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  • BMW Z3 GT3 laser headlight.

    BMW says its Z3 GT3 will be the first race car equipped with laser headlights.

  • 1956 Maserati 450S Prototype by Fantuzzi (Image: RM Auctions)
    Maserati Raced By Stirling Moss Up For Sale In Monaco

    What would you do with 4 million-5.5 million euros (around $5.5m-$7.6m)? A fleet of Bugatti Veyrons, perhaps? Build the biggest garage you can and fill it with pretty much every one of your dream cars? MUST SEE: Land Rover's Transparent Hood Is Technology From The Future: Video If the 1956 Maserati...

  • Jensen Button Rolls-Royce
    Jenson Button Riding Luxuriously At Each F1 Race Thanks To Rolls-Royce

    Jensen Button is all set to ride in serious comfort for the rest of the Formula 1 season. No, he hasn't made any changes to his McLaren-Mercedes race car. Instead, he's signed with Rolls-Royce to help promote the brand at each stop along the F1 calendar. By promoting the brand, he will be driving...

  • Toyota TS010
    Toyota’s Prototype History At Le Mans: Gallery

    The 2014 World Endurance Championship season is shaping up to be one of the most interesting in the past decade, especially at the top of the field, with Porsche in the prototype ranks, facing off against Audi and Toyota. But with Audi’s record of dominance and the addition of Porsche, Toyota...

  • Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix
    Another One-Two For Mercedes AMG After 2014 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

    Mercedes AMG has secured its third win from three races held this season, and its second consecutive one-two finish, with star driver Lewis Hamilton coming out on top yesterday at the 2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. However, the real winner yesterday was the sport itself, as the race was...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Lock Out Front Row For 2014 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

    After dominating the practice sessions of the 2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes AMG drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have now topped the timesheets during qualifying. Yes, it will be a Mercedes front row tomorrow, with Rosberg in the lead spot and Hamilton sitting next to him...

  • CrossKart

    It almost makes us tear up that we are just now finding out about this wonderful form of racing. Seriously, how could we miss this? It's called CrossKart racing, and it's essentially Formula racing that's melded with rally cars and dirtbikes. Perhaps it's more akin to Global RallyCross, but with the vehicles scaled way down... and the awesome scaled way up. ALSO SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang Is Powerful, But Aero-Efficient Too: Video These tiny terrors are powered by 750cc motorcycle engines, which put out around 150 horsepower. Since the vehicles only weigh around 700 pounds, you can assume that...

  • Ferrari at the 2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Although hot, and sometimes a little windy, the weather conditions tend to be quite good in Bahrain, which is why Formula One has hosted its winter test sessions there in the past couple of years. The good news is that the extreme heat won’t be much of any issue anymore for the island’s...

  • 2014 Audi R8 LMS ultra race car
    Five Teams To Field Audi R8 LMS ultras In 2014 Nürburgring 24 Hours

    Five teams will contest this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours using the R8 LMS ultra race car, including the factory-backed teams Phoenix Racing and Audi Race Experience. The latter allows virtually anyone to buy a seat on the team, and this year Austrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner will be...

  • Michael Schumacher
    Michael Schumacher Has Moments Of Consciousness, Manager Says

    A manager for Michael Schumacher has revealed some good news today about the condition of the injured Formula One legend, saying in a statement that Schumacher has started showing some moments of consciousness. "Michael is making progress on his way," Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm said in the...

  • Sebastian Vettel testing an Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge prototype
    Sebastian Vettel Starts Testing 560-HP Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge: Video

    Infiniti is finally serious about launching a proper performance product, and our first taste of what’s to come is the Q50 Eau Rouge concept. At the concept’s reveal at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show in January, Infiniti boss Johan de Nysschen said that any production version must have the...

  • Woman proves cars can be fun at any age
    Your Grandma Isn't This Cool: Video

    A lot of people think that aging is, somehow, a bad thing. Sure, it beats the alternative, but the fun drains out of life as the time does, right? As this enthusiastic woman proves, that's not the case--or at least it doesn't have to be. DON'T MISS: This Is What A 1,200-HP Hennessey Cadillac CTS-V...

  • Bahrain International Circuit, home of the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix

    Despite the ongoing political situation, Bahrain’s annual Grand Prix has managed to morph into a permanent fixture on the Formula One calendar and so far there have been no disruptions to the preparations for this weekend’s event. Having conducted two four-day test sessions at the Bahrain International Circuit in February and March, teams are used to the Island’s hot and arid conditions. But there won’t be any sunshine during this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The event is the latest night race to be added to the calendar, starting under floodlights at 6 PM local...

  • Honda Mean Mower
    Honda's Mean Mower Is Officially The World's Fastest Lawnmower At 116 MPH: Video

    The Guinness Book of World Records holds some odd bits of human achievement. World's longest toenails. World's tallest mohawk. World's farthest milk-squirting distance (from the eye!). Now, Honda has one of its own, and while it's not quite as quirky as some, it's unusual: the world's fastest...

  • Racing driver Scott McLaughlin tests the 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar
    Volvo V8 Supercars Drivers Check Out The 2015 S60 Polestar: Video

    Racing drivers Scott McLaughlin and Robert Dahlgren recently headed to northern Sweden to spend some time in the new 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar. The duo race a unique version of the car in Australia’s V8 Supercars touring car series, and Dahlgren thought that it would be a great deal of fun to...

  • 2014 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 race car
    Aston Martin Prepares For 2014 Nürburgring 24 Hours

    Aston Martin is returning to the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race this year with a 2014-spec V12 Vantage GT3, which will once again don the blue and yellow livery of suspension giant Bilstein. This will be the historic British automaker’s ninth-consecutive attempt at the gruelling...

  • 2014 Ford Fiesta ST rallycross car winter testing
    Ford Fiesta ST Rallycross Car Plays In The Snow: Video

    This year, America’s Global Rallycross Championship will face stiff competition from the new FIA-sanctioned World Rallycross Championship. A handful of drivers are common to both competitions, as are a number of the cars, such as the Ford Fiesta ST. MUST WATCH: Lamborghini Aventador Goes...

  • MOMO NGT 991 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Sebring
    How To Drive 'The Most Difficult Turn In Racing' - In A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

    The team at /DRIVE have put together another brilliant little bit of motorsports madness, this time in the form of the MOMO NGT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup piloted by Henrique Cisneros. The challenge? Getting through Turn 17 at Sebring International Raceway, known to many as the most difficult turn in...

  • Mercedes AMG drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton

    It was a one-two finish for Mercedes AMG drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, the first for the German automaker since Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi raced at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton took a lights-to-flag victory, finishing more than 17 seconds ahead of his teammate. Showing a partial return to form was reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing. The German finished 24.5 seconds behind Hamilton in third, and came close to challenging Rosberg midway through the race but gave up after the Mercedes...

  • Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton Secures Pole At 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix

    Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton has managed to secure his second consecutive pole position after a stunning performance during today’s rain-affected qualifying session for the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix. Despite some very heavy downpours, Hamilton managed to set a reasonable...

  • Mercedes AMG at the 2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix
    2014 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    The Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix is a very demanding race, both for the drivers and the cars. Not only is there the humidity and heat to contend with--the drivers lose more than 6 pounds in sweat--but torrential rain can be, and often is, a problem. And there’s a good chance we’ll...

  • Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Strassenversion. Image via Trofeo Cars.
    Rare Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Straßenversion for sale

    Porsche is back in the top tier of Le Mans racing this year, but the company has a rich history in the series, not the least of which involves a limited run of cars in the late 1990s as homologation specials, including the 911 GT1 Evo Strassenversion. The street-going version of the 911 GT1 race...

  • 2014 Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA Code X race car
    Gazoo Racing’s Lexus LFA Code X Hits The Track: Video

    Lexus has been competing in the gruelling Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race with its LFA supercar since 2008, back when it was still a prototype, and even though production ceased in 2012 versions of the car are still being developed for motorsport use. The latest is the Lexus LFA Code X...

  • Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres to drive for Peugeot in 2015 Dakar Rally
    Peugeot To Make Dakar Rally Comeback In 2015

    After its domination of Pikes Peak last year, Peugeot is set to return to another arena in which it once competed--the famed Dakar rally. The Pikes Peak partnership of Peugeot Sport, Red Bull and Total will join forces once again for the 2015 Dakar rally, hoping to replicate Peugeot's late 1980s...

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