Motorsports

It takes guts to take on Germany's famed race track, the so-called Green Hell. Requiring even more guts is lapping the Nürburgring when it's covered in snow. And ice. In a Formula racecar. Nürburgring Driving Academy chief instructor Andy Gulden recently did just that, turning laps on the Nordschleife and ...    Read more

Double vision isn’t necessarily a good thing, but in this case, it is. Two professional Japanese drivers decided to double the fun in a drifting demonstration with twin Toyota GT 86s. Below is a video of a white and red GT-86 getting into double trouble ...    Read more

Lotus Group will dip its hand even further into the realm of racing by providing engines for Le Mans LMP race cars built by Lola Group. The announcement, which will see the Lotus-powered cars purchased by German race team Kodewa, comes as CEO Danny Bahar looks for a new business ...    Read more

The heavy snowfall in northern Italy this week put the kibosh on Ferrari's plans to unveil its new Formula 1 racecar; however, its team drivers might not be quite out of luck – earlier this week, they had been gifted special Ferrari-themed Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s. The car that was going ...    Read more

It's almost time for the start of the 2012 Formula 1 season, and teams around the globe are revealing their car designs for the new year. Road-car manufacturers Ferrari, Caterham, and McLaren are among the teams that have shown off their new cars in anticipation of this year's first race ...    Read more

Nissan and The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) announced Wednesday an all-new Spec Z class. The new class is open to all models and trim levels of the 2003-2008 Nissan 350Z. The new NASA Spec Z class will offer drivers an affordable way to hone their driving ability and car ...    Read more

A new episode of The Downshift appears on Motor Trend’s new YouTube channel every Tuesday. This program recognizes the different subcultures of the vast automotive landscape. It will be showcasing various automotive hobbies from off-road trucks to hot rods and from lowriders to muscle cars. This week in our first episode ...    Read more

Rally America’s defending champion David Higgins scored a win for Subaru Rally Team USA at last weekend's Sno*Drift rally, the season’s opening event. Together with co-driver Craig Drew, Higgins established a dominating early lead, which the team was able to maintain throughout the rally as they navigated the ...    Read more

We knew Chrysler's SRT division would soon take responsibility for most motorsports operations -- but we didn't know it had dreams of racing in Australia's V8 Supercars race series. “I am extremely interested ,” SRT president and CEO Ralph Gilles told V8X Magazine at the Detroit auto show. “It’s not ...    Read more

We already know that the Hyundai Veloster rally car is a pretty sweet racer -- but we've never pondered how it would serve as a golf cart. Apparently, the guys at Rhys Millen Racing answered the question absolutely no one was asking. In the following video, driver Rhys Millen and team ...    Read more

The 24 Hours of Daytona is turning 50 this year, and the famed endurance race promises some exciting wheel-to-wheel action for its Golden Anniversary. Grand-Am’s premier event sees some significant changes for 2012, including new rules and new cars. Here’s a quick rundown of what you have to look forward ...    Read more

Ford's newest turnkey race car, the Focus ST-R, will make its race debut at Daytona International Speedway this Friday. The ST-R is scheduled to compete in the Grand-Am 200 race as part of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. The Focus ST-R was prepared in partnership with Ontatio-based Multimatic Motorsports, ...    Read more

More info, as well as a video has emerged on Toyota’s new prototype racer, expected to race at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Yes, it’s a hybrid, and yes, it should be very fast. Toyota’s LMP1 racer -- dubbed the TS030 Hybrid ...    Read more

Hot on the heels of the production car’s debut at the Detroit auto show, Ford has pulled the wraps off its 2013 Fusion Sprint Cup race car. The race car, which will compete in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, looks remarkably like the production family sedan with which it ...    Read more

Out of the many cars that got flung around a parking lot at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon during Toyota's motorsport exhibition, nearly every one survived without a scratch, including the Lexus LFA Roadster convertible concept. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for one special Lexus IS F. In just ...    Read more

Fuel economy, safety, and price are all important factors to consider when buying a car, but let’s face it: focusing on those factors alone may not get you the car that's most fun to drive. That's why you have to look at a car's fun factor too, like, ...    Read more

When we hear “Morgan,” we usually think of British sports cars with ash body frames, three wheels, or wild aluminum bodywork -- but the company is hoping to stake its claim on a more high-tech image when it ...    Read more

Race driver Tanner Foust is known for his great drifting and rallying skills, so it only makes sense that Ford reps allowed him to jump behind the wheel of the new 2012 Ford Focus ST-R racecar to wring it out at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Focus ST-R takes the forthcoming performance-oriented ...    Read more

Plenty of people have described Caterham’s minimalist sports cars as having “go kart-like handling,” and now the cliché is becoming even more true. Caterham Motorsport will oversee a new one-make go-karting championship starting in 2013. Caterham plans to launch its own go-kart for racing in the series, but has yet to ...    Read more

Race fans, get ready. Although we already knew that this was in the works, Toyota has let the first picture of its new hybrid LMP1 racer – which is due to compete in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans – slip on Twitter. The tweeted image matches the sketch ...    Read more

The next-gen Porsche 911 is well on its way to our shores, and the German automaker has been spotted testing higher-performance versions of its benchmark sports car. Auto Express has snapped the first shots of the track-focused 911 GT3 ( not shown above), and from the looks ...    Read more

The Mini Countryman entered in the 2012 Dakar Rally is far from stock (few vehicles entered in the event are), but the burly-looking rally car left its competition in the dust, as it emerged victorious from ...    Read more

Last week, Forza Motorsport 4 released its latest teaser video – this time of the new 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo. The video shows off the interior, exterior, and engine compartment of the 201-horsepower quirky hatch. The video also includes brief footage of a red factory-stock Veloster Turbo charging and drifting ...    Read more

Although we've enjoyed watching the diesel-powered racers from Audi and Peugeot battle it out for dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it seems that rivalry is no more. Peugeot's press office officially confirmed earlier this morning that the automaker was withdrawing from the 2012 Le Mans series. The withdrawal ...    Read more

While professional hooners like Ken Block and Rhys Millen put on a good drifting show, there's nothing quite like authentic JDM drifting action. Japan is home to the sport, and the Tokyo Auto Salon is the perfect place to showcase ...    Read more