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Friday, 9 March 2012
GLOBAL iPRINT NAMED OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF NHRA
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. Jan. 4, 2012 Global iPrint, a premier printing and distribution company, has signed a three-year agreement to become the "Official Print Sponsor" of NHRA....
Sauber eyes ‘significant’ improvement
Peter Sauber believes his team can aim for a 'significant' improvement in its championship position in 2012 as the Formula 1 pack appears to have closed up over the winter. The Swiss team has finished eighth and seventh in the standings in the two seasons since Sauber took over again in the wake of previous owner BMW's F1 pull-out. "The winter tests left the impression that the competition could be tighter than ever before," said Sauber.
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Lola reveals 2012 LMP1 contender
British racing car constructor Lola has taken the wraps of its 2012 LMP1 contender. The Lola B12/60, which will make its debut with Mazda power in the hands of Dyson Racing at the Sebring 12 Hours on March 17, is distinguished from its predecessors by heavily revised front-end aerodynamics. The car also incorporates the wide front tyres now used by the majority of the LMP1 field and a shark's fin, which is mandatory from 2012.
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Official: DOE rejects $310M loan for Carbon Motors to build advanced police cars
Filed under: Sedan, Government/Legal, Police/Emergency
Carbon Motors, maker of the purpose-built E7 police car, won't receive the $310 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program that it applied for almost three years ago, and said that it's a victim of politics.
"We are outraged by the actions of the DOE and it is clear that this was a political decision in a highly-charged, election year environment," Carbon Motors William Santana Li said in a statement. The company added that it was "actively examining its strategic and financing alternatives."
Carbon Motors says its vehicles will save government entities money because they get better fuel economy and they're purpose-built, meaning that factory vehicles don't need to be retrofitted. Carbon Motors has said its diesel-powered cars may cut law-enforcement fuel use and greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 40 percent, and that building such cars may create as many as 10,000 jobs. The car was to feature a BMW 3.0-liter turbodiesel engine.
The company says it's received about $200 million worth of financial commitments from private and public sources and has taken orders from more than 500 law-enforcement agencies for more than 20,000 cars.
Last December, the company sent an open letter urging the Obama Administration to push the DOE to approve the loan.
The federal loan process has vexed other automotive companies. Bright Automotive, which was to make extended-range plug-in utility vehicles, publicly pleaded with the government to process its application for a $400 million loan in January. Last month, that company went out of business.
Meanwhile, Fisker Automotive, maker of the extended-range plug-in sports sedan Karma, has been fielding questions about its future after the company in early February laid off workers. Fisker has received less than $200 million of the $529 million loan it was slated to get from the DOE.
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
Audi R8 LMS ultra to fight for World Champion's title in 2012
AUDI Motorsport Ingolstadt, December 20, 2011 - GT1 World Championship to be held with GT3 cars in 2012 - Team WRT from Belgium is set on battling for championship - Two new Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid...
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Honda Reveals Jazz Si for Europe, We Wouldn’t Mind Seeing a Similar Fit [Geneva Auto Show]
Honda has announced it will begin selling a sporty Si variant of the Jazz hatchback—you know the car as the Fit—in Europe this summer. The new model was introduced with minimal fanfare at the Geneva auto show, but because it’s an even sportier version of one of our favorite cars, we thought it was worth [...]
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Rosberg: Mercedes can annoy leaders
Nico Rosberg is confident that Mercedes will be able to "annoy" Red Bull Racing and McLaren early in the season, after his pre-season testing programme wrapped up at Barcelona today. Rosberg will not drive the new W03 again until it arrives in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, having completed his two days of testing at Barcelona. But the German is convinced that the team is in a position to improve on its fourth place finish in the 2011 constructors' championship.
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Lexus Confirms RX450h and RX450h F Sport for Swiss Debut [Geneva Auto Show]
Lexus has confirmed that it will premiere the face-lifted RX hybrid lineup at the 2012 Geneva auto show. In addition to the standard RX450h, Lexus also is set to debut an F Sport version of the gas/electric. The new RX will incorporate the brand’s “spindle” grille, shown above, as revealed when the conventional RX350 model [...]
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Bentley EXP 9 F SUV Concept Photos and Info: EXP Doesn’t Stand for “Explain, Please”
Be honest: When you heard Bentley was planning an SUV, you thought it would look like a Continental GT on stilts. The actual thing, previewed by this EXP 9 F, will be more like Iron Man’s Mulsanne. The concept vehicle debuting at the Geneva show is a concept in name only, and the sheetmetal shouldn’t [...]
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Elliott Sadler To Drive No. 55 In Five Races in 2012
CORNELIUS, N.C. – Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Elliott Sadler will drive the team’s No. 55 Toyota in five NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2012 beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18. UPDATE: Remember that whole Elliott Sadler running in a handful of races for Michael Waltrip’s #55 Cup car this year? Yeah, [...]
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Raikkonen shrugs off lost mileage
Kimi Raikkonen says he is not concerned about having missed out on a lot of pre-season testing mileage and still has confidence in Lotus's reliability. Today was the returnee's first day on track since 8 February as Lotus had to withdraw from last week's Barcelona test due to a chassis issue, and Raikkonen's first session back in the car was then disrupted by steering problems, limiting him to 43 laps.
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Geneva: 2012 Maserati GranTurismo Sport won't make you blue
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Maserati, Luxury
A replacement for the aging GranTurismo is still a few years out, so in an effort to keep the model line fresh, Maserati has released this all new Sport trim here at the Geneva Motor Show. Essentially replacing the GranTurismo S, the Sport falls directly in between the base car and the hardcore MC.
The most significant change is a boost in power from the 4.7-liter naturally aspirated V8. This free-breathing engine now produces 460 horsepower - up from 434 - which now puts it at the top of the GranTurismo power range. Of course, that means we can expect a more powerful MC to debut in the near future.
Exterior changes include a more aggressive front fascia with large air intakes flanking the pronounced grille. Additionally, the headlamps and taillamps have been smoked and LED running lights have been incorporated into the GT's eyes. Inside, there are new sport seats and a revised steering wheel.
It may ride on old bones, but the new GranTurismo Sport's enhancements are enough to keep the giant coupe exciting for the near term.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Raikkonen tops final morning in Spain
Kimi Raikkonen put Lotus at the head of the order on the final morning of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona on Sunday. The Finn, who had worked through a programme of five-lap simulations on soft and medium rubber during the early hours, completed a number of single-lap runs in the final hour and set the pace in 1m22.030s - the best time achieved at Barcelona during pre-season running. Raikkonen, who finished the morning with 41 laps to his name, as 0.220s faster than home hero Fernando Alonso, who completed 63.
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The Continental: Yes to an Audi Rally Icon, No Thanks to a Dumb Number, Maybe to Tri-Turbos at Porsche
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. There are great moments in the life of a motor journalist. For me, one of the [...]
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Eric McClure, No. 14 Hefty® / Reynolds Wrap® Toyota Camry Las Vegas Motor Speedway Preview
No. 14 Hefty® / Reynolds Wrap® Toyota CamryEric McClure No. 14 Hefty® Reynolds Wrap® Toyota Camry Event / Date Sam’s Town 300 Saturday, March 10, 2012 Venue: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Notes and Quotes This Week’s Hefty®/ Reynolds Wrap® Camry … Eric McClure will run chassis No. 7 during the Sam’s Town 300 at...more»
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Fan yells at Brian McKnight’s son to take off hat before performing National Anthem (Yahoo! Sports)
R&B singer Brian McKnight and his sons sang the National Anthem before Sundays Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, and his son Niko was, uh, not-so-kindly told to take his hat off before the anthem started. The request … Continue reading →
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Elliott Sadler won’t be driving for Michael Waltrip after all (Yahoo! Sports)
Hours after winning his first Nationwide race since 1998, Elliott Sadlers agreement with Michael Waltrip Racing to drive in five Sprint Cup Series races this season was a no-go. Sadler and Nationwide car owner Richard Childress met after Sadler won … Continue reading →
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Better Lighting Arrives on 13 Blocks of Hudson River Greenway
Bright new lighting will make riding the Hudson River Greenway much safer between 59th and 72nd Street. Photo: BicyclesOnly
Cyclists riding after dark on the Hudson River Greenway have long complained about the insufficient lighting on two stretches of the heavily-trafficked path. The “Cherry Walk,” between 102nd and 125th Streets, is made truly treacherous by the [...]
Cyclists riding after dark on the Hudson River Greenway have long complained about the insufficient lighting on two stretches of the heavily-trafficked path. The “Cherry Walk,” between 102nd and 125th Streets, is made truly treacherous by the [...]
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Jeffrey Earnhardt To Drive For Rick Ware Racing At Bristol Motor Speedway
Rick Ware Racing (RWR)Thomasville, NC (March 6, 2012) – Bristol Motor Speedway has been the site of many firsts but for 4th generation NASCAR driver Jeffrey Earnhardt, March 17th 2012 will be significant. Earnhardt will be making his Bristol debut in the Sam’s Club #15 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing at the location of...more»
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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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Mike Wallace looking for Lady Luck and a sponsor in birthday race at Las Vegas
Mike WallaceGAFFNEY, S.C. (March 6, 2012) – The No. 01 Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports is in search of marketing partners, Lady Luck and a solid run to celebrate their driver’s birthday for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this Saturday. Mike Wallace will be celebrating his birthday by taking the...more»
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LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Bribing with Diorama of Judge’s Beloved Impala
The 24 Hours of LeMons Supreme Court, the members of which take as their model the frontier judges of the American Wild West, have sanctioned bribery as a means of ensuring mutual respect in the racer-judge relationship. In fact, so central is the judicial bribe to the LeMons BS Inspection process that we apply a [...]
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2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix World Championship Series Preview: Watkins Glen
The third annual iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series gets underway on Saturday with cash and prizes valued at more than $20,000 on the line, and a live broadast on iRacing.com at 5 PM EST/22:00 GMT. The 16 race series looks set to be its most competitive so far, with several names carrying viable claims to the 2012 title, including inaugural champion Greger Huttu and reigning champion Hugo Luis. The excitement starts at Watkins Glen, a 3.4 mile, eleven-turn course in New York’s scenic Finger Lake region that has been lovingly recreated with millimetre precision on the iRacing Motorsport Simulation service. Looking to make his mark in the first outing of the 2012 season, Pablo Lopez will be hoping his first Watkins Glen appearance in the iWCGP will yield [...]
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De la Rosa pins hopes on filming day
Monday's planned filming day for HRT will be crucial for its chances in the coming season, according to driver Pedro de la Rosa. While HRT had hoped to test at Barcelona on Sunday, it became clear that it would be at least Monday before the new car arrives from Munich. With the official test over by that point, HRT will be restricted to a filming day, which means limited miles and exclusive use of older-spec Pirelli tyres
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Monday, 5 March 2012
Marussia unveils its 2012 challenger
Marussia has unveiled its new Formula 1 car - the MR01 - after it made its on-track debut at Silverstone on Monday. The Anglo-Russian team is running the car for the first time at the British track after it had failed the mandatory crash tests last week and was therefore unable to join its rival in Barcelona for the final test. "We are very pleased to be running the new MR01 for the first time this morning," said team boss John Booth
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Exclusive: Turn 10 talks Forza Motorsport 4 Porsche DLC with Autoblog
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Etc., Technology, Videos, Porsche, Toys/Games, Celebrities, Luxury
Turn 10 Studios made some big waves when the video game developer announced it had finally come to an agreement with Porsche and EA Games over a licensing deal that would see the German sports cars make it into the Forza Motorsport 4 universe. Autoblog recently sat down with Dan Greenawalt, the director of Turn 10 studios, for a quick chat about the Porsche DLC, Forza Horizon, the new level cap for Forza Motorsport 4 and the relationship between Forza and Gran Turismo.
Autoblog: Porsche has been pretty territorial about licensing their products in terms of video games. How did the Porsche expansion pack play out? How did you make it happen?
Dan Greenawalt: Well, many many years ago Porsche and EA Games signed a long-term deal regarding how Porsche was going to be licensed. That deal has been resigned many times over the years. Because of the nature of that deal, EA has the exclusive rights and the discretion to sub-license Porsche as they see fit.
Porsche has been in the last three Forza Motorsports through a sub-licensing deal with EA. For Forza Motorsport 4 we were not able to find terms that were agreeable to all parties, but we stayed at the table. It took some time to value the brand in such a way that everyone agreed.
Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini are kind of like the holy trinity of auto brands. They pull in a lot of people. They have prestige around the world. Finding that value and agreeing on that value is really what it came down to.
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HRT to run at Barcelona on Monday
HRT will be able to run its 2012 car on Monday at the Barcelona circuit, the Spanish squad confirmed on Sunday evening. The team was hoping to join its rivals for the four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya, but was unable to get there in time. HRT said, however, that the new F112 will take to the track tomorrow taking advantage of the filming days regulations.
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Duval turned down Peugeot offer
Loic Duval has revealed that he turned down a offer from Peugeot to join Audi for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours. The 29-year-old Frenchman, who was announced as part of Audi's 12-driver Le Mans line-up on the launch of its 2012 sportscar programme last night, confirmed that he tested for the factory Peugeot squad at the end of last summer and was in detailed talks with the French manufacturer
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HRT to run at Barcelona on Monday
HRT will be able to run its 2012 car on Monday at the Barcelona circuit, the Spanish squad confirmed on Sunday evening. The team was hoping to join its rivals for the four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya, but was unable to get there in time. HRT said, however, that the new F112 will take to the track tomorrow taking advantage of the filming days regulations.
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Austin Dillon Earns Second Consecutive Top-Five Finish with Fourth-Place Result at Phoenix International Raceway
No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Impala Austin Dillon and the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet team finished fourth in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway to earn their second consecutive top-five finish in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Dillon started the 200-lap race from the ninth position and never fell outside of the top 15,...more»
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Sadler ends Nationwide winless drought
Elliott Sadler pulled up to the grandstand, revved his engine and spun his tires until there was hardly any rubber left. A wall of white smoke billowed up the flag stand and drifted over pit road, leaving the rest of the field in a fog.
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Video: Watch this rolling cliché of motorcycle drifting, stunting, fast cars and hot models
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Nissan, Motorcycle, Specialty
If you film it, they will watch.
Apparently, a video featuring a heavily modified Graves Motorsports Yamaha R1 ridden by stunt rider Bill Dixon isn't enough of a draw to attract the easily wandering eyes of the YouTube crowd. So, in addition to the blacked-out bike, which Dixon describes as "the epitome of badass," the film crew also brought along a couple cars, all of them black, including a Stillen-modified Nissan GT-R and some sort of supercharged-Hemi-powered police car.
Not enough? Fine. How about aerial shots from a helicopter and a couple of leggy models named Angela and Destiny, dressed in both impossibly skimpy (NSFW!) bikinis and Holloween-ready police girl outfits?
Yep, this video's got all the chichéd stereotype boxes checked. All that's left to do is watch. You'll find it after the break... and remember, it's probably best not to do so at work.
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Sunday, 4 March 2012
Bradl satisfied with Sepang showing
Stefan Bradl says the Sepang test has given his LCR team a strong platform for the future.
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Webber predicts ‘very tight’ battle
Mark Webber is predicting a tight battle for victory in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, with teams still unsure about how well their preparations are going in winter testing. While many view Red Bull Racing and McLaren as favourites for victory in Melbourne, Webber insisted on Thursday that his team was feeling good about its progress - but was taking nothing for granted. "We are all anxious to get to Melbourne eventually and see where all of our work is, but I think the team have done a phenomenal job in terms of preparation and working as hard as we can – and we just have to see if that is going to be enough," he said, after ending the first day of the Barcelona test fourth fastest.
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Dodge to evaluate NASCAR future
Dodge officials say the they will evaluate the future of their NASCAR programme after Penske announced it will join Ford's ranks in 2013. The move has led to uncertainty over Dodge's continued longterm presence in the Sprint Cup series with only Penske and Robby Gordon Motorsports currently running its Chargers. Penske's move follows switches from Chip Ganassi Racing and more recently Richard Petty Motorsports to Chevrolet and Ford respectively in the past two years.
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2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet Photos and Info Revealed [Geneva Auto Show]
VW’s beloved Mk1 Golf Cabriolet combined GTI power and suspension tuning with top-down motoring, and now Volkswagen is at it again—in Europe anyway—as it debuts the Golf GTI Cabriolet. Buzz around such a model started building last year when the company showed its Golf R Cabriolet and GTI Cabriolet concepts to rabid VW addicts at [...]
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Rick Santorum returns to NASCAR on a new ride (Yahoo! Sports)
First rule of NASCAR advertising: if it works once, go to the well until it doesnt. Encouraged by the attention they received from the Daytona 500, the honchos at the Rick Santorum presidential campaign have decided to buy car space … Continue reading →
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Vergne fastest on second morning
Jean-Eric Vergne ended the second morning of Formula 1's final pre-season test at Barcelona on top of the timesheets.
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2012 iRacing.com Grand Prix World Championship Series Preview: Watkins Glen
The third annual iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series gets underway on Saturday with cash and prizes valued at more than $20,000 on the line, and a live broadast on iRacing.com at 5 PM EST/22:00 GMT. The 16 race series looks set to be its most competitive so far, with several names carrying viable claims to the 2012 title, including inaugural champion Greger Huttu and reigning champion Hugo Luis. The excitement starts at Watkins Glen, a 3.4 mile, eleven-turn course in New York’s scenic Finger Lake region that has been lovingly recreated with millimetre precision on the iRacing Motorsport Simulation service. Looking to make his mark in the first outing of the 2012 season, Pablo Lopez will be hoping his first Watkins Glen appearance in the iWCGP will yield [...]
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Saturday, 3 March 2012
Stroud Tops Dover
Week five saw the 2012 Season 1 iRacing.com IZOD IndyCar Series head to Dover International Speedway for the first time ever in series history. With only 22 drivers showing up, it was also the lowest car count of the season. With no official online races ever being scored, it was anyone’s guess who would come out on top at the Monster Mile. In qualifying, Shaun Stroud grabbed the pole with a lap time of 19.452s around the fast one mile oval. On the outside pole was Jonathan Goke, with a best lap of 19.498s, followed closely by Jeffrey Koolbergen (19.501s). Randy Crossno slotted into fourth (19.502s) with Doyle Johnson just another one thousandth of a second behind (19.503s). Very tight! The green flag waved only for action to quickly come [...]
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GM’s Alliance with Peugeot-Citroën: Here’s What You Need to Know
General Motors and PSA Peugeot-Citroën will form an alliance, the companies said this week, confirming recent rumors of a tie-up. Here’s a rundown of the deal: what it is, why it’s being done, what it means for other companies, and what could go wrong. What’s Happening? GM will buy 7 percent of PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s shares. [...]
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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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Mitsubishi to Run i-MiEV Prototype at 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Mitsubishi announced today its intention to enter an electric i-MiEV prototype race car in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado this July. Wrangling the Mitsu to the 14,110-foot summit will be two-time Dakar Rally champ Hiroshi Masuoka. The prototype will use the same EV bits as the U.S.-spec model sold here simply as [...]
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Geneva: Carrozzeria Touring Disco Volante concept revealed early
Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo, Design/Style, Luxury
The string of early reveals in front of the Geneva Motor Show continues with bonafide auto-porn shots of the Carrozzeria Touring Disco Volante concept. And if it's true that sex sells, Alfa Romeo could seriously clean up if it put this hot hatch into production.Coachbuilder Carrozzeria drew heavily from the Touring Disco concept it created for Alfa in 1952. The boattail-like rear window and tiny twin taillights are direct descendants of the 60-year-old muse. Same goes for the long hood, short rear deck proportions that just scream speed.
Beneath the sexy skin is an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, including its 443-horsepower, 4.7-liter V8 and six-speed tranny.
Looking to add a Disco Volante to your harem of supercars? Get in line. Quickly. Carrozzeria says it will build only a few for the very wealthy who probably aren't you.
Carrozzeria Touring Disco Volante concept revealed early originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2013 Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Brings Screens, iPads [Geneva Auto Show]
In the Bentley lineup, the Continental line and the Mulsanne occupy two distinctly different spots: The smaller Continental is positioned as sporty and contemporary, while the bigger Mulsanne is designed to cater to the traditional Bentley customer, the one who owns stock certificates from the Dutch East India Company. The latter is powered by the [...]
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Report: GM shutting down Chevy Volt production for five weeks
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, GM, Electric
Even with the new HOV-eligible 2012 Chevrolet Volt models heading to California and sales up in February, General Motors has reportedly decided to shut down production of the plug-in hybrid for five weeks because of overall sluggish sales. With a 150-day supply of Volts sitting on dealer lots around the country, this shutdown will temporarily lay off 1,300 employees.
What's perhaps even more interesting is that this production hiatus comes after a lengthy "holiday" retooling break that only ended in early February. The upcoming shutdown is scheduled to last from March 19 to April 23. As a GM spokesman told MLive, "We're matching our production levels with demand and building to market."
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Jaguar XF Sportbrake Brochure Leaked [Geneva Auto Show]
Its Geneva auto show debut is a week away, but Jaguar’s XF Sportbrake—that’s Coventry-ese for wagon—has been revealed in a brochure scan posted on an Italian blog. (This comes after the English company had itself supplied “spy” photos a few months ago.) Jaguar boss Adrian Hallmark is looking to move the company from niche player [...]
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Friday, 2 March 2012
U.S.-spec Porsche Cayenne Diesel to Debut in April [New York Auto Show]
Porsche has confirmed that it will show a “new Cayenne model for the North American market” at the upcoming New York auto show, and the only possibility is the Cayenne diesel. We rule out others not because it is the final piece to the Cayenne puzzle—we certainly expect to see more derivatives, including a new [...]
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Lorenzo and Spies hail positive test
Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies say they have been buoyed by a positive three days of testing for Yamaha. Though neither rider was able to dislodge the works Honda riders on the first and third days, they were comfortably fastest on the second day, when Honda sat out after discovering an engine issue. Lorenzo said he focussed on race simulations on the afternoon of day three, showing good pace despite the rear tyres dropping off more quickly than was the case on last year's 800cc bikes.
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Video: Nissan teases Altima ahead of New York debut
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Sedan, Videos, Nissan
With the New York Auto Show one month away, 'tis the season to tease the next big thing. For Nissan, that "big thing" is the 2013 Altima. The Altima is by far Nissan's best selling vehicle here in the U.S., and the long-running sedan is in dire need for a fresh new face.
To tease the Altima, the creative types at Nissan decided to eschew the darkened or obscured photograph in favor of, well, a darkened and obscured video. Oh, and the video last all of eight seconds, and four of those ticks are reserved for the Nissan logo. The brief glimpse reveals a sky shot of the Altima that shows off some elegant curves and pronounced headlight fixtures.
The YouTube description adds that the new sedan boasts "a low, wide stance and sculpted profile that makes for quite a dynamic appearance." That's not a lot to go on, but Nissan hopes you'll hit the jump and watch the video anyway.
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