Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff takes a stake in Aston Martin LONDON — Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin, whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1…
Junkyard Gem: 1983 Mercedes-Benz 380SEC The last time we had a Mercedes-Benz Junkyard Gem, it was an excruciatingly sensible, built-to-last-for-eternity 240D sedan from the Early Malaise Era. The final year of the Malaise Era came in 1983 — hey,…
Nissan releases a free coloring book with classics and concepts aplenty Coloring books are a great way to pass the time in quarantine these days. Audi released a good one, and Ian Callum put forth some coloring pages, too.…
Mazda patent shows rotary placement in complex AWD hybrid layout If we were playing alt-powertrain Bingo, a recent Mazda patent application filed in Japan would be one or two letters from victory. What’s exciting about the patent, discovered by…
F1 can save season with double-headers, says Rosberg LONDON — Formula One needs at least 16 races for a proper championship this year but eight double-header weekends would do if the COVID-19 pandemic limits options, Nico Rosberg said on…
Coachbuilt Citroen DS Grand Palais is what the modern DS would like to be Citroën produced the DS for 20 years, a sedan that still gets kudos for being as innovative as it was distinctive. When Citroën aimed to…
Ford now sees a far bigger first-quarter loss — $2 billion Ford Motor Co said on Friday it would tap debt markets to shore up its cash reserves as the coronavirus outbreak pummeled vehicles sales and halted production, resulting…
Junkyard Gem: 1990 Dodge Daytona Shelby Once Lee Iacocca took the helm at Chrysler and shifted nearly all car models to front-wheel-drive platforms — either members of the convoluted K family or descendants of the Simca-derived Omnirizon platform —…
Which of these high-powered pickup classics would you choose? High-performance pickups would appear to be having a moment on the auction site Bring a Trailer, with two tempting examples up for auction right now: a 1971 Ford Ranchero GT…
Lego has a kit for the Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Podracer Game developer Aspyr Media, the Star Wars franchise and Sony recently announced that a remastered version of “Star Wars Episode I: Racer” is set to release on the…