? $100,000 electric car blamed for starting house fire – Classic Car Collector NewsSkip to content A $100,000 Fisker Karma electric car (also driven by this big-name pop star) is being blamed for igniting a fire that burned through its owner’s garage and nearly his entire home (what part of…
Corvette show raises $2,400 for Pottsboro, Texas Kids Club
POTTSBORO — A total of $2,400 was raised for the nonprofit Pottsboro Kids Club during the 10th annual Texoma Area Corvette Show. The day-long event was held May 5 in front of the Kids Club in downtown Pottsboro. Sixty-three entries made up the show, with contestants coming from throughout north…
2012 Le Mans: Front Row Start For Gavin’s Corvette At Laguna Seca
The GT class in the American Le Mans Series has produced a good deal of excitement and close racing over the last couple of seasons, and today’s qualifying at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca didn’t disappoint. After heading two of the three practice sessions leading into today’s 15-minute window during which…
GRAND-AM: Barbosa Quickest Again In New Jersey
Times were somewhat slower in Friday’s second Rolex Series practice session at New Jersey Motorsports Park, but Joao Barbosa remained atop the time charts… Times were somewhat slower in Friday’s second Rolex Series practice session at New Jersey Motorsports Park, but Joao Barbosa remained atop the time charts thanks to…
Auto legend Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra, dies
Carroll Hall Shelby, the Texan who created the famous Shelby Cobra and uncounted other high-performance machines that turned the auto world on its ear, and made it a whole lot more fun for 50 years, died in Dallas Thursday night at age 89. He had been hospitalized for pneumonia. VIDEO:…
American Le Mans Series, Thursday testing for the American Le Mans Monterey.
Posted 5/11/12 Corvette Racing picked up where it left off at Long Beach with a 1-2 finish in GT on Thursday. Oliver Gavin set the quickest time at 1:23.894 (96.035 mph) in the Corvette C6.R he drives with Tommy Milner. The pairing won last time out in Long Beach, and…
J.D. Power: 72-Month New-Model Financing Contracts Stay at ‘Record Levels’
By Nick Zulovich, EditorMay 11, 2012 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The number of new-vehicle financing contracts for 72 months or longer might have softened slightly in April from the previous month, but J.D. Power and Associates senior director Thomas King told SubPrime Auto Finance News the figures remain “at record…
A bull market for collector cars
One gauge shows the value of collectible cars has risen 33% since the depth of the recession in 2009. The growth has been fueled by the finding that they have performed well as investment vehicles. By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times May 11, 2012 The collector car market, which slumped…
Portable Fuel Cell Charge Can Charge Your iPhone or USB Device For Weeks
May 10, 2012 If you are looking for a charger that can keep your your iPhone fully charged for up to two weeks and don’t mind carrying a device, which is about the size of a thick smartphone then fuel cell maker Lilliputian Systems – spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Grand Am Prototype – SunTrust Race Preview
MILLVILLE, May 9, 2012: Four trips to New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, four podium finishes. That’s quite an impressive resume for the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette Dallara DP team of Wayne Taylor Racing at the 2.25-mile, 14-turn road course about an hour’s drive south of Philadelphia that opened in…