| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | GM says the Rivera concept offers a preview of Buick's future design language.... | | Holographics, gullwing doors and wireless Internet -- this isn't your father's Buick; General Motors revealed the Buick Riviera concept at the Shanghai auto show this week. The Riviera concept is a plug-in hybrid vehicle, and GM's Shanghai president, Ye Yongming, says the... |
|  | | It's almost like Volkswagen is crafting a BMW X6M-fighter. Almost. That's the first impression when analyzing the sporty looks and proportions—and...
|  | | Another exciting weekend looks in prospect in Bahrain after the usual suspects continued to set the pace in Friday's Formula One practice. It was as hard as ever to draw too many conclusions from the overall lap times, but Lotus and Ferrari...
|  | | 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. -- Sympatico Autos brings...
|  | | The 2014 Kia Cadenza sedan will cost $35,900, including shipping charges, when it goes on sale later this month. Kia's new flagship sedan is offered in one trim level, though it’s also available with luxury and technology packages. Standard Cadenza features include an updated navigation ...
|  | | Toyota Motor Corp. plans to invest $360 million to bring production of the Lexus ES sedan to Kentucky, making it the first model from Toyota's premium brand to be built in the United States as the carmaker pushes to...
|  | | Lamborghini is celebrating half a century of performance, power and design panache with a limited-edition supercar called the Aventador LP720-4 50°...
|  | | "Mr. Corgi," Marcel van Cleemput, died this week at the age of 86. You may not have...
|  | | NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic is perhaps the most elegant sedan among its competitors. I’d argue it beats the latest generation of the
|  | | Former full-time Sprint Cup drivers Elliot Sadler and Sam Hornish Jr. will return to the series in this weekend’s STP 400 at
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|  | | What are the chances Penske Racing gets some relief when it appeals the two $100,000 fines, the loss of 25 owner and driver points and the looming six-race suspension of seven key crewmen? Probably about 50-50, and that's certainly reason enough to appeal the heavy penalties NASCAR handed down...
|  | | Shape up or ship out! That's exactly what NASCAR's governing body needs to be told to do.In the world of sports, most leagues keep a pretty tight leash on what they will or will not allow their athletes to say about them. For example, the NBA and NFL do not take kindly when players or owners openly ...
|  | | A few minutes after Graham Rahal had held off Helio Castroneves to win the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in 2008, his father -- a former Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time CART champion -- moved into one of the few spots not crowded with onlookers along pit road, and there he saw Carl Haas.The...
|  | | Ford RallyCross driver Tanner Foust, driving the Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Fiesta ST, helps kick off the Global Rallycross Championship X Games in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.The event, which runs April 18-21, is the third event in the six-event Global X Games schedule. The series will also travel to...
|  | | Long-time BMW driver Bill Auberlen has been loaned to Aston Martin for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.The 42-year-old American, who first raced for BMW in 1996 and is part of its American Le Mans Series squad this year, has taken the 15th and final seat in the five-car lineup of Aston Martin...
|  | | Formula One drivers Charles Pic, Jean-Eric Vergne, Paul Di Resta, Pastor Maldonado, Felipe Massa and Jenson Button all participated in a press conference in Bahrain on Thursday. The transcript is below: Formula One Press Conference Bahrain...
|  | | With Porsche denying rumors that Formula One racer Mark Webber will join it next season, the German manufacturer confirmed that sports-car aces Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will be among its drivers when Porsche enters the LMP1 division of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014.Next year...
|  | | The Formula One community is assembling for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix to find that, like last year, authorities have deployed a large number of police vehicles on the roads leading to the circuit, and a series of checkpoints on the immediate access routes.Gulf Air, the national...
|  | | Lewis Hamilton anticipates that tire management issues are likely to mean Mercedes once again will struggle for race pace compared to its key Formula One rivals in Bahrain this weekend.However, he expects that the car will be quick over one lap, as it was in China.“The car is still the same...
|  | | Jenson Button says that McLaren’s best chance of scoring some decent Formula One points in the short term to try different strategies.Button hauled his MP4-28 into fifth place in China after stopping only twice as opposed to the three stops of his opposition.“I think it’s been a...
|  | | The ever-cautious Fernando Alonso says that it’s too early to suggest that Ferrari has the strongest race pace among the top teams, despite his recent win in China. The Spaniard said that not only was one win not enough evidence, but also argued that Sebastian Vettel actually had the fastest...
|  | | TRANSCRIPTI'm Rory, it's Thursday, let's do the news. -- Bugatti gets its record back! -- A bigger X6 is in the works, -- Oh boy! A Range Rover Sport R!Volkswagen's Bugatti side project lost its “World's Fastest Production Car” record not too long ago, because Guinness -- who, for...
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