F1's governing body is officially looking for another team to add to the 2010 grid. The FIA re-opened the application process after BMW announced it is pulling out at the end of this season, and failed initial rescue efforts meant the Hinwil based Sauber team could not sign the new Concorde Agreement.
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The South African province Gauteng has decided against bidding to host a formula one race.
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Andrew Ranger took his second oval victory of the season yesterday night at Mosport even tough the young driver was starting ninth after qualifications for the Vortex Brake Pads 200.
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If you've got it, flaunt it. This goes for personal looks, and for radar. You need radar to make Adaptive Cruise Control work, so you might as well get radar to do some other neat stuff. One of new radar-based systems available on several Ford products (Taurus, MKS, MKT) is Collision Warning with Brake Support.
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STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, - There are a lot of cars on the street, but there's only one "Street Machine of the Year." In 2009, it's a stunning 1962 Corvette, painted with products from PPG Industries, that wowed the crowd and got the unanimous approval of judges at the 12th annual Goodguys PPG Nationals last month in Columbus, Ohio.
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From day one, the Porsche Boxster intended to bring owners a more fun-loving taste of the Porsche brand. Its standard convertible roof, snippy mid-engine handling and two-seat setup wave a bit of youthful carelessness in the face of the automaker's more serious, grown-up models.
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Audi A5 Sportback prices will start at 36,050 euros in Germany with an entry-level model coming next year. European sales of the four-door car start soon after the model's public debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September.
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The chief executives of General Motors and Magna International made some progress in talks on the sale of GM's Opel unit, but key barriers remain, Opel's top labor leader and board member said on Saturday.
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General Motors Co. plans to sell shares in an initial public offering before the one-year anniversary next July of its emergence from bankruptcy.
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RHJ International plans to sweeten its bid for Opel to overcome German government opposition to its bid, The Wall Street Journal said.
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Opel increased its share of the European car market by 70 basis points to 7.2 percent in July helped by strong demand in France, the automaker said in a statement on Friday. The jump came as Opel parent General Motors Co.
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The Swedish government has received information on a possible pullout of investors backing a deal by luxury carmaker Koenigsegg to buy Saab and is making further checks, a government official said on Friday.
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The Swedish government has received information on a possible pullout of investors backing a deal by luxury carmaker Koenigsegg to buy Saab and is making further checks, a government official said on Friday.
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Volkswagen AG is targeting a decline in full-year sales of 5 percent, or not much below 5.
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RHJ International plans to sweeten its bid for Opel to overcome German government opposition to its bid, The Wall Street Journal said.
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Nissan plans to price its Leaf electric vehicle to compete with $25,000 to $33,000 mass-market cars in the United States.
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Do you think green when you think low-emission cars? Or does blue pop to mind?
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Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud went flag-to-flag Saturday to win the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, their fourth consecutive overall victory in the American Le Mans Series. Team owner de Ferran qualified on the overall pole position, and the pairing won at Mid-Ohio for the first time in their careers.
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When Marcos Ambrose and Kyle Busch came to the chicane, or "bus stop," on lap 64 of Saturday's Zippo 200 Nationwide race at The Glen, Busch stopped -- out of necessity -- and Ambrose didn't.
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When Marcos Ambrose and Kyle Busch came to the chicane, or "bus stop," on lap 64 of Saturday's Zippo 200 Nationwide race at The Glen, Busch stopped -- out of necessity -- and Ambrose didn't.
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