Dan Wheldon is doing all the right preparatory work as he tries to win the $5 million Go Daddy INDYCAR Challenge at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16th. His team co-owner for the challenge, Sam Schmidt, helped with that preparation by assigning Wheldon to drive the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Dallara/Honda/Firestone Indy car at this Sunday's...
As anyone with a passion for vehicles knows, eBay Motors is one of the world’s truly great time-sucks. Even if you’re not seriously in the market for a new car, truck, motorcycle or armored personnel carrier, it’s just plain fun to spend time browsing on eBay Motors, looking for the motorized deal-of-a-lifetime. The site is about...
Today we bring you a melange of news from the weekend, including Sebastian Vettel's continued dominance in F1, our first drive impressions of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe, and a close look at the ongoing work on Cadillac's upcoming compact sport sedan, the 2013 ATS. The 2013 Cadillac ATS reveals more in new spy shots. We drive the 2012 MINI Coupe...
There are at least two ways to look at the arrival of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe: "Yay! Another MINI to love!"; and, "Another MINI? Why?" Whichever camp you fall into, the MINI Coupe shouldn't be called just another MINI, despite the fact that it very much is. Before we can make sense of that statement, we'll need to make a quick check of the...
(L to R): Michael, Marco and Mario Andretti share a laugh at Indianapolis this May Photo: Anne Proffit Andretti Autosport finally confirmed one of those "worst-kept secrets" that everyone in the racing community already knew: they'll affiliate with Chevrolet for at least the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Michael Andretti called it a reunion of...
Since we first learned that track-car expert Caterham was being sold to Team Lotus Formula 1 and the race team’s associates, there has been suggestion that a handful of new Caterham road-cars would eventually be built. In fact, at the announcement of Caterham’s sale back in April, one of the primary buyers, Tony Fernandes, said that he...
A prototype for the new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe (ix45 for our European readers) has been spotted once again, this time undergoing cold weather and brake testing in Europe. From the latest spy shots, it appears as though the next-gen Santa Fe will grow slightly in size, helping to bring it closer in line with some of its rivals, two of which, a 2011...
With three-time Dakar Rally winner Volkswagen pulling out of the event from next year onwards, there are a number of new players keen on entering the grueling off-road rally in the coming years. One of these is Britain’s Excite Rallye Raid Team, which has announced that it will be running three vehicles specially commissioned from race car...
Small cars and Cadillac haven't, historically, gone hand in hand. But they will in the near future, as GM’s luxury brand is close to finishing work on its new 3-Series and C-Class rival. The latest addition to the Cadillac lineup, currently codenamed ATS and likely to stay that way once sales start, is captured here for the first time...
As we reported last week, the very first 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to be sold to the public was heading to the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson event this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. We can now report that the modern-day muscle car, complete with its 580 horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque, has sold for $250,000. The car was offered...
Sebastian Vettel has notched up his ninth win of the 2011 Formula 1 season with victory yesterday at the Singapore Grand Prix. Vettel, who started on pole, managed to hold off second place scorer Jenson Button of McLaren as well as his own Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber who finished in third. Following Webber over the line and completing...
There was very little rest for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship field after Monday's fuel mileage race at Chicagoland. However, for some of the sport's top drivers, that means an immediate opportunity to gain ground on their competitors. Drivers like Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch are licking their chops to make up tremendous ground on...
Justin Wilson at Indianapolis Photo: Anne Proffit Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's lead team driver Justin Wilson suffered a freaky accident at Mid-Ohio during practice for the Honda Indy 200 in early August. Driving the No. 22 Dallara/Honda/Firestone entry, Wilson ran off at the exit of the first turn, dropping two wheels from the asphalt and...
Dan Wheldon is doing all the right preparatory work as he tries to win the $5 million Go Daddy INDYCAR Challenge at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16th. His team co-owner for the challenge, Sam Schmidt, helped with that preparation by assigning Wheldon to drive the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Dallara/Honda/Firestone Indy car at this Sunday's...
As anyone with a passion for vehicles knows, eBay Motors is one of the world’s truly great time-sucks. Even if you’re not seriously in the market for a new car, truck, motorcycle or armored personnel carrier, it’s just plain fun to spend time browsing on eBay Motors, looking for the motorized deal-of-a-lifetime. The site is about...
Today we bring you a melange of news from the weekend, including Sebastian Vettel's continued dominance in F1, our first drive impressions of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe, and a close look at the ongoing work on Cadillac's upcoming compact sport sedan, the 2013 ATS. The 2013 Cadillac ATS reveals more in new spy shots. We drive the 2012 MINI Coupe...
There are at least two ways to look at the arrival of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe: "Yay! Another MINI to love!"; and, "Another MINI? Why?" Whichever camp you fall into, the MINI Coupe shouldn't be called just another MINI, despite the fact that it very much is. Before we can make sense of that statement, we'll need to make a quick check of the...
(L to R): Michael, Marco and Mario Andretti share a laugh at Indianapolis this May Photo: Anne Proffit Andretti Autosport finally confirmed one of those "worst-kept secrets" that everyone in the racing community already knew: they'll affiliate with Chevrolet for at least the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Michael Andretti called it a reunion of...
Since we first learned that track-car expert Caterham was being sold to Team Lotus Formula 1 and the race team’s associates, there has been suggestion that a handful of new Caterham road-cars would eventually be built. In fact, at the announcement of Caterham’s sale back in April, one of the primary buyers, Tony Fernandes, said that he...
A prototype for the new 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe (ix45 for our European readers) has been spotted once again, this time undergoing cold weather and brake testing in Europe. From the latest spy shots, it appears as though the next-gen Santa Fe will grow slightly in size, helping to bring it closer in line with some of its rivals, two of which, a 2011...
With three-time Dakar Rally winner Volkswagen pulling out of the event from next year onwards, there are a number of new players keen on entering the grueling off-road rally in the coming years. One of these is Britain’s Excite Rallye Raid Team, which has announced that it will be running three vehicles specially commissioned from race car...
As we reported last week, the very first 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to be sold to the public was heading to the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson event this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. We can now report that the modern-day muscle car, complete with its 580 horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque, has sold for $250,000. The car was offered...
Sebastian Vettel has notched up his ninth win of the 2011 Formula 1 season with victory yesterday at the Singapore Grand Prix. Vettel, who started on pole, managed to hold off second place scorer Jenson Button of McLaren as well as his own Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber who finished in third. Following Webber over the line and completing...
There was very little rest for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship field after Monday's fuel mileage race at Chicagoland. However, for some of the sport's top drivers, that means an immediate opportunity to gain ground on their competitors. Drivers like Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch are licking their chops to make up tremendous ground on...
Justin Wilson at Indianapolis Photo: Anne Proffit Dreyer & Reinbold Racing's lead team driver Justin Wilson suffered a freaky accident at Mid-Ohio during practice for the Honda Indy 200 in early August. Driving the No. 22 Dallara/Honda/Firestone entry, Wilson ran off at the exit of the first turn, dropping two wheels from the asphalt and...
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