Monthly Archives: July 2008

Ford Motor Co. continues to bolster its Mustang lineup—how many more versions can the world handle?—with yet another special edition. The Shelby GT500KR will be on display at next week’s New York auto show. More details are promised by week’s … Continue reading →

Owning a high-end car? Fun. Paying the hefty vehicle tax on it? Not so much — that is, unless you live in the state of Massachusetts. From the late 1990s to 2007, the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles missed collecting … Continue reading →

Famed automotive designer Gordon Murray along with hand-picked associates from Gordon Murray Design (GMD) is halfway through a two-year-long engineering plan to develop a car that will attempt to revolutionize the automotive production world and the automobile’s impact on the environment. The innovative project dubbed T.25 (for the … Continue reading →

From the “you can’t keep a good man down” file, comes word that Steve Saleen is back. As mentioned in the April 2008 issue of R&T, Mr. Saleen recently left Saleen, Inc, though his name will stay with that company. … Continue reading →

IT’S A FRACTIONAL life. Take, for example, this socially active couple. He pulls his flawless new Lamborghini into a parking space just outside the lobby of the private airport, speaks briefly to the friendly counter agent before striding out onto … Continue reading →

Dreaming of cars we likely can’t afford, let alone drive, is only natural for auto enthusiasts like us to do throughout our days, but as today’s Thread of the Day by calpolytlo points out, fantasizing about such cars racing around … Continue reading →

Ferrari’s historic Maranello, Italy, complex has long held a certain mystique for fans of the Prancing Horse. But mindful of the realities of modern manufacturing, the automaker has been focusing on upgrading its facilities and on Wednesday unveiled two new … Continue reading →

The formula for the 2004 Ferrari Challenge Stradale and 2008 430 Scuderia is mostly the same: take an already accomplished sports car, trim any extraneous add-ons that don’t contribute to the car’s performance, and tweak the engine with lessons learned … Continue reading →