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Ford’s beloved pony car, the Mustang, turns 50 years old in April of 2014. To honor the event, Mustangs Across America is planning a seven-day trip that will take participants from Los Angeles, California to Charlotte, North Carolina, arriving in time for the Mustang Club of America’s 50th anniversary bash at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Stops along the route include Phoenix, Arizona; Las Cruces, New Mexico; Midland, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Jackson, Mississippi and Atlanta, Georgia. Optional detours will visit such sites as the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, home to Jim...
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VW Celebrates 50 Years Of Racing With Formula Vee Reunion
Volkswagen’s debut in motorsports officially began in Daytona, Florida, in August 1963. That’s when the first sanctioned Formula Vee race was held, launching a series that, in the beginning, was founded by racing enthusiasts for racing enthusiasts. Formula Vee was born with one simple...
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2013 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction Recap
If you spent last weekend glued to Speed, watching the Barrett-Jackson Auction live from Scottsdale, Arizona, you probably came away with the same confused outlook we did. While some cars sold for impressive amounts, like the $1.1 million paid for the first production 2014 Corvette Stingray, or the...
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Like The 2013 Ford Shelby GT500? Here’s Your Chance To Win One
In stock form, the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang cranks out an impressive 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet of torque, will reportedly top out at 200 miles per hour and can be purchased by anyone with the $54,995 price of admission. That makes it a performance bargain by anyone’s standards...
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Detroit Auto Show To Again Feature 'The Gallery' Of Luxury Cars
While the Detroit Auto Show will again serve up something for everyone, those shopping for luxury and ultra-luxury cars may object to waiting in line behind a gaggle of unsupervised children to get a glimpse at the latest wares from the likes of Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus or Porsche. If you’re...
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2013 Goodwood Revival To Honor 50 Years Of The Ford GT40
In 1963, the Ford Motor Company came very close to acquiring Ferrari, which was (discreetly) up for sale. Ford spent a significant amount of time and money conducting due diligence, and the deal was close to signing when Ferrari suddenly broke off negotiations. Under the terms demanded by Ford...
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In 2011, Volkswagen’s unforgettable Super Bowl XLV ad (featuring a young Darth Vader, amazed at the sudden emergence of his mystical powers) earned the brand the Number One Ad of 2011 award from Adweek. Last year, it’s follow-up, called “The Dog Strikes Back,” earned it recognition from Google as one of the most popular ad videos on YouTube. Even its “The Bark Side” teaser managed to draw in viewers prior to the main ad’s debut during Super Bowl XLVI. In 2012, Volkswagen has seen a 35-percent increase in year-to-date sales, and has also enjoyed 27...
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The Petersen Automotive Museum’s Secret Vault (Temporarily) Opens To The Public
If you’ve never been to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the only word we can think of to sum it up is “impressive.” Regardless of where your automotive passion lies, there’s something at the Petersen to get you salivating like one of Pavlov’s dogs at a...
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Mayan Apocalypse: 10 Cars To Lease (Just) Before The World Ends
If the Mayans were correct, the world will come to an end in just 17 days. Though the specific event is open to interpretation, colliding with a planet called Nibiru, being swallowed by a black hole or suffering through a sudden loss of gravity will all produce the same results, and none of us will...
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Mercedes Using Kate Upton To Introduce The CLA Class At Super Bowl XLVII
If you don’t know who Kate Upton is, chances are good you’re not in the demographic that Mercedes-Benz is trying to attract with its upcoming upcoming CLA Class four-door coupe. In case the Sports Illustrated cover model isn’t enough of a draw, the automaker will reportedly use...
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Barrett-Jackson To Auction Off The Original TV Batmobile
If you grew up in the late 1960s or early 1970s, you know this absolute truth: there is only one Batmobile, and it was driven by the only real Batman, Adam West, on the television show that pioneered the concept of starring a car alongside an actor. Despite the success of the Batman movie...
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Exhibit Honors 40 Years Of Porsche Design
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche is best known as the designer of the iconic Porsche 911, but his artistic vision extended far beyond the world of the automobile. In 1972 F.A. Porsche founded the Porsche Design Studio, which would ultimately bring trend-setting style to the world of consumer goods...
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To outsiders, the life of an automotive journalist is second only to the life of fictional spy James Bond. After all, we get to travel to exotic locations, drive the latest, fastest cars and eat meals we couldn’t possibly pay for on our own dime. Sadly, the reality of the job is countless hours spent in strange (or familiar) airports, or twelve-hour days chained to a desk, pecking at a keyboard like a pigeon in a Skinner Box, hoping for positive reinforcement and a pellet of food. The pay isn’t what it used to be either, so most of us who make a living writing about cars do so...
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Ford's Oldest Known Survivor Sells For $264k
Last month, we told you that a rare 1903 Ford Model A Rear Entry Tonneau would be crossing the block in mid-October, at the RM Auctions sale in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Built in the first batch of cars to come from Ford’s Mack Avenue plant, this Model A is believed to be the oldest surviving...
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Aston Martin's centenary logo celebrates 100 years of glory
Aston Martin began producing sports cars in 1913, and since then has become something of an iconic luxury brand, indelibly linked to the world’s best-known fictional spy, James Bond. While Bond's driven many different vehicles throughout 22 films, none is more familiar that the...
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2012 Goodwood Revival Sets Attendance Record
This year’s Goodwood Revival set a new attendance record, with some 146,000 racing, vintage car and vintage aircraft fans (most dressed in period costume) entering the gates for the three-day celebration of all things motorized or mechanical. We brought you coverage of this year’s...
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Mika Hakkinen, Street Racing In An SLS AMG GT3: Video
Sometimes, street racing is a good thing, as is the case with the Verva Street Racing spectacular, held annually in Warsaw, Poland. Visitors gets to see some of the world’s best known historic race cars, dicing wheel to wheel on the (disturbingly narrow) streets of Poland’s largest...
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Oldest Ford Motor Company Car To Cross The Block (Again)
The oldest known surviving product of Ford Motor Company, a 1903 Model A Rear Entry Tonneau, has had only five owners since it left the factory over a century ago. On October 11 an 12, one bidder will have the opportunity to become buyer number six as the car is again scheduled to cross the block...
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Not content to wait for buyers to grace its showrooms, Aston Martin is taking three of its cars on an ambitious tour of Europe. Over the next three months, Aston Martin’s “Power, Beauty, Soul” tour will visit 27 cities in nine countries. It may be your best chance to see an Aston Martin Vanquish, a V12 Zagato or a V12 Vantage Roadster in the flesh, and it may be your only chance to see all three together. While most tour stops will be at Aston Martin dealers, the British luxury automaker promises “exclusive customer events” along the way, too. Representing Power...
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Pebble Beach Auctions Generate Serious Sales Despite Sagging Global Economy
If you read (or watch) the news, doom and gloom over the economy on both sides of the Atlantic is nearly inescapable. While the world may be on the brink of economic ruin, this past weekend’s Pebble Beach auctions show that buyers’ appetites for collector cars aren’t affected...
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Ford Marks 20 Years Of SVT Performance With Past And Present Mustangs
Ford’s Special Vehicle Team, or SVT, has been making Mustangs (and other Ford products) faster since the debut of the SVT Mustang Cobra in early 1993. To honor the 20th anniversary of SVT, Ford will roll out a special display in Mustang Alley at this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise. Over...
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Aston Martin Visits Bosch's Boxberg Proving Grounds: Video
In addition to providing Aston Martin owners with specialized driving instruction programs in the U.K. and the U.S., the luxury sports car maker also runs a series of more relaxed “lifestyle events,” which usually involve scenic tours in Aston Martin automobiles. Somewhere in between...
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Would You Drive A 109 Year Old Oldsmobile Across The United States?
Joy Rainey’s motorsport resume can hold its own against most non-professional drivers. The U.K. resident is a veteran of events including the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the London to Sydney Marathon and the Carrera Sudamericana. She also campaigned a Jaguar E-Type in hill climb...
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Bertone's 1967 Jaguar Pirana Concept To Be Displayed At Concorso Italiano
Fresh off a recent restoration, the 1967 Bertone Jaguar Pirana concept will be one of the featured cars at the upcoming Concorso Italiano, scheduled for Friday, August 17 at the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California. The styling may be Italian, but underneath the Pirana’s futuristic...
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