Automotive Highlights

Jessi and Patrick compete in the world's craziest endurance race.

Scion appointed Tatsu Tsuchida and his team to build a rearwheel drive midship engine Scion iq for the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The team takes the car out for a driving test and they find out what it can do.

The finalists for the North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards were announced. Former DaimlerChrysler CEO Tom LaSorda will join Fisker and Mercedes-Benz USA announced its replacement for former CEO, Ernst Lieb. Google was granted a patent for a vehicle that can switch from being human driven to autonomously operated. All that and more, plus Mark Fields, the head of Ford in the Americas, explains how Ford is reacting to all the negative publicity it’s been hit with regarding MyFord touch.

Car sales in China have been slowing all year and now the drop in sales is even hitting the luxury segment. But even with the slow down, China is still the biggest market in the world and that's why Ford just announced plans to introduce 20 new engines and transmissions in the country. GM is considering a simple midsize work truck for the U.S. All that and more, plus a look at how Chevy makes the ZL1 Camaro slice through the wind.

GTChannel brings you coverage from day one of Ken Block's Invitational Gymkhana Grid at Irwindale Speedway. We interview Ken Block to get his thoughts on the event. Also, we check in with Tanner Foust and talk about his car setup as well as his view of the event.

Editor-at-large Arthur St. Antoine heads to Baudette, Minnesota to join Acura's Ohio-based engineering team for some extreme cold-weather vehicle testing.

We are in Wall, New Jersey for the first Formula Drift competing of the 2005 season! From GTChannel's vault we bring you Formula D Classics! What is Drifting? It's about style. It's about speed. It's about execution. It's about car control. Formula Drift is a look at the sport, from the view of the drivers and the crews that make the cars drift. There is no clock and there is no finish line.

We are in Wall, New Jersey for the first Formula Drift competing of the 2005 season! From GTChannel's vault we bring you Formula D Classics! What is Drifting? It's about style. It's about speed. It's about execution. It's about car control. Formula Drift is a look at the sport, from the view of the drivers and the crews that make the cars drift. There is no clock and there is no finish line.