Porsche Shows Off Their New 919 Hybrid
No April Fool’s Day joke here as Porsche is taunting everybody else with a showy display of their new 919 Hybrid for Le Mans and the rest of the 2017 endurance racing season…
March 2017
Lexus Introduces Lane Valet
April Fool’s! Not really – well, sorta not really, anyway. For their April Fool’s Day advertisement that will air during tomorrow’s NCAA Men’s Final Four game between Oregon and North Carolina on CBS, Lexus introduces us to their latest innovation – the Lane Valet – an imaginary optional feature being rolled out on all Lexus […]
Mr. Stevens Will Take His Chances With An Audi
Audi throws an upper cut at Lexus [and their NX] with their new commercial for the 2018 Q5 sport utility vehicle…
Baby Driver Makes Goo-Goo Eyes At You In June
Although the story line seems to be somewhat contrived, there appears to be some decent Subaru Impreza stunt-driving in the upcoming [release date – June 28, 2017] movie “Baby Driver” starring Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx with Ansel Elgort in the title role as a young getaway driver working for a crime boss […]
What Do You Mean – Get ‘Em?
Comcast/Xfinity pulled off one of the better pranks on contestants who won a trip to Los Angeles to see what they thought was a drive-in sneak peek viewing of “The Fate of the Furious” [release date – April 14, 2017]. Instead, what they received was a “drive-out” viewing as stunt drivers posing as fans re-created […]
Amazon Prepares McLaren F1 Documentary Series
Amazon is preparing to launch a documentary series on its Amazon Prime Video that focuses on the McLaren Formula One racing team. The as-yet-untitled series will follow McLaren from its founding in 1963, to the present and features access granted from McLaren to various aspects involved in the 2017 Formula One racing season including behind-the-scenes […]
The Official 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix Theme Song
Here is the official theme song of the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix. Why, you may completely legitimately ask, does a Formula One grand prix require a theme song? The world may never know…
Thieves Try To Pull A Fast One With Enzo Ferrari
Why would anyone want to steal the body of the legendary Enzo Ferrari? One word: ransom. But Italian police have confirmed that they exposed a plot to steal the body of Ferrari, the founder of his namesake company which produces some of the world’s fastest and most expensive cars and who died in 1988 at […]
2017 ASN Formula One Driver Rankings – After Australian Grand Prix
Welcome to the 2017 edition of the AutoSportsNation Formula One driver rankings. After the retirement of last year’s champion, Nico Rosberg, there will be a new champion in 2017. With the completion of the first race of the year – the Australian Grand Prix – one would think it would be a cakewalk to compile […]
Kyle Larson Wins NASCAR Race In Fontana
Kyle Larson won the NASCAR race in Fontana, holding off Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer for the win…
Vettel Crushes It In Australia
Sebastian Vettel won the 2017 Australian Grand Prix with an exclamation point as the four-time world champion drove his Ferrari to a relatively easy 9.975-second victory over the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas [who was 11.25 seconds behind Vettel in third]. Vettel did not lead start-to-finish but once he took the lead […]
Ferrari Takes The California T Down Under
Ferrari wants to show you what their California T can do in the Southern Hemisphere – so they took the car to Australia…
A 2016 Callaway Corvette Aerowagen Emerges From Jay Leno’s Garage
What’s that thing emerging from Jay Leno’s Garage this week!? Why, it’s a 757-horsepower 2016 Callaway Corvette Aerowagen…
Ryan Newman Wins NASCAR Race In Phoenix
Ryan Newman held off Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR race in Phoenix…
BBC America Torments Everybody With Top Gear America
Everybody breathed a sigh of relief when “Top Gear USA” finally went away last year after being relegated to the History channel. But now the BBC has apparently not finished tormenting us with the concept and has announced their newest idea – “Top Gear America” – which is set to premiere in late 2017 on […]
Hammond Wrecks Motorcycle In Mozambique – Reports Himself To Be ‘Not Dead’
Richard Hammond – one-third of the best motoring show on the planet, “The Grand Tour” – was involved in a motorcycle accident in Mozambique while filming an episode for the upcoming second season of “The Grand Tour”. Hammond reportedly wrecked his motorcycle and sustained a head injury that left him laying unconscious in the road. […]
One Of Two Unicorns – The McLaren F1 High Downforce Package
Amateur New Zealand race driver Andrew Bagnall has one of only two existing unicorns – the McLaren F1 with the extra high downforce package, which features aerodynamic modifications and a 680-hp LM-spec race engine. Bagnall, who hails from Auckland, has owned his McLaren F1 – chassis #18 – for more than ten years and claims […]
Introducing The Ferrari 812 Superfast
A 6.5-liter V12 engine producing 8500 rpm? That’s superfast! Or, more specifically – Ferrari 812 Superfast – the most powerful and fastest Ferrari in the marque’s history…
Kris Meeke Wins 2017 Rally Mexico
Kris Meeke crashes late but his 37-second lead cushioned the blow as he won the 2017 Rally Mexico…
Martin Truex, Jr. Claims Victory In Vegas
Martin Truex, Jr. claims the victory in the NASCAR race in Las Vegas…