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MOPAR REMEMBERS JESSI COMBS

MOPAR REMEMBERS JESSI COMBS

Jessi Combs, an automotive fabricator, television host, off-road racer and popularly known as the “Fastest Woman on Four Wheels”, was killed in a crash on Tuesday as she attempted to break her own land-speed record. This is devastating news for the racing community as a whole and she will be deeply missed. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending August 10, 2019

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending August 10, 2019

Auto News Nuggets: ZF Says Real Autonomous Ain't So Easy; GM Still Believes In EV; Tesla Trouble; Dodge Horsepower Crook-Magnet; No Cars In Jakarta; 6.6-liter Duramax Harmed By Thin American Diesel Fuel; MyFord MyLincon Entertainment System Lawsuit; GM Ignition Lawsuit; Ford Recalls; Ford Leads Horsepower War; Congrats ... Continue reading

MAMA Track Day - Learning to Drive (FAST!) with “Hungry Eyes.” By Martha Hindes

MAMA Track Day - Learning to Drive (FAST!) with “Hungry Eyes.” By Martha Hindes

He was talking about how a driver should read the road ahead when tearing around a road racing course at top speeds and maneuvering around tight turns or lapping a slower driver up ahead. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Digest July 14-20, 2019

Nutson's Auto News Digest July 14-20, 2019

New Corvette; CAFE Buh-Bye; Ford Transmission Fiasco; California (Beach Driving) Dream'n; Autonomous Highspeed Vehicles Delayed (Maybe Forever); JD Power Brand Loyalty; Brazilian Not So Super Cars; Automotive Hall Of Fame Inductees; Formula-e Charged Up; e-Off Road; RIP Don Sommer, Bruce Crower ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe - Chevrolet Bolt, e-Golf, F-1 Podcast

Letter From Europe - Chevrolet Bolt, e-Golf, F-1 Podcast

Letter from Europe by Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Greetings; First the seriously good news. As you know I have been working for a Ferrari magazine since 1996. ... Continue reading

Hagan to Debut 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car at Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil

Hagan to Debut 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car at Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil

Hagan will debut a new 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody graphics package with a flared-out feel at the Denver area event, scheduled to take place July 19-21, 2019. ... Continue reading

Max Verstappen And Honda Win Austrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen And Honda Win Austrian Grand Prix

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen put together one of the best drives of his young career to bring Honda its first victory in the Formula 1 World Championship since Jenson Button won in Hungary in 2006. ... Continue reading

2019 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

2019 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

Spielberg Valtteri finishes third with Lewis in fifth in the heat of Austria Valtteri came home in P3 to score his third podium at the Austrian GP in his 50th race for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. ... Continue reading

Herta becomes youngest pole winner in Indy car history

Herta becomes youngest pole winner in Indy car history

ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin (Saturday, June 22, 2019) - Colton Herta knocked on history's door in NTT IndyCar Series qualifying several times earlier this season. On Saturday, the rookie phenom broke through. ... Continue reading

2019 French Grand Prix - Sunday

2019 French Grand Prix - Sunday

Lewis and Valtteri secure a 1-2 finish for the team at the Circuit Paul Ricard Lewis claimed his 79th victory in Formula One, his sixth of the 2019 season and second in France Valtteri crossed the line in P2 to secure the team a 50th 1-2 finish in F1 Lewis (187 points) leads the Drivers’ Championship by 36 points fro ... Continue reading

Watch the Volkswagen ID.R drive the fastest all-electric lap around the Nurburgring

Watch the Volkswagen ID.R drive the fastest all-electric lap around the Nurburgring

Jun 13, 2019 Thirty-six years ago, one of the world’s fastest race cars – a Porsche 956 – tore around the 12.9 miles of the Nürburgring Nordschelife race track in a scant 6 minutes, 11.13 seconds. That record stood for more than three decades as an ultimate testament to power, engineering and skill, only falling ... Continue reading

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up +VIDEO Week Ending June 15, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up +VIDEO Week Ending June 15, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up +VIDEO Week Ending June 15, 2019; UAW Nein; FCA Partners With Aurora; Car Wars Strategy; China May New Car Sales Plunge; First Vietnamese Car Company Delivers; Woodhouse Designing For Nissan; Explorer Recall; E-Tron Recall; 1965 Aston Martin DB5 If You Ask How Much..You Can't Afford It; Classic ... Continue reading

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up +VIDEO Week Ending June 9, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up +VIDEO Week Ending June 9, 2019 - Compiled By Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Weekly Auto News Wrap-up - May Auto Sales; Changes In Emissions and MPG?; Colorado EV Love; FCA Renault Kaput; EV Registration Raised In Illinois; Buick Envision Tariff-able; Toyota Goes Chinese Accelerates Electric; RAM Recall; NYC Ice Cream Truck Meltdown; Carlisle, PA LOVES Ford; Framing John DeLorean; Ford v Ferrar ... Continue reading

The Ferrari SF90 Stradale – the new series-production supercar

The Ferrari SF90 Stradale – the new series-production supercar

The most powerful Prancing Horse car ever references Scuderia FerrariMaranello, 29 May 2019 – Ferrari introduces a new chapter in its history with the introduction of its first series production PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), the SF90 Stradale, images, videos and information on which can be seen on the dedic ... Continue reading

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