| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The 4-series is a worthy successor to the 3-series coupe. Now, we wait for the M4.... | | What is it? In BMWspeak, usually the higher the number on the trunk lid the greater the bragging rights and the higher the amount customers are willing to pay. This is one view of the new BMW 4-series coupe -- successor to the much-loved  |
|  | | Honda Motor Co. plans to bring hybrid variants of its Fit subcompact to the United States with the car's redesign, as the Japanese automaker wagers that...
|  | | WEST COAST EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: I was, as we say in California, totally planning to buy one of these. I like all those dinky, efficient, wildly practical little people movers they sell in Europe. There are many cars of this size and shape over there. These are the minivans of The Continent,...
|  | | Eight-second cars are often funny-looking and monstrous-sounding. To get into the eights in the mid-1960s, Dick Landy hacked up his Dodges, altering the wheelbase for better weight transfer. Within a couple of years, the full-on...
|  | | Sometimes you have to take a risk in life -- do something that tests your boundaries and show you how strong you are. I've been testing my limits in the gym for about a year. I was in a race car as soon as I got my driver's license, but when I moved up from the NHRA Lucas Oil Series to a Funny...
|  | | BMW has revealed several retro-fit enhancements for the new 4-series coupe, part of its M-Performance line of options. In the process the company has provided...
|  | | Do not adjust your screen or sound. We are controlling the signal (and image stabilization kicks in at the one-minute 20-second mark anyway). What you are about to see is “Wild Flowers,” the most surreal bit of
|  | | We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- “Top Gear”...
|  | | Last week, we got all racy with a couple of track-only vintage Plymouths filling the Hell Garage with their plaintive cries for your sweat and money, and word in Hooptie Hades was that we'd be looking for a...
|  | | Hendrick Motorsports gave Richie Parker a chance, and it's turned out to be a win-win for the NASCAR team and for a team engineer who was born without arms. Parker works at the team's North Carolina race shop. “It's very demanding,...
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|  | | I hate writing columns like this, the kind where one media calls out another's mistakes. There but for the grace of God go I and all that…But the shrieking and hysteria over LA's Petersen Museum going to hell in a handbasket is over the top. That's what the LA Times reported, and it's turned...
|  | | Things were looking up for Packard in 1949. Enjoying the postwar car sales boom (their highest sales volume years were just ahead) and boasting a then-sleek, art deco lineup (never mind that it would soon be ravaged by critics that compared the cars to upside-down bathtubs), the specter of the...
|  | | Word was getting out that Ford was readying a new Mustang for 1992. Sources were saying that the all-new Mustang would come with a stable of engines, including a 4.6-liter V8 producing 300 hp along with a modular rear suspension. Other rumored features for the car included an adjustable suspension...
|  | | Land Rover has just built a one-off Defender truck for marine explorer and conservationist Monty Halls. A noted TV presenter and marine biologist, Halls has helmed several TV shows on BBC and Animal Planet. He is perhaps best known for his TV series called “Great Ocean Adventures,” his...
|  | | The theatrical trailer for “Snake & Mongoose” debuted on Wednesday. The docu-drama by Entertainment Universe follows the tale of the two drag racers Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen. “Snake & Mongoose” hits select theaters...
|  | | Hyundai is continuing its collaboration with “The Walking Dead” TV show at Comic-Con this year in San Diego. The company revealed a second Zombie-proof vehicle, and this time it’s a Veloster. The orange hatchback was outfitted by Galpin Auto Sports in California as well as media...
|  | | Last week, we attended the Micro Car Classic at the Boston-area ”Lar Anderson Auto Museum”. As exciting as that event was with dozens of small cars ranging from a BMW Isetta to a Subaru 360, we suspect that this weekend's American Car Day will bring even bigger crowds.If you're around...
|  | | Even for a marque like Citroën – already rare on our shores -- there are degrees of rarity when it comes to the models. While it's relatively easy to find the still-futuristic Citroën DS sedan and the easy to spot Citroën 2CV, you're not going to see a Citroën GS even at every French car show,...
|  | | NASCAR has found a way to almost ensure that a full-time Nationwide Series driver can win a race this year. Note the “almost ensure” qualifier because there are always those pesky full-time Sprint Cup drivers up and down the grid ready and capable of dominating and taking all the money....
|  | | Daniel Ricciardo was in the unusual position of being first and third fastest in different cars on the second day of the Silverstone Formula One test -- after swapping from Toro Rosso to Red Bull over the lunch break.The Aussie set his quicker time in his regular car before making his pitch for a...
|  | | Bernie Ecclestone's bosses have admitted they will "monitor developments" in the German corruption affair that led to an indictment this week.On Wednesday, it emerged that the F1 chief executive has finally been indicted on bribery charges relating to the 82-year-old Formula One boss's $44 million...
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