| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |  | Henrik Fisker, referring to himself in the third person, said: "The main reasons for his resignation are... | | Henrik Fisker, founder and executive chairman of struggling plug-in hybrid vehicle maker Fisker Automotive, has resigned. In an email today to Automotive News, Henrik Fisker, referring to himself in the third person, said: "The main reasons for his resignation are several major disagreements that Henrik Fisker has with the... |
|  | | Ahead of this weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, officials from the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series will on Thursday (March 14) reveal the new name that the recently combined series will assume in 2014. We also expect them to announce the names of each class of...
|  | | Many vehicles are moving to smaller engines for improved fuel economy, and the 2013 Toyota Rav4 is no different -- which is one reason the 269-hp V6 engine option has hit the road. Low sales were another. Associate...
|  | | SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL After a weekend of freeway driving in the mighty Subaru BRZ long-termer, I was ready to make my commute in something really comfortable. It's not that the
|  | | Federal safety regulators are looking at three General Motors vehicles for potential brake light defects that could result in a recall of more than a million midsize vehicles. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration spokesman said...
|  | | Professional wheelman Tanner Foust is teaming up with Cobb Tuning to create the Tanner Foust Edition Ford Focus ST. The car will go on sale later this year. Loosely based on the concept unveiled at the SEMA show in...
|  | | Racing and motorsports industry legends Jack Chrisman, Harvey Firestone, Masten Gregory, Brad Lackey, Bud Moore, Robert E. Petersen and Alex Zanardi will be this year's Silver Anniversary inductees into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America at the organization's 25th Annual Induction Ceremony...
|  | | A busy week for A.J. Allmendinger is about to get even busier. After a two-day IndyCar test session early this week at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, the...
|  | | NASCAR has reinstated driver Jeremy Clements upon the successful completion of stipulations following his...
|  | | Izod IndyCar Series star Will Power on Tuesday topped the first day of IndyCar's preseason testing at Alabama's Barber Motorsports...
|  | | Izod IndyCar Series frontrunner Team Penske has announced that Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc., the nation's largest online mortgage lender and third-largest mortgage lender in the country, will join the team’s IndyCar Series racing...
|  | | Mark Miles’ bid to bring more of IndyCar’s stakeholders into the process of running the organization has resulted in the formation of a competition committee. The group will include 11 regular members who have the ability to...
|  | | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing’s Klaus Graf set the best time in Tuesday’s second session as testing continued for this weekend’s 61st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The defending P1 co-champion in the American Le Mans Series set a...
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|  | | Lucas di Grassi set the fastest time in the opening day of testing for the 61st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring for Audi Sport, a lap of 1:46.262 (126.706 mph) in the No. 2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid prototype on Monday.The Brazilian, a past Formula One regular and current test driver for...
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