The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Speed

Jalopnik has the story of a 20-year-old abandoned BMW dealership in Ontario, Canada with two mint-condition BMWs visible through the window. The whole place looks like it frozen in time. Very cool. [Jalopnik]

The CEO of General Motors recently bought up 10,000 more shares of GM stock after they took a 25% hit. [Autoblog]

Some sad news coming from Mazda, with the discontinuing of the RX-8 model, they are also putting their rotary engine program on hiatus. It’s doubtful that it will go away forever, but it’s still a bummer for piston-less engine fans. [Wards Auto]

Here are the weekly NASCAR power rankings from ESPN, featuring a big jump from Brad Keselowski after a win last weekend. [ESPN]