The 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix is officially in the books and Ferrari got a 1-2 finish [a la Mercedes in 2016] with Sebastian Vettel winning – but not without some drama – followed by his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen and the third and final place on the podium being occupied by Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas after he […]
Jay Leno stays in Germany this week as he moves from the 1971 Mercedes 280SE to a 1974 Porsche 911 emerging from his garage…
Josef Newgarden easily wins at the Mid-Ohio 200 with Graham Rahal and Will Power finishing out the podium…
Kyle Busch won the most recent NASCAR race at Pocono in Pennsylvania…
Taking a page out of the Mercedes 2016 handbook, Ferrari finished 1-2 at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel winning the race and his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, following in second place while Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes claimed third after his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, was forced to follow team orders and allow him to […]
Automotive brands dominate the Top 25 of brands most active in social media channels – with Mercedes-Benz leading the way – according to a recent study by Origami Logic. Origami Logic tracked Facebook, Instagram and Twitter messages posted by 305 brands during the first half of 2017 and with their prolific Instagram account featuring pictures […]
The Honda Accord was the best car available in the USA in 2017 – at least as determined by consumer car value company, Kelley Blue Book. Cars were ranked according to a variety of attributes [price, tech, resale, cost-to-own, image] that car shoppers would find desirable and the 2017 Honda Accord was found to have […]
Mercedes has announced that they will become the latest manufacturer – along with Audi and BMW – to join the Formula E racing circuit – when they join in the 2019-2020 racing season. In order to make that happen, Mercedes has announced that they will withdraw from the German Touring Car racing circuit – the […]
A 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 – one of the last of the classic coach-built Mercedes – emerges from Jay Leno’s Garage this week…
Kasey Kahne survived crashes and weather delays to win in a marathon Brickyard 400…
Audi employed a Kirk Douglas-like fictional character, took their cars [the new TT RS, RS 3, R8 Coupe and R8 Spyder models] out to Willow Springs track in California and made their test drive rodeo commercial…
It’s official – this week the FiA – Formula One’s governing body – confirmed that they would introduce the Halo cockpit protection concept in Formula One beginning with the 2018 racing season. According to the FiA, the Halo represented the best overall safety option after five years of research to increase frontal head protection. The […]
Yesterday, we showed you a Mercedes you could not purchase in the USA – but today we show you a Mercedes you can purchase in the USA…
Rosemary Smith may not be a household name to anyone outside of Ireland or certain auto racing circles – but now she is officially the oldest person to ever drive a modern Formula One race car when she took a test drive of the Renault version of the F1 car after receiving some instructions from […]
The 2017 British Grand Prix is officially in the books and it was a fairly straightforward affair once again as Mercedes went 1-2 with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari pulled in third with Kimi Raikkonen. The winning drive by Hamilton could not have been easier as he was never challenged but Bottas moved […]
Lexus and Marvel are joining forces when the 2017 San Diego Comic Con rolls around next week as Lexus will have their LC 500 toting around Marvel’s Black Panther character in the upcoming film, “Black Panther” – currently scheduled to be released on February 16, 2018. Lexus and Marvel will have an exclusive Black Panther-themed […]
Mercedes Benz has introduced a new pickup truck called the X-Class and if you live in the United States of America, well, that means you can’t have it – because it will only be available [for $43,000] on the African, European and South American continents – but you can still look at it…
Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish and won the 2017 British Grand Prix while his teammate Valtteri Bottas finished second and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen finished third. Hamilton led the race without much drama but behind him , the fight for the remaining two podium positions was intense between Bottas, Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Max […]
Just like in real life, when you need your performance SUV to execute a flawless barrel roll, Jaguar shows you that their performance SUV – the 2018 E-Pace – will be up to the task. The stunt also set an official Guinness World Record with the vehicle earning an entry in the record books with […]
The eel-like Pacific hagfish – for some reason – are considered a delicacy in South Korea. That is confusing news for most human beings, good news for some human beings employed in the hagfish export business and bad news for hagfish in general. The result, this week, on Highway 101 in the state of Oregon […]