| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTO SHOWS | VIDEOS | COLLECTOR | SUBSCRIBE |  |  | The face of the 2015 Ford Mustang blends elements of the Evos show car with the current Mustang.... | | No doubt Ford's biggest news next year is the new 2015 Mustang, launched to help the Blue Oval celebrate the pony car's 50th anniversary. Today we're getting our best look yet at the face of the next Mustang. There are significant changes afoot: We've been reporting for months the new car could look more like the Evos... |
|  | | Simply put, the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S is the fastest-accelerating road-going series production 911 we've ever driven -- faster than the latest ...
|  | | This has been a big year for the VW Golf. The first six months of 2013 saw the new GTI,
|  | | A new Prancing Horse is set to go public at the 2013 Frankfurt motor show: Ferrari will use the event to introduce the 458 Speciale, which will join the 458 Italia and ...
|  | | Long-time sponsor Castrol is leaving John Force Racing. The announcement that Castrol is pulling its support of Force after 29 years follows Ford's announcement earlier this month that it was leaving the top levels of the NHRA,...
|  | | It's 1966. Sinatra is on the radio with Count Basie and his orchestra. The new wife and I picked up a rent-a-racer, a 306-hp Shelby GT-H Mustang from Hertz near the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway for our...
|  | | Chevrolet brought a small fleet of 2014 Corvette Stingrays to Pebble Beach last week. Somehow, we were able to talk them into letting us drive one from Monterey back to...
|  | | Mark Martin kept returning to the words he knows best: humbled, honored, respected. This was during a 30-minute NASCAR conference call on Monday among Martin, Michael Waltrip of Michael Waltrip Racing and Greg Zipadelli, competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing. The call was to confirm...
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|  | | The one rule of the road that I've always adhered to -- next to the adage about keeping the rubber side down, and the one about the greatness and nourishing fulfillment of beef jerky -- is this: Before embarking on a cross-country sprint, one should thoroughly wash the car. Then, don't wash it...
|  | | Upon first approach, the Smart EV is identical to the previous second-generation Fortwo with no major changes -- why reinvent the wheel if you don't have to? -- except for the new electric drivetrain. The third-generation Smart EV is a zero-emissions vehicle driven by Bosch/Daimler 55-kilowatt...
|  | | EDITOR WES RAYNAL: While the price of this 2013 Nissan Altima 3.5 SL makes me gulp a bit, it's really in line with the competition. I just got to get used to a $30k-plus Altima. This is a competitive midsize car. If you think the Honda Accord and
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|  | | Michael Andretti is trying to find a sponsor to bring Juan Pablo Montoya back to IndyCar with Andretti Autosport."I have talked to Juan about IndyCar and told him 'Hell yeah, let's find a way to put something together,' " Andretti told The Associated Press on Monday. "I've driven against him and I...
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