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Shanghai Surprise: Cadillac CTS stunt team dazzles in China, Heinricy sets F1 track record [*UPDATED w/VIDEO]

Although things are understandably more than bit somber in General Motors' U.S. operations as of late, over in China, the mood is a bit more upbeat. The evidence? Check out this CTS stunt-driving exhibition held last weekend on Shanghai's Formula One circuit. According to GM's Cadillac Notes blog, some 19,000 fans gathered to watch the show and celebrate the arrival of the CTS-V in China last weekend – this, despite the heat (with temperatures at around 86°, it was reportedly the hottest May 9 in over a century). In any case, the ... Read more →

One in 20 Million: Honda celebrates U.S. production milestone Michael Harley

In spite of Honda's latest production cuts, the Japanese automaker reached a significant milestone this week. Twenty-seven years after opening its Marysville, Ohio, assembly plant, Honda has produced ...

Tuner buys F1 license plate for record $870k Noah Joseph

The phrase "cost is no object" was redefined last week when an aftermarket tuner dropped close to a cool million on a license plate. Yes, a license plate. The "F1" plate was first registered in the ...

Lexus LF-A mule unseats Porsche GT2 as King of the 'Ring John Neff

click above for more images of the Lexus LF-A Concept A Lexus LF-A mule has unofficially recorded a lap time on the Nordschleife of 7 minutes, 24 seconds. This is not in dispute. What is in dispute ...

9ff GT9 inches closer to Nardo test Noah Joseph

Click image for high-res gallery Going fast can't be rushed. It sounds downright oxymoronic, but it might as well be the golden rule when it comes to breaking top speed records. 9ff is one of those ...

Caparo T1 disqualified after taking Top Gear lap record 2 years ago on Autoblog

Performance figures don't give an accurate picture of just how well a car performs overall. A given car may be the fastest to sixty, but that doesn't mean it has the highest top speed, tightest cornering or sharpest brakes. Lap times around a given track paint a more accurate, comprehensive ...

Go your Own Way: Ultima GTR beats Top Gear lap record by 4 seconds 2 years ago on Autoblog

Ultima, one of several dozen independent British sportscar companies and makers of the GTR, could only take so much rejection. The cottage automaker claims it offered its road-legal race-car to the producers at BBC's hit TV show Top Gear several times, only to be repeatedly refused. So Ultima took ...

Mercedes service history goes all digital 2 years ago on Autoblog

This will be excellent when you go to buy that used Mercedes. Rather than searching high and low for that needle-in-a-haystack owner who kept meticulous records and the car serviced to a T, Mercedes is rolling out a Digital Service Booklet. Mercedes says it will be more convenient and efficient to ...

King of the 'Ring: Pagani Zonda F sets new Norschleife lap record 2 years ago on Autoblog

You can make a car that accelerates. You can make a car that brakes. You can make one that handles. One that corners. One with a high top speed. But to make one that does it all is a different story entirely. That's why automakers go to the Nürburgring. Its northern loop is twenty-two ...

Ford's Hydrogen Fusion 999 qualifies for top speed run at Bonneville 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the Fusion for high-res images from Bonneville Matt Zuehlk and his team comprised of engineers and technicians from Ford, Roush and Ballard Power Systems finally hit the Bonneville Salt Flats this past weekend after months of preparation and weeks of vehicle integration testing. On Sunday, ...

Continental takes world speed record 2 years ago on Autoblog

Continental has entered the Guinness Book of World Records with a top speed of 242 mph (388 km/h). We're definitely not talking about the behemoth Bentley, as powerful as it is. The record now officially belongs to Continental Tires for its ContiSportContact Vmax, which has been officially certified ...

SSC Ultimate Aero TT closes in on record with 241 mph run 2 years ago on Autoblog

click on above image for more high-res pics of the SSC Ultimate Aero TT Back in March, SSC went for the mantle of World's Fastest Production Car with its Ultimate Aero TT. The attempt failed due to a number of factors, one of which was bad weather, but SSC is still determined to take the title away ...

Bullrun participants may have broken Cannonball NYC-to-LA Run record 2 years ago on Autoblog

Before the start of the 2007 Bullrun rally last Saturday in Montreal, participants Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collonis bet their fellow Bullrun buddy Jay Riecke $50,000 that they could beat the longstanding cross-country rally record of driving from New York City to L.A. set by Dave Heinz and Dave ...

Big Surprise! Winner of General Lee auction backs out on $10 million bid 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to see more views of John and his General Lee var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Dukes_of_Hazzard_General_Lee_DOES_NOT_sell_for_10_million_dollars_on_eBay'; We all knew this was coming. As many expected, the person who entered the winning bid of $9,900,500 for ...

Holy $#!@ - John Schneider's General Lee sold for nearly $10 million on eBay! 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for more pics of John "Bo Duke" Schneider and his General Lee var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/John_Bo_Duke_Schneider_s_General_Lee_just_went_for_10_million_on_eBay'; When we first posted that John Schneider, aka Bo Duke, was selling his personal 1969 "General Lee" ...

Top Gear premier with Hammond crash breaks record 2 years ago on Autoblog

As many of you know, the first episode of Top Gear's ninth season debuted last Sunday. At the end of the show, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond debut for the first time ever video of the jet car crash that almost killed Hammond. You can check out that clip of the show after the jump, ...

British mags set indoor speed records 2 years ago on Autoblog

The indoor speed record is a mantle not commonly fought over. In fact, it seems those whacky Brits are the only ones even mildly interested in even trying for it. The crew at BBC's Top Gear made a go of it in an empty hall at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London this past summer, where the Stig ...

UPDATE: Details on Richard Hammond crash 3 years ago on Autoblog

Sky News is reporting more details on the circumstances surrounding the crash involving Top Gear host Richard Hammond. Apparently Hammond was making an attempt at the British land speed record in the Thule Vampire, a 30-foot Rolls-Royce jet-powered dragster made in Sweden capable of reaching 272 ...

2-wheel land speed record falls in the flats 3 years ago on Autoblog

If we've learned anything from the JCB Dieselmax team, it's that records are meant to be broken, and why should our four-wheeled friends have all the fun? Last weekend the International Motorcycle Speed Trials began at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a record breaking two-wheel run by Team TOP 1 ACK ...

HSV Maloo R8 Ute breaks production pickup truck speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

If your slow-ass pickup truck is making you late for work, perhaps Holden's HSV tuner division can offer a solution in the form of the Maloo R8 Ute. With 400 HP courtesy of a General Motors GenIV LS2 small-block V8, the almost-a-truck ran a two-way average of 168.66 MPH on a ...

American team one step closer to challenging land speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Two weeks ago, the North American Eagle took to the El Mirage desert for some shake-down runs as it prepares to challenge for the world land-speed record. Unfortunately, Mother Nature interfered and rain limited the team to only one run. With a vehicle based on the fuselage of a Lockheed ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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