| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The 2013 BMW M5 Sport has fewer cylinders, but more power. That's OK with us.... | | ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: The last-generation BMW M5 was a riot with a big, high-strung V10 sitting under the hood. It was rated at 500-hp that was achieved way up at 7,750 rpm, which suited my tastes just fine since I grew up pedaling high-revving  |
|  | | Porsche executives said 2012 was the best sales year in the company’s 63-year history. The German automaker’s executives discussed finances at their annual press conference, held today at Porsche’s Stuttgart headquarters. Matthias Müller, chairman of the executive board,...
|  | | Toyota driver Denny Hamlin has dropped his announced plans to appeal his recent $25,000 fine from NASCAR, but still says he won’t pay it. As is its right, the...
|  | | Last week, the poor souls wailing and gnashing their teeth in the Hell Garage had to choose one of a pair of highly challenging project Lotuses. Well, all the "dim, flicker, and off" and "get home before...
|  | | Injured NASCAR driver Michael Annett was doing pretty well until he caught a spring cold the other day. “I’ve found that sneezing is about the most painful thing there is,” he said on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “Other than that, I’m doing good. I feel great. I...
|  | | Lewis Hamilton was pleased with the progress of Mercedes in Melbourne despite an incident in Thursday's second Formula One...
|  | | Hometown star Michael McGuire will start from the pole for Saturday afternoon’s season-opening NASCAR K&N Pro East Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Toyota driver from nearby Vinton, Va. was Thursday afternoon’s fast qualifier at 120.694 miles per hour. It was his first career...
|  | | McLaren’s 2013 Formula One season got off to a disastrous start in Australia as the car proved to be a handful to drive and well off the front running pace. The team concedes that the MP4-28 has some fundamental problems, notably with ride...
|  | | After much talk about an unpredictable 2013 season during the winter Red Bull Racing proved to be the class of the Formula One field on the first day in Melbourne in preparation for Sunday's
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|  | | Porsche revealed its track-ready 911 GT3 at the Geneva motor show earlier this month. The lightweight 911 will go on sale in late 2013 as a 2014 model. On Wednesday, Porsche published the first sweet teaser video of the car in action on its YouTube channel.The new 911 GT3 costs $133,350, including...
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|  | | Grand-Am and the American Le Mans Series on Thursday finally announced the name of their newly merged series: “United SportsCar Racing” will indeed replace the “Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series” and “American Le Mans Series” labels when the two organizations...
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|  | | Even if you aren't a huge drag racing fan, if you like speed, you'll like this video.Watch as NHRA Funny Car World Champion Tony Pedregon takes and 8,000 horsepower, nitro-powered V-8 Funny Car down the strip at Las Vegas. Oh, it's also in super slow motion. Enjoy....
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