Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi

Filed under: Audi , Lifestyle , UK Goodwood Festival of Speed Audi Sculpture - Click above for image gallery of more GFoS sculptures The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year’s featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the Ingolstadt-based automaker is also celebrating its centennial

VIDEO: Norton Commando Transformer is more than meets the eye

Filed under: Time Warp , Videos , Lifestyle , Motorcycles Click above to watch video after the break We didn’t much care for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when we went out and saw it on opening night, but we’re still smitten by the concept of robots that transform into all manner of vehicular machinery.

Chevy’s limited edition Bumblebee Camaro to launch

Filed under: Sports/GTs , Marketing/Advertising , Chevrolet , Lifestyle , Celebrities , Special/Limited Editions 2010 Chevrolet Camaro as Bumblebee - Click above for a high-res image gallery Diehard Transformers fans take note: Chevrolet is reportedly planning to launch a limited edition Bumblebee Camaro to capitalize on the upcoming flick, Revenge of the Fallen . We’re sure none of you saw that coming, right

10 Forgotten Hatchbacks

Filed under: Time Warp , Hatchbacks , Lifestyle The annals of U.S. automobile history may be littered with the occasional hatchback success story, but for every Volkswagen Golf or Toyota Prius, there are dozens of failed three- and five-door hatches that, for whatever reason, fizzled out shortly after hitting the American market. In fact, this particular Top 10 list could easily have been fleshed out into a Top 20 if we had the patience, but cars like the Toyota FX, Plymouth Laser, and Nissan NX failed to meet our tough standards for relative obscurity, and thus they will have to be reserved for future lists

1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo featured Detroit’s first V8

Filed under: Time Warp , Motorcycles Detroit steel means V8. It’s inescapable. That the eight-cylinder engine is falling out of popularity only makes us more nostalgic for the daddy of American muscle.

Honda tapped to supply racing bike engines for new Moto2 series

Filed under: Motorsports , Honda , Motorcycles Could things be turning around for Honda’s racing department? The Japanese industrial giant began canceling its motorsport programs one by one when things took a turn for the worse economically, but after withdrawing from the AMA Road Racing motorbike series a few months ago, Honda is getting back in the saddle according to reports by supplying the engines to all the teams competing in the upcoming new Moto2 series

And they’re off! Gumballers head out of Los Angeles on first leg of rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Gumball 3000 start in Santa Monica, CA Entrants of the 11th running of the Gumball 3000 started their cross-country rally Friday afternoon, cheered on by hundreds of fans as the cars began their journey at the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles. The rally will also stop in Las Vegas, Sante Fe, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Orlando before finishing in Miami. Judging from the selection of vehicles, supercars were most definitely the rides of choice this year.

Gumball 3000 set for 11th running with Los Angeles to Miami rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle 2009 Gumball 3000 - Click above for a high-res image gallery The infamous Gumball Rally is scheduled to start this weekend, and participants have started to gather in the Los Angeles area for the start of the race tomorrow. We caught up with several of the cars in Santa Monica this afternoon, already prepped with their unique liveries and vinyl wraps. The rally will officially start at 1:00pm on Saturday at the Santa Monica pier, so if you are in the Southern California area you can head down to check out all the cars and celebrities

Top Ten features vanishing from modern-day automobiles

Filed under: Time Warp , Lifestyle Time marches on. It’s an undeniable truth in all industries, and the car making business is no different

Pontiac G8 GXP, Solstice Coupe - Future collectors items? [w/POLL]

Filed under: Car Buying , Time Warp , Convertibles , Sedans/Saloons , Sports/GTs , Pontiac , Lifestyle , Special/Limited Editions 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe - Click above for a high-res image gallery Like so many former GTO or Trans Am owners out there, will there be a day when you look back at the 2008 Pontiac G8 or Solstice as “the one that got away?” Probably not, according to Rob Hunting, General Manager at AutoTrader Classic . Despite the fact that the G8 GT is an excellent performance car, it’s not really all that rare. Same goes for the Solstice.

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