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Nissan is starting its fouth year of the GT Academy program. GT Academy 2012 started on May 1 and is available as a separate, free download from the Playstation Network. Winning drivers from each region will be sent to Silverstone in the UK for a ...

Maserati is trying to build its brand and sell 50,000 cars a year by 2015, and it is considering adding a new mid-engined car to its lineup to compete with the Porsche 911 and Audi R8. The new car would be a two-seat sports coupe with a mid-mo...

According to Red Bull driver Mark Webber, the team is focusing on improving its qualifying pace during the mid-season test at Mugello this week.  "It's certainly closed up, no question about it. The Saturday pace for us has been ...

Launched in 2002, Toyota's North American Scion brand was meant to bring new, younger buyers to the Toyota brand. The cars had quirky styling but were inexpensive and had good fuel economy.  After a nine month study of the brand, Toyo...

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was fastest on track during a wet first day of mid-season Formula 1 testing at Mugello.  This first day of test is probably not indicative of how the teams' changes will affect their cars. First, the ses...

Starting this year, the Pirelli World Challenge racing series in the US has a new class of cars called Touring Cars B-Spec that is meant as an entry-level racing series for inexpensive hatchbacks. The series held its first three races this weekend...

Diesel passenger cars have not been popular in the US until very recently. While Ford, General Motors and Chrysler all offer diesels in their large pickup trucks, diesel passenger cars in the US have been limited to VW, Audi, Mercedes, BMW and lat...

Volkswagen has begun taking orders for that GTI Cabriolet that it announced at the Geneva Motor Show last year.  The GTI Cabrio is mechanically identical to the standard GTI using VW's 2.0 GTI TSI engine with 210hp. It is available wi...

Audi and Aston Martin are both planning major racing debuts at the 6 Hours of Spa on Saturday, May 5. Aston Martin is giving the Vantage GTE its European debut, and the Audi R18 E-tron Quattro and R18 Ultra will get their world debuts at the histo...

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has certified the supercharged, 5.8 liter V8 in the 2013 Shelby GT500 as the world's most powerful production V8 engine. It produces 662hp and 631lb-ft of torque. Despite an increase in power of 11...