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McLaren-Ferrari spy scandal draws to an end

The two-year-old Stepneygate saga – long and complex enough to rival any of the Icelandic sagas – is finally over. A court in Modena, Italy has smacked four McLaren employees with six-figure fines: senior engineers Rod Taylor, Jonathan Neale, and Paddy Lowe are on the hook for €150,000 each (around $190,000 USD); chief designer Mike Coughlan got hit with a €180,000 fine (nearly $230,000). The only thing left to decide: Who is actually going to pay the bill. Reports indicate that McLaren will pay the senior engineers' ... Read more →

World's most famous spy ever is... Brenda Priddy? Chris Tutor

It's no secret that automotive spy photographer Brenda Priddy is synonymous with shots of heavily-camouflaged cars and of engineers enduring extreme climate testing. But now, she has been outed as The ...

The Stepneygate postmortem -- what really happened in the F1 espionage scandal Jonathon Ramsey

Wired has posted a lengthy and thorough dissection of what really happened in last year's Stepneygate F1 scandal. The affair turned Ferrari an even more scarlet red, sucked $100,000,000 from ...

Toyota engineers convicted of stealing secrets from Ferrari Noah Joseph

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Toyota_engineers_convicted_of_stealing_secrets_from_Ferrari'; In most countries, acts like murder, treason, or plotting to overthrow the government rank ...

Automaker Smackdown: Hyundai vs. Toyota Dan Roth

So, you're Hyundai. You badly covet more market share in the US, and your targets are Honda and Toyota. What would be better than to hire a defector from the other team? It's even better when the ...

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Brenda Priddy's fall collection 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ah, Fashion Week. That time of year when designers roll out their most extravagant, over-the-top Spring fashion ideas so we can have the Target knock-offs next April when the weather actually allows us to wear them. While Y3, Vera and DK may be the stars in NY, here at Autoblog we turn to that ...

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