| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | This might just be the first privately owned Corvette to be... | | Details are scarce at the moment, but it looks like this might be the first crash of a privately owned C7 Corvette. Here's what we heard from our tipster: - There were apparently no serious injuries. - The damage to the front of the car is extensive. The hood, entire front fascia and much of the driver's side fender are gone. - It looked like a single-car crash. And ... |
|  | | The tragic news emerged while the Formula One cars were running in Japan on Friday afternoon that Spanish racing driver Maria de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Spain. She was 33. The daughter of former F1 driver Emilio, who raced a ...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel is leaving nothing to chance as he chases his fourth consecutive world championship this weekend at Suzuka. Fearing contamination from the Fukushima...
|  | | ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: The GLK is my favorite of the Mercedes ' SUVs. It's the perfect size to be nimble in traffic, but it still has some space for adults and for cargo. This diesel four-banger in...
|  | | A few weeks ago, we asked you if you would be interested in a Ford Ecosport, a compact sport utility based on the Ford Fiesta. Defying the...
|  | | Henry Ford may not have invented the concept of the moving assembly line, but his triumph -- adapting it to automobile production -- made affordable personal transportation possible. This film reel doesn't take us...
|  | | Hyundai unveiled the ultimate Zombie Survival Machine, designed by fan Anson Kuo, at the New York Comic Con on Thursday. Kuo's winning car beat more than 82,000 other fan submissions made using a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe as a base...
|  | | -- A set of Ferrari sketches leaked online at jokeforblog.blogspot.it. It looks to be a hard-core, two-seater version of the shooting brake FF. The sketches were picked from the European Patent Register --...
|  | | The past two days have been quite an emotional roller coaster. First, we were crushed to hear that the end of the line is fast approaching for the rugged, beloved Land Rover Defender. Next thing we know, we're reading about
|  | | Toyota sees fuel cells as the key to a bright, green future, with electric cars just a stop gap until they get the fuel cell stuff sorted out. Sure, the...
|  | | After trailing many of its competitors in the recent engine- and transmission-technology wars, Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a swath of powertrains in the next several years, a top powertrain r&d executive said. Koei Saga,...
|  | | On Friday it was reported that former Marussia test driver Maria de Villota had died in a hotel room in Spain. Racing fans and drivers from around the country rallied to offer their condolences via Twitter.
|  | | It appears Maria de Villota died of natural causes. The 33-year-old Spaniard, who sustained serious head injuries in a Marussia testing crash last year, was found dead in a Seville hotel room early on Friday. She was in the ...
|  | | Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber topped the times for Red Bull in the second practice session for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Friday. It's a good start to a weekend that could see Vettel wrap up his fourth...
|  | | Williams has been fined a significant $81,390 (U.S.) by the FIA Stewards for failing to properly secure a left rear tire that became detached from Pastor Maldonado's car in the first practice session in Japan. The wheel fell off at Turn 13 on the Venezuelan's third consecutive fast lap and...
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|  | | This could be the week that Sebastian Vettel clinches the 2014 Formula One championship as the series hits Japan. Vettel, holds a 77-point lead over runner-up Fernando Alonso with just five races remaining, and with 25 points up for grabs to the winner, Vettel could conceivably (with a win and a...
|  | | The man generally acknowledged as superspeedway racing's most creative promoter thinks America's 1,200 grassroots tracks should be getting a larger share of the motorsports pie. So H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler has created Speedway Benefits, an alliance of weekly short tracks which he says...
|  | | Despite being arrested Tuesday night, jailed overnight and charged on Wednesday with assault on a female and unlawful imprisonment, NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil will still drive for BK Racing this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.The 37-year-old Wisconsin native was arrested in his Mooresville, N....
|  | | Pirelli and the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team will now test 2014-specification F1 tire compounds at the Vallelunga circuit, near Rome, Italy -- and have invited other teams to participate.The move follows the FIA’s recent veto of Pirelli’s previous arrangement with McLaren to test a ...
|  | | IndyCar’s Dario Franchitti is one step closer to recovering after a horrific crash in Houston.The Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver was released from Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston today. He will be traveling to Indianapolis where he will be reevaluated over the next few...
|  | | When Tennessee takes on Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016, as was reported by the Associated Press, not only will it be a sight to behold, but it should also be the first step in a new direction for college football.Sure, many of the top programs in the sport already play at some of...
|  | | The organizers of last Sunday’s Formula One Korean Grand Prix have escaped sanction by the FIA, which has decided that a fire vehicle was deployed onto the Yeongam track during the race due to a misunderstanding.The incident occurred when Mark Webber’s Red Bull Racing car caught fire...
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