Hal Needham?s Stuntman! [Book Review]

Hollywood stuntman-turned-writer/director Hal Needham has performed on 4500 TV shows and in 310 feature films, launching his body (and automobiles, trucks, and speedboats) stunning distances into the firmament, usually amidst fireworks and gunshots and fireballs aimed at his person. Not surprisingly, the man has broken 56 bones and his back (twice). If you?re an American [...]

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2013 Mercedes-Benz A-class Hatch / CLC Sedan Spy Photos: Tiny Benzes Incoming

We spy with our little eye two of the next-generation compact Benzes. Mercedes-Benz released two prototypes of its next-generation small cars into the wild this weekend, and our spy shooters were able to capture heavily camouflaged versions of the A-class five-door and ?four-door coupe? testing for the first time. The five-door hatch and Mercedes CLS?inspired [...]

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2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Test Drive: Track Day Vette With Techy Smart-Launch Control

Chevy is expanding the Corvette line once again with the new $55,720 Grand Sport. It slots beneath Chevy's top two Vettes, the ZR1 and Z06, in both price and performance, while bringing back a legendary moniker that first graced Corvette race cars in 1963.

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Comic Relief: Reviewing the Danica Patrick Graphic Novel

Danica Patrick is famous. We know this to be true. Indeed, Danica Patrick is you-have-permission-to-wear-sunglasses-and-smoke-cigarettes-inside famous. What we don?t know is: Why? In Fame: Danica Patrick, an ambitious, steaming piece of graphic literature geared toward the ?tween set, authors C.W. Cooke and P.R. McCormack set out to answer that very question. According to Cooke and [...]

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Pike?s Peak: Crazy Spaniards Fly SEAT Le�n Supercopa To Colorado, Ready To Race

I’m skipping the Pacific Northworst 24 Hours of LeMons race, so that I can attend this weekend’s Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. I headed over to the mountain earlier today to drive the course, scout out good camera spots, and check out teams wrenching on their cars in motel parking lots. The day started out [...]

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?12 Corvette Z06 shaves 20 seconds from ?Ring time; just 3 seconds behind ZR1 [Video]

Chevrolet engineers have sliced a whopping 20 seconds from the Corvette Z06's Nurburgring time.

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Hammer Time: Good Works

Most folks will tell you how great they are. It?s not an evil thing. Just a gut reaction to personal insecurities. The great men… let others do their talking. Evil souls will pay someone for the pontificating privileges (and turn on them after the fact). However the greatest of men… tells no one of their [...]

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Performance Brake Pads Compared: Hawk HPS, Hawk HP Plus, EBC Yellowstuff

Aside from changing your tires, swapping brake pads is one of the easiest and most cost-effective modifications you can make to improve your car?s performance. Original-equipment pads typically emphasize minimum brake dust over high-speed stopping ability. For those with sportier driving or the occasional track outing in mind, know ?that manufacturer-spec pads might not be [...]

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TuneIn Offers Streaming Online Radio (Including World Radio) in Vehicles, Serving Up Alternative to Pandora or SiriusXM

Pandora is practically a household name when it comes to streaming, personalized online radio, but upstart TuneIn offers a unique variation on the internet radio theme: actual radio. It?s fully integrated in BMW and Mini models equipped with BMW?s Connected vehicle application, enabling the manipulation of compatible smartphone apps through the car?s controls. TuneIn allows [...]

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Aston Martin and Parisian Fashion House Colette Team to Produce Limited-Edition Cygnet; It Has Throw Pillows

That Aston Martin?s Toyota iQ?based Cygnet city car exists at all is still utterly bizarre?corporate average fuel economy standards or not?but now Aston has released a special-edition model trimmed by Parisian fashion anchor Colette, and it practically rolls our eyes for us. The Cygnet & Colette edition is slathered in silver paint with blue highlights. [...]

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Honda wins big in J.D. Power?s individual segment study

While some Chrysler products made surprising appearances, Japanese cars are typically the most reliable after 90 days, says J.D. Power.

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CEO: Nissan aiming for 10% of U.S. by 2015

Nissan is hoping to boost its market share to 10 percent over the next three model years.

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2011 Saab 9-5 2.0T Premium Tested: Get it While You Can

Saab’s best deal may be a limited-time offer. It was just last year that GM shoved Saab off its headquarters? roof. As the Swedish brand plummeted to its demise, a bird, er, a plane?no, Spyker swooped in and saved it, thus putting Spyker into free-fall. Quite a shame, really, because the 9-5 sedan is by [...]

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Postal stamp dreams of vintage cars in the Congo [Car Culture]

These stamps of classic cars are from the Congo. The Congo is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about classic touring and race cars. Mind you, this is the Republic of Congo, not the big crazy Congo of Ali vs. Foreman, the Concorde landing strip in the jungle and the Second Congo War: that’s the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Republic of Congo is slightly less crazy. That said, rumbling along its roads in the red MG MGA (bottom row, middle) would still be a weekend to remember. More »

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10 Coolest Cars: #4

2011 Honda FitFun, flexible and funky, the Honda Fit remains an instantly unanimous choice for our annual cool cars list.

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Nissan: Operating profit to drop less than expected

Nissan says that its operating profit will decline about 14 percent, less than it anticipated as it recovers from Japan's earthquake.

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For $95,900, would you let-it-go? [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]

Before he decided to sing the body electric, Henrik Fisker liked to re-body Bimmers and Mercs. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Latigo may be an �ber rare example of his small body of work, but is its price electrifying? More »

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Nissan Spinning Front-Drive Hybrid System Off of Its Rear-Drive Hybrid Tech

Nissan is reportedly working to adapt the hybrid system in its rear-drive 2012 Infiniti M35h hybrid to front-drive applications, according to Japan?s Nikkan Kogyo newspaper. While Nissan will ditch its front-drive Altima hybrid?which used hybrid tech licensed from Toyota?� for 2012 due to slow sales, Nissan?s in-house hybrid tech already has been developed, and it [...]

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L.A. Carmageddon, Gas Prices And Saab: Today's Car News

The end may be near at Saab, where the company can't make payroll and is offering suppliers ten cents on the dollar. [TheCarConnection] Car theft may be down in the past year, but it's little consolation if you're living in California. [FamilyCarGuide] Is MyFord Touch to blame for Ford's big drop in the J.D. Power IQS study--even on vehicles where...

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