Motorsports Blog

The electric vehicle division of this summer's Pike's Peak International Hillclimb is turning out to be one of the most watched and anticipated, with entries such as a full-race spec Mitsubishi i-MiEV and a ...    Read more

Carroll Shelby has been the subject of many a blog post and article over the past week and a half since his passing. Over the course of his almost nine-decade life, Shelby was involved ...    Read more

Mitsubishi released details today on its Pikes Peak hill climb entry, the i-MiEV Evolution. Under its extra-wide, carbon fiber body work lies many of the same drivetrain components as the regular Mitsubishi i, but the big difference with this car is it features a three-motor, all-wheel-drive setup with ...    Read more

Volkswagen has hogged the glory at Dakar for the past three years but, according to a report from Car magazine, another brand under the German auto giant’s umbrella is interested in contesting the famed desert race. The British publication says Bentley is buying back ...    Read more

The speculation can finally come to a close: Yes, Chevrolet will sell a rear-wheel-drive sport sedan in the U.S. market next year. Yes, it will be based on a Holden-developed platform. And yes: it will be sold as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. Today’s announcement is largely hinged around the fact that ...    Read more

The 2012 Maserati Trofeo MC World Series is expanding into the U.S., where the new and improved 2012 GranTurismo racer will make its debut at Infineon Raceway. Maserati Corse prepared the new racer to be lighter and more ...    Read more

Did you know that, as far back as the early 1920s, there was an oval-shaped Grand Prix track in Spain? We didn't either until today, when we watched the Red Bull Racing Audi R8 LSM racecar take to the nearly-century-old Terramar Circuit in this captivating video. Piloting the R8 are DTM ...    Read more

If 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 30, BMW's M division is hitting the prime of its life. The high-performance car builder turns 40 this year, and we've rounded up our eight favorite cars, one for every five years of the performance subsidiary’s existence.   ...    Read more

With a reputation for transforming fast cars into barely-street-legal, gasoline-fueled missiles, Hennessey Performance always satisfies our hunger for high horsepower. The company’s latest videos show it’s still up to its old tricks. The Hennessey-modified Ford GT of Mark Heidaker broke the record for standing half-mile at 212.9 mph, ...    Read more

The Lexus LFA is no stranger to the Nurburgring Nordschleife--it's been racing on the Green Hell since 2008, two years before it was offered to the buying public --but it's bringing some friends to this year's 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race party:  ...    Read more

Two General Motors engineers will once again race a Buick Regal GS in a 90-mile Nevada road rally this month, after coming first in class last year. Whereas last year the Buick Regal GS competed in the 120-mph class, this year it will try the much more difficult 135-mph grouping. In ...    Read more

Lotus is set for its return to motorsports in the United States with its brand new Evora GTC leading the way. Based on the outgoing Evora GT4, the Lotus Evora GTC racecar will not only continue to compete ...    Read more

Have you ever wanted to own a record-setting hydroplane powered by Ferrari F1 V-12 engine? Well, here’s your chance because the 20.5-foot 1953 Timossi-Ferrari 'Arno XI' Racing Hydroplane is up for sale at auction and can be heard in this Feature Flick. The famous maritime vessel is powered by a ...    Read more

The Infiniti FX50 S designed by two-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel will be both exclusive – at just 200 units slated for production – and pricy, as Autocar reports the special edition model will cost over 120,000 euros (roughly $155,600) when it goes on sale. As we ...    Read more

The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will pace the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 later this month, making it the 11th time a Corvette and 23rd time a Chevrolet have paced the Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- Indy records for a nameplate and an automaker. The 638-hp ZR1 will also ...    Read more

It didn’t take long for noted GM tuner Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) to extract more juice from the stock version of the mighty Camaro ZL1. And as we reported last week, in addition to more power, the guys at LPE -- with Hot Rod magazine’s ...    Read more

Subaru and Puma have officially announced their driver lineup for this year's Global Rallycross championship. The team, dubbed Subaru Puma Rallycross, features BMX legend and Rally America regular Dave Mirra, skateboarder Bucky Lasek, and 2011 European Rallycross champion Sverre Isachsen behind the wheel of modded-out Subaru Impreza WRX STIs. The ...    Read more

In preparation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in June, Audi fielded four race cars at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps race in Belgium last weekend. Based on the result at Spa, Audi is in good shape for Le Mans: after ...    Read more

If you've ever wanted to go around the Nurburgring very quickly, but lack either the requisite skills or a fast car, you've had two options to quench your thirst: buy a video game and lap the virtual ...    Read more

The latest in the line of a long racing heritage, Peugeot will debut the rally-spec 208 R2 this week at the Tour de Corse race in France. The R2 is ...    Read more

Best known for his successful racing career in the CART series in the 1990s, Alex Zanardi was involved in a serious racing accident in September 2001 in Germany, resulting in the amputation of both his legs. For many professional drivers, this would be time to hang up their suits and ...    Read more

Audi is trying something new this year in hopes of taking the endurance racing world by storm: it's fielding four cars at a time instead of its usual three, and two of them are hybrids. It appears to be working: Audis swept the first four places in qualifying for this ...    Read more

Car commercials are often blunt in stressing a brand's unique qualities, and even more so during Super Bowl commercials. Ford does the opposite in its newest ad, relying on the appeal of its new products more than the Blue Oval badge. Instead of focusing on ...    Read more

As Nissan raises the performance of the GT-R, the car's price follows. In this Feature Flick, however, enthusiasts who can’t afford Godzilla’s near six-figure price tag can still sample the supercar slayer with Motor Trend’s Jessi Lang, who participates in Skip Barber’s 2013 GT-R Experience at Mazda Raceway ...    Read more

Do you like fast-paced movies, Audis, Jason Statham, and endurance racing? Of course you do, which means that like us, you're excited for the upcoming "Truth in 24 II" movie. Today's Feature Flick is the trailer for that movie, which comes out in just over two weeks. One of our favorite ...    Read more