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Monday, July 08, 2019

Car Reviews

2019 BMW M4 CS essentials: Just the fast, ma'am

If you're of the "less is more" except for the MSRP ilk, you'll love what BMW hasn't done with the M4 CS.

Spy Photos

2020 C8 Corvette rear end pic leaks online days before debut

Though we can't confirm it, this photo does look like the 2020 C8 Corvette, based on other glimpses of the spoiler and taillights we've seen. But what new details can we glean?

Supercars

The De Tomaso P72 is the retro-styled supercar hero the world needs

The all-new P72, intended to go into limited production next year, pays homage to the race cars of the 1960s not only with its nostalgic design cues, complete with very generous overhangs, but also with a manual sequential gearbox.

Car News

Behold the Porsche 911 RSR: New supercar makes its world debut at Goodwood

What Porsche is officially calling “the most spectacular 911 of all time,” the new 911 RSR race car, made its world debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Saturday, July 6.

Rumormill

Land Rover Defender will be offered in three sizes, leaked specs reveal

The all-new Defender, due on sale next year, will also be offered in several different sizes from the start: a leaked model presentation from a company event has revealed quite a bit about the initial model lineup.

DIY

DIY: Outfitting a new garage? Start here.

Here is the stuff you will definitely need, some tools you should have and a few bonus items to purchase if you have the extra cash.

Car Life

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019: Formula 1 to Formula Drift

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 – Formula 1 to Formula Drift Every motorsport under the sun, and a few under Sunday’s rain, was on display at the FOS.

Car Life

Volkswagen ID. R breaks the outright record at Goodwood hill climb

Only a month after eclipsing the lap record for electric cars at the Nurburgring, and just a year after its bar-raising performance at Pikes Peak, Volkswagen has once again used its seemingly unbeatable ID. R race car to set yet another fastest time – the outright record for the Hill Climb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.

Car Life

How to pick your favorite cars at Goodwood

There were over 600 cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year -- over 600 -- and they were all really, really cool. But these 15 really stand out.

Auctions

The Taj Ma Garaj and all of its Porsches are heading to auction

Over twenty rare Porsche (and a few Volkswagen) models will head to auction as the estate of collector John Dixon parts out his Taj Ma Garaj collection. Yes, that Taj Ma Garaj, which contains a trove of Porsche cars and automobilia, some 350 lots in total comprised of cars, collectibles and other items. And all of it will be offered at no reserve by RM Sotheby's at the end of September.

Classic Ads

1989: Chevrolet S-10 Blazer offers both logic and laughter

The popular Chevy S-10 Blazer offered everything the young trailer-towing dog owner needed in 1989.

Podcast

The ‘Autoweek Podcast’ Ep. 64: Acura NSX review, Mazda wins at Watkins Glen, Hot Wheels Legends Tour and Jake races Lemons

On this episode of the “Autoweek Podcast,” host Rory Carroll welcomes Wesley Wren, Graham Kozak, Jake Lingeman and Natalie Neff to talk about the latest in motorsport and car culture. Afterward, Jake talks about his trip to the Lemons Rust Belt GP at Gingerman Raceway. Jake split seat time with the Nightmares on Elm Street 219 team and its Eagle Talon. After that, Stephen Cole Smith calls in to talk with Mike Pryson about the significance of Mazda’s victory at Watkins Glen. That’s followed by Mazda’s own John Doonan calling in to talk about their big win from his perspective.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR Daytona Cup race results: Justin Haley gets first Cup win

As the dark clouds and lightning descended upon Daytona International Speedway Sunday afternoon, Justin Haley climbed out of his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet feeling like it was perhaps divine intervention.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR Cup Daytona Coke Zero Sugar 400 winner Justin Haley joins select company

Justin Haley’s storybook victory in Sunday afternoon’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 marked the 20th time a driver has gotten his first NASCAR Cup Series career victory at Daytona International Speedway.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona marked the end of an era

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

The memorable finishes at NASCAR’s July 4 Daytona race were many

NASCAR

Hyundai could be on track to enter NASCAR

NASCAR and Hyundai have had multiple high-level talks regarding the possibility of the Korean car builder joining the NASCAR ranks in 2021 or 2022.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR on-track for 2021 Gen-7 debut, engine timeline less clear

The next-generation chassis, body and engine formula remains the greatest collaborative project in NASCAR history.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

NASCAR fully embracing entertainment over sport with 2019 rules

The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series package has been compared to 'go-kart' and 'electric car' racing.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup

Kurt Busch denied likely Daytona NASCAR win by 'judgment call'

The 2004 Cup Series champion hit pit road only after race control gave the one-to-go signal prior to a restart.

IMSA

Mazda scores again with IMSA SportsCar Grand Prix victory at CTMP

It took nearly seven years for Mazda Team Joest to return to IMSA victory lane between a victory at Road America in Aug. 2012 and last Sunday’s breakthrough IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.

IMSA

Mazda's comeback: How Team Joest found the winning recipe in IMSA WeatherTech series

On the morning of June 30, just before the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was to take the green flag at Watkins Glen, a grinning John Doonan, Mazda’s racing boss, flipped out his phone, showed us the screen and asked, “Did you write this?"

IMSA

Winning beat goes on for Mazda Team Joest after IMSA WeatherTech series triumph in Canada

Mazda Team Joest was back to its winning ways in the DPi class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday.

IMSA

Acura Team Penske extends DPi points lead in IMSA WeatherTech series after podium finish in Canada

While Mazda continued to make noise in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a second consecutive 1-2 finish, there’s plenty of reasons to be smiling over at rival Acura Team Penske.

IMSA

Porsche scores IMSA record fifth consecutive GTLM Class win in Canada

It doesn’t matter which side of the border they’re on, there is no stopping Porsche right now in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Racing

W Series Norisring race results: Marta Garcia scores her first series win

Marta Garcia won round four of the W Series at the Norisring in Germany Saturday, leading championship combatants Beitske Visser and Jamie Chadwick as the top three in the standings all stood on the podium.

NHRA

NHRA New England Nationals Sunday results, updated points

Defending event winners Matt Hagan and Steve Torrence continued their winning ways at New England Dragway, as both raced to victories on Sunday at the seventh annual NHRA New England Nationals.

Other Motorsports

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: Cunningham's Culmination

Manufacturer involvement at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb always ebbs and flows. But in recent history, Acura changed that. The millennial aged performance arm of American Honda has driven up the mountain every year since 2012, using it as a proving ground, of sorts.

Car Life

F1 legend Michael Schumacher tribute at Goodwood

Michael Schumacher Tribute at Goodwood. Schuey’s former Ferraris, yes, but also Mercedes and a Van Diemen Formula Ford roar up the hill.

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