As the Corvette Racing team rides the highs and lows since its Le Mans win, BMW Team RLL seeks to step things up to keep up the success of the start of the 2011 season as the American Le Mans Series heads to Mosport International Raceway this weekend. Coming off a strong showing at Lime Rock Park where Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller scored their third...
The wagon version of the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, or ‘Estate’ as it’s known in Europe, was first revealed nearly two years but the U.S. is just getting its first taste of the furious family hauler, which has just come onto the market as a 2012 model. To get us all excited once again, we have this stunning mega-gallery of images...
Ferrari has unveiled its new 458 Italia Grand Am race car, which is set to compete next year in the North American race series, more specifically, in Grand-Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series GT class under the current GT rules. On its first public shakedown today at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in Italy, it completed a good number of...
Yesterday we saw him test drive the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and today we have a video of television personality and comedian Jay Leno at AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany. Leno meets with the official Mercedes-Benz tuner’s CEO Ola Källenius and then gets a chance to drive the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster...
When it comes to rare Porsches of the modern-era, few are as hard to come by as the Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (street version). However, one of these rare beauties is now up for sale in Kyoto, Japan, and if you’re interested, it will set you back a cool $1.7 million. The particular model is a 1997 version, finished in white but...
Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero de Montezemolo has quashed rumors that the famous Italian sports car manufacturer may be going public, reaffirming previous comments from Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne that there were no plans to sell the brand. "There is no program to list Ferrari, no program at all," Cordero de Montezemolo told reporters at a special...
As we predicted earlier this year, the third-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK in AMG trim will be receiving a new heart transplant in the form of a naturally aspirated version of the twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter sledgehammer V-8 making its way into most of the Affalterbach tuner’s lineup. We can now reveal that this AMG version of the latest SLK...
The 2012 McLaren MP4-12C, the first all-new road-going car from the legendary British motorsports and engineering firm in more than 20 years, is just weeks away from delivery but already the car has been modified in response to widespread criticism of a severe lack of emotion from most that have driven it. While in many areas the McLaren is...
The Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class compact SUV was only recently introduced as a 2010 model but already engineers are hard at work testing a facelifted version due in the second half of next year. This means that the facelifted GLK is likely to enter the market as a 2013 model, bringing with it fresh new styling and a revised engine lineup promising...
As legend has it, a brazen, determined tractor builder named Ferruccio Lamborghini once called upon Enzo himself to discuss a clutch problem with his Ferrari. Enzo dismissed him outright, indicating that he should stick to driving tractors. Lamborghini left determined to show exactly what he knew about building supercars. The wealthy businessman...
For 2011, the Infiniti G sedan series gets a new member: a 2.5-liter V-6 G25 aimed at lowering the price of entry while maintaining luxury status. It joins the established G37 sedan in one of the sportiest luxury sedan ranges short of the BMW 3-Series. MotorAuthority recognizes the strong performance credentials here and rates the 2011 G sedans 8...
When Hyundai announced plans to go high-end with a full-size luxury sedan to take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series, most people smiled politely and nodded or laughed into their hands. Now, with the Hyundai Genesis Sedan on them market, those doubters are left with a meal of crow. MotorAuthority rates the 2011 Hyundai...
AJ Foyt Racing has become the second team to align with Honda Performance Development (HPD) for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. AJ Foyt, the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, made the announcement together with son and team director Larry Foyt, as well as Erik Berkman, HPD president. "AJ Foyt is a living legend in American...
Fire, the sound of a V-10 engine, and a high-def, slow-motion camera. For some of us, this is church. Robert Himler, sir, you are a god among men. Keep up the good work. Oh, and thank Underground Racing for us, too, if you would. Be sure to go full screen and 1080p. This video deserves it. The slow motion starts at 1:22. [Robert Himler on YouTube]
As the Corvette Racing team rides the highs and lows since its Le Mans win, BMW Team RLL seeks to step things up to keep up the success of the start of the 2011 season as the American Le Mans Series heads to Mosport International Raceway this weekend. Coming off a strong showing at Lime Rock Park where Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller scored their third...
The wagon version of the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, or ‘Estate’ as it’s known in Europe, was first revealed nearly two years but the U.S. is just getting its first taste of the furious family hauler, which has just come onto the market as a 2012 model. To get us all excited once again, we have this stunning mega-gallery of images...
Ferrari has unveiled its new 458 Italia Grand Am race car, which is set to compete next year in the North American race series, more specifically, in Grand-Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series GT class under the current GT rules. On its first public shakedown today at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in Italy, it completed a good number of...
Yesterday we saw him test drive the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and today we have a video of television personality and comedian Jay Leno at AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany. Leno meets with the official Mercedes-Benz tuner’s CEO Ola Källenius and then gets a chance to drive the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster...
When it comes to rare Porsches of the modern-era, few are as hard to come by as the Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion (street version). However, one of these rare beauties is now up for sale in Kyoto, Japan, and if you’re interested, it will set you back a cool $1.7 million. The particular model is a 1997 version, finished in white but...
Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero de Montezemolo has quashed rumors that the famous Italian sports car manufacturer may be going public, reaffirming previous comments from Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne that there were no plans to sell the brand. "There is no program to list Ferrari, no program at all," Cordero de Montezemolo told reporters at a special...
As we predicted earlier this year, the third-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK in AMG trim will be receiving a new heart transplant in the form of a naturally aspirated version of the twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter sledgehammer V-8 making its way into most of the Affalterbach tuner’s lineup. We can now reveal that this AMG version of the latest SLK...
The 2012 McLaren MP4-12C, the first all-new road-going car from the legendary British motorsports and engineering firm in more than 20 years, is just weeks away from delivery but already the car has been modified in response to widespread criticism of a severe lack of emotion from most that have driven it. While in many areas the McLaren is...
The Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class compact SUV was only recently introduced as a 2010 model but already engineers are hard at work testing a facelifted version due in the second half of next year. This means that the facelifted GLK is likely to enter the market as a 2013 model, bringing with it fresh new styling and a revised engine lineup promising...
As legend has it, a brazen, determined tractor builder named Ferruccio Lamborghini once called upon Enzo himself to discuss a clutch problem with his Ferrari. Enzo dismissed him outright, indicating that he should stick to driving tractors. Lamborghini left determined to show exactly what he knew about building supercars. The wealthy businessman...
For 2011, the Infiniti G sedan series gets a new member: a 2.5-liter V-6 G25 aimed at lowering the price of entry while maintaining luxury status. It joins the established G37 sedan in one of the sportiest luxury sedan ranges short of the BMW 3-Series. MotorAuthority recognizes the strong performance credentials here and rates the 2011 G sedans 8...
When Hyundai announced plans to go high-end with a full-size luxury sedan to take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series, most people smiled politely and nodded or laughed into their hands. Now, with the Hyundai Genesis Sedan on them market, those doubters are left with a meal of crow. MotorAuthority rates the 2011 Hyundai...
AJ Foyt Racing has become the second team to align with Honda Performance Development (HPD) for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. AJ Foyt, the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, made the announcement together with son and team director Larry Foyt, as well as Erik Berkman, HPD president. "AJ Foyt is a living legend in American...
Fire, the sound of a V-10 engine, and a high-def, slow-motion camera. For some of us, this is church. Robert Himler, sir, you are a god among men. Keep up the good work. Oh, and thank Underground Racing for us, too, if you would. Be sure to go full screen and 1080p. This video deserves it. The slow motion starts at 1:22. [Robert Himler on YouTube]
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