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Studebaker trees: Dead company, living advertisement

Some of you may have seen this already; it’s been popular on the map sites for a while. But those who don’t know about Bendix Woods County Park west of South Bend, Ind., feast your eyes on 5,000 pine trees, planted in 1937, spelling Studebaker when viewed from high enough. Bendix Woods park was formerly the Studebaker proving grounds, and much of the track surface is still visible in satellite photos.

Art Center Car Classic features the world's great automobiles

It seems like we say this every year, but this year it's truly fitting: this was the best Art Center Car Classic ever. Consider that the show covered both ends of the Corvette spectrum, from Peter Brock and the rise of the original “Mitchell Corvette” -- which was right there parked on the grass -- to General Motors designer Pete Thomas and the new C7 parked not far away, with the Mako Shark and the '63 split-window Sting Ray lined up between. A couple car lengths from that was the debut of the finally finished Peter Mullin Bugatti Type 64, a spectacular re-imagining of Jean Bugatti's unfinished final car done by Art Center students and Transportation Design chair Stewart Reed.

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse gets a promo video

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse promo video With the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse officially available Bugatti has decided it needs its own promotional video. Bugatti revealed the Veyron Grand Sport with the heart of the Super Sport as the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse in February, ahead of a public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva. And it’s the ultimate syrup-shredder.