MINI breaks the news on an amazing reveal expected to take place at the New York Auto Show next week. Loyal fans of the manufacturer will be blown over when the all-new MINI Cooper Yachtsman makes its world premiere at the New York International Auto Show next week, right beside the Hudson River. Read more

The Crown Victoria is the very model of a seasoned career officer: experienced, tough as nails, and dependable when duty calls. Its shape is burned into our minds and it triggers a feeling of security when we see it or a tinge of panic, depending on what side of the law we’re on. The car has served well for nigh over three decades by now. The Crown Vic is retiring. It’s “gettin’ too old for this shit.”

So what’s stepping up to take its place on the force? There are a lot of fresh young bucks gunning for the spot, but none are more eager for the job than the Ford Police Interceptor. Read more

I’d get those thumbs moving if I were you. Starting today, Audi is bringing back its #WantAnR8 Twitter campaign where fans can tweet for the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a 2012 Audi R8 for a day.

Yeah, just like that. Read more

This week, Pirelli brings an interesting 10-pack of new cars to Xbox’s Forza Motorsport 4. The new array of vehicles will feature Pirelli’s tire dynamics and vehicle performance data imported directly into the game, resulting in the most realistic tire physics ever conceived in a console racing game. Read more

It seems we automotive enthusiasts owe a great debt to Ludwig Prandtl, a Bavarian scientist whose studies into airflow theory became the foundation for what we now know about aerodynamics, drag, and streamlining. The story goes that students of his rather mockingly applied his calculations to bumble bees and ended up declaring them theoretically unable to fly. (Another version is that a Swiss scientist drafted up the argument for fun during a dinner party. Oh, those cheeky scientists!) Nearly a century later, a Cornell physicist cleared the whole thing up. The bees, meanwhile, remained generally unperturbed.

Similarly, everything about the BMW 1 series, a car introduced eight years ago as an entry level 5-door hatch, shouldn’t add up to a model the German brand would induct into their prestigious M Club. Yet in doing so, BMW has developed a standard-setting car that we will be talking about for years. Read more