The new NART? Ferrari chairman hints at proxy American F1 team

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari NART Ferrari 308 – Click here to view additional sizes on indianadinos’ Flickr stream Ferrari aficionados will fondly remember the letters NART. The North American Racing Team was created by Ferrari’s...

Followup: World’s Fastest Lawnmower newly crowned [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Videos Project Runningblade – Click above for high-res image gallery. Watch video after the jump Hold on to your grass clippings, folks… there’s a new World’s Fastest Lawnmower. You may recall...

NYT: The Making of Movie Cars

Filed under: Etc. Car movies have been big business of late – Transformers , Death Race , The A-Team – which makes it unsurprising that the business of getting cars prepped for movies is becoming even bigger business. The upcoming Green...

Australian police hope to attract stares with Alfa MiTo cruiser

Filed under: Hatchback , Alfa Romeo , Police/Emergency , Australia NSW Police-spec Alfa Romeo MiTo – Click above for high-res image gallery If your aim in choosing a new car is to get noticed, there’s no shortage of attention-grabbing wheels...

TPC Racing to turbocharge Porsche Boxster Spyder

Filed under: Aftermarket , Convertible , Performance , Porsche , Specialty TPC Racing Porsche Boxster Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery The Boxster Spyder may be one of the purest Porsches to date, but that doesn’t mean there...

Report: Spyker to double dealerships by selling through Saab

Filed under: Performance , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Marketing/Advertising , Saab , Spyker , Luxury When we first heard that Spyker was sniffing around Saab , our thoughts immediately leapt to visions of C12 Zagatos on every street corner, or...

Saab working with Hirsch Performance on line of dealer-installed go-faster parts

Filed under: Aftermarket , Performance , Europe , GM , Saab 2011 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery Autoblog has learned that newly emancipated Saab is already looking to boost its enthusiast portfolio with higher-output engines...

Report: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta starting under $15k

Filed under: Sedan , Volkswagen According to a well-placed source at VWVortex, Volkswagen is set to release official photos of the new 2011 Jetta in about two weeks’ time, and while the new compact sedan won’t go on sale until sometime this...

Report: Striking workers shut four Honda plants in China

Filed under: China , Honda Honda has high hopes for China, as the automaker plans to increase sales from a projected 630,000 units in 2010 to 830,000 in 2012. Before it can focus on hitting those targets, however, Honda’s got to deal with a growing...

Spy Shots: Next-gen Ford Ranger and Chevy Colorado replacements spotted in the U.S. – but where will they end up?

Filed under: Spy Photos , Truck , Chevrolet , Ford , GM , GMC Ford T6 Ranger spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery The fate of small pickup trucks in America is rather shaky. There haven’t been any major new entries into the...