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A friend of a friend, who learned what I do for a living, came to ask me for some advice. This happens quite often.

In this time of way too much choice, it is sometimes nice to have someone tell you what to do. We surf the web profusely, purchase consumer magazines and are always seeking out information and council. It's an odd thing when we think about it: we demand choice and options but typically have no idea what we want or what to get...

Christian Horner has refused to rule out signing McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Formula one should not lose the Australian grand prix, FIA president Jean Todt said in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Fernando Alonso does not think his former team McLaren is set to endure a season in the midfield in 2011.

Touring car racing and rallies are now significantly closer thanks to the adoption of the Global Engine.


The combined timesheet from the final test of the 2011 pre-season makes interesting reading just over a week before the season begins.

Sam Michael, Technical Director of the AT&T Williams Formula 1 teams talks about the KERS, winter testing, rookie driver Pastor Maldonado and the new Pirelli tires.

Winter testing was completed last Friday and the Sauber F1 Team is looking forward to the season's opening race in Melbourne on March 27. James Key, the team's Technical Director, reflects on the pre-season tests and talks about expectations, tires and drivers.

If you thought single-seat cars were exclusive to motorsports, you were wrong! Briggs Automotive Company (BAC), a new car manufacturer from the U.K., recently launched the Mono as a road-legal, track-oriented racer.

Kingdom of Bahrain's hopes of staging a rescheduled Formula 1 Grand Prix later this season are all but over.

The last official MotoGP test before the start of the upcoming 2011 season showed clearly the dominance of Honda as Casey Stoner edged out team-mate Dani Pedrosa on the second night of testing in Qatar.

The first of a two-day Open Test at Barber Motorsports Park provided a preview of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar season. Seven different teams were represented in the top 10 of the combined time sheet for the two sessions, and the top 18 of the 24 cars participating were separated by one second.

As reported by Automotive News recently, Ford has no intentions on forcing this technology on US customers. Sad. Not that anyone should have anything stuffed down their throat but diesel is one of the most viable alternatives of the moment. Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president for global product development, made it very clear that Ford will continue to rely on their EcoBoost and hybrid technologies. Both very good. They will relegate the idea of importing diesel powertrains, although, as he said, it would be easy to do so. Then why say-so?

Formula Medicine, directed by Dr. Riccardo Cicarelli, helps several Formula 1 drivers and young motorsport hopefuls to train efficiently to meet the demands of driving a race car at high speeds.

We don't care what Inside Line may have discovered that we already knew anyways by comparing the two Chargers. We will always jump on the 1969 Charger R/T 440 if given the chance.

Although the province has barely recovered from the twin snowstorms of last week, the Highway Safety Code now authorizes motorists to remove their snow tires in favour of summer or all-season rubber.

We love it! MINI's latest publicity stunt in New Zealand involves an instrument, 330 of them actually, and a brand new Cooper Clubman. Yes, the Clubman is literally covered in harmonicas; on its bonnet, roof, doors and fenders. The car seemingly has its own theme song which strangely reminds us of Peter Griffin and his walking theme song...

In order to meet the growing demand for compact crossovers by fleet customers in the United States, Chevrolet will introduce the 2012 Captiva Sport, whose variants are already sold in more than 50 markets around the world.

Lawmakers are split along party lines as they prepare for a U.S. House committee vote today on a bill to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, including in vehicles from 2017-2025 model years.