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Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R Return for 2025 (but not as Ford)

LAS VEGAS (January 23, 2025) – The performance and motorsports world was rocked today when Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc., unveiled the 2025 Shelby GT350 on the Barrett-Jackson stage in Scottsdale, Ariz. The most powerful Shelby GT350 in history, the 810 horsepower sports car, was introduced almost 60 years to the day that Carroll Shelby revealed the first one (January 27, 1965). The Shelby GT350 will be available as a street car, while the street legal GT350R is track-ready with components from Shelby’s future Trans Am spec race car. Continue reading

Audi Tradition Launches its 2025 event Season

INGOLSTADT (January 23, 2025) – Audi Tradition will be attending numerous events again this year and celebrating many anniversaries. It has been 60 years since the Audi brand name was reintroduced. In 1965, the company “with the four rings,” then still called Auto Union GmbH, ended its two-stroke era, introduced a new model with a four-cylinder four-stroke engine, and named it – Audi. This first post–World War II Audi can be viewed along with other vehicles from the historical AUDI AG collection, for example, on International Museum Day on May 18, in Ingolstadt. What’s more, this year, the Audi museum mobile is celebrating its very own anniversary on Museum Day: its 25th birthday. Continue reading

BMW NA 50 Stories for 50 Years Chapter 3: “Bob Lutz: The New BMW AG Board Member Shakes up the Worldwide Distribution System”

Written by Jackie Jouret

Within the automotive industry, Bob Lutz is legendary as a Car Guy, an executive who prioritized exciting, fun-to-drive cars over those with mass-market appeal. During his brief tenure as BMW’s board member for sales, Lutz fulfilled those expectations handily, fostering the creation of enthusiast-oriented cars like the 2002 turbo and 3.0 CSL, and by founding BMW Motorsport to put BMW back on the racetrack with a full-factory team. Continue reading

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