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General Motors has filed to trademark the 'Riviera' name, again raising questions about the possibility of a sporty Buick joining the stable in the near future. The Riviera is no stranger to Buick's lineup as GM produced over a million vehicles named Riviera from 1963 to 1999 model years. Originally, ...    Read more

Racing and performance car legend Carroll Shelby died today at the age of 89. Although the cause of death is not immediately known, Shelby had been hospitalized for unknown reasons for more than a month, and he had a long history of heart problems, including a heat transplant in 1990. ...    Read more

Numbers matter to automakers, for they not only represent how their business is—or is not—doing, but can be used as a psychological weapon that'll either help or, more often, hinder the competition. Along both lines, Toyota recently re-passed U.S. rival General Motors as numero uno in sales worldwide. Toyota sold nearly ...    Read more

Could the state of California see seven-dollar-per-gallon diesel prices by 2020? Yes, says a study commissioned by the California Trucking Association. According to a report in Truck Trend, the CTA study refers to the fallout of a cap-and-trade emissions program, and new 2020 low-carbon fuel standards. The study claims the ...    Read more

We're all about cars here at Automotive.com, but when a boat with a Ferrari engine that was designed to be the fastest thing on water goes up for sale, well, naturally, our interest is piqued. The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari "Arno XI" racing hydroplane set a world record for speed on water, and ...    Read more

Oh boy, it's Saturday! No school! No classes! No facing that stupid bully Trent in gym class! Saturday! Gonna run downstairs in my PJs! Mom, where's the Captain Crunch? Where's the remote? FOUND IT! Yes! Disney XD, scroll scroll scroll...oh sweet, Motorcity's on! Yes! Mom! Mom! Mooooom, come watch this with ...    Read more

If Ferrari wanted press, it's sure getting it. The famed Italian automaker is coming under heat after a video showing a Ferrari 458 Italia doing doughnuts and burning out on an ancient wall in China has surfaced on the internet. The wall is located in Nanjing, China, and dates back ...    Read more

Electric car upstart Tesla Motors is at a crossroads as it readies to deliver its first Model S midsize luxury sedans. The automaker had planned to start delivering the $50,000 to $90,000 cars to customers by July but has since announced plans to jettison the schedule by a month and ...    Read more

California wants you to buy an electric car. They'll beg, they'll grovel, they'll argue why a pricey new Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf is better for you, your wallet, and the environment. But in the end, they'll just give you cold, hard cash—up to $2,500 in state rebates, ...    Read more

You may not know who Patrick Long is, but he's a big deal around Porsche's motorsports activities as the only American race car driver to drive a car for the automaker. Adding to his credits are three American LeMans GT2 racing championships and a slice of a class championship at ...    Read more