Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

A documentary that traces the actor-turned-racer's love for the sport

Paul Newman appeared in 62 films and spent 50+ years as a respected and renowned actor, but his true joy was car racing. Newman the racer (and owner) is the subject of Adam Carolla’s new documentary “Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman,” a film based on Matt Stone’s 2009 book of the same name, which explores Newman’s racing career—which he began at 48 years …

Interview: McLaren Automotive Chief Designer Robert Melville

The designer speaks about function, aerodynamics and experimentation

by Michael Frank McLaren is a race car company that has slowly morphed into making cars for consumers. The present-day voices behind the iconic British brand might shed a softer light on this transition, but like Ferrari before it, the driving force for McLaren until recently was Formula One racing. The cars for the street were there to finance racing, period. However the production cars …

The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur

Party in the front, business in the back, the company's most powerful sedan yet

No longer confined to its previous Continental badging, the all new 2014 Bentley Flying Spur sedan embraces its post-breakup makeover—worked out and muscled up, turning heads as it passes by. Faster and more powerful than any of the British auto maker’s previous sedans, the Flying Spur has been completely redesigned and reengineered, rightly taking its place between the brand’s Continental and Mulsanne models. It’s a …