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Oct 07, 2013 04:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
2014 BMW M3 and M4 at the Nürburgring BMW’s upcoming M4, shown in prototype form above, will spawn a racing version destined to compete in popular touring car series DTM. All BMW teams currently competing in DTM will switch to the new bodystyle for the 2014 season, with the current M3 Coupe-based car to be retired. It was only last year that BMW returned to DTM racing after a...

Oct 07, 2013 03:55 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Jeff Glucker)
Dario Franchitti IndyCar wreckIf you're going to race, there's a high probability that you're also going to crash at some point in your career. It's a part of racing. That part of racing was on display over the weekend at the Houston Grand Prix Indy Car race, when Dario Franchitti and Takuma Sato got tangled up coming around a fast corner. Sato's car wandered into the loose...

Oct 07, 2013 03:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
2015 Ford Focus ST facelift spy shotsAudi’s Q3 is still not on sale in the U.S. despite the automaker first promising a local launch almost two years ago. Today we’ve got news that the Q3 is coming, though not until a facelifted version is introduced within the next year or two. Almost every driver can attest to being stuck behind a slow-moving cyclist at some point...

Oct 07, 2013 02:00 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet PrototypeA prototype version of the 2014 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet drag racer, possibly the last for the current-shape Mustang, was sold at auction last week for $200,000. That’s close to $100k more than the asking price for a basic Mustang Cobra Jet but all those extra dollars will be going to aid the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The...

Oct 07, 2013 12:50 pm | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
2014 Audi RS Q3Though it’s been almost two years since Audi first promised its Q3 for the U.S. market, the pint-sized crossover is yet to make it into local showrooms. That may be about to change, however, as Car and Driver is reporting that Audi is waiting until the launch of a facelifted Q3 in the next year or two before finally introducing it to the...

Oct 07, 2013 11:38 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
2015 Ford Focus ST facelift spy shotsFord’s Focus ST is only into its second model year, but a mild update is just around the corner, as evidenced by these latest spy shots of a prototype at the Nürburgring. The update to the Focus ST coincides with a similar update planned for the regular Focus, which has been on sale slightly longer here in the U.S. and even longer...

Oct 07, 2013 10:33 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Sébastien Ogier (right) and co-driver Julien IngrassiaSébastien Loeb’s nine-title reign in the World Rally Championship has finally come to an end, with fellow Frenchman Sébastien Ogier set to be crowned the 2013 Drivers’ Champion after his and co-driver Julien Ingrassia’s performance in the Rally France during the past week. Ogier had wrapped up the Drivers’...

Oct 07, 2013 09:33 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Teaser for Zenos Project E10Only a week ago we brought you the first details on a sports car brand in the making, Zenos Cars, the brainchild of former Caterham managers Ansar Ali and Mark Edwards. Today, Zenos has released more details on its plans, including a more revealing teaser shot of its first car, tentatively named Project E10. Project E10 is the first of three cars...

Oct 07, 2013 06:30 am | feedback@highgearmedia.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Sebastian VettelSebastian Vettel proved unstoppable during yesterday’s 2013 Formula One Korean Grand Prix, leading the race almost entirely from his pole position, despite two safety car periods. This earned the Red Bull Racing driver his fourth successive win and put him into a position where he could be crowned the 2013 Drivers’ Championship by the...

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