| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  Wednesday, October 02, 2013 |  | The 2014 Ford Fiesta ST packs a real punch under the hood.... | | What is it? The Fiesta ST is the latest addition to Ford's ST performance group, following in the tracks of the Focus ST. In one word, the Fiesta ST is a blast. Starting under the hood, Ford's hopped-up city car has a 1.6-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine that puts out 197 hp and 214 lb-ft of torque,... |
|  | | Next year Lexus turns 25 -- as old as the Autumn of Nations, and even "Steel Magnolias." Park a first-generation LS next to a modern LS460 F-Sport and one will look like an alien spaceship, while one will look like a...
|  | | Christian von Koenigsegg talked to Bloomberg Businessweek over the weekend, telling the publication about his youth, the supercar business and how most Koenigsegg designs ...
|  | | We often gripe about how the Germans' automotive de-contenting efforts mean that you'll shell out big bucks for features that come standard on a Kia costing thousands less, but maybe automakers like
|  | | Drifter Ryan Tuerck took his Web show “Tuerck'd” on the road this week, shifting from Amsterdam to Park City, Utah, to meet up with Ken...
|  | | -- Remember the Datsun Bluebird sedan? That was Datsun's longtime midsize offering, and they were sold in the U.S. back in the day. There's a red one profiled on Bringatrailer.com this week,
|  | | If the biggest question you had about the upcoming (in other markets) Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG was whether it will be able to outrun a skateboarder going dowhill on mountain roads, Mercedes-Benz of South Africa has the answer...
|  | | EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I couldn't get out of this 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser behemoth fast enough. I don't know why; I've driven Land Cruisers before and don't remember detesting them this much, but for some reason I wasn't into this one. And for $79k? Please. I'm an old-school guy, but this...
|  | | When news that Nelson Piquet Jr. had used a homophobic slur on social media earlier this week (it was the three-letter one), racing fans were prepared to see Piquet Jr. suspended for a long time. After all, when NASCAR...
|  | | The FIA has released the following preview of the Formula One Korean Grand Prix scheduled for Oct. 6. Sebastian Vettel enters the race with a 60-point lead over runner-up Fernando Alonso with just six races remaining in the season. Lewis Hamilton is third, 96 points back The race,...
|  | | Ready or not, Kyle Larson will make his Sprint Cup debut in the Oct. 12 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 21-year-old Californian will drive the No. 51 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports, which recently bought Phoenix Racing from James Finch. The Saturday night race will mark ...
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|  | | Ford Racing on Tuesday announced it will supply a new EcoBoost 3.5-liter turbocharged V6 race engine for Michael Shank Racing's Daytona Prototype entry in next season's Tudor United SportsCar Championship. The new engine -- built by Ford partner Roush Yates Racing Engines, which also produces...
|  | | Team owner Roger Penske is an Indianapolis Motor Speedway traditionalist as much as anyone, but common sense leads him to support the creation of an IndyCar Series road course race at the historic facility in 2014.“In this economy, you need to use any asset, especially if you have one like...
|  | | As expected, NASCAR has issued a financial and point penalty against Penske Racing for rules violations at last weekend's Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. In an altogether separate action, Nationwide driver Nelson Piquet Jr. has been penalized for something he said. Roger...
|  | | Danica Patrick's familiar GoDaddy green will be gone the entire month of October as she'll race with a bright pink paint scheme to help raise breast cancer awareness.Patrick unveiled her No. 10 pink GoDaddy car on Tuesday in New York's Times Square in a joint appearance with Chevrolet, which...
|  | | Cheaper and different are the words coming out of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will host its first IndyCar Series road course race May 10, 2014.The Grand Prix of Indianapolis, which the event is being called until a title sponsor is secured, will be a race of about 80 laps and run in a...
|  | | Now that Formula One has a place in the homeland of U.S. stock car racing in Texas, fans of both sports will get the chance to judge for themselves which is the better spectacle.Whilst it's true that the two racing series are like chalk and cheese in terms of machinery and tactics, there are a few...
|  | | Kyle Busch used a word during a Tuesday afternoon conference call that's rarely heard around NASCAR racing. That word was "ethical," as in, "The ethical thing to do is to share information all the way to Homestead." The question posed to the Joe Gibbs Racing driver centered on whether he and JGR...
|  | | It’s hard to fathom why any NASCAR fan would dislike Jimmie Johnson and wish him harm. (“I hope the SOB crashes on the last lap,” a recent blogger posted on an in-race message board.) Other than beating everyone else’s favorite driver with impressive regularity, the humble,...
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