Rumor Central

It’s official -- 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button is leaving behind his Brawn ( or Mercedes-Benz ) GP team, and signing with McLaren for the 2010 season.   more

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. It seems Mercedes-Benz has taken that logic to heart, as Daimler announced yesterday it would purchase a 45-percent stake in the successful Brawn GP Formula 1 team.   more

To promote the 2010 Mustang, Ford’s Mustang Unleashed campaign has helped a blind man drive a new Mustang, an 18-year-old challenge his shop teacher on a drag strip, and a drift racer compete in Japan. Now it’s managed to...  more

To show off the 2010 4Runner’s impressive capabilities, Toyota will enter a very lightly modified version of the car in the SCORE Baja 1000 -- one of the toughest desert races in the world.   more

After a successful 2009 Dakar Rally, Volkswagen seems dead set on conquering the 2010 race. VW announced it would return to the race with no less than five -- five! -- Touareg 2 TDI off-road trucks.   more

If you happen to watch any Grand-Am races next year, there's a good chance you'll see Kia's shapely new Forte Koup whizzing around a track. The Korean automaker revealed it will field a pair of Koups in the 2010 Koni...  more

It seems Honda isn’t the only Japanese automaker to leave Formula One. After eight years in the sport, Toyota announced it would officially bow out of F1 at the end of the year.   more

Drag racing is a gas -- and when it comes to Roush's new Mustang racers, said gas is propane.   more

Ever wonder what a Dodge Challenger would look like dressed up in NASCAR garb? Your questions have been answered.   more

The Brazilian Grand Prix proved to be the key element to the Formula 1 Driver’s Championship yet again. Jenson Button, driving for Brawn GP, finished fifth in the race, allowing him to snag the title. Button’s victory also...  more

Instead of returning to the prototype class with a new LMP1 car, American automaker Panoz has decided to develop a new GT2-class race car for competition in the American Le Mans Series.   more

Lotus F1 Racing confirmed its entry into Formula 1 for the 2010 season one month ago, but the team is already prepared to start wind-tunnel testing on a scale model. Could this be a sign that the team is up to the task of...  more

Famed action sports star-turned-rally driver Ken Block has been offered a spot to drive in the World Rally Championship. The all-new Monster Energy Drink World Rally Team will have Block piloting a WRC-spec 2009 Ford Focus.   more

In July, Ford announced that it would bring the Mustang back to NASCAR in July 2010, when a limited number of Mustangs will race at the Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The Roush Fenway...  more