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Each year in August, the Monterey Peninsula hosts what’s known to locals as Car Week. For seven days, events string together along the gorgeous central coast of California, bringing auto enthusiasts from around the globe. There’s the Concorso Italiano, showcasing some of the most beautiful Italian cars on one of the most beautiful golf courses in the U.S. There’s the Concors de Elegance at Pebble Beach, where millionaires bid on one-of-a-kind trailer queens that will take your breath away.

Amidst all the glamour is the central event, the historic races at the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. For three days, some of the rarest, and oldest racecars in existence, take to the track to race, [...]

Welcome to VehicleVoice Episode #32

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There’s NOTHING like the scream of 16,000 RPMs. And the VehicleVoice team was trackside at the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway when Toyota’s Formula One team gave them the thrill of a life time. Our cameras were rolling, and our microphones were tuned in, so we bring that unbelievable experience to you.

Former racer and VehicleVoice correspondent David Barrett got the rare chance to walk through Toyota’s garage, speak with Formula One engineers, and get an exclusive interview with driver Ricardo Zonta. Not to mention experience, from the pit lane, Zonta breaking the track record with each lap he turned.

So if you’re idea of racing perfection is Formula One, and even if it isn’t, this [...]

Welcome to VehicleVoice Episode #32

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There’s NOTHING like the scream of 16,000 RPMs. And the VehicleVoice team was trackside at the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway when Toyota’s Formula One team gave them the thrill of a life time. Our cameras were rolling, and our microphones were tuned in, so we bring that unbelievable experience to you.

Former racer and VehicleVoice correspondent David Barrett got the rare chance to walk through Toyota’s garage, speak with Formula One engineers, and get an exclusive interview with driver Ricardo Zonta. Not to mention experience, from the pit lane, Zonta breaking the track record with each lap he turned.

So if you’re idea of racing perfection is Formula One, and even if it isn’t, this [...]

Welcome to VehicleVoice Episode #31

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VehicleVoice brings you an exclusive look at the brand new Shelby GT500! Here’s your chance to see this updated American classic. At 500 horsepower, it’s everything an American muscle car should, plus some.

We were on hand at the Concorso Italiano in Monterey, California for Ford’s formal introduction of the GT500, and even got an exclusive interview with the car’s designer, who happens to be a Steve McQueen fan. Really though, who isn’t? This is where VehicleVoice correspondent David Barrett finds 500 American horses can rival some of the most beautiful Italian cars ever made. Don’t miss this exclusive video!

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Hau Thai-Tang, Shelby GT500 designer
John Clinard Ford Public Relations

Costco and Cadillac... how American.

Cadillac CTS tour of East Midlands continues

Cadillac CTS 260 MPH speedometer in Britain. Yeehaw!

For the past few days, I have been driving a Cadilalc CTS around England. CTS won AutoPacific's 2006 Vehicle Satisfaction Award for Entry Luxury Cars in the USA. The evaluation started at Heathrow Airport, driving to the outskirts of London and then North to the East Midlands.

If Nissan’s Xterra is a tough, rugged, and capable off-road, dust and dirt-gobbling machine providing owners with everything they need and nothing they don’t. Xterra's pavement-pounding antithesis is the Infiniti FX.

If you’re a novice to the world of automobile manufacturing and sales, Branding Iron is a good read. Charlie and William essentially take sales and marketing 101 and apply it to the auto industry. They compare and contrast what has gone wrong, is still going wrong, and may continue to go wrong with US auto sales.