| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The 2014 Grand Cherokee offers a clean-burning, 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 that cranks out 240 hp and 420 lb-ft ... | | Jeep's latest Grand Cherokee has been an Autoweek favorite since it went on sale roughly 2.5 years ago, but Jeep fans who are also diesel devotees—more than one AW staffer matches the profile—have moaned about the lineup's lack of an oil burner ever since  |
|  | | You are less likely to be in a car accident on a 1,000-mile trip than you are to date a millionaire. Seem unbelievable? Esurance says it's true in an infographic it published recently that compares the odds of common driving mishaps, such as...
|  | | When we think International Harvester, we picture no-nonsense pickups, early SUVs and, of course, agricultural equipment. We certainly don't imagine two-tone art deco service vehicles like the white-on-pastel-blue 1959 International Harvester Metro van
|  | | Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are developing nine- and 10-speed transmissions jointly for use in cars, crossovers, pickups and SUVs. The rivals say partnering on the automatic front- and rear-wheel-drive gearboxes will get them to market faster and cheaper than each automaker could do on its ...
|  | | Mercedes-Benz will add convertible, diesel- and hybrid-powered sedans to its C-class lineup...
|  | | We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Sauber Motorsports...
|  | | ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: After just getting out of our long-term Volkswagen Passat TDI SE a few days ago, I was interested to see what the extra L adds to the SE equation. Looking on the consumer site it seems ...
|  | | One of the highlights of any trip to Texas Motor Speedway is an off-the-cuff session with track president Eddie Gossage. Take two parts P.T. Barnum, two parts “Mad Men's” fictional Don Draper, add in one part Texas' Sam Houston and you start to get an idea of the man. Simply put, ...
|  | | We've heard of enterprising home mechanics making makeshift exhaust hangers out of repurposed wire hangers, but this takes laziness -- or ingenuity -- to the next level. Thanks to Bill Morrow for the photo....
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|  | | Dajiro Yoshihara won the first round of the 2013 Formula Drift series, after narrowly knocking out Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his Ford Mustang in Long Beach this past weekend. Drifting is the art, or sport, of gracefully sliding a car sideways - tires squealing, rubber burning, smoke billowing - along a ...
|  | | Allan McNish made up a deficit of nearly 30 seconds over the final 40 minutes of the 6 Hours of Silverstone to claim a thrilling victory for the No. 2 Audi he shared with Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval from the marque's sister car. The winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro passed the second-place car for...
|  | | Ferrari's Fernando Alonso took care of business in a big way in Shanghai on Sunday, winning the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix by 10 seconds over runner-up Kimi Räikkönen. Lewis Hamilton finished third and points leader Sebastian Vettel climbed from the ninth starting position to finish fourth.Read ...
|  | | Lewis Hamilton earned his second consecutive third-place finish with a third-place effort at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, but denied that he was disappointed given that he'd started from pole.Hamilton lost out to both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, but did at least just manage to hold...
|  | | A medical examiner says a man who died in the infield during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway shot himself in the head.The Tarrant County (Texas) medical examiner's office on Sunday said the death of 42-year-old Kirk Franklin of Saginaw, Tex., was a suicide.Fort Worth police have said a man...
|  | | Kyle Larson held off a furious late-race charge by Joey Logano to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 in dramatic fashion at Rockingham Speedway on Sunday. Saving a set of fresh sticker tires for the end of the race nearly paid off for Logano, but Larson was able to hold him off on the...
|  | | Of the six second-place finishes Martin Truex Jr. has posted since winning his first and only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race back in 2007, the runner-up result Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway was the toughest to take.In reality, though, Truex's failure to win in a superior car was no big...
|  | | Mark Webber’s frustrating weekend at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix left him a three-place grid penalty for next week's race at Bahrain following his collision with Jean-Eric VergneAfter his qualifying penalty in China which sent him to the back of the grid, Webber opted to start from the ...
|  | | He may come from a famous family, but Ben Kennedy is making a name for himself in stock car circles.The grandson of Bill France Jr. and son of International Speedway Corp. executive Lesa France, Kennedy earned his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East victory Saturday night at Florida’s Five Flags ...
|  | | Sebastien Ogier has made it three wins out of four in this year's World Rally Championship with his win at Rally of Portugal on Sunday. Ogier, dogged by a viral infection throughout the event, suffered a scare on Sunday morning when a clutch glitch left him fearing that he'd be forced to retire his ...
|  | | Fernando Alonso put the disappointment of his early collision and retirement in Malaysia behind him by securing a superb Formula One racing victory in Shanghai at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. Alonso didn't put a foot wrong all day, keeping his tires alive better than most of his rivals, timing ...
|  | | Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber and Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez were penalized for causing collisions at Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, and handed grid penalties for next Sunday's Formula One race in Bahrain.Webber was given a three-place penalty for colliding with Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne in...
|  | | Fernando Alonso's win at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday announced the Ferrari driver as a strong contender for the Formula One championship after a comfortable victory in which he claimed to have plenty to spare.Alonso took the lead for good with 13 laps to go and won by 10 seconds from Lotus'...
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