Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. has extended its agreement with British automaker Lotus to help bridge a gap in the production and sales of its only car, the Roadster.
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Joachim Milberg, BMW supervisory board chairman, is assuming an honorary professorship in the engineering faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. The former BMW CEO will be officially named to the post on July 8. Full story…
The Toyota RAV4 is getting old. After virtually kick-starting the small SUV scene back in the nineties, it's experienced two revisions and been joined by a slew of competitors from around the globe.
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Some improvements to the ageing Sepang circuit will be ready ahead of the 2011 Malaysian grand prix.
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Peter Sauber said he felt most sorry for departing technical boss Willy Rampf in the wake of the Swiss team's Malaysian "debacle".
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F1 teams contributed to the design of India's new grand prix circuit.
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A Michelin official has admitted the French marque is considering returning to formula one in 2011 as a tyre supplier.
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An upturned modified car with wheels that serve as turntables has been developed by a team of Buckinghamshire engineers to create the world's biggest record player and the most mobile of mobile discos.
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According to Bernie Ecclestone, Formula 1 will shed some of its current races to make room for new Grands Prix to be held in New York and Russia.
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The Renault R30 of Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov is a major improvement from the previous Formula 1 car of the French manufacturer, the 2009 R29.
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New York In the spirit of Calder, Stella, Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Holzer, BMW announced today that the 17th Art Car created by Jeff Koons will race where the first rolling pieces of art by legendary artists raced - at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, June 12-13, 2010.
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Anyone who wants to get ahead in a race and ideally stay there to capture victory needs optimum control of his car. That's provided by the chassis suspension -- with extreme technical challenges to be mastered, as a race car is constantly moving, continually changing load and centre of gravity.
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Orlando, Fla. - Auto TextBak, an application for BlackBerry Smartphones, offers a simple solution to the ever-growing epidemic of texting while driving. The application enables users to easily set an away message that will automatically reply to incoming text messages, much like an out-of-office email response.
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To celebrate the market debut of the New Mégane Coupé Cabriolet and Renault Wind, two cars epitomizing on-the-road freedom and enjoyment, Renault is launching an original communication initiative.
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It was awesome to watch IndyCar's Alex Tagliani finish 6th at St. Petersburg, especially when you consider all the efforts and sacrifices he had to make just to continue his top-level auto racing career in North America.
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Hard times? What hard times? Tough economy? I don't know what you're talking about! Read this: The increase in sales year-over-year for the month of March 2010 is of 14.1%. We've all heard about the recent economic downturn, which is usually followed by an economic upswing, but this is a literal economic upper-cut!
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DETROIT -- For the first time since 1993, Chevrolet will build and sell a replica of a Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car. "We set out to build a collectible vehicle that will appeal to the die-hard Camaro and Indianapolis 500 fan," said Jim Campbell, U.S. Vice President, Chevrolet Marketing. "We believe we've done just that with the 2010 Chevy Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Limited Edition."
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All Formula 1 team needed to get their cars, spare chassis and equipment to be packed and ready to be picked up in the pit lane of the circuit of Sepang hours after the conclusion of the Grand Prix of Malaysia.
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Auburn Hills, Mich. – To celebrate the final year of production for the current-generation Dodge Viper, Dodge is building a limited production run of just 50 2010 Viper SRT10 “Final Edition” models. Full story…
Continuing in the traditional partnership with famous artists such as Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol; BMW announced a revival of the series of speeding canvasses also known as race cars with Jeff Koons as this year's artist.
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