F1: Local council says yes to Donington GP upgrade
Donington Park on Thursday was shown a green light by local council planners to begin work on a 110m-euro circuit upgrade ahead of the 2010 British grand prix.
Read moreDonington Park on Thursday was shown a green light by local council planners to begin work on a 110m-euro circuit upgrade ahead of the 2010 British grand prix.
Read moreAccording to reports, it is possible that some Formula 1 teams will race through the entire 2009 season without using a KERS system.
Read moreAuto123.com had revealed that a plan to merge Petty Enterprises with Gillett Evernham Motorsports was in the works and it is now a deal done.
Read moreRising star Brad Keselowski will finally be fully sponsored for the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, as GoDaddy.com announced Wednesday that it will continue on with Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide team, JR Motorsports.
Read moreThere is no deadline for the announcement of Toro Rosso’s race driver line-up for the 2009 season, the Faenza based team insists.
Read moreThe coupe has undergone a considerable amount of mechanical updates in order to improve its already outrageous performance. Only available decked out in Black Opal, the coupe is substantially lighter. It boasts a slew of carbon fibre accents, including the spoiler and grille as well as cabin highlights.
Read moreSeeing the automotive industry’s current condition, it was just a matter of time before some models were put to pasture. The first vehicles to be dropped are obviously those intended for a market segment where sales are limited and production costs high because of the high level of technological advancement. And so, Honda has announced the cancellation of the next generation of its rear-wheel-drive S2000 sport roadster.
Read moreThere are those that would have you believe that the minivan is dead, uncool, or otherwise made irrelevant amidst the sea of SUVs flooding today’s marketplace. With Ford and GM out of the game, it’s the originator of the minivan species that’s been left as its sole North American-based manufacturer.
Read moreAt first glance, I thought that our red test car priced out at $29,520, and I said to myself, “Yeah, that’s about right for this V-8 pony car.” But then I looked farther down the spec sheet and realized that the as-tested price is actually $36,210! And I immediately thought of the all-new, 2009 Nissan 370Z, a much more modern car that is similarly priced (starts at $30K, easily rises to mid- or high 30s with options). I realize that, to Mustang fans, comparing these two cars is an apples-to-oranges affair. But let’s face it: they’re both rear-wheel-drive, two-door sports cars that are accessible to the common man, so they’re worth considering side by side. And for my $30,000 – or $36,000 – I’d take the tight and taut Nissan over the live-axle, old-tech Mustang any day. However, the new Mustang just debuted at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. Once I drive it, perhaps I’ll change my mind.
Photo Gallery: 2009 Ford Mustang GT Coupe – Ford Sport Coupe Review – Automobile Magazine
General Motors has found no interested buyers for Saab, sources familiar with efforts to sell the Swedish brand say.
Read moreYes, that’s a shot of Detroit. In January. Inside Cobo Hall. Where the 2009 auto show is just days away.
Read moreWhile Hawaii has long welcomed eco-tourists to its shores, the state’s motto “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono,” can now assume new meaning. The phrase translated means, “The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.” Since so many environmental leaders view their role in this world as righteous, they should be applauding the state’s recent move to allow a private company to begin installing an infrastructure to support EV-motoring. The state expects to have multiple battery charging and battery exchange stations in operation by 2012.
Photo Gallery: Hawaii Plans Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – Fuel Efficient News, Car Features, and Reviews – Automobile Magazine
We hadn’t much hope for Buick‘s reinvention, seeing as most concept cars from the stodgy division were either pie-in-the-sky convertibles or coupes with gullwing doors. That changed last year, when the General unveiled a concept at the 2008 Shanghai auto show. Called Invicta, it was a mid-size sedan that was both clean and contemporary – adjectives not used on a Buick since the 1995 Riviera. Better yet? We were told it was close to production.
Photo Gallery: 2010 Buick LaCrosse – 2009 Detroit Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
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Read moreManchester United footballer Christiano Ronaldo walks away from high speed crash in his Ferrari 599.
Read moreThose of you who read our magazine religiously might recall the time columnist Ezra Dyer raced – and beat – a FedEx truck from New York City to Miami. In a Bentley Continental GTC. It was, he concluded, “a car that fell out of the awesome tree and hit every branch on the way down.” It appears the awesome tree has since grown a few more branches: meet the Bentley Continental GTC Speed.
Photo Gallery: 2010 Bentley Continental GTC Speed – 2009 Detroit Auto Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars – Automobile Magazine
Car sales in the Czech Republic rose 4.7% in 2008 according to the local association of car importers
Read moreUnlike British local authorities, whose plans to tax high-CO2 car drivers by charging them more for registering vehicles and parking them are facing a growing backlash, the city of Tokyo plans to exempt taxes on next-generation ‘green’ vehicles such as electric cars and plug-in hybrids once they go on sale.
Read moreA London borough, Richmond, plans to boost parking prices by about 25% for higher CO2 emitting vehicles.
Read moreNissan Motor will participate in ITS-Safety 2010, a large-scale test of future automotive intelligent transportation systems, with four advanced safety prototype vehicles.
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