Posted by Mario on May 28, 2011
Also in this episode: Get ready for the Indianapolis 500 with our quiz, the last Cadillac DTS finds a home with Nicola Bulgari and plan your race-watching marathon. TRANSCRIPT Welcome to a holiday weekend getaway Friday edition of AutoWeek TV. Memorial Day weekend–it’s also maximum motorsports weekend. [...]
Posted by Mario on May 27, 2011
Porsche
Porsche Cars North America is complementing its Rennsport Reunion IV fall competition with a Porsche Race Car Classic concours d’elegance.
Fans of Porsches now have two events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in October to indulge their passion. First is the Rennsport [...]
Posted by Mario on May 27, 2011
LAT Photographic
Rod Millen during his 2000 Pikes Peak run before turbocharger problems sidelined him.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a month away, which means most teams are starting to feel the pressure of challenging one of the oldest races in [...]
Posted by Mario on May 27, 2011
Audi is ramping up its efforts for the 24 Hours of Le Mans both in the pit and in the marketing office. The company has created a new 3-D video called A Day in the Life of an Audi Driver. The video shows Audi Team Joest [...]
Posted by Mario on May 26, 2011
Aston Martin V12 Zagato
The Aston Martin V12 Zagato has already won the concept class at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy. Now it’s going racing. The modern interpretation of the famous DB4GT Zagato will head to the Nürburgring in [...]
Posted by Mario on May 26, 2011
Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec. Photo by ROGER HART.
Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec. Photo by ROGER HART.
Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec. Photo by ROGER HART.
Hyundai Genesis 5.0 R-Spec. Photo [...]
Posted by Mario on May 25, 2011
Nissan North America said Tuesday that it will start providing Carfax with info on safety and emissions recalls for Nissan and Infiniti vehicles. Nissan said it will share affected vehicle identification numbers with the vehicle history reports site. Drivers can type their VIN into [...]
Posted by Mario on May 24, 2011
Toyota
The 2012 Toyota Prius V
What Is It? The 2012 Toyota Prius V is a larger, more practical version of the Toyota Prius. To make the Prius into a Prius V, Toyota stretched the car’s underlying MC platform in every dimension, adding [...]
Posted by Mario on May 22, 2011
The 2012 Honda Civic went on sale in April.
Honda is recalling 1,156 copies of the redesigned 2012 Civic because of a potential fuel leak. A mechanical seal in the fuel line on some vehicles was misplaced during assembly, leaving a gap where [...]
Posted by Mario on May 21, 2011
AutoWeek
Auto Art Models is the original source of this moving Wankel engine keychain.
When I got the keys to our long-term 2011 Mazda 5 last week, they came with a surprise–this aluminum-and-brass keychain in the shape of a rotary-engine housing, complete with [...]