I'm in Montana for the next couple of days to drive the redesigned, 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class. Quite frankly, I didn't know what to expect, besides the fact that my colleagues have been to much more glamorous places in recent months: Spain, Germany, France, California. Me? I decide to take the Montana press trip.
The McLaren MP4-12C is without a doubt the current talk of the automotive industry. Highly touted for its performance and equally criticized for its lack of "exoticness", McLaren has listened and responded at F1-like speeds.
We're attending the world media launch of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class in Montana. It's the fourth-largest state by area, but with a population of less than a million residents, you can imagine how spread out everything is.
For Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher, the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring this weekend represents the second home race in succession for the team.
Since the beginning, these two have been at each other's throats. Now it seems their relationship has reached its breaking point. Suzuki claims VW is trying to poach its autonomy, while VW is complaining that Suzuki isn't playing nice and is unwilling to share technology despite the 20% stake VW holds in its Asian associate.
The FIA has released the 2014 Formula 1 technical regulations yesterday, Wednesday July 20 and they contain some very interesting information about the new V6 turbo engines.
The name Franchitti has become synonymous with the Armor All Gold Coast 600 for many years and it will be back again in October!
Aldo Costa has left Ferrari completely, the Italian carmaker has confirmed.
Jarno Trulli is sitting out the German grand prix as Team Lotus gives Karun Chandhok an opportunity to race the Italian regular's car.
Brazilian Sid Mosca, one of the most recognised painters of formula one helmets has sadly died.
Luis Perez-Sala has reportedly joined HRT as an official advisor to the Spanish team's new owners Thesan Capital.
Michael Schumacher will mark the twentieth anniversary of his formula one debut with a special black cap.
While Prodrive is best known for its motorsport achievements, about half the company's turnover comes from engineering activity in the mainstream automotive sector. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Simon Leleu, Prodrive team leader for transmission and driveline systems, about trends in the take-up of AMTs, CVTs and DCTs.
Russia's car market is set to grow by 20%-40% in 2011 according to a Russia-based PwC consultant.
Lotus has announced increased revenues for the year ended 31 March.
Car guy and all-around funnyman Jay Leno got his crack at the
Shelby American is adding a little incentive to pick up one of its one-off
Eight seconds can seem either like an instant or an eternity.
Tesla Motors, the maker of electric Roadster sports cars, said it reached an agreement with Toyota to supply powertrain equipment worth about $100 million.
Germany has been granted approval by the European Commission (EC) today (20 July) to apply for EUR4.3m (EUR$6.1m) in aid for redundant auto workers.