Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor
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The last we'd heard on the development of the 2015 Ford Focus RS, it wasn't even an officially approved production project, though it was in tentative development. Now news comes that the project has... -
Ken Block Delivers Refreshingly Humble WRC Mexico Recap: VideoKen Block is many things: shoe magnate, hoonigan honcho, and WRC driver among them. It turns out he's also rather refreshingly humble and aware of the difficulty of rally racing. Of course, he's had his fair share of exposure to adversity, both self-induced and environmental, over the course of the...
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Jay-Z/Kanye Wrecked 'Otis' Maybach Brings Just $60,000 At AuctionIt seems even those with a taste for contemporary art couldn't open their wallets very far--even in the name of the Save the Children charity--for the monstrosity that is the Jay-Z/Kanye West 'Otis' Maybach. It sold for just $60,000 at the New York Contemporary Art Evening auction held by Phillips...
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Porsche's Future, MINI Countryman Coupe, Chevy NASCAR: Today's Car NewsWe take an inside look at Porsche's near-term future in a roundtable discussion with some of the company's top brass, including CEO Matthias Mueller. Can you say plug-in hybrids, four-cylinders, and a new supercar? MINI might name the production version of the Paceman concept the Countryman Coupe...
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Jaguar Heritage Racing launches, factory-backed C- and D-Type racing imminentFor those that feared the worst for Jaguar's Heritage operations after news last month that the Heritage Museum would be shutting down this fall, it appears the division is merely shifting its focus: now on to racing. Well, historic racing, to be precise. The new Jaguar Heritage Racing program will...
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2013 BMW M5 Ring Taxi Spy ShotsThe M5 Ring Taxi is back--or nearly, at any rate. It was replaced last year with an M3, as the M5 spent a year out of production during the transition to the new F10 chassis 5-Series. Photos from our spy photographers during testing at the Nurburgring show just how close the return really is...
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What do you get when you pair the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG with a winding mountain road, mellow cello music, and Boris Becker? Ninety kilos of dead weight spoiling the ride with a spec-sheet... -
Paul Newman's Last Race Car Sells For $275,000 At Amelia IslandA 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Riley & Scott race car was the last Paul Newman, famed actor and renowned racing driver, ever took into competition. It sold this weekend at the RM Auction at the Amelia Island Concours for a price of $275,000. The 2002 Corvette racer was powered by a 5.7-liter V-8...
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Porsche's Near Future: Macan, Plug-In Hybrids, 'Customer Experience'Wrapping up our series of articles generated from a roundtable discussion with Porsche chief Matthias Mueller, management board member for sales and marketing Bernhard Maier, and Porsche Cars North America chief Detlev von Platen at the Geneva Motor Show, we take a look at the near future of...
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BMW Team RLL Ready For ALMS Debut At SebringThe 2012 ALMS season is already heating up, with the first race of the year--the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring--coming this weekend. Corvette Racing has built a new, wider C6.R for the new year, and among those taking it on will be the BMW Team RLL BMW M3 GT. As the 40th anniversary of BMW's M...
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Britain's Atalanta Re-Launches Sports Tourer After 75 YearsJust revived from a 75-year slumber last fall, Britain's Atalanta sports car brand has now launched its first new car--except it's a 75-year-old design. Called the Atalanta Sports Tourer, the car was first shown to the public on March 5, 1937. But despite its aged design, the modern Sports Tourer...
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New Corvette Racing C6.R Wide Body To Debut At SebringThe American Le Mans Series provides some of the best road-racing action on television in the U.S., and it's coming back for the 2012 season this weekend for the 12 Hours of Sebring. Along with its return will be the latest iteration of the Corvette Racing C6.R, now in wide-body format. Based on...
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As one of the great on-again, off-again projects of recent years at Porsche, the sub-Boxster roadster, referred to internally as the 550--after the historic 550 Spyder--has at times straddled the... -
Gilt Groupe To Sell 2013 Infiniti JX35 For Half Price TodayToday at noon (as in now) the Gilt Groupe will sell the first all-new 2013 Infiniti JX35 crossover--for half off its retail price of $54,850. That's a $27,425 savings. Why? For charity--the full retail value of the car will be donated to Coaches vs. Cancer, a collaborative effort between the...
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Interview With Lambo CEO, 2013 SL 550 Priced, Updated Leaper: Today's Car NewsWith the 2012 Geneva Motor Show just behind us, the industry is still churning up news--surprisingly so, even. At the top of the day's news, we sat down with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann while we were in Geneva, and got some inside info on the Aventador J, as well as a hint at a potential...
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Lamborghini Aventador J, Future Sports Car Possibilities: An Interview With Stephan WinkelmannWe sat down with Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show to talk shop about the Aventador J and came away with some other--perhaps even more interesting--news.
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Palatov DP4 Hits Infineon Raceway: VideoThe Palatov DP4 (renamed to D4 of late), if you aren't fully up to date on your track day esoterica, is one beastly little superkart of a machine, available in forms up to 300 horsepower with weights as low as 800 pounds. Oh, and it can be fitted with all-wheel drive. To make things even more...
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2013 Audi R8 Teased As Fifth Anniversary Celebrated: VideoAudi's mid-engined wundercar, the R8, is five years old--soon to be six. Six models have been built, and soon, the facelifted, updated 2013 model will be on the scene. This video gives us a tiny taste of what to expect--and a look back on what's already been. While the whole 90-second run of the...
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Aston Martin's V12 Zagato has been a long time in coming--debuting as a race car last year before showing off in production guise this February and making an appearance at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.... -
The Making Of The Lamborghini Aventador J: VideoYou've seen the live photos and read all of the official information, but you haven't seen the 2.1-million-euro, completely mental and lust-inducing Lamborghini Aventador J in this kind of detail. There are probably better ways to spend the next 80 seconds, but right now, we can't think of any. If...
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Morgan Returns To Le Mans With LMP2 Entry: VideoAs we reported back in January, Morgan Motor Company has teamed up with France's OAK Racing to enter Le Mans in the LMP2 class, albeit with re-branded Pescarolo World Endurance Championship cars. This video shows the first shakedown test of the new joint effort as the team readies to bring the...
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Hybrid 911 Possible, Hints Porsche--But Not Until We Have ToAs the maker of the first racing hybrid that would do serious business on the track--courtesy of an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system--Porsche is no stranger to the idea of high-performance hybrids. But the brand, under then-CEO Michael Macht, has said as recently as 2010, that it won't build...
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Chevrolet To Build 69 2012 COPO Camaro Drag RacersThe 2012 Chevrolet Camaro will get a special-edition drag racing-only COPO version limited to just 69 units.
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Exige S Roadster, 2013 SL65 AMG, SRT Barracuda: Car News HeadlinesThe Geneva Motor Show nearly split the automotive web in half this week under the sheer weight of its debuts and news, but there are other things happening out there. The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG is set to debut at the 2012 New York Auto Show, for instance, and it's a car we're looking forward...
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