Calgary - Laval University for the second year in a row won the grand prize in the "Prototype" category at the 2010 Shell Eco-marathon Americas this past weekend in Houston, Texas. The student-built, fuel-efficient vehicle achieved the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel with an astonishing 1,057.5 kilometres per litre, or 2,487.5 miles per gallon.
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Forget a scheduled knee surgery; or even a four-tire gamble on a late race pit stop. Virginia native, Denny Hamlin, crushed the competition overcoming any perceived disadvantages at the rain-delayed Martinsville Sprint Cup race.
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According to Niki Lauda, Red Bull could look back on the first two rounds of 2010 and rue precisely where the team blew the world championship.
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Lotus is expected to shortly confirm a new sponsorship deal with Maxis, a leading Malaysian mobile network.
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Canadian race car driver Alexandre Tagliani drive a strong race in the opening round of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar series, battling with the leaders in Brazil until a rival punted him out of the race.
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When he got off of his McLaren-Mercedes after the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, British driver Lewis Hamilton was fuming. He was convinced that the second pit stop for tires requested by the McLaren team had just cost him a place on the podium.
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High performance brake supplier Brembo has issued a press release explaining the reason for Sebastian Vettel's retirement during the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne last Sunday.
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The countdown for the announcement of the 2010 World Car of the Year (WCOTY) will soon be over. This Thursday, the winner will be announced at a press conference to be held starting at 8:30am at the New York International Auto Show.
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Minivans are like pickups: they're ideal when you have a friend that owns one. Pickups, especially full-size ones, consume tonnes of fuel, are impossible to park in town and are frowned upon unless you're towing something big. In the minivan's case, well, nobody wants to be caught at the wheel of something as pedestrian and tied-down as one of these. That's why CUVs exist right?
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New York - Today, Cadillac and Cool Hunting announced the launch of Cool Hunting's application for the upcoming Apple iPad. The application features exclusive content designed for the iPad inspired by the all-new 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe.
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Audi will present a spectacular lineup of premieres at the AMI Leipzig, along with its current model range. The product improvement of the Audi TT Roadster and Audi TT Coupé will be shown to the public for the first time during the exhibition.
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Ex-England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has today turned his hand to contemporary art by creating the world's biggest "artballing" painting - a 16 by five foot image of a Chevrolet Cruze car created by hitting and throwing paint-covered cricket balls against a blank canvas over 5,000 times.
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Mopar is channeling live, mobile TV into Chrysler, Jeep®, Dodge and Ram vehicles. The company will showcase its new technology at the 2010 New York International Auto Show.
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Nissan Motor Co. will begin taking pre-orders for its Leaf electric vehicles on April 20 in North America, COO Toshiyuki Shiga said. Full story…
General Motors Co. has appointed a former Morgan Stanley investment banker as treasurer. Daniel Ammann will serve as vice president of finance and treasurer, GM said today in a statement.
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One of China's most senior female bankers, two top Swedish industrialists and a childhood friend of London's mayor led the Rothschild team that helped Geely seal China's biggest-ever overseas autos takeover.
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Mazda Motor Corp. on Monday took another step toward independent product development, agreeing to lease hybrid drivetrain technology from Toyota Motor Corp. instead of longtime U.S. partner Ford Motor Co. Full story…
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