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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

New Cars

The 2021 Cadillac Escalade Ups Its Tech Game and Adds a Diesel

Cadillac revealed the next-generation 2021 Escalade tonight on a sound stage in Hollywood, with no less a luminary than actor/director Spike Lee in attendance. Lee made a short movie to commemorate the new 'Sclade and those in attendance got to see it—just like a Hollywood premiere.

Car News

Waiters Gonna Wait: Chevy Is Running Low on Carbon-Fiber Aero Parts for the C8 Corvette

The hits keep on coming for prospective Corvette C8 owners. First it was the UAW strike late last year that forced Chevy to move production back to February. Now it's a shortage of the Visual Carbon Fiber Splitter and Side Skirts option ($4,850) due to a supplier issue.

Drives

The 1999 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Concept Coulda Been a Contender

Twenty years ago, a small team of enthusiast engineers at Ford had an idea. The company needed a serious engine to compete with the Dodge Vipers and Chevy Corvettes of the world. Ford had a V10, but it wouldn't fit in the Mustang, so they got creative.

People

Gary Romberg, the Rocket Scientist behind NASCAR's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, Dies at 85

It's likely that not even longtime, die-hard, trivia-obsessed NASCAR fans would immediately recognize the name Gary Romberg. Indeed, the "Old Man" (a second-generation nickname of which he was enormously proud) was among those wondrously creative souls who have always toiled quietly behind the scenes developing every major motorsports innovation in our lifetime.

Autoweek Talks: Tolerance

How WWII-Era Cars Were One of the 'Easiest' Ways into Car Ownership in the Eastern Bloc

It's a common refrain about car ownership in Eastern Bloc countries that one had to spend a decade on a waiting list at work before getting a chance to purchase something exceedingly spartan and slow, like a Trabant. A low tolerance for queues and a high tolerance for finding parts was often the recipe for car ownership.

Racing

Here is the ARCA Daytona Lucas Oil 200 Entry List

As has been the case for over five decades, the annual ARCA Menards Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway is very much an All-Star race of sorts.

Racing

First Look: Formula E's Next-Generation Chassis

Formula E has pulled back the covers on its next-generation chassis, the Gen2 EVO. The car features a new front wing, dorsal fin and distinctively curved rear wing and will debut in November as part of the division's seventh season, its first as a FIA-designated world championship.