After driving a bunch of cars on the road (BMW 6 series convertible, Pontiac Grand Prix GXP) I figured I'd better get back on the track before the opportunity ended. I hopped in the new Audi S4 and discovered once again a burnt smell and an abused clutch. But the S4 didn't mind it as much as ...

After lunch I was really worn out from the track. And i realized I wasn't getting the best feel for these cars in the everyday world. So I decided to go back on the roads of Wisconsin and enjoy the scenery and open lanes without the pressure of the track. I took the GTO and the Corvette Z51 ...

One of the more talked about vehicles at the rally, besides the Ford GT40, was the Mitsubishi Eclipse. It was orange. Strike that. We were told not to call it orange but Sunset something or other. But man was it orange. In the early going of the morning the Eclipse was out on the track ...

Some of the vehicles you couldn't take on the track were still very significant ones. The one that called out to me was the Range Rover Supercharged. It was big, black and, yes, very beautiful. Inside it was upscale all the way. On the road it was the surprise of the two days.

Here I am, listening to track instructions that are extremely vague. "Don't do anything crazy. Have a good time." What are these mixed messages? I have no idea what to expect on this track. There are a number of turns, kinks, elevation, straight-aways, you name it it's here and they're ...

I'm back from the wilds of Wisconsin where I spent the past two days at a semi-annual rally for Midwest automotive journalists. For two days we took over Road America at Elkhart Lake to test out the latest offerings from manufacturers. On day one we were given access to the track, yes the ...

Bill gates and Bill Ford Jr. addressed the Microsoft Global Automotive Summit at Ford's suburban Detroit headquarters (hey where was our invite?). Gates said the end goal of any technology in automobiles is to create a car that avoids crashes. Currently, lane avoidance systems are an ...

While we are chained to our desks at Autoblog's Chicago headquarters, Tom over at Chicago Car News is off visiting the local BMW dealership just for fun. This sounds like a regular thing for Tom. While it might seem like an odd habit, it has led him to the discovery of the new 2006 BMW 3 Series ...

One of the least talked about but most important new models of 2005 has just been given a ballpark figure. The all-new Mitsubishi Eclipse will start around $20,000 for the GS version and $25,000 for the GT version. While the prices are slightly below the current sticker on the outgoing ...

When we first saw stories on the International CXT we didn't think it would be sold in huge numbers or taken as anything more than a celebrity overindulgence. For the most part we were right, but it seems the Boston Globe actually reviewed the thing for a regular column. Unfortunately we ...