| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  | What is it? Geneva auto show, Switzerland, March 4, 2013: Latest-generation Porsche 911 GT3 world premiere. “The performance figures will really surprise you,” says Porsche's development boss Wolfgang Hatz, beaming with pride after whipping the covers off the new car. “But it is not the performance... |
|  | | Courtney Force comes from strong racing bloodlines. Her father, John Force, is one of the most famous NHRA Funny Car drivers of all time and has won 135 races in his career, while two of her sisters also race. Autoweek also had some quality...
|  | | SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: The latest 7-Series is really special. Decent chassis and a great lineup of engines make the 7 a blast to hustle and a joy to cruise the freeway in. With the Alpina B7, you just ...
|  | | 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. -- Just when we think...
|  | | Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out intervening directly to help the embattled Sauber F1 team survive. In the not-too-distant past, the F1 head has been known for bailing out struggling teams. But amid reports...
|  | | As one could conceivably describe a patch of crabgrass as “neatly trimmed,” so too could one call this 1987...
|  | | McLaren is producing a 12C model that will slot in between the “basic” 12C and the all-out racing GT3 version called the 12C GT Sprint. It will be a track-focused supercar with enhanced suspension, cooling and...
|  | | If you thought that a Citroën 2CV was about as rare a classic Citroën that you were going to come across on America's roads, then you probably haven't seen a Citroën GS. While the 2CV enjoyed a steady stream of importation during the gray market era and beyond, the Citroën GS was a mere blip on the ...
|  | | Neither father nor son can remember a time when Chase Elliott wanted to be anything other than a race car driver. The little boy spent his early years at the race track watching “Awesome Bill” win races deep into his 40s. One of Chase's earliest memories was the 2002 victory at...
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|  | | Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says Pirelli's tires have ruined his shot at the 2013 Formula One title."I'm not really thinking about the championship now," said the German Grand Prix pole sitter. "There's really no point."Earlier, having seen his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg win two of the past...
|  | | Sauber Formula One racing team principal Peter Sauber has denied reports employees of his struggling Swiss team are going without pay and the team may not be able to complete the current F1 racing season.It is reported that, because he has not been paid his contractual instalments for May or June,...
|  | | The Mullin Automotive Museum in Southern California will debut its restored 1930 G.A.R Type B5 Roadster at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Aug. 18.The rare G.A.R. marque was founded in 1922 in the Parisian suburb of Clichy, before moving to Asniéres. For its time, the G.A.R. was an...
|  | | This week in 2007 found us piloting around the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, the successor to the Mercedes-Benz C55. With the BMW M3 in its sight, the C63 AMG produced 457 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque from a 6.2-liter V8. The design was chiseled, contemporary and stood out enough with its aggressive...
|  | | It's hard to forget the muscle-car racing that took place in this country in the 1960s and '70s, one of the greatest periods in motorsports history. And most of us are no strangers to the cars and drivers that raced on various circuits in America.But what about the cars that were raced overseas,...
|  | | Last week, the neptunium-237 gates of the Hell Garage creaked open to allow the entry of a pair of Pontiac Fieros with ill-advised engine swaps. Overpowered street cars are fun, of course, but sometimes you need a project that must be trailered everywhere, hasn't had anything approaching a legal...
|  | | Lotus F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen declined to fire back at Niki Lauda on Friday, despite the F1 legend calling him a "wimp."Told that three-time world champion and Mercedes chairman Lauda has been talking about him, Räikkönen said at the Nurburgring, "Huh? To me? [Lauda] hasn't spoken to me."Räikkönen,...
|  | | The FIA has confirmed to Formula One teams that the upcoming Silverstone Young Driver Test will still take place over three days -- ending any hopes Mercedes might have had that it would be allowed to participate in an extra fourth day, given that its ban from the YDT due its recent Pirelli testing ...
|  | | The FIA on Tuesday reacted to last weekend's Formula One German Grand Prix pit-lane accident at the Nürburgring by introducing with immediate effect two rules already approved for 2014.The pit-lane speed limit will come down from 100 kph (62 mph) to 80 kph (49.7 mph), and pit crews will have to...
|  | | Lotus F1 team principal Eric Boullier on Tuesday confirmed reports that Nico Hulkenberg is a candidate to drive for Lotus in 2014.That is because the Enstone-based team is facing up to the very real possibility lead driver Kimi Räikkönen will switch to Red Bull.It has been reported earlier that...
|  | | As followers of the Izod IndyCar Series have seen, America's premier open-wheel category has been one of change: everything from new management to new tracks and drivers to ever-changing sponsors. Izod figures to be next as it ends its title sponsorship of IndyCar at season's end. Brandon Igdalsky, ...
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