precarious age of 19, without any training, he landed at Cord Automobile and helped develop the...
|  | | It would appear that winning five Sprint Cup Series Championships isn't enough to earn a driver the benefit of the doubt. NASCAR conspiracy theorists have come up with the idea that Jimmie Johnson intentionally wrecked the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet while celebrating his
|  | | Just by a hair, the John Wyer GT40 beat the Porsche 908 for a win in the 1969 Le Mans. The GT40 and the 908 raced almost wheel-to-wheel throughout the last hour of the event, leading to what was “one of the closest finishes ever seen at Le Mans," according to the Autoweek article....
|  | | NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2013 Hyundai Elantra SE coupe feels almost premium and offers a solid value for the price. It's stylish, and the exterior design is smartly done with curves and a bit of bling in ...
|  | | Despite Europe's economic slump 20 years ago, mainstream and exotic automakers wowed at the 1993 Geneva motor show. Ferrari showed the 348 Spider,
|  | | Coming off its most successful season to date in the American Le Mans, Level 5 Motorsports and Scott Tucker have assembled a star-...
|  | | On Monday, it was reported that at least three of the 28 people injured in the Feb. 23 crash during the NASCAR Nationwide race had retained Orlando-based...
|  | | Team China Racing is the second team to sign up for next year's environmentally friendly Formula E championship, which will feature zero-emission cars racing in 10 cities around the world. China Racing was officially proposed to motor sport's governing body as one of the 10 teams taking part....
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|  | | The format for this year's $1 million-to-win NASCAR Sprint All-Star race in Charlotte uses elements of the format Autoweek proposed last July. In the AW suggestion, drivers started the final “payoff” segment based on how few points they earned through the first four segments. They'd...
|  | | The next-generation, European-spec Volkswagen GTI will be revealed next week at the Geneva motor show, featuring two states of tune and improved fuel economy.The GTI goes on sale in May in Europe. It's based on the seventh generation of the Golf, which has yet to come to the United States.The GTI...
|  | | It's not so much that your author has anything against paintball, per se. Running around while zapping one's friends is a time-honored recreational tradition. It's just, um, paintball enthusiasts who often seem to get his goat.The same could be said for the current generation of stereotypical Audi...
|  | | A tacky salesperson continues to be the biggest turn-off in the car-shopping experience, according to a report released Tuesday from Lab 42, a market research company. To gather data, Lab 42 surveyed 500 adult car buyers in the United States, from Feb. 10-13. Survey results show that an aggressive...
|  | | Three months ago there was serious doubt there would be a Desert Concours in Palm Springs in 2013, or rather, a Desert Concours managed by its founder, Paul Merrigan. Chuck Swimmer, from San Diego, is sure glad this year’s event took place as his 1931 Chrysler Imperial CG Roadster was named...
|  | | According to espn.com, three NASCAR fans injured during the Feb. 23 Nationwide Series race -- when crash debris flew into the crowd at Daytona International Speedway -- have hired an Orlando, Fla., law firm to represent them.Reports on the ground at Daytona over the weekend said at least 28 fans...
|  | | There's just something special about a lovingly neglected Mercedes-Benz W123 300TD estate wagon that excites us. Perhaps it's the knowledge that we could, at any time, pick one up for a very reasonable sum and drive it across Africa with minimal mechanical modification. But this … thing...
|  | | Japanese brands, led by Lexus, Subaru and Mazda, continue to dominate Consumer Reports' rankings of the best light vehicles on the market, claiming "top pick" honors in seven out of 10 product segments and capturing the top seven spots for overall brand reliability and performance.The brands that...
|  | | Deaths among new drivers in the beginning of 2012 increased 19 percent, according to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association.Overall, 16- and 17-year-old driver deaths increased from 202 to 240.The report is based on preliminary data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
|  | | Michael Annett, injured in a late-race crash in Saturday afternoon's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway, suffered a fracture and dislocation of his sternum. He will undergo immediately surgery in Charlotte and will be out of the No. 43 Ford Mustang for an extended period of...
|  | | This year's bumper crop of Formula One rookies reflects the inexorable move by teams toward drivers who bring budgets, and away from those who have made it to the top based on pure merit.The grid for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 17 will see five drivers make their first F1...
|  | | Former full-time Sprint Cup driver A.J. Allmendinger will make his 2013 NASCAR debut in Sunday afternoon's 500-kilometer, 312-mile race at Phoenix International Raceway. After watching Regan Smith drive the No. 51 Chevrolet in last weekend's Daytona 500, Allmendinger will get his shot with owner...
|  | | Perhaps Mike Conway should be blamed for this. Remember last year when the one-time Izod IndyCar Series race winner said he didn't feel comfortable on oval tracks and asked to forgo them? Since then, the entire series has been remaking itself.From drivers who now share rides to those who switch...
|  | | Also in this episode: We get one more peek at the Rolls-Royce Wraith ahead of the Geneva motor show reveal, and Nissan says there is a Nismo GT-R in the works. TRANSCRIPT-- The McLaren P1 is fully exposed.-- Rolls-Royce teases the Wraith one more time.-- And Nissan is working on a high-performance...
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