As motorsports go it’s a long way from catching up with Formula 1.
But the inventors known for making a vehicle with soda-and-candy-powered propulsion say they’ve set a new distance record.
Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz created a single-seat rocket car powered by 54 bottles of Coke Zero and 324 Mentos  … Pictures and more
Ten years after introducing Maybach, Daimler announced it would shutter the super-luxury brand by 2013.
It wasn’t a surprise. Maybach never fully established an identity that could compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. And the brand lost money each year in its existence, according to Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche.
That hasn’t kept the $1.4 million Maybach Landaulet down, at least in some circles  … More
A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right place at the wrong time.
A group of foreign car enthusiasts were heading to Hiroshima from Kyushu when … More
As Formula One recovers from its end-of-term party in Brazil, we look at how innovations in the sport have been employed to benefit road cars.
Innovations made in racing eventually benefit us all as the technology tried in the white heat of top-level motorsport filters down into the cars we drive every day. Perhaps the clearest example is the disc brake, pioneered by Jaguar at Le Mans in 1953.
Massive mechanical leaps are … More