| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  | ASSOCIATE WEST COAST EDITOR BLAKE Z. RONG: The following might seem blasphemous to a scale not seen since Copernicus brought us down a notch in the universe. But given a choice between the BMW 3-series -- of which I drove recently, in 335i M-Sport guise -- and the  |
|  | | In 1966 -- at the dawn of the horsepower wars -- Carroll Shelby made a deal with the Hertz Corporation to produce a line of Shelby GT350 Mustangs for rent. Later, the cars would be refreshed and repurposed for sale as GT350-H models. Just as the horsepower wars have returned, so has Hertz' rent-...
|  | | World Rally champ Sebastien Loeb demolished the standing record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, with a time of 8 minutes, 13.878 seconds. He broke Hyundai driver Rhys Millen's record by 1 minute, 33...
|  | | Like the fabled water-burning carburetor, hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles have long promised to liberate us from fossil fuels -- generating electricity from two (theoretically) abundant elements, hydrogen and oxygen, and...
|  | | 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. -- From Bring a Trailer,...
|  | | Formula One Grand Prix Drivers Association director Jenson Button says that F1 drivers are concerned about the Pirelli tire failures that took place over the weekend in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone -- and especially the fact that the problem was not addressed after issues arose in earlier...
|  | | The head of Formula One says Pirelli will be allowed to run two three-day tests in a bid to resolve the tire blowouts that affected four drivers in the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Bernie Ecclestone says he has spoken to FIA president Jean Todt, who has agreed the tire manufacturer can...
|  | | Toomas Heikkinen continued his outstanding Global Rallycross effort Sunday in Munich. After taking a silver medal in Brazil and a bronze medal in Saturday's event, the Finn finally got gold in Sunday's X Games event. Liam Doran won silver, while Tanner Foust took bronze. Check out the...
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|  | | Nine-time World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb on Sunday was the first car on the track after the motorcycles completed their runs at the 91st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, but it didn't take him long to make his mark, and it was an indelible one -- eight minutes, 13.878 seconds, about a...
|  | | Team bosses Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) have both suggested -- completely independently -- that at least part of the Formula One Young Driver Test at Silverstone later this month should be devoted to working with Pirelli and current race drivers.The test is...
|  | | Mark Webber overcame a bad start and first-lap front wing damage to recover to a superb second place in his last British Grand Prix. Webber was swamped off the line, and damaged his wing in contact with Romain Grosjean. He was 14th on the first lap and later lost some time when the nose was...
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