Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Humor Lewis Hamilton controls F1 car via Blackberry Storm - Click above to watch video Vodaphone is a huge mobile communications company, and it's also the primary sponsor of the McLaren Mercedes F1 team. The video after the jump shows just what...

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show What the hell is a gigapan image? It's an image used taking a robotic device that takes a bunch of little images and stitches them together to make one giant, high-resolution image. You may remember seeing the gigapan image of President Obama's inauguration speech back...

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Videos, Supercars, Chevrolet Click above to watch video after the jump Back in January, we showed you an early rendering of the Hennessey HPE700, a car we called the bastard love child of a Camaro SS and Corvette ZR1. Development of the "ZR1 and then some"-powered Camaro is ...

Filed under: Motorsports, Audi Click above to enlarge It really is a shame that Audi has pulled out of the American and European Le Mans Series, choosing only to run its new R15 TDI Le Mans Prototype racer at this year's 12 Hours of Sebring in March and 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. All that money, e...

Filed under: By the Numbers All the numbers are in for the first month of sales in 2009... and they aren't pretty. Chrysler LLC and General Motors continue to lead the pack with sales drops of 54.8% and 48.8%, respectively. While the overall economy is weak and access to credit limited, the fact tha...

Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Porsche Click above for high-res image gallery of next-gen Porsche Boxster spy shots Porsche just unveiled improved versions of its Boxster and Cayman at the 2008 LA Auto Show last November, but they're already hard at work on the next all-new Boxst...

Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupes, Auction Action, Supercars, Dodge Click above for high-res image gallery of the 50th Anniversary Hurst/Viper Legendary maker of all things used to shift, Hurst has taken some time out today to unveil the car that will mark its 50th year of building specialty performa...

Filed under: By the Numbers The U.S. auto industry hasn't experienced a worse year of sales in recent memory, so it's fitting that 2008 should close with December sales data that's no better than the previous disappointing months. The only green you'll see below is next to MINI, which beat out Decem...

Filed under: In the Autoblog Garage, Coupes, Economy, Ford Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2009 Ford Focus SES Coupe It's been just over a year since we reviewed our last Focus, a 2008 SES Coupe, and we were willing to bet the farm back then that its new design wouldn't go over well wi...

Autoblog has had a spectacular 2008 and we hope the past 365 days has been as equally rewarding for you. The auto industry itself, however, has suffered through a miserable '08 and will probably be toasting its conclusion when the ball drops at midnight. While the year began mild enough, summer brou...