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HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Thursday, May 23, 2013                  New Corvette Stingray spotted on public roads in metro Detroit.... 2014 Corvette Stingray twins spotted in the wild Sure, we've seen the new Corvette Stingray, crawled all over the C7 at car shows, seen interior 360 videos of it and maybe, just maybe, had some time behind the wheel (you'll know soon enough). But...   Tesla pays off its government loans Tesla paid off the last of its $465 million government loans May 22, nine years ahead of schedule, thus outperforming most U.S. college graduates and the vast majority of American homeowners. Tesla used funds from a stock...   2014 Bentley Flying Spur drive review What is it? The sedan version of the Bentley Continental, the 2014 Bentley Flying Spur drops its Continental moniker but remains three tons...   'Fast & Furious 6' drive review West Coast Editor Mark Vaughn: The lesson here? Always order the sunroof option on whatever car you buy because you never know when you'll need to leap into it from a moving Antonov An-124 in order to escape the international criminal mastermind who has kidnapped your sister and your BFF's...   Bailey Blade XTR gets funded, going to SEMA You may not have heard of Neal Bailey or his Bailey Blade XTR sports car, but at this year's SEMA show, you will. It's been a good week for entrepreneur and BXR Motors-founder Bailey: his nearly 6-year-old project is now fully funded, and he has a spot at the ...   2014 Chevy Spark EV priced at $27,500 The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV will have a $27,495 price tag when it goes on sale in California and Oregon next month, making it one of the best value options among all-electric vehicles. The full $7,500 federal tax credit...   One Lap of the Web: Humvees, abandoned Ferraris and a Volvo collection 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. --   Tales from Indianapolis Motor Speedway ahead of the Indy 500: Graham Rahal's Autoweek blog The Indianapolis 500 is just a few days away now, and the Midas/Big O Tires Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team is quietly confident that we can score a solid result. A good finish at Indy would be a great way to forget about the Izod IndyCar ...   The Wolverine Model L will relieve you of your transportation worries Here's a rarity: a brochure for the little-known American Commercial Car Co. Model L Wolverine truck. We're not too sure of the date on this bit of automotive ephemera, but we're estimating somewhere around 1920. We know a bit about the Model L Wolverine -- at least if the copy in the brochure...   2013 Nissan Pathfinder review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: So we finally get the Nissan version of the Infiniti JX35 crossover, wearing the vaguely hallowed name Pathfinder. Times have changed, indeed. I remember my roommate Josh got a new ...   Fernando Alonso eyeing F1 title as well as Monaco win Formula One driver Fernando Alonso insisted today that the Mercedes will be the quickest car in Monaco. However, he added that he’ll accept that as long as he can...   Andretti Autosport drivers confident ahead of Indianapolis 500 Top Izod IndyCar Series team Andretti Autosport's five drivers will start this weekend's 97th Indianapolis 500 from second, third, fourth, sixth and ninth on the grid -- giving the organization a great shot at claiming the BorgWarner trophy for... You May Have Missed...   Ford to cut Australian manufacturing in 2016: High costs, a fragmented market, and the Australian dollar have forced Ford's hand Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country.Ford, the smallest of the country's three manufacturers after Toyota Motor Corp. and General...   Dale Jarrett, Maurice Petty, Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Fireball Roberts elected to NASCAR Hall of Fame Three championship-winning drivers, a legendary engine-builder and one of stock car racing's earliest superstars were named on Wednesday as the Class of 2014 into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Their selection brings to 25 the number of drivers, owners, crew chiefs and industry leaders selected since the ...   Autoweek takes over the Hooniverse podcast This week, Hooniverse's merry little podcast endures a hostile takeover by the motley fools of Autoweek. Beloved co-host and friend to the animals Jeff Glucker is crawling the craft beer bars of Huntington Beach, Calif. Fear not, as I'm in Detroit for Autoweek's Fantasy Camp, where I took the time...   Dario Franchitti talks testing, what makes Indianapolis 500 special in video interview Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti calls the Indy 500 the toughest race to win and tells Janine Brady of NBCUniversal Direct.com a few of the things that make this race such a challenge in this video interview.Franchitti won last year's Indianapolis 500 and is hoping to join an...   Leh Keen bullies the Nürburgring in the rain Leh Keen and the Farnbacher Racing team may have only completed 20 of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race over the weekend, but they gave us the best and scariest visual of the event by far.It rained (and rained and rained) in Germany, stopping the day-long race for almost nine hours. Keen had a...   Explore the Villa Erba auction lineup: Ferraris, Bugattis and Rivas, oh my We were stunned when the RM Auctions Villa Erba catalog thudded down on our desk a few weeks ago: The beautifully photographed, info-packed, 300-page tome --meant to entice well-heeled enthusiasts to the May 25 auction on the shores of Italy's Lake Como -- featured just 40 lots. Compared to the...   This week in 1968: Lola T-160 unveiled ahead of Can-Am season The Lola T-160 was first introduced to the public as a quarter-scale fiberglass model at a 1968 United States Road Racing Championship race.The latest from Lola Group 7 racing, its styling reflected a new trend in aerodynamics: a much more angular body with a downward sloping nose and a pronounced...   Fisker has potential buyers in line VL Automotive and Chinese Investment Group Wanxiang are looking to buy troubled automotive manufacturer Fisker. Maker of the curvaceous Karma, Fisker has been cash-strapped for some time now due to what company insiders called an overly optimistic business plan that anticipated rapid sales growth....   IndyCar doubleheaders to feature split qualifying session for second race The Izod IndyCar Series on Wednesday announced that qualifications for the second race of its doubleheader events this year in Detroit, Toronto and Houston will be split into two groups.All cars will participate in one of two groups for 12 minutes each, with five minutes of guaranteed green-flag...   Formula One's Mark Webber gunning for pole in Monaco Formula One driver Mark Webber says that Red Bull has to qualify at the front in Monaco and control the race, as it has done for the past three years.The Aussie says that RBR cannot rely on Mercedes taking pole and then having tire issues, as the team has experienced in the last few races....   Digital editions of Indy 500 program and official yearbook to be available for first time Digital editions of the 2013 Indianapolis 500 Official Program and 2012 Indianapolis 500 Official Yearbook are available for the first time, allowing fans to read the best souvenir in sports on their tablet or mobile device.The 2013 Official Program and 2012 Official Yearbook can be downloaded for...   Mercedes still working hard on tire issue says Hamilton Mercedes is still working hard to resole the tire-management issues that have spoiled the team’s 2013 season, and Lewis Hamilton is hoping that progress has been made since the last race in Barcelona.“It’s definitely not easily solved,” he said today. “It’s...   Formula One's Kimi Räikkönen not talking about Red Bull rumors Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen continues to insist that he doesn't know what he will be doing in 2014, despite rumors linking him with Mark Webber's Red Bull seat.Räikkönen, who has no commitment to Lotus beyond this season, has he hasn't ruled out staying at the team.“I'm sure there are... 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