Panther Racing announced Thursday it has signed 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice to drive the team's No. 44 entry in the 100th Anniversary of the Indy 500.
Frenchman Laurent Mekies, Chief Engineer of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 team says that the Italian team will update its STR6 at the Grand Prix of Monaco.
Slowly but surely, the industrial espionage saga that shook Renault - and turned out to be an internal power struggle that caused the dismissal of managers Matthieu Tenenbaum, Michel Balthazard and Bertrand Rochette - is drawing to a close. The French automaker announced that a settlement had been reached with the three men.
Nicolas Hamilton had a big crash when testing his car for the British Renault Clio Cup race at Thruxton, Great Britain.
Chrysler unveiled the S variants of the 200 at the latest NY auto show and has now announced pricing as well. A sedan will set you back $28,995 and a convertible model $39,495. That's just $1,000 more than the Limited versions and, according to the manufacturer, you get an extra $5,000 worth of goodies.
Ferrari is F1's biggest spender, while Hispania boasts the smallest budget, an industry publication has found.
Saab's inability to re-establish production because of unpaid bills is starting to reflect poorly on its owner, Spyker Cars. The Dutch company reported net losses of 72 million euros (around 201.2 million CAD) today for the first quarter of 2011.
Birdman announced via Twitter that he just purchased a Maybach Exelero for a cool $8 million. The fourth wealthiest rapper according to Forbes is making quite a statement!
After numerous technical issues during the preliminary test at Le Mans, Aston Martin decided to withdraw from the Six Hours of Spa, second round of the Le Mans Series championship.
I'm not usually a fan of SUVs. But there's always an exception to the rule, and here it's Volkswagen's Tiguan. I have to say, the little ute really does justice to the "sport" in Sport Utility Vehicle - and that's rarely the case in this class.
The FIA is sticking to its May 1 deadline for the possible rescheduling of Bahrain's 2011 grand prix.
Mercedes-Benz USA announced today that it will open the company's first Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy in Los Angeles in October 2011, offering a fully-integrated, California DMV-approved teen driver education program.
Kia's new design language looks pretty good on its smallest sedan. With those distinctive looks, 40 mpg, and Kia's track record for decent pricing, they will be only one outcome -- lots of happy customers. Also great to see "stop-start" showing up on a high-volume, low-cost vehicle like Rio.
Ben Collins, a well-known race car driver and famous for his role as the second Stig in the popular TV show Top Gear, has published an article listing the five worst cars he's ever driven.
Wards Auto reports that Tom Doll, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Subaru of America, predicts a 50-percent sales boost for the Impreza next year in the United States. And that's without a Volkswagen Jetta-style price cut.
Kia's new design language looks pretty good on its smallest sedan. With those distinctive looks, 40 mpg, and Kia's track record for decent pricing, they will be only one outcome -- lots of happy customers. Also great to see "stop-start" showing up on a high-volume, low-cost vehicle like Rio.
A British film writer is working on a script to immortalise the most famous season in F1 great Niki Lauda's successful career.
Aisin Seiki Co., the world's third-largest auto parts supplier, today said its net income more than quadrupled in the fiscal year that ended March 31 on a 10 percent sales rise.
Mazda North America has chosen its top product-development executive to oversee U.S. operations as part of a reorganization of Mazda's corporate structure in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Violent weather across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee has halted production at Toyota and