We're quickly counting down to the Memorial Day weekend and, at least where we are, the weather is nice (for once). What better time to consider the single greenest soft-top available, the 2011 Smart ForTwo Cabrio? Driving the little Smart through a particularly "urban" part of town, a brother crossing the street shout...Read more

Believe it or not, there was a time when Mitsubishi's Evo and Subaru's WRX were not available on these shores—they were that ultra-rare element known as unobtanium. Famed all over the world for their outstanding abilities, they were denied to U.S. drivers until popular demand convinced their manufacturers these c...Read more

Without question, one of the most influential racing films ever produced, Steve McQueen's LeMans, originally released in 1971, is slated for re-release on DVD and Bluray on May 24, in time for its 40th anniversary. Noted in particular for its highly realistic depiction of the racing of the day, much of the film was sho...Read more

The recent Mercedes-Benz Drive And Seek film featuring the new C-Class coupe is but one example of a very popular marketing ploy manufacturers of interesting cars have called upon in recent years. All of these films owe a debt of gratitude to the original "Car As Star" film, Rendezvous, released in 1976, ostensibly f...Read more

Never one to miss an opportunity for higher performance, BMW has been eyeing the sales activity of its parts on the auction powerhouse eBay site for some time now. Angus McCarey, U.K. retail director of eBay says they see over 600,000 BMW oriented searches a month. With that said, it was only a matter of time before t...Read more

Hard to believe (well, for some of us anyway) it’s been 35 years since the first VW GTI hit the streets. Known back then as the Rabbit, (an appellation VWoA flirted with again a couple of years ago), the Volkswagen GTI is generally accepted to be the first car in the genre known as the ‘hot hatch”. In...Read more

While Pontiac might be defunct as a General Motors brand, designer Kevin Morgan and the crew over at the Trans Am Depot in northern Florida are keeping the flaming chicken alive with their modern renditions of what Pontiac's Firebird pony cars might look like today. Given the longstanding symbiotic relationship betwee...Read more

Yes, you read that correctly, Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is going to try his hand at a NASCAR stocker this June at Watkins Glen. And in exchange, NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is going to give Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 F1 ride a go. The two are going to swap seats for an exhibition drive as part o...Read more

Arriving quite coincidentally right on the heels of the wave of positive national emotion at the demise of Osama Bin Laden, Chevrolet is offering a special limited edition of the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS in commemoration of Military Appreciation Month. Dubbed the Honor & Valor Limited Edition 2012 Camaro SS, 99 ex...Read more

With the 50th anniversary celebrations of America's first manned space flight happening this week, the Chevrolet Corvette gets a starring role in the parade to be held in Cocoa Beach, Florida on Saturday, May 7th. There has always been a symbiotic relationship between America's most notable sports car and her most eli...Read more