Motorsports Blog

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

If you’re sitting at your desk today and need something to daydream about, picture this: a cops-versus-baddies car chase in the vein of the Dukes of Hazzard, only with lots more tire smoke, superchargers, and more vehicles. Sprinkle some high-tech cameras on top, then open your eyes and watch this ...    Read more

Ferrari used the snow-capped slopes of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – the home of World Cup downhill alpine ski races – to slalom two all-wheel-drive Ferrari FFs driven by the marquees two best racecar pilots. The four-passenger, four-wheel drive Ferrari FFs were driven by Fernando Alonso and ...    Read more

Toyota’s stand at this week’s Tokyo Auto Salon is stuffed with concepts that run the gamut from cool to crazy, but a couple stand out from the others: a hotter version of the iQ hatchback, a turbocharged Yaris, and three different versions of the critically acclaimed GT 86 sports coupe. Toyota ...    Read more

Ford Racing has unveiled the new livery package for its 2012 Fiesta RS rally car as the car prepares to enter the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship. As with last year’s car, the Fiesta RS wears prominent graphics for its chief sponsor, Castrol EDGE lubricants. The Fiesta RS will continue ...    Read more

From the beginning, Nissan has given us a virtually all-access look at its Juke-R project. Through the detailed build videos published on YouTube and the Juke’s Facebook page, we’ve come to know the little monster quite well over the past few months. But one aspect of the car ...    Read more

Few new cars have been met with as much anticipation as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twins. Affordable rear-drive cars have all but vanished from the market and we’re hoping these platformmates will inspire a new generation of car enthusiasts. Scion was conceived as a brand for younger buyers and ...    Read more

Next week’s Dubai 24 Hour is shaping up to be an entertaining time, especially for Nissan fanatics. Among the many stars scheduled to appear this weekend are the latest grads from the Playstation/GT Academy, along with the newest Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. That GT3 car isn't all that new -- it ...    Read more

Save for a pair of Ford GTs, FIA's GT3 racing class is largely dominated by European vehicles, including the Aston Martin DBRS9, Audi R8 LMS, BMW Z4 GT3, Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3,  ...    Read more