After an uncharacteristically public spat, it’s over: Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch has resigned, The Wall Street Journal reports, effective immediately. His wife, Ursula Piëch, a member of the board, has also resigned. – It’s an unexpected bold move from the man who was slated to head the VW Group’s supervisory board for at least another two years, but it comes on the heels of a terse falling-out. This month, Piëch rocked
-The 24 hours of LeMons rolls into the heart of America’s Rust Belt this weekend for “The Cure for Gingervitis” at Gingerman Raceway, located just across Lake Michigan from Chicago. Midwestern LeMons racers have come to expect a few things from Gingerman races in the five years since the series started going there, namely that the weather will at some point turn foul. With bad weather looming— albeit not snow
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-There’s nothing wrong with old cars except the fact that they’re old. Bodies rust, suspensions creak, and most engines eventually eat themselves. Ford Mustang specialist Classic Recreations in Yukon, Oklahoma, has a solution—albeit an expensive one—for those who want a ’68 fastback with an invigorating dose of modern vitality: the Villain, by CR Supercars. This reborn Mustang has substantial body changes, a new suspension, a 5.0-liter DOHC Coyote V-8 from
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