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Petersen Automotive Museum's rehab plans may take shape of car

The Petersen Automotive Museum sits on prime real estate at the intersection of Fairfax and Wilshire in Los Angeles. It's located in the car capital of the world. Still, it isn't the best auto museum. It isn't in the top five globally. But, "it could be, it should be, it can be, it will be," said Peter Mullin, who last week chaired his first Petersen board meeting, at which the museum's future began to take shape.

California Highway Patrol isues new guidelines for lane splitting

For years, California motorcyclists have enjoyed the benefits of a non-law. California is the only state in the nation that doesn't legally prevent lane splitting, or traveling between lanes of stopped and slower-moving traffic, but there haven't been hard and fast rules governing the practice. Until now. The California Highway Patrol has, for the first time, issued guidelines on the controversial practice.

A short trip on board the Champions Moto Street Tracker

The Champions Moto Street Tracker is so minimalist, it doesn't even have a key. And that isn't because it's a futuristic belly shover launched with the swipe of a smartphone.

Courtney and Brittany Force continue a 300 mph family tradition

Wearing stilettos and full makeup, Courtney and Brittany Force don't look like the kind of women who speed down drag strips exceeding 300 mph. Casual observers would never guess their designer handbags held racing licenses.

2013 VW Jetta Hybrid almost doubles the MPGs, but it costs

It's happening again. Gas prices are spiking, even earlier than normal this year. What's a driver to do? If the past is any indication more of us will at least consider ditching our gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient models, such as the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid.

George Rowe infiltrates the Vagos ... and lives to tell the tale

George Rowe no longer lives as George Rowe. He's able to identify his whereabouts only as "Somewhere, USA." A former fully patched member of the Vagos, he no longer has anything to do with motorcycles or motorcycle clubs. The tattoos inked into his neck and skull as a sign of allegiance to the so-called Green Nation are long gone.

For seven years, Rowe has been part of the federal Witness Security Program he entered March 9, 2006 – the same day 700 federal agents conducted 27 raids on the Vagos Motorcycle Club, which Rowe had infiltrated as part of a takedown scheme known as Operation 22 Green. Now Rowe is telling his story in "Gods of Mischief," a memoir that chronicles the years he lived in the criminal underbelly of one of Southern California's most notorious outlaw clubs.

The Ace of Cakes bakes a Ducati lookalike and rides the real thing

It looked like a Ducati, with working lights, spinning tires, even a speaker that mimicked its wha wha wha whoom exhaust. But anyone familiar with Duff Goldman's work knew better. Slicing into the bike's saddle, gas tank and tail, the "motorcycle" was, in fact, a cake.

A car for Nigel Tufnel: The 2013 Mercedes SLS AMG GT

With its 2013 SLS AMG GT, Mercedes must have had Nigel Tufnel in mind.� Like the Spinal Tap guitarist who turned his amp to 11 because 10 just wasn't loud enough, Mercedes' performance division has taken its flagship supercar and tuned it for "maximum elevenness," upping its stock horsepower to 583 and otherwise tweaking its track-day cred.

Scrap car donations feed the jaws of life

In the months leading up to April 15, Californians whose vehicles are limping or well beyond repair have dozens of tax-deductible options, many of them through cars-for-causes charities. But there's another solution — one that pays cash for their clunkers, whether they're running (poorly) or even wrecked. It's called Cars 4 Fire Rescue.

A solution for "chronic car washers"

If you lather up your vehicle at least once a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a name for you: Chronic car washer. It sounds like an affliction, but that's precisely how the federal agency views the act, especially when it's done at home with potentially toxic cleaning products that are hosed off using countless gallons of fresh water and whisked into storm drains that flow directly to the ocean.