| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The 2014 BMW M5 gets a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.... | | The 2014 BMW M5 sedan hits the streets this August. Bimmer says four-door has been the standard for high-performance sedans since its release in 1985. We'd be inclined to agree. The newest model arrives with a carryover engine from last year, displacing 4.4 liters and using its TwinPower turbo technology to deliver 560 ... |
|  | | Lotus is adding an Exige S Roadster to its lineup, based on the new Exige we saw at the Frankfurt auto show. Unfortunately the road-car version will not come to the United States. The Roaster is powered by the same 345-hp V6...
|  | | Blake Z. Rong, Associate Editor, West Coast: Scoff if you want, but we now live in a world where Lexus, which has devoted its entire existence to building comfortable, sedate, leather-lined isolation chambers, is trying its hardest to ape
|  | | 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 next time you run...
|  | | London's Clerkenwell Design Week runs from May 21-23, serving as the United Kingdom's leading independent design festival. Jaguar is the primary sponsor this year and for the event, it challenged students at the Royal College of...
|  | | I have suggested to Ollen Bruton Smith multiple times that he and I are related, though he has not yet shared his wealth at all. But I must applaud Uncle Bruton for teaching this latest course in motorsports public relations, done with such a deft touch that, somewhere, P.T. Barnum is smiling....
|  | | SRT is heading back to France with two identically prepared Viper GTS-Rs for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 22-23. It will be the first time the marque has competed at the race since it won the GTS class three consecutive times, ...
|  | | Another treasure from our huge cache of car porn, feast your eyes on the official 1985 Ferrari 308 Quattrovalvole spec sheet below. Yours truly is a child of the "Magnum, P.I." era and lusted over one of these for a decade. Truth be told, I still kind of want one. Despite the very '80s...
|  | | Volkswagen plans to refit more than a quarter million 2009-12 diesel cars to prevent North American customers from mistakenly pumping gasoline into the fuel tanks. The service action covers 209,500 cars in the United...
|  | | ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: To the people-hauling, errand-running masses, the Ford C-Max's form and function make a lot of sense. It’s more like an oversized car -- or a tall wagon -- than a minivan ...
|  | | NBC and NBC Sports Network will be combining this weekend to offer over 19 hours of Formula One coverage for the Monaco Grand Prix. The race marks the first time this season that a F1 race will be broadcast live on American network TV. Check out the TV schedule below: Thurs., May...
|  | | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's difficult month continued with a pair of fines from IndyCar. Graham Rahal's car was issued a $10,000 penalty for using cooling equipment outside the garage area. IndyCar said the team improperly applied towels to the bodywork and used driver cooling fans and...
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|  | | Significant racing memorabilia once belonging to Indianapolis 500 legend Wilbur Shaw -- a three-time winner of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- will hit the auction block on May 24.According to the Indianapolis Star, Shaw's only child, Wilbur “Bill” Shaw Jr., has arranged to sell...
|  | | Xbox fans who also dig racing rejoice: “Forza Motorsport 5” was confirmed today by Microsoft during their press release for its new console, the Xbox One. Developed by Turn 10 Studios, the game will be available later this year simultaneously with the console. While no official launch...
|  | | First, it left us stranded due to a stuck charger, and then it made us smile from ear to ear with its silent but deadly acceleration. Yes, it's safe to say we've had both good and bad experiences with Teslas here at Autoweek. In its 10 years of existence, the company has given us the zippy Roadster ...
|  | | Remember when Toyotas used to be weird? Sure, they've been doing some marginal experimentation lately, bringing us one half of the Febreze twins and making the Lexus GS a legit good driver's car. But oh, when will they cast the mantle of staid sturdiness fully into the wind?It's not likely with the ...
|  | | The evolution of passenger-car tires begins with a company's racing division, as Goodyear, Firestone and the like spend millions of dollars in research and testing to ensure their tires are top performers on the track.Ahead of the 1968 Indy 500, Autoweek kicked off a special series on the tire's...
|  | | Look out Steve McQueen, Nick Cage's vehicles are set to be the new hot “thing” in automotive auctions. Well, maybe not, but the 1967 Eleanor Mustang (“Don't start with me … no, wait, start, start!”) from “Gone in 60 Seconds” sold at last weekend's Original...
|  | | Formula One's television coverage is easy to take for gran-ted. After all, it only takes the flick of a switch to watch a race regardless of where in the world it occurs. Two hours later it is over and viewers can simply change channels. How-ever, behind the scenes the productions are nowhere near...
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