Driving Sports

Extra! Subaru STI SE and Mitsubishi Ralliart Sportback

MediaSpigot LLC — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:41:11 +0000

Extra #17 - In this episode, Aaron takes a look at the 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart and Ryan hits the Streets at Willow Springs Raceway in the 2010 Subaru STI Special Edition.

2010 Chevy Equinox Makes the Grade

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:42:48 +0000

General Motors does this thing where every branch of the company shares a common platform and puts out pretty similar vehicles. Sometimes this is a strength – because customers are irrational and some of them just don’t like Chevy, but they liked the same car when it was made by Pontiac or Buick. Sometimes, though, [...]

2010 Camaro SS – Beauty and the Beast in One Package

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:28:21 +0000

I am predisposed to like the 2010 Camaro. After all, I raced a 1976 Camaro LT around the speedways of the Pacific Northwest for nigh on a decade in the 1990s. The 2010 version of Chevy’s classic pony car has little (if any) real connection to my old race car, but they do share the [...]

Lotus Heads Back to Indy with Cosworth and Taku

MediaSpigot LLC — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:17:12 +0000

Lotus and Cosworth have entered into a new technical and commercial partnership with established IndyCar competitors KV Racing Technology to compete in the 2010 IndyCar Series. The Lotus-Cosworth IndyCar will use the classic British Racing Green and Yellow "Lotus stripe" livery used on Lotus Racing cars in the 1950s and 1960s. The new-old livery will [...]

Outtakes: Douthit and Foust at X Games 15

MediaSpigot LLC — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:39:32 +0000

Driving Sports producer Ryan Douthit goes for a ride-along with Tanner Foust in the Rallycross Ford Fiesta at X Games 15 in Los Angeles. (And yes, Ryan knows that Swedish meatballs are not normally served with pasta.)

Extra! Subaru Ice Driving, Block does WRC Mexico

MediaSpigot LLC — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:03:11 +0000

Ryan is sent to Utah for an ice driving refresher with Subaru and Norwegian instructor John Haugland, trainer of Champions. (Vehicle damage is practically guaranteed.) Plus, a recap on Ken Block's first WRC event in the Monster World Rally Team Ford Focus.

And the Hummer Double Entendre Just Keeps Coming

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:14:06 +0000

In a stroke of marketing genius coincident with the death of the brand, Lynch Hummer (http://www.lynchhummer.com/) in Chesterfield, Missouri is giving away a Browning Citori White Lightning Shotgun with every new Hummer purchased. Lynch Hummer, who first made headlines for "Guns and Hummers" when they added Adventure Shooting Sports (http://www.adventureshootingsports.com/) to their Hummer showroom, will [...]

2011 Corvette Z06 “Carbon” Revealed

MediaSpigot LLC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:13:42 +0000

We took a trip to Detroit last week to tour the Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing facility and see the new C6.R being built for the GT2 class at this year's Le Mans – but at the end of the tour, along with a sumptuous lunch, we got a special treat: the 2011 Corvette Z06 [...]

Chrysler to Support Live In-Car TV

MediaSpigot LLC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:22:47 +0000

Chrysler is set to begin channeling live, mobile TV into Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. The company will showcase its new technology in a Ram 2500 at the 2010 Dallas Auto Show. Chrysler will become the first automaker in the United States to offer live, mobile TV to consumers in over 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. [...]

New Mercedes E-Class 350 4Matic Hits The Spot

MediaSpigot LLC — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:50:02 +0000

The Mercedes-Benz E class is their top of the line luxury passenger car. In prior years the E class did not always rise very far above the entry level (for Mercedes) C class cars, but the new E350 is a true premium Mercedes. What’s even better is that the price tag for this bundle of [...]