David Coulthard driving a Renault V8 powered Formula One car on the streets of Austin TX
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The roar of vintage cars racing on Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was like the sound of music to thousands of motor racing and historic automobile enthusiasts attending this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Racing took place in nine of 17 groups, representing just over half of the 550 cars entered, which can fairly be said to represent the full, rich lineage of motor racing in this country and abroad. The remaining eight race groups compete Sunday  … Pictures and more
Cadillac is proud to announce production of the new standard in extended-range electric vehicles. The Cadillac ELR is a luxurious, dramatic 2+2 coupe, based on the highly acclaimed Cadillac Converj Concept. Using electricity as its primary propulsion source and a range-extending four-cylinder engine, the ELR will be as exhilarating as it is responsible. The future is just around the corner.
The US$950,000 Hennessey Venom GT has perhaps the most spectacular set of numbers of any supercar: 1200 horsepower shoehorned into a mid-engined chassis that weighs just twelve hundred kilos (2,685 lbs).
It’s a combination that no other supercar can match in terms of power to weight ratio. By comparison, it shades the world’s fastest car, the 267 mph Bugatti Veyron GT, which has less horsepower (1184 bhp), and is 50% heavier, tipping the scales at 1,888 kg (4,162 lbs)Â Â …Â Pictures and more