| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Friday, September 06, 2013 |  | Sound advice for anyone handed the keys to a vintage Ferrari: Don't hit anything.... | | The week of the Pebble Beach Concours is a little crazy. Walking around downtown Monterey, you might see two street-parked 300 SLs. You might see a Rothmans liveried Porsche 911 rally car just tooling around. And you might have a guy hand you the... |
|  | | Director Ron Howard's upcoming movie “Rush,” chronicling the famous 1976 Formula One World Championship rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, premieres nationwide on Sept. 27. In anticipation of the release,...
|  | | SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: This 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish is a good one. The color is a little loud for an Aston and it's a little loud for me, but if you're into attracting attention, this thing should do the trick. After taking the Vanquish out for lunch, I searched Twitter and...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel set the pace for Red Bull as practice for the Formula One Italian Grand Prix kicked off at a hot and sunny Monza on Friday. Inevitably, the day was all about teams dialing in the ultra-low downforce packages...
|  | | German tuner Brabus is working its magic on the new-generation Mercedes-Benz S-class for the Frankfurt motor show, the Brabus 850 6.0 Biturbo iBusiness. The clumsily...
|  | | Sabine Schmitz and Ron Simons have probably done more combined laps of the Nürburgring than they care to admit. Both currently drive taxis for tourists on the 13-mile, 154-turn course in Germany and recently they've treated us to a
|  | | Honda revealed pricing and equipment on several models on Sept. 5. The 2014 Acura TL will start at $36,925 including destination. The 2014 Honda Pilot has a base price of $30,500 while the new Ridgeline can be had for $30,405....
|  | | It's no secret that some of us here at Autoweek can't get enough of the clean, forward-looking and (most importantly) V12-powered Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2, 400 and 412 series. Then again, some of us can't stand the sight of...
|  | | The DeltaWing coupe tested earlier this week at Roebling Road Raceway in Savannah, Ga., in preparation for its racing debut at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 21. Take a ride with driver Katherine Legge...
|  | | The upcoming 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup is the marquee part of every NASCAR season. Over the course of the first nine years of the Chase, NASCAR worked out the bugs and made some necessary tweaks to give fans an optimal playoff....
|  | | It's the turn of one of Formula One's greatest circuits to host the latest stage of the 2013 title fight, and it could prove pivotal as the season reaches its climax. With Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, to their own surprise, proving dominant at...
|  | | FIA presidential candidate David Ward has kick-started his campaign by launching a website containing his manifesto, which he calls an “Agenda for Change.” The Briton has also written to member clubs in order to garner the support he needs to be formally nominated as a candidate for...
|  | | Jenson Button insists that he's committed to a future with McLaren, despite not yet having a firm contract for 2014. The team has an option on the Briton, but is believed to...
|  | | Brad Keselowski was probably a dark horse at best to win the Sprint Cup championship a year ago. This year, he's got his money on a long shot. The defending NASCAR champion likes
|  | | Regan Smith will practice and qualify in the No. 48 Chevrolet at Richmond on Friday while long-time driver Jimmie Johnson spends time with his wife and their new...
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|  | | The 31st annual Lime Rock Sunday in the Park Concours celebrated not only the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, but the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin. Oh, and it also hosted the single largest gathering of Cunningham cars we've seen, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the marque founded by ...
|  | | Volvo's decision to stop selling station wagons in the U.S. was shocking to a lot of Americans. It was not, however, shocking to those keeping an eye on station wagon sales. In the first part of the 21st century, the SUV and its malformed, more-efficient crossover progeny were still the ne plus...
|  | | It's not all about the Chase this weekend at Richmond. NASCAR fans in Virginia will have an opportunity to learn about an upcoming NASA mission to the moon during races at Richmond International Raceway.NASA's Langley Research Center says education specialists will be at Richmond International...
|  | | Call us crazy, but collector interest in old Japanese cars seems to be slowly building -- and we're not just taking about million-plus dollar Toyota 2000GTs (although the astonishing seven-figure sale price of the Don Davis Collection car seems to be backed up by the $935,000 2000GT that just sold...
|  | | Infiniti has teamed up with gilt.com to create two unique Q50 sedans designed by fashion gurus Thom Browne and Zac Posen. These one-of-a-kind sedans will be sold later this year on Gilt, but what are these two sedans all about?The Infiniti Q50 is all new for 2014, and even though the interior of...
|  | | Fernando Alonso is still adamant that he can win the 2013 World Championship, despite Sebastian Vettel's recent run of success.“I'm optimistic,” the Spaniard said today. “For sure I think in Spa we saw some step forward from us and we hope to continue that direction and keep...
|  | | On Thursday several Formula One drivers participated in the weekly press conference in preparation for the weekend race in Italy. Max Chilton, Daniel Ricciardo, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso all took part.The full transcript from the conference is below. Formula One ...
|  | | Daniel Ricciardo says he's pleased that his future role as a Red Bull Racing driver has finally been confirmed -- and he can thus focus on finishing the season with Toro Rosso.“I think it's a bit of a relief now that there's no more speculation and no more dodging questions and all the rest...
|  | | The Red Bull Formula One seat is no longer vacant, but the “silly season” is still firing at Monza.Fernando Alonso, however, tried to calm the flames on Thursday, denying he ever considered leaving Ferrari."It was only rumors, a lot of rumors," said the Spaniard.One rumor was that he...
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