This is your chance to win a 2020 Corvette Stingray Z51 and help out one of the most prestigious motorsports preservation institutions on the planet. Hey! … Hi! this is LACar editor-at-large Doug Stokes with a fun note about a chance to own the first-ever rear-engine ‘Vette (how long have we been waiting for that?)...
The new Ford GT Heritage Edition celebrates the #98 GT40 MK II that Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby drove to victory at the 1966 Daytona 24 Hour Continental. The latest iteration of historical dominance on a car is finally here. Introducing the 2021 Ford GT Heritage Edition. The iconic look harkens back to the livery...
Tune into Petersen Car Week on Sunday, August 18, at 8:30 a.m. PDT to catch the announcement of the new 2021 Ford GT Heritage Edition. Everyone loves throwbacks. In fact, most muscle cars today are styled around their iconic ancestors’ looks. The old-school-turned-new-school aesthetic is proving to be incredibly popular and we’re currently in the...
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the ‘Hulkcamino’. The immensely popular Hot Legends Tour is on hold for now, but not before a winner was named at the last virtual stop. Rather than cancel the stop, Mattel charged ahead and gave builders around the country the chance to compete for a chance to have their showcars turned...
The Petersen Car Week will begin on August 12, 2020, to help provide a sense of community usually created by the Monterey Car Week, which has been cancelled for 2020. The very first virtual Petersen Car Week now officially has sponsors and the car classes to be featured in the Petersen Concours d’Elegance. The concours...
LACar guest editor, Don Taylor, here gives us his thoughts on how the most important automotive industry aftermarket event of the year can safely go on … even in these challenging times! THE SHOW MUST GO ON! For just about everyone in the automotive industry, the SEMA Show is the largest gathering of the tribe,...
The American Rally Association’s first National event of the year stirs up the quaint, snowy towns of Northern Michigan. Once a year, anti-lag and turbo spool echoes off the hills nestled in the northern tip of the ‘Mitten’, or Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. This sparsely populated area is known best for hunting, canoeing and a hefty...
The first major auto show of the year presented some pleasant surprises among the nearly 1,000 vehicles on the floor of the colossal McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. I was on the tail end of my three-hour morning drive into Chicago on February 6 when I felt an icy drip on my left arm. Snow...
Underdog day. That’s what Sunday at the NTT IndyCar series finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca might have been. It didn’t quite turn out that way, but the story lines were rich nonetheless. Put this into perspective: the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup after being dead last in the NHL in early January,...
NTT IndyCar qualifying proceeded with some drama, some strategy, and a second-generation pole winner on Saturday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Sunday, four drivers amongst a field of 24 compete for the season’s title. NTT IndyCar qualifying is not a simple thing. There were 24 cars at Laguna Seca, so they went out in two...