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Ford opens proving grounds to the public

For the first time ever, Ford is opening its Dearborn, Mich., proving grounds to the public on Oct. 15. Ticketholders to the Get Your Heart Racing event can take hot-lap ride-alongs around the test track with professional drivers Tanner Foust and Parnelli Jones.

Autoweek in review: Ferrari teases supercar, Mini flips out and the 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS

While many of us spent Monday honoring our favorite presidents (still Taft, Van Buren and R.B. Hayes), Ferrari teased us with shots of its Enzo successor and gave us some pricing details. By now you should have saved at least 20 bucks toward that $1.3 million.

Top Gear Speed Week: 25 Best Performance Cars on video

Top Gear’s Speed Week has gathered together the 25 most inspiring performance cars for an outing at Dunsfold. It’s not the easiest trick to pull off – gathering 25 of the most inspiring performance cars of the last twelve months in one place – but Top Gear has managed it. They’ve gathered together everything from a Morgan Three-Wheeler to a Lamborghini Aventador at the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold for a serious two days of hooning and madness.