DAYTONA, Fla., Jan. 24, 2025 — Following the checkered flag of the first MX-5 Cup race of the 2025 season, and ahead of the 62nd running of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announces another milestone moment with the unveiling of the 2025 Mazda MX-5 Miata 35th Anniversary. Continue reading
INGOLSTADT/KITZBÜHEL (January 24, 2025) – At this year’s world cup weekend in Kitzbühel, Austria, Audi is unveiling a highly emotive Q6. The Audi Q6 e-tron offroad concept, a newly developed prototype, features two electric motors with a combined power output of 380 kW and can climb gradients of up to 100 percent thanks to its newly designed portal axles. Continue reading
LONDON, U.K. (January 2025) – Following the successful launch of the first limited edition Hot Wheels Formula 1® car in 2024 and the announcement of a multi-year licensing partnership with Formula 1®, Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) has today revealed additional products from the Hot Wheels Formula 1® collection due to hit shelves in 2025. Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (January 23, 2025) – The performance and motorsports world was rocked today when Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc., unveiled the 2025 Shelby GT350 on the Barrett-Jackson stage in Scottsdale, Ariz. The most powerful Shelby GT350 in history, the 810 horsepower sports car, was introduced almost 60 years to the day that Carroll Shelby revealed the first one (January 27, 1965). The Shelby GT350 will be available as a street car, while the street legal GT350R is track-ready with components from Shelby’s future Trans Am spec race car. Continue reading
The Arizona Auctions take place this weekend beginning Thursday, January 23, 2025 with exceptional lots being offered by Barrett-Jackson (underway since Monday), Bonhams, and RM Sotheby’s. Lucky for you, your fairy godmotor had given you a $2,025,000 check last month. What will you bid on? Use the auction house’s high estimate and make your picks in the comments below. Continue reading
Cadillac is adding to its high-performance V-Series family with the 2026 Cadillac LYRIQ-V. The first-ever all-electric V-Series vehicle, the LYRIQ-V delivers signature performance blended with craftsmanship and technology. Continue reading
INGOLSTADT (January 23, 2025) – Audi Tradition will be attending numerous events again this year and celebrating many anniversaries. It has been 60 years since the Audi brand name was reintroduced. In 1965, the company “with the four rings,” then still called Auto Union GmbH, ended its two-stroke era, introduced a new model with a four-cylinder four-stroke engine, and named it – Audi. This first post–World War II Audi can be viewed along with other vehicles from the historical AUDI AG collection, for example, on International Museum Day on May 18, in Ingolstadt. What’s more, this year, the Audi museum mobile is celebrating its very own anniversary on Museum Day: its 25th birthday. Continue reading
Within the automotive industry, Bob Lutz is legendary as a Car Guy, an executive who prioritized exciting, fun-to-drive cars over those with mass-market appeal. During his brief tenure as BMW’s board member for sales, Lutz fulfilled those expectations handily, fostering the creation of enthusiast-oriented cars like the 2002 turbo and 3.0 CSL, and by founding BMW Motorsport to put BMW back on the racetrack with a full-factory team. Continue reading
FIORANO, Italy (January 22, 2025) – Lewis Hamilton has shared his emotions after getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari F1 car for the first time, with the seven-time World Champion hailing the experience as “one of the best feelings of my life.” Continue reading
It takes a true Saab fanatic to sit through over an hour and twenty-eight minutes of movie and TV clips in which a Saab makes an appearance. A greater fanatic would be the one who had compiled it, but that’s what Marcus Bergfeldt of Marcus & Manuela’s Saab Channel on YouTube has done. Continue reading