| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The third-generation Acura MDX debuts with a trimmer figure, new engine and fresh features.... | | What is it? The third generation of Acura’s popular three-row crossover debuts for the 2014 model year with a trimmer figure, new engine, a host of fresh features and a lower price of entry with the addition of a front-wheel drive model. At first glance, the MDX looks visually more compact than its... |
|  | | Jaguar has a hit already with the F-Type convertible, the brand's first two-seat sports car in almost four decades. "Half of the first year's production of the F-Type is already sold," said global brand director Adrian...
|  | | DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: This is a damn fine small sedan, and I can honestly say it’s the first new Cadillac I could visualize myself owning in … well, ever. I was fortunate enough to have the 2013...
|  | | We got all historical in the Hell Garage last week, with a Malcolm Bricklin-versus-John DeLorean gullwing boondoggle challenge....
|  | | The vehicles from our pasts live on in fond memories and photographs, but few have survived -- in physical form, at least -- to the present. Cars exist to be driven, after all. They're bought, used up and replaced with something newer, shinier, better. That's exactly what happened to most of...
|  | | 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. The
|  | | Sebastien Ogier’s rivals can breathe easy – the runaway World Rally Championship leader will settle for second place when the series resumes in Greece this week. The Volkswagen Polo driver tops the standings by 54 points after...
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|  | | Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski went to new lengths to help promote the state of Michigan and the upcoming Quicken Loans 400 race at Michigan International Speedway.Keselowski drove his the famed “Blue Deuce,” the nickname given to his No. 2 Miller Lite Ford,...
|  | | Helio Castroneves is a goofball.He's always smiling, laughing or telling a joke. Sometimes he's dancing (as one would expect from a “Dancing with the Stars” champion). Earlier this week, as the driver took the stage for a question-and-answer session in downtown Detroit in preparation...
|  | | J.R. Hildebrand has been taken out of Panther Racing's No. 4 car, effectively immediately, replaced by Ryan Briscoe.Hildebrand has been the driver of the National Guard-sponsored Chevrolet since the start of the 2011 season. He nearly won the Indianapolis 500 that year, crashing in the final corner ...
|  | | The folks over at the Red Bulletin have put together a great feature on Sébastien Loeb and his quest for a win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Although the feature won't be printed in the Red Bull magazine until next week, our friends over at the Red Bulletin are allowing us to post it...
|  | | The two-door BMW Gran Lusso took center stage at the 2013 Villa d'Este Concourso d'Eleganza in Italy last weekend. The Pininfarina-designed, V12-equipped coupe could herald the return of the company's mighty 8-series Bimmers that rolled the streets in the 1990s. Pininfarina posted two videos of the ...
|  | | Tesla 20-minute “superchargers” will blanket the U.S. and Canada within two years, CEO Elon Musk said Thursday. Musk announced plans to greatly upgrade and expand the number of its superchargers in and between population centers of the United States and Southern Canada to link major...
|  | | As far as automotive advancements go, we talk a lot about power, efficiency and value. What we don't often stop to contemplate is the paint. In the automobile's lifespan of about a century and a quarter, the advancements in paint and clear coat have been staggering. Helping push coating-tech...
|  | | Well-known Audi modifier and tuner Walter Treser, who worked for the German automaker as the project leader of Quattro development in the late 1970s, opted to move on to "bigger things" in June 1987. He opted to create his own vehicle: the Treser Roadster, or TR1. Set to debut at the Frankfurt auto ...
|  | | The basic home motor-oil swap is about to get a lot more futuristic -- at least if the augmented reality application being developed by AR-media goes anywhere. AR-media's app uses a tablet's camera to position guides and instructions over a car's engine bay in real time. It sounds complicated, but...
|  | | Responding to price-dropping offers from other automakers on their electric vehicles, Honda will slash the lease deal for its Fit EV starting in June.From the current level of a zero-down, $389/month lease, Honda has lowered the price to zero down and $259/month. Also, for any current holder of a...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel is not only the reigning Formula One champion, but he also might be the owner of one of the most interesting helmets on the circuit.For the Grand Prix in Monaco, Vettel wore this helmet that featured a pinup model drawn with heat-activated paint.When cool, the pinup model appears...
|  | | Pirelli's plan to introduce Kevlar-belted rear tires for the British GP could still be blocked by the Formula One teams, despite the company announcing yesterday that it was “set to” make the change.Pirelli may be a little optimistic, because any change of tire specification still...
|  | | Dempsey/Del Piero Racing announced today that factory Porsche driver Patrick Long will join team drivers Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster at the wheel of the Dempsey Del Piero Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for next month's 90th Annual 24 Hours of Le Mans.Long was asked by team principal and lead driver...
|  | | California native Alexander Rossi will get a little more Formula One mileage when he drives for the Caterham team in the first practice session next Friday in Montreal, providing a little extra interest for North American fans attending the event.Rossi will get his first proper track experience of...
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