| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The 2013 Mercedes-Benz ML550 4Matic is for those who need some space and all-weather ability, but still seek ... | | EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I'll rarely turn down the chance to drive an ML, any ML. They are among the best midsize SUVs in the land. Expensive, but excellent. With that said, I like the ML350 Bluetec diesel best over the gas-powered ones. That's just personal preference, and I'm not saying I don't like this car. I do, but just not as much as the diesel. There aren't too many SUVs on the market ... |
|  | | When the sixth installment of "Gran Turismo" hits store shelves this holiday season for the PlayStation 3, it will include 1,200 cars, 33 tracks in 71 layouts, a new track editor with 10 square kilometers of scenery, and more ways to connect with friends and rivals. The new installment will...
|  | | NBC Sports Network has 19 hours of IndyCar Series television coverage scheduled leading up to the 97th Indianapolis 500. Play-by-play announcer Leigh Diffey will occupy the TV booth for coveage of qualifying, and he'll be joined by former...
|  | | The Nürburgring racetrack in Germany is officially up for sale this week. The sale of the 12.8-mile, 154-turn track includes the salaries of 300 employees, but not the $515-million debt that caused the 'Ring's bankruptcy....
|  | | When the last generation of heavy-duty Ram pickups debuted, the truck builder showcased their towing prowess by hauling around a
|  | | 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
|  | | Last week, the Hell Garage acquired a pair of not-very-close-to-done handbuilt customs, and the heartrending cries of suffering from...
|  | | The big news this week out of England was the announcement of “Gran Turismo 6” for PlayStation 3, but we also learned about the fifth season of the gamer-to-racer “
|  | | Izod IndyCar Series officials on Thursday confirmed that the turbo-boost levels for the 2.2-liter turbocharged V6 engines used by every team will remain unchanged from last year's Indianapolis 500. The 97th running of the race is May 26....
|  | | Mercedes believes that tires will still be the key factor for its Formula One team in Monaco, despite the track’s low speed nature. The team has taken pole in each of the last three races, only to slip back due to tire issues. Mercedes...
|  | | Despite Adrian Sutil’s recent bad luck, Force India is currently holding fifth place in the Formula One World Championship, ahead of its gearbox supplier McLaren. Sutil set second fastest lap in Bahrain and third fastest lap in Spain in the...
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|  | | Former NASCAR racer Dick Trickle, 71, died from a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after noon on Thursday, May 16, in Boger, N.C. The long-time Lincoln County resident was found next to his pick-up truck near a cemetery. Authorities said Trickle called the Lincoln County Communications ...
|  | | Nothing that happened on-track Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway came close to garnering the attention surrounding the dispute between backmarkers Jennifer Jo Cobb and former driving coach/team general manager Mike Harmon over a missing hauler. Harmon was arrested Wednesday and charged with...
|  | | Rookie Carlos Munoz, ended up as the fastest driver of the day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, besting a pair of his Andretti Autosport teammates.Munoz ran 225.163 mph, the fastest speed of the month. Ryan Hunter-Reay was second at 225.006 mph with Marco Andretti third at 224.882...
|  | | Second-generation Indianapolis 500 driver Conor Daly saw his car wiggle, waggle and whack the outside wall in Turn 1 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.The crash happened quickly, as they usually do. The back end broke free, Daly corrected the nose and then the back snapped again. Somehow, Daly was...
|  | | In 1979, Jack Brabham became the first race driver ever to be knighted for his services to motorsports.He was Formula One world-driving champion three times, and for his third and final title in 1966, he became the first driver in Grand Prix racing to win with a car he built himself.Read the May 14,...
|  | | Johan Schwartz shattered the Guinness World Record for longest sustained drift in a BMW M5 Saturday, completing a total of 322.5 laps and covering 51.278 miles.Schwartz, a BMW Performance Driving instructor, beat the previous 6.94-mile drift record at the BMW Performance Center in Greenville, S.C....
|  | | The Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport have won top honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, becoming the only small SUVs to ace the group's new "small overlap" crash test.The Forester, which Subaru redesigned for the 2014 model year, earned Top Safety Pick+ accolades by...
|  | | As Australian V8 Supercars prepare to fire their engines this weekend for the series' first-ever race in the United States, the Austin 400 at Circuit of the Americas in Elroy, Texas, here are 10 quick facts to get you up to speed on the championship ahead of the on-track action.1. The Circuit of...
|  | | Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas, has a much different feel today since my visit here last November for its inaugural Formula One race. I arrived a few hours ago to cover the Australian V8 Supercars Championship event and I must say I am looking forward to witnessing these cars in person...
|  | | The Indianapolis 500 this year will have its smallest seating capacity since 2000, but don't expect to find fewer fans on race day.The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has removed thousands of grandstand seats overlooking Turn 3 and several rows of seats on the front straightaway. The changes follow the ...
|  | | Not surprisingly, Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has expressed his frustration at Pirelli’s decision to change its tires for the Formula One Canadian GP -- a move that likely to harm his team’s prospects of maintaining a title challenge for the rest of the season.Boullier is adamant ...
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