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New Mercedes A45 AMG has 105 years of 4WD on its side

With the new Mercedes A45 AMG on the horizon – complete with 4WD – Mercedes chart the history of all wheel drive on their vehicles. We tend to think of 4WD road cars as a modern innovation, and certainly very few 4WD road cars hit the road in a mainstream way much before the 1980s (the Jensen FF was hardly mainstream before someone points out that was in the 1960s). But the history of 4WD goes back, certainly in the case of Mercedes, a surprising 105 years when Daimler built the Dernburg-Wagen, a 4WD vehicle that not only got all-wheel drive but all wheel steering too.

Video: Porsche GT2 RS attacks GingerMan Raceway

You saw our walk-around and overview of the 2011 Porsche GT2 RS earlier this week. As promised, here's the VBox footage of Autoweek editors blasting around GingerMan Raceway in southwest Michigan doing what the Porsche does best. So far we've brought you track-day action featuring the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and the Porsche GT2 RS--what's missing?

Ayrton Senna's Toleman Formula One car to be auctioned at Silverstone in May

Several impressive lots are set to cross the block at Silverstone Auctions' Spring Sale, scheduled for May 16 at Silverstone Circuit in Northhamptonshire in the United Kingdom. By far the most impressive is a Toleman TG184-2 Formula One race car driven by Ayrton Senna in his first F1 season. The car is best known for Senna's second-place finish at the rainy 1984 Monaco Grand Prix.