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Friday 31 August 2012
Track worries curtail IndyCar practice
IndyCar was forced to abandon its first practice session in Baltimore due to safety concerns over bumps on the track. Several drivers were launched completely airborne when they tried to navigate a bump just before the railway line that crosses the start/finish straight, prompting the series to end the session 25 minutes early to discuss possible solutions with the drivers.
HAYDEN INJURED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT
DUCATI HAYDEN INJURED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT Thursday Dec 29 2011 Nicky Hayden's winter vacation was marred on Tuesday, December 27, when he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was...
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Rivals say Alonso is no underdog
Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton do not believe Ferrari is truly an underdog in the 2012 Formula 1 title battle and reckon Fernando Alonso's car is now a match for his main rivals'. Despite holding a 40-point world championship lead , Alonso insists that Ferrari is the "slowest" of the top teams . But Red Bull driver Vettel argued that Alonso could not hold such a commanding points lead if his car was not up to the task.
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Alex Tagliani, No. 30 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Alex TaglianiALEX TAGLIANI QUICK FACTS No. 30 Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 30 Chevrolet News and Notes Welcome Alex Tagliani… Turner Motorsports is pleased to welcome Montreal-native Alex Tagliani to the seat of its No. 30 Chevrolet for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Circuit...more»
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Sarrazin, Minassian for Surfers V8s
Sportscar stars Nicolas Minassian, Stephane Sarrazin and Jamie Campbell-Walter will join Brad Jones Racing's line-up for V8 Supercars' Surfers Paradise event in October. The V8 regulars are all paired with co-drivers from international motorsport for the Queensland street races. Former Peugeot LMP1 team-mates Minassian and Sarrazin will share BJR Holdens with team regulars Fabian Coulthard and Jason Bright respectively
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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 148: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Even though many of you determined that this week’s sound came from a small, turbocharged mill, only a couple of you correctly identified it as the European Ford Focus’s 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine. Like that [...]
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Kia: No Soul Convertible, Europe Gets Hot Cee’d, Contrary to Reports
“A convertible Soul was on our long-term product plan but has since been dropped,” Kia’s South Korea–based head of global public relations, Michael Choo, has just confirmed to us. Additionally, a hot hatch is “coming next year to Europe in the form of sporty versions of the Cee’d five- and three-door models.” Kia had no [...]
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Thursday 30 August 2012
2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S: All-Wheel Drive Joins the Mix
After launching 24 variants of the 997-generation Porsche 911 in seven years, the company introduced the 991-generation car last year, and so is back at the start of the whole process. It’s like passing “Go” in Monopoly, except that Porsche collects $200 million. The all-wheel-drive Carrera 4 and 4S—in both coupe and convertible forms—are the [...]
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Whincup retakes lead with victory
Jamie Whincup got back on top in the V8 Supercars title race by leading team-mate Craig Lowndes in a Triple Eight Holden one-two at Eastern Creek.
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Lexus back in Superstars field
The International Superstars Series will add another manufacturer to the grid at the next round, with young Italian Michele Faccin poised to make his debut aboard an MRT Lexus ISF. The 22-year-old tested the ISF at the Franciacorta track test in Brescia, Northern Italy, on Tuesday, and is likely to race the car at next month's seventh round. The Lexus has not raced in Superstars since the opening round of the 2012 season at Monza, when Simone Monforte failed to finish either race in the MRT ISF
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2012 BMW 328i Sedan Automatic Instrumented Test: Twice as Many Gears as Cylinders
There’s absolutely no reason why a car’s cylinder and gear counts should match, but the world seems more at balance when they do. The latest entry-level automatic 3-series, however, has shifted from six cylinders and six ratios to four and eight. This is fuel-economy progress, they tell us, but it just feels wrong. READ MORE [...]
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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....
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Bianchi follows victory with pole
Jules Bianchi followed up his race one victory by taking pole position for the second Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend at Silverstone. The Ferrari junior driver came out on top of a three-way scrap with Nico Muller and Robin Frijns shortly before the end of qualifying 2, which was moved to Saturday evening for this weekend as the race is scheduled to run on Sunday morning before the Silverstone 6 Hours takes place. Muller, Bianchi and Frijns all took turns at the top, and their battle was made all the more exciting by the fact that they were running relatively close together on track
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Wednesday 29 August 2012
Shane Lewis to Make Dubai 24H Debut
Shane Lewis Dubai 24H DUBAI - December 29, 2011 American to Start 31st Career 24-Hour Race at Middle East's Premier Event Shane Lewis began his career running open wheel races that lasted 30-minutes. Today, he has become one of the...
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Rea eager for MotoGP challenge
Jonathan Rea believes his previous test on Honda's 800cc MotoGP bike will give him a headstart when he stands in for Casey Stoner.
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Lowndes’ form continues with pole
Craig Lowndes followed up his Saturday Eastern Creek victory by beating his Triple Eight Holden team-mate Jamie Whincup to pole position for race two at the Sydney track. It was Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison who was first to show his hand in the decisive charge on soft tyres at the end of the session, before Whincup hit the front on a 1m29.3821s. But the champion's tenure on provisional pole lasted just a few seconds as Lowndes came through to depose him with a 1m29.2493s.
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Plato claims wet Knockhill pole
Jason Plato took pole position in the Knockhill round of the British Touring Car Championship this afternoon. In a wet session, the works Honda of Gordon Shedden initially set the pace until his best of 57.482s was disallowed for exceeding the track limits. That allowed Plato's works MG6 and Rob Collard (WSR BMW) to battle it out for pole
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Suzuki working on 2014 MotoGP return
Suzuki wants to return to MotoGP from 2014, but has ruled out entering any races as a wildcard next year. The outfit's MotoGP project leader Satoru Terada says the programme is yet to receive definitive confirmation from Suzuki management, but revealed plans were already underway to return with a full programme in two season's time
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Collard doubles up at Knockhill
Rob Collard took his second British Touring Car victory of the Knockhill weekend in race two. Despite running 45kg of success ballast for winning the first encounter, Collard led throughout, gradually edging away from WSR BMW team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole. Local ace Gordon Shedden also ran third for the whole race in his works Honda Civic, but could not challenge the BMWs.
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Bianchi follows victory with pole
Jules Bianchi followed up his race one victory by taking pole position for the second Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend at Silverstone. The Ferrari junior driver came out on top of a three-way scrap with Nico Muller and Robin Frijns shortly before the end of qualifying 2, which was moved to Saturday evening for this weekend as the race is scheduled to run on Sunday morning before the Silverstone 6 Hours takes place. Muller, Bianchi and Frijns all took turns at the top, and their battle was made all the more exciting by the fact that they were running relatively close together on track
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Tuesday 28 August 2012
Video: Post Race Driver Reactions From Bristol
Drivers discuss a crazy night of racing and clinching their spots in the Chase.
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Brad Sweet, No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Brad Sweet - Getty ImagesBRAD SWEET QUICK FACTS No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet News and Notes Brad Sweet Career NNS Stats Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10′s Avg. Start Avg. Finish 11 0 0 0 1 15.9 20.1 Back to stock...more»
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Dieter Gass to reinforce Audi Sport
AUDI Motorsport Ingolstadt, December 19, 2011 - New position: Head of Racing Commitments - Engineer is returning to Audi family - Experience from eleven years in Formula One Audi is tackling the 2012 motor sport season with an extended leadership...
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Why Mary Rides
Photo copyright Dmitry Gudkov
I ran into Mary on her commute down the First Avenue bike lane. She works as an ESL instructor and has been bike commuting in New York since 1995. For the past 10 years she has been at her dream job — teaching English to delegates and staff at the United Nations [...]
I ran into Mary on her commute down the First Avenue bike lane. She works as an ESL instructor and has been bike commuting in New York since 1995. For the past 10 years she has been at her dream job — teaching English to delegates and staff at the United Nations [...]
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Report: GM bans political candidates from plants until after Election Day
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, GM
Looking to avoid becoming a lightning rod for the Presidential race, General Motors is asking the candidates not to tour its plants until after Election Day. Ever since its bankruptcy in 2009 where it received billions of taxpayer dollars, GM has been used as leverage by both sides of the political aisle, but the automaker is hoping that by eliminating the presidential and presidential-hopeful photo ops, it can distance itself a little more from the negative "Government Motors" label.
An article in the Detroit Free Press says that the auto bailout is expected to play a big role at the Democratic National Convention next month, and GM is still a key topic in this discussion as it is still 32 percent owned by the U.S. Treasury Department. GM has paid back $23 billion of the loans so far. Proof of GM's unwilling involvement in politics is evident by Vice President's recent quote stating: "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive."
The efforts of the GM's bailout/bankruptcy recovery are still just as mixed as the issue was back in 2009. The automaker has seen big profits so far this year - $3.66 billion - and its credit rating was upgraded by Fitch Ratings, but its stocks are down 35.8 percent since 2010 meaning that the government's current investment in GM would be a loss of $15.6 billion if sold now.
In addition to GM, the article also states that the Chrysler Group is closing its doors to the politicians until after November 6. Unlike GM, Fiat-controlled Chrysler has fully repaid its government loans.
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Photos: 2012 Saturday At Bristol Motor Speedway Night Race
PHOTO CREDIT: NASCARMEDIA (USED WITH PERMISSION)
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Rossi: Ducati more competitive in Brno
Valentino Rossi believes Ducati will be much more competitive in the Czech Republic this weekend than it has been of late, after an encouraging performance in Friday practice at Brno. After two abject races in America, Rossi was positive that Brno would prove more fruitful for Ducati - and his sixth place in second practice, less than half a second off the pace, suggested his confidence was well-founded
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Romney Energy Plan: More Drilling, More Oil Dependence
Big oil makes $374 million a day in profits -- which gives them ample resources to pump into presidential politics. Source: Center for American Progress
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today [PDF]. The idea is to break our addiction to foreign oil — by increasing our addiction to domestic oil. If by [...]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today [PDF]. The idea is to break our addiction to foreign oil — by increasing our addiction to domestic oil. If by [...]
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Monday 27 August 2012
Briscoe beats Power to Sears win
Ryan Briscoe held off Penske team-mate Will Power to take the win at Sears Point, although the latter's championship hopes received a huge boost when many of his rivals struck trouble. Power held the advantage for most of the race, but was caught out when he pitted just as the yellow flags came out for a heavy crash between Sebastien Bourdais and Josef Newgarden
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Di Resta confident of ‘big’ results
Paul di Resta believes Force India has the potential to deliver some 'big' results in the second half of the season, as it bids to overhaul Williams and Sauber. Although the Silverstone-based outfit is currently eighth in the standings, it thinks it can do better in the second half of the campaign to lift itself ahead of its closest rivals. "There's still a long way to go in the championship and we need to get back to scoring regular points," said di Resta about the prospects for the remainder of the year.
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Muller claims Zandvoort F3 poles
Sven Muller took his first two Formula 3 Euro Series pole positions with a superb performance in qualifying at Zandvoort on Friday. The 20-year-old German had been in contention for the top spot all session, but eventually went fastest with a 1m30.320s lap with six minutes to go. A late red flag thanks to a spin for Lucas Wolf at Hugenholzbocht prevented anybody else from getting enough heat into their tyres to challenge Muller's top spot, leaving him 0.049 seconds clear of fellow Prema Powerteam driver Raffaele Marciello on overall times
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Video: Fashion guru Isaac Mizrahi shills for... the Chevy Malibu?
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Celebrities, Design/Style
If we didn't know that this news came from AdWeek we'd think it came from The Onion. Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, previously connected to everything from Bergdorf Goodman and Liz Claiborne to QVC and "Project Runway," is throwing his name behind the Chevy Malibu.
You see, General Motors, attempting to "put a stake in the ground and commit to the growing women's segment" with the Malibu, of all things, has tapped Mizrahi to assist.
How will he do this? By creating a clothing line called Malibu Style, "inspired by the new Malibu," that will be sold exclusively on the daily deal site Living Social. Mizrahi says the line is to "celebrate a new approach to everyday style" that appeals to smart women who have their own personal flair. Speaking of his devotion to color, which he calls "the most important luxury in a woman's life," Mizrahi said, "One of the things I was inspired by was a blue light that emanates from the dashboard. It's just sexy." That is an actual quote.
The campaign will be aided and abetted by a Facebook page and a series of 50 videos featuring Mizrahi driving a Malibu in cosmopolitan cities that are home to smart, fabulous women. We've posted the launch video below.
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NHRA JR. DRAG RACING LEAGUE CONFERENCE FINALS RETURNING TO DENVER, BRISTOL FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2012
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. Dec. 20, 2011 To help kick off the 20th Anniversary celebration of the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League, NHRA announced today that the Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals will once again return to Bandimere Speedway...
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Detailed Times Poll Numbers Show Broad Bike Lane, Bike-Share Support
Poll numbers from the New York Times show citywide support for bike lanes and bike-share.
More complete numbers are available from the New York Times poll on bicycle lanes and bike-share, and despite what Times reporters might have you believe, they show that bicycling is very much in New York City’s mainstream. (In an earlier version [...]
More complete numbers are available from the New York Times poll on bicycle lanes and bike-share, and despite what Times reporters might have you believe, they show that bicycling is very much in New York City’s mainstream. (In an earlier version [...]
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Sunday 26 August 2012
Magny-Cours hopes test aids GP chance
Magny-Cours chiefs hope the forthcoming young driver test at the venue will help boost its chances of winning the French Grand Prix back. As AUTOSPORT revealed earlier, the circuit is to play host to the second of this year's young driver tests with Ferrari, Mercedes and Force India all due to run in the week after the Italian GP in September. And on the back of extensive upgrades that have been made to the track since it last hosted an F1 race in 2008, circuit bosses believe that having grand prix machinery running at the venue is important.
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Buller wins shortened F3 race two
Will Buller won a rain-shortened second Formula 3 Euro Series race at Zandvoort on Saturday to keep his title hopes alive.
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Hamilton: Title still realistic for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton is convinced that McLaren has a 'real chance' of winning both Formula 1 championships this year. Having triumphed last time out in the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Briton is eager for the return to action in Belgium next weekend as he aims to close down the advantage that title leader Fernando Alonso currently enjoys.
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Bianchi denies Magnussen in FP2
Jules Bianchi topped the second Formula Renault 3.5 free practice session at Silverstone on Friday. The Ferrari junior driver, who led the way for much of the morning session before getting pushed back to second by Antonio Felix da Costa, moved to the head of the times inside the final 10 minutes this time round.
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Report: These cars are headed to the Great Crusher In The Sky
Filed under: Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jeep, Kia, Lexus, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Volvo
It happens every year. We bid adieu to some cars and trucks that will be missed, and say good riddance to others wondering how they stayed around so long. Whether they're being killed off for slow sales or due to a new product coming along to replace them, the list of vehicles being discontinued after 2012 is surprisingly long and diverse.
CNN Money has compiled a list of departing vehicles, to which we've added a few more of our own. In the slow sales column, cars like the Lexus HS 250h, Mercedes-Benz R-Class and the full Maybach lineup appear, while the Ford Escape Hybrid, Mazda CX-7 and Hyundai Veracruz are all having their gaps filled with more modern and more fuel-efficient alternatives. Obvious exceptions to the rule include models that still sell in decent numbers like the Jeep Liberty and the Chrysler Town & Country (which will eventually be replaced by a crossover-like vehicle).
Check out our gallery of discontinued cars above, then scroll down for more information.
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Canadian Steve Arpin Returns to ARCA for Allen Crowe 100 on Springfield Mile Dirt; State Fair Food, Fast Cars All Good for Arpin
Steve Arpin(TOLEDO, Ohio – August 16, 2012) – Fort Frances, Ontario’s Steve Arpin cut his teeth in dirt modified racing in Canada and the upper Midwest. When the affable and energetic racer first landed on the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards tour a few years back, ARCA’s dirt tracks seemed like a natural fit....more»
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ACO to organise ELMS from 2013
The beleaguered European Le Mans Series will be resurrected in 2013 under the organisation of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2012 was the first year of the rebadged ELMS, which was closed to LMP1 entries, but it hit trouble early on as organisers cancelled the second round , due to be held at Zolder, due to a lack of entries
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Treluyer beats McNish to WEC pole
Benoit Treluyer edged out Allan McNish by the narrowest of margins as Audi captured a one-two in qualifying for the Silverstone 6 Hours. Both drivers had pitted for fresh rubber in the final five minutes, and found instant improvements as a result.
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Saturday 25 August 2012
2013 Land Rover LR2: New Engine and Upgrades
Land Rover’s slowest seller in the U.S. will get a small boost for the 2013 model year—literally. A turbocharged engine tops a list of upgrades coming to the LR2 compact crossover this fall. READ MORE ››
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Rossi still the best – Capirossi
Valentino Rossi remains MotoGP's greatest rider and could be favourite for the 2013 championship following his switch back to Yamaha. That is the view of his fellow Italian and former rival Loris Capirossi, who says that the seven-time champion's return to Yamaha will provide a major boost to the championship
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Eyes on the Street: A Better Willy-B Approach on Clinton Street
A reader sends this shot of the new two-way bike path on Clinton Street, looking south from the Williamsburg Bridge bike path approach on Delancey. Before, Clinton Street had two-way traffic lanes with sharrows, and orange construction barrels blocked bridge access, or at least made it more of a pain if you were biking. The [...]
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Colin Monahan Named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) Colin Monahan has been named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway, raceway officials announced....
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Whincup denies Webb race one pole
V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup snatched pole position for the first of the weekend's Eastern Creek races in a dramatic conclusion to Saturday qualifying.
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Racing to Hire Veterans @TMone Outsources to Tommy Baldwin Racing at Michigan
No 10 TMone Outsources Racing to Hire Veterans Chevrolet Impala - Tommy Baldwin RacingCall Center Company will sponsor David Reutimann and the No. 10 Chevrolet MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 16, 2012) – As Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) heads to the Irish Hills, TMone will once again outsource the company’s marketing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)...more»
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GM Upgrading Ohio Production Facility for 2015 Chevy Cruze
Today GM announced that it is investing $220 million to retool and equip its production facilitiy in Lordstown, Ohio—which currently builds the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan—to churn out the next-generation Cruze. What GM didn’t reveal, however, is when we can specifically expect the new Cruze to make an appearance, though it did drop a few [...]
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Rolls-Royce Reveals Phantom Coupe Aviator Special Edition [2012 Pebble Beach]
Rolls-Royce’s links to aviation go back to the company’s beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, and the company has mined that history for inspiration for its latest limited-edition car, the Phantom Coupe Aviator. The big coupe may not look all that different from a regular Phantom Coupe, but it’s festooned with small art [...]
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Friday 24 August 2012
Priaulx and Farfus ‘can win regularly’
Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus have all the qualities necessary to become regular race winners in the DTM in the near future, according to their team boss Bart Mampaey. The duo are both competing for Mampaey's RBM outfit in their rookie DTM campaigns this year and have had mixed seasons so far. British driver Priaulx, who previously won three World Touring Car titles in RBM-run BMWs, has managed two points-scoring finishes in the opening six races of the year, but has also endured frustrations.
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Green heads first Zandvoort practice
Jamie Green topped the opening DTM practice session at Zandvoort on Friday thanks to a fast final-minute effort in his HWA Mercedes. The British driver's 1m33.427-second lap hauled him up from fifth place and knocked Spaniard Roberto Merhi off the top spot by 0.226s.
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Dealership Fight Night! Inside the Battle Between Dealers and Carmakers
In February of this year, Mercedes-Benz and Sonic Automotive, a publicly traded corporation that owns more than 100 new-car dealerships, settled a four-year-old lawsuit. It was a very public airing of a typical disagreement between an automobile maker and its dealers. As manufacturers produce the wares dealers sell and dealers distribute the manufacturers’ products, a [...]
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2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid First Drive: Giving the Prius Line Some Competition
After watching Toyota build itself a solid business with the Prius—more than 136,000 sold last year in the U.S.—Ford is one Detroit automaker finally getting serious about hybrids. It has plucked the C-Max people-mover from its European lineup, given it the twice-over to meet the U.S.’s strangely unique crash standards, and endowed it with a [...]
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Mark Martin’s Plans for His Twitter Hacker: NASCAR Fan View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
Mark Martin has revealed his plans to get revenge on the person who hacked his Twitter account and changed the name to Epic Swag. Although Mark Martin has been able to recover his account, he plans to use Epic Swag as his name on the No.
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Eyes on the Street: First Signs of the New Corona Plaza
A tipster sends in this bird's eye view of the new pedestrian plaza on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona.
A pedestrian plaza that garnered support from local business, a unanimous vote at Queens Community Board 4 in June, and the backing of City Council Member Julissa Ferreras is being installed in Corona. The project is on the site [...]
A pedestrian plaza that garnered support from local business, a unanimous vote at Queens Community Board 4 in June, and the backing of City Council Member Julissa Ferreras is being installed in Corona. The project is on the site [...]
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Thursday 23 August 2012
Chevrolet Prices Sporty 2013 Sonic RS from $20,995 With Six-Speed Manual
A few Sonic RS buyers skateboard and grow beards Chevy finally will begin building the RS version of the Sonic five-door hatchback this fall, and the company has revealed that it will charge buyers $20,995 to take one home. That base price gets you a 2013 Sonic RS with a six-speed manual transmission—a six-speed automatic [...]
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Mike Conway signs with AJ Foyt Racing for the 2012 Indy Car season
AJ Foyt Racing Mike Conway London, UK - Tuesday 20th December 2011 Long Beach Grand Prix winner Mike Conway has signed with AJ Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series....
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Report: Ailing Peugeot may get boot from French stock exchange's benchmark CAC 40 index
Filed under: Europe, Earnings/Financials, Peugeot
The clouds that have been darkening the forecast for Peugeot just keep getting darker. The latest storm front involves the risk of being delisted from the CAC 40, the benchmark index composed of the 40 companies with the "most significant values" among the the companies with the top 100 market capitalizations listed on Euronext Paris (the French stock market). The blow wouldn't just hit Peugeot's prestige, but it's stock price, too - and that has already sunk so low in the five months since General Motors bought into Peugeot that GM is looking at taking a €174 million ($215M U.S.) charge.
Peugeot's market-cap of 2.4 billion euros - roughly $3B U.S. - is 77th out of the top 100 companies on Euronext by valuation. That's where the phrase "most significant values" comes in; even though it's already well outside the numeric cutoff, the selection committee for the CAC 40 has discretion and Peugeot is a marquee French company. This is also where politics come in - cutting Peugeot from the top ranks, even if only in name, especially with speculation that the carmaker would be replaced by a Belgian chemical company, would hurt far beyond the company walls.
A meeting of the selecting committee is expected to take place the first week of September, and analysts believe that, short of "an exceptionally 'political decision,'" Peugeot will find itself outside the club. In that case, analysts expect further selling pressure on Peugeot stock to the tune of seven million shares, which would force the its price even lower. The sooner the automaker can get the French government behind its plan to cut its overcapacity in factories and plant personnel, the sooner it can begin to put a stop to the gloom.
Ailing Peugeot may get boot from French stock exchange's benchmark CAC 40 index originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Official: Bentley releases full specs, new images of Continental GT Speed [w/video]
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Bentley, Luxury
First we found out about it, then we saw it at Pebble Beach, and now we've got the full skinny on the 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed. There's more to the crown prince king of the Continental GT range than its 616 horsepower, 590 pound-feed, eight-speed transmission, 205-mph top speed and four-second run from zero to 60.
The W12 engine has been fitted with an energy recuperation system that optimizes the use of the electrical system and alternator - during deceleration, for instance, energy is stored for use later. It's a feature that has spread to all members of the GT line along with the eight-speed transmission, and combined with new engine management software, the result is an improvement of up to 12 percent in fuel economy for all but the GTC droptop, which improves by 10 percent. The hardtop GT line now returns a combined 19.5 mpg, the convertible gets a combined 19 mpg even.
It's not all about conservation, though: when you want to get on it, the eight-speed can "block shift" four gears, going instantly from eighth to fourth for quicker giddyup. Making the most of that speed is the revised steering and reworked suspension with stiffer springs, anti-roll bars and bushings, guided by new software. The exhaust is an evolution of that used on the Continental Supersports Ice Speed Record car, producing a deeper sound under acceleration. Bringing the proceedings to a stop are huge iron discs with eight-piston calipers, or even huger carbon discs said to last for the life of the car.
To know more, have a read of the press release below, or enjoy the deep blue details in the high-res photo gallery.
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