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Experimental band Apparatjik, consisting of famous artists such as a-ha's Magne Furuholmen and Coldplay's Guy Berryman, have transformed an electric smart fortwo into a veritable disco ball, harkening back to the days of Saturday Night Fever and bell-bottom pants.

Even in the race for suppliers, F1's better funded bigger teams are winning the race.

Innovative exhaust layout is F1's new equivalent of the double-diffuser saga, according to Ross Brawn.

Electric vehicles are all the rage these days, and many car buffs are turning towards them to realize their automotive dreams. Witness the students of Ladner High School in British Columbia, who are on the verge of successfully converting a 1989 Toyota pickup into an eco-friendly dragster.

It's small and it proudly displays the smallest number of all: 1. But in this exact case, 1 is synonymous with driving enjoyment, vivacity and manoeuvrability. And cabriolet, of course. Yes, my diminutive tester, the BMW 135i, was not only the most dynamic of its range, but it could also drop its top at the press of a button.

Eric Boullier gives a promising update on the progress of Robert Kubica and explains Nick Heidfeld has settled in well at Lotus Renault ahead of the 2011 season.

Lotus Renault GP driver Robert Kubica will be back on his two feet in a few weeks, doctors at his Italian hospital said on Friday.

The disaster in Japan is affecting even American manufacturers. General Motors is halting production on the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups at its Shreveport, Lousiana, plant as of Monday due to a parts shortage.

Former de Ferran Dragon Racing driver Raphael Matos has signed a deal with AFS Racing, his former Indy Lights team, to compete in the IZOD IndyCar season opener in St. Petersburg.

Norbert Haug on Thursday said he was doubtful the Bahrain grand prix should be rescheduled in 2011.

Following the cancellation of two meetings in Bahrain, Imola will host this weekend's final two races of the 2011 GP2 Asia championship. 


The new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-26 features some very interesting innovations and despite having posted somewhat disappointing lap times in testing, it could cause a surprise in the streets of Albert Park in Melbourne next weekend.

McLaren, most famous for its top formula one team, has developed a racing road bicycle in collaboration with American manufacturer Specialized.

The motorcycle road racing world championship - or MotoGP - ranks among the world's most popular and spectacular sporting events. The involvement of BMW M GmbH in motorcycle racing's top-echelon event now enters its 13th year. To ensure the safety of the practice runs and the race itself, BMW M GmbH is providing the official Safety Car along with a raft of other high-performance vehicles for use by the Dorna Sports management team and IRTA officials.

Hankook Tire, the seventh largest and one of the fastest growing tire companies in the world, unveiled its plan to build a new Main R&D Center in Daejeon, Korea.

Honda will voluntarily recall 3,636 model-year 2011 Honda Civic vehicles and 9 model-year 2011 Acura CSX vehicles in Canada to inspect and possibly replace the fuel pump module inside the gasoline tank. Internal testing revealed that the roll-over valve inside certain fuel pump modules may have been damaged during production. If a vehicle is involved in a rollover crash, the cracked roll-over valve may allow fuel leakage from the gasoline tank into the evaporative canister. No crashes or injuries have been reported related to this defect.

With March Madness kicking off and the NBA and NHL playoffs right around the corner, many of you will be glued to their TV screens watching epic games. A warning, though: engaging matchups in sports may result in greater driving dangers for fans of the winning team, researchers say.

Honda is recalling about 21,700 of its current-model compact Honda Civic cars due to the possibility that fuel will leak in a roll-over crash. More than 18,000 cars will be recalled in the United States and about more than 3,600 in Canada.

Gasoline that has risen to 2008 prices may cause a shift in consumers' car-buying patterns, Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas, said today as the automaker prepared to launch a new small car.

On the vehicular evolutionary chart, full-size cargo vans haven't progressed much beyond the shag-carpeted, porthole-windowed, rolling disco lounges of the 1970s.