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Kansas City’s High School and the MINDDRIVE Program is building an electric car by its students to do a coast-to-coast demonstration run.

Steven Tyler's 2013 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder is close to being done and gets a test on the Hennessey dyno.

Steven Tyler put in his order with Hennessey for them to build him a custom Venom GT Spyder.

Helio Castroneves won the 2012 Honda Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, FL yesterday. Marking the start of the IndyCar season and possibly a good race season for Castroneves.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed promises to deliver twice the amount of fun with plenty of racing, a unique Bugatti and Lotus collection going to auction filled with other treasures.

Lotus is dropping the R31 and Lotus Renault GP titles for its Formula One racers and instead changing to E20, in honor of the Enstone factory's 20th anniversary for the brand.

In a rare private workshop following the week of The Battery Show 2011, Lotus Engineering brought together a small group of journalists to its Sterling Heights, Michigan office for a Technical Press Workshop, a review of its technologies that will define the cars of the future.

The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed theme, which will take place from June 28th- July 1st, is “Young Guns – Born to Win.” The theme will highlight drivers, riders, designers and engineers whose immense talent and insatiable thirst for speed shocked the establishment, immediately vaulting them into the spotlight.

Think about driving a quiet Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid down a narrow street with pedestrians that may not hear your car coming towards them, then see and hear the solution via the video from The Battery Show 2011.

Just when Toyota’s problems centering around “unintended acceleration” seemed to be fading, a Birmingham, Michigan car dealership specializing in European exotics had a late model Toyota Camry slam through their front windows – damaging a limited edition Lotus and doing extensive damage to the business.

Things have come full circle at Lotus, it would seem, as Lotus buys Caterham Cars, the builder of the Caterham Seven. Except that the Lotus that bought Caterham isn't the Lotus that sold Caterham the rights to build the Lotus Seven, though only with the Caterham badge.

When the 2011 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) debuts later this month, New Englanders will have the opportunity to see some of the most stylish and innovative vehicles ever. From the most powerful car in the world to the very first crossover convertible and the incredible debut of a hybrid Porsche, these are the cars turning heads and making headlines.