I once saw a McLaren F1 covered with dead bugs, clear evidence of a butler with a can of dead bugs and a tube of superglue — or of actual use of the car on an actual road. One day, there will be a shot like this of the P1. I hope.

Even though last Saturday's NASCAR crash was a terrible event, it was also a showcase for what's right with human kind. Fan Becket McGinn was hit in the chest with a tire and nearly killed. Two anonymous fans saved his life. He wants to know who they are.

Good Lord, I am so glad that the whole "Harlem Shake" thing is on the way out. To say that it was "massively irritating" is the understatement of the year. (It seems to have been replaced by a meme that involves putting screams into a video by someone named Taylor Swift.) But before the shake goes away forever, it has…

Spring is nearly here and we're anxious to trade the dark hipster monastery that is the Gawker office for the beautiful open highways of America. And what better escape vehicle than an SRT Viper GTS? We're going on a road trip, y'all, and we're bringing some friends. Come hang out with us on our SRTxSW adventure.

How far gone are we from the days when talent was the best way to get into F1? So far that when GP2 driver and F1 hopeful Luiz Razia was fired from Marussia F1 yesterday, there was no question of how often he damaged the car in testing, how fast he was or how good he was at conserving tires. Instead, it was entirely…

Yes, swag transmission oil is a thing.

Mahindra doesn't sell any cars or trucks in the US. At all. So when they flew me out to India to show me what they do, I was naturally wondering if maybe they were planning on making another try for a spoonful of the vast US market. I asked everyone I could, and I either got very noncommittal replies or outright…

Wade Beauchamp just finished writing his book, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, and like anyone who's just finished writing a book, he was ready to do anything but type more stupid words into a stupid computer, already.

Honda is testing the brand new Civic WTCC for the '13 season. After completing the last three races of the 2012 championship, a two car works team will try to beat the competition with 2009 World Touring Car Champion Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro behind the wheel.

Happy Birthday to the one and only Mr. Will Power! Keep on being you!

Former AT&T boss and 10-month GM CEO Ed Whitacre has a book out about how he saved GM. I've already lampooned that notion, but it's nice to see 'Maximum' Bob Lutz chime in, if only because Lutz was there and because Lutz is a jet-flying, Global Warming-denying madman who always speaks his mind. Lutz, predictably, calls…

The Australians may have coined the term, but nobody really hoons like the Scandinavians. Here's a year's worth of proof.

Cars & Coffee events take place in select cities all across the USA and are a great informal gathering of classic cars, free of charge. Take a Saturday morning to sample the exquisite blend of C₈H₁₈ and C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ and be prepared to step into a wormhole to 1959.

Jaguar/Land Rover sales were up 18% in February. Land Rover sold 3,905 cars, which is up 20% compared to 2012, making this their best February ever. Jaaaaag moved 1,148 cars, a 12% increase. It's kind of like a new British invasion. Kind of.

Whether you watch auto racing on TV or attend in person, you don't really get a full-on inside experience into a race team and what the driver sees. That's what you want to see and nobody shows it. Well, here it is. Finally.

16th January, 1964: "On the day after the official opening of the Tay Salmon Rod Fishing Season, Duncan McGregor catches an 8lb salmon from Ian Cameron's amphibious car 'Ay-Ell'."

Ford's sales were up 11 percent in February compared to last year. The Escape set a new sales record after 24,000 were moved. Lincoln's sales were down 29 percent. What, people didn't buy into the Jimmy Fallon Twitter thing?

When he's not making electric cars, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk's other venture is trying to privatize spaceflight. And his company, SpaceX, took a big step in that direction this morning when they launched the Dragon capsule into orbit with the goal of bringing more than one ton of supplies and science experiments to…