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New Honda Civic Type R Gets Chassis Enhancements and is Blue

Photo: Honda The new Honda Civic Type R was unveiled earlier this month at the Tokyo Auto Salon, bringing with it a host of changes and improvements that not only…

[VIDEO] Gus Van Sant Commercials Make the BMW i8 Talkative

Photo:Nina Puri and BMW Television commercials have remained a sort of hobby for famous Hollywood directors. The challenge of marrying consumer product sales with worthwhile art, being constrained to 15-30 second spots, can be…

Toyota Teams Up with Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing

Photo: Toyota Motor North America Toyota announced it is supporting 23XI Racing, a new team that will make its debut in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is…

Hamilton Wins 2017 United States Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and with his victory Mercedes accumulated enough points to win the Formula One World Constructors Championship. It also…

Fast & Furious: Full Throttle Board Game Review

Back in the day, dice-rolling, token-moving board games were everywhere, and that seemed like the only way to adapt movies into competitive family fare. Superman, The Goonies, Candyman–it didn’t matter who…

2023 Formula 1 Season Primer: What to Expect

Photo: fuji.tim via CC With the last F1 season now well behind us, it’s time to look forward to the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship. What’s the schedule, who…

Will Honda Come Back to F1?

Photo: Honda Honda left Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season right as it finally found success, having powered Max Verstappen to the drivers’ world championship title. Had…

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Across the pond, the 2020 Ford Escape goes by the name Kuga. The Kuga has at least one thing in common with its kin on the other side of the…

Ford Fiesta ST Shows How Not to Drive Nürburgring

Today’s obvious Upworthy headline opportunity: “This Fiesta ST Seemed Primed to Kill Somebody. What Happened Next Made Me Thankful Nobody Actually Died.” There are few things in life better than…

Vintage Racers Game Puts Early Era of Motorsports in Your Pocket

Photo: The News Wheel Of the 100+ board games I’ve backed on Kickstarter, very few of them had an automotive theme. Sadly, few creators find the subject appealing or have…

Toyota Ramps Up Support for At-Home Education

Photo: Toyota Toyota has long supported STEM programs, but with in-school sessions paused across North America, teachers and parents have had to take a different approach to educate their children.…

Toyota Opens STEAM PARK at Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Photo: Toyota Toyota wants kids to get into STEM so much that it has opened a new, interactive engineering gallery at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum called STEAM PARK. Why…

Ferrari Wins Controversial 1-2 at Monaco Grand Prix

Despite my exhaustion, I watched the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix immediately after coming home from the Indy 500, having had an inkling from social media, but no details, that some…

Sebastian Vettel Escapes Further Action Over Baku Incident

Those who would have wished to see four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel be further penalized for his unusual wheel-to-wheel contact with three-time champion Lewis Hamilton at the 2017 Azerbaijan…

4 Reasons Auto Racing Is a “Real” Sport and Racing Drivers Are Athletes

Racing these is nothing like driving a regular road car Photo: LG via CC “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”…