Jason Barlow catches up with Felipe to talk Ferraris ahead of Sunday?s race

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2011 Infiniti FX50 Codename: Special FX The Infiniti FX50 is capable of masquerading as a stylish crossover for empty nesters who like antiquing and a commanding view of the road ahead.

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Nobody does Art Cars quite like BMW. Others try, from time to time, sure. But over the past 40 years, the Bavarian automaker has collaborated with world-renowned artists to create no fewer than 17 unique art cars, each a work of art in its own right.

One of the things we love the most about BMWs art cars is that, as creative as they are, they're not just for show. Many of them have been raced, and raced hard - from the first 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder (pictured above) to the latest M3 GT2 by Jeff Koons.

Unfortunately, while the cars have gone on display in galleries and museums around the world, seeing all 17 in one place is a rarity. So to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the art car program, BMW has put the entire collection online. Each car gets its own exhibit and film highlighting its creation, all laid out in a virtual museum.

There's also a forty-minute video on the history of the program, a short synopsis of which we've got in the clip after the jump along with the full press release, along with a smattering of official images in the first gallery and our own photos in the second gallery from when four of the collection's finest came to LA. Click on to check it out, and follow the link to BMW's online art car exhibition.

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We now have much closer shots of the next Cayman, and they reveal a more 911-like silhouette and front end. The roof appears flatter than the current car?s, and we can see just how much the stretched wheelbase affects things like the size of the rear window. Less exciting: This prototype appears to have some [...]

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Filed under: Truck, Europe, Work, Chrysler, Rumormill, Fiat

It's looking like Chrysler may be ready to re-badge a couple more European vans and bring them to our shores. The automaker is reportedly weighing the option of bringing the pint-sized
front-wheel-drive Fiat Doblo, its bigger brother the Ducato and the seriously meaty Iveco Daily to these shores, all vans to be marketed under the recently minted Ram brand.

We figure that Chrysler would aim the Doblo squarely at the Ford Transit Connect, another European hauler repurposed for the U.S., while the Ducato would slot nicely in the hole left by the departed Dodge Sprinter. For bigger jobs, enter the Iveco Daily, which sees use in nearly every other part of the world to haul just about anything.

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Greetings from Japan! I'm rather jet-lagged and very tired, so you'll forgive me if my writing sounds a bit awkward. Anywho, this is my first visit to the Land of the Rising Sun, and one of the things I've noticed is the overwhelming preference for domestic cars. I've seen a handful of German cars -- no American cars so far -- but the overwhelming majority of cars here seem to be Japanese.

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Finishing isn?t the only thing?but it?s way ahead of the next-best option. The Nürburgring 24 Hours is like The Perfect Storm in a forest. Rain, shine, or snow, more than 220,000 racing fans, powered by the best beer in the world, gather for the most overwhelming, pagan auto race on earth. Wall Streeter Jim Glickenhaus, [...]

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Nissan has revealed its international “Midterm Plan Announcement”?a product plan for the next six years that the company is more colorfully calling “Nissan Power 88.” Whatever the name, this is a major product offensive for Nissan, which will unveil a new product somewhere in the world every six weeks for the next six years; the [...]

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Will the next-generation BMW M3 be powered by a triple-turbo six-cylinder engine? [MotorAuthority] Would $3 billion end traffic deaths? [TheCarConnection] Wondering which minivan gets the best gas mileage? [FamilyCarGuide] The EPA says E15 wont hurt your car. Automakers disagree. [GreenCarReports] The 2012 Mitsubishi i rated at 112 MPGe...

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I don't speak a word of German, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate watching Toyota try to explain the Auris hybrid to the people from the land of the Teutonic Knights. Apparently, it involves little people in Toyota's hybrid drive system who hold hands with each other. Because that makes sense. More »

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