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Auto News Digest; Week Ending December 1, 2018; Executive Producer Larry Nutson

Auto News Digest; Week Ending December 1, 2018; Executive Producer Larry Nutson

LA Auto Show; Car Of The Year, GM's AMMann Goes Cruiscing, Shelby GT 500 Back Again For Silicon Valley Moguls?; WAYMO Hires Ex-Federal Boss; Canada Mexico USA Agreement; Bondurant Still Breathing; RIP Sam Car Guy Foose ... Continue reading

2018 Subaru Crosstrek Review By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2018 Subaru Crosstrek Review By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

The new platform and uni-body structure is significantly stiffer which results not only in better driving dynamics but also reductions in noise, vibration and harshness. The exterior body is more sculpted than before and the Crosstrek has a new grille design as well as new headlights. A view towards the rear corner bri ... Continue reading

NEW CAR REVIEW: 2018 BMW X3 Review By Larry Nutson

NEW CAR REVIEW: 2018 BMW X3 Review By Larry Nutson

The X3’s engine is from Austria, the transmission from Germany and yet the whole vehicle is built in the United States. BMW builds its X-series Sports Activity Vehicles (SAV) for the whole world in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - September 5-11, 2016; Buh Bye Dart and VW Diesels In US; Recalls Ford Mazda

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - September 5-11, 2016; Buh Bye Dart and VW Diesels In US; Recalls Ford Mazda

* The Dodge Dart is being dropped. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV confirmed its product plans for the 2017 model year will not include the Dart, making the 2016 model year the last. In July FCA announced plans to end production of the car in September but did not say that 2016 would be the final model year for the Dart. ... Continue reading

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name +VIDEO

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name +VIDEO

When Chevrolet Was A Racer's Name ... Continue reading

Ford, Honda, Toyota at Swords Points

Ford, Honda, Toyota at Swords Points

There was a time within living memory when open-wheel auto racing was a sport and not a venue for corporate promotion and avarice. The drivers were free agents, the engine builders sold their products to rich car owners who bought their chassis from small shops in Los Angeles. ... Continue reading

Brake Lights For Formula One

Brake Lights For Formula One

With all the tragic accidents that have occurred in big-time racing during the past two or three seasons, it's to be expected that every possible avenue should be examined to increase the safety of drivers, course workers and spectators. ... Continue reading

Bentley Close 3rd At Le Mans

Bentley Close 3rd At Le Mans

Bentley is presently best known in this country as the maker of very high-priced carriage-trade automobiles that are conservatively styled and usually chauffeur-driven. ... Continue reading

Hard Going For Toyota Formula One

Hard Going For Toyota Formula One

There's three things that you can say about Toyota Motorsports and its approach to racing: it's tenacious, it's patient and it's in the game to win. ... Continue reading

Olds Out, Chevy In At Indy

Olds Out, Chevy In At Indy

Now that Oldsmobile as a brand name is about to take the Deep Six the question auto racing fans may well be asking is 'What name will be on the most-winning engine at the Indy 500?' ... Continue reading

Jaguar Sees Light At End Of F1 Tunnel

Jaguar Sees Light At End Of F1 Tunnel

After a grand beginning that would have done justice to the public relations ballyhoo that precedes the opening of a star-studded but mediocre Hollywood movie it looks like the Jaguar Formula One team may finally be getting with the program. ... Continue reading

Vintage Corvettes Still Winners At 44

Vintage Corvettes Still Winners At 44

For most spectators at the recent vintage car road races at Sears Point International Raceway in the wine country of Northern California it was an opportunity to spend a day in the sun and peruse race cars that were popular during bygone eras. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Gambles On Obscure Motorsport Program

Hyundai Gambles On Obscure Motorsport Program

The U.S. is in the midst of a motorsports craze that is unlike any that we've ever known. The names of Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are almost as well recognized as those of American baseball and football stars. ... Continue reading

St. James Hangs Up Her Helmet

St. James Hangs Up Her Helmet

During the Indy 500 last year the oldest and the youngest drivers in the race came together in a crash on the 74th lap. The younger of the two was attempting to pass the other in a turn when a third driver tried to dive under them forcing the pair together and putting them both into the unforgiving wall. ... Continue reading

Ford, Honda, Toyota Spiked By Cart

Ford, Honda, Toyota Spiked By Cart

It hardly drew more than a three-line mention on the sports pages of most daily newspapers around the country, but the cancellation of the CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) Champ Car race at the new Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth last month is having monumental reverberations throughout the motorsports industry ... Continue reading

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