Tokyo Motor Show 2013: The Debutants

This year we've seen some great concepts and production models debut at shows across the world, but as the days get shorter and the nights get colder, it's a signal the year is nearly at an end. For CDN, a typically hectic event schedule is concluded with a trip to Tokyo for the forty-third edition of its annual show. Ahead of its opening, the carmakers have begun to announce what we can expect to see sitting pride of place on their stands.

Video: Autoweek thrashes the 2011 Porsche GT2 RS

Join Autoweek senior editor for motorsports Mac Morrison and road test editor Jonathan Wong as they put the 2011 Porsche GT2 RS through the paces at GingerMan Raceway in southwest Michigan. They take a closer look at what makes the car so special, and they get behind the wheel to find out for themselves. We'll bring you the GT2 RS VBox lap later this week, and stay tuned for Lexus LFA track action coming soon.

1975 JC Whitney catalog: A bonanza of aftermarket Volkswagen goodies

Back before there was the Internet, or even big car-parts chain stores, there was the JC Whitney catalog. Printed on cheap, pulpy paper and featuring tens of thousands of tiny, hand-drawn illustrations, these thick books gave me many hours of enjoyment in the early 1980s, as I fantasized about how I'd modify my incredibly sketchy and hooptified '58 Beetle. Now I've picked up a 1975 JC Whitney catalog, and the Volkswagen section is even better than I remembered!