Japan's exports rose for a ninth consecutive month in November, with light-vehicle shipments to the United States rising 13 percent, a sign the weak yen and a recovery in global demand are energizing a major growth driver in the world's...
Nissan has announced the appointment of Paul Willcox as Chairman for Nissan's Europe region, bringing him back after a very brief stint with Volkswagen UK.
Mitsubishi Motors lifted its operating profit forecast for the current financial year by 20 percent, helped by a weakening yen, cost cuts and strong sales of the Outlander SUV plug-in hybrid.
Lamborghini has released the first details of the Huracán, its replacement for the Gallardo. The car will have its first public outing at the Geneva motor show in March.
Citroën chose Paris and the famous Louvre museum as the site for the unveiling of the latest DS prestige model for the Chinese car market - the DS 5LS.
Nissan has appointed new regional bosses for Europe and the Africa-Middle East-India regions, tapping Paul Willcox for Europe and bringing in Takashi Hata from transmission maker Jatco to run the emerging market portfolio.
Nissan has appointed new regional bosses for Europe and the Africa-Middle East-India regions, tapping Paul Willcox for Europe and bringing in Takashi Hata from transmission maker Jatco to run the emerging market portfolio.
After a 10-year run and more than 14,000 sales, the Lamborghini Gallardo is being put out to pasture, and a faster, more nimble replacement, the Huracan, will arrive in the spring.
Toyota targets sales and profitability gains in Europe and Russia next year on the strength of its hybrid models, said Didier Leroy, Toyota Europe head.
Rodolfo Gonzalez, Marussia's reserve and occasional Friday practice driver in 2013, has revealed he has been offered a role as Pirelli's F1 tester.
Like his countryman Pastor Maldonado, Gonzalez is sponsored by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA.
But he told the El Universal newspaper: "I have received an attractive offer to be Pirelli test driver in the coming season.
"First there are other options that I would like to explore, so fortunately, I can make a decision about the offer in February or March, as I really want to stay in formula one," Gonzalez added.
"I think in two years I will accept the offers to race in categories such as in the US and Europe, but at the moment I prefer to wait and stay."
Rodolfo Gonzalez. (Photo: WRi2)
Rodolfo Gonzalez has a low profile in the F1 paddock, with most observers believing his sponsor dollars talk louder than his talent.
He confirmed that sponsorship is crucial to the fate of all F1 drivers, with the exception of the very top teams.
Marussia team boss John Booth, however, insisted: "He has nothing to prove. Perhaps he is lacking a little bit of consistency, but he is a formula one driver and he knows what he's doing."
The intense wheel-to-wheel action of Formula 1600 racing will be broadcast nationally by Move Motorsports and Fuel MediaLab.
Jason Sharpe of Move Motorsports (promoters of both the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship and Formula 1600 Super Series) and Joel Robinson of Fuel MediaLab (producers of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series on TSN) have reached an agreement to produce a number of shows to be broadcast nationally during the 2014 season.
The broadcasts will cover a select number of events showcasing the entry-level formula to a large and passionate audience. It will include a high percentage of the on-track action but will also get behind the scenes in an effort to learn more about Canada's next wave of international racing superstars.
“Formula 1600 is the first step on the ladder to a career in racing,” said Jason Sharpe of Move Motorsports. “Half of our competitors are under the age of 18 and right out of karts. They are fearless and hungry for nothing other than victory. The other half have been doing this for years and their experience behind the wheel sometimes baffles the rookies and is the recipe for some epic battles. Canadians will be incredibly entertained by this show and as a bonus are getting the first look at the new breed of racing stars,” he added.
“In the twenty-five years I have been involved in televised auto racing, the Formula 1600 series has been one of the most exciting to watch,” said Joel Robinson of Fuel MediaLab. “It doesn't get better than seeing that group of thirty to thirty-five cars racing five-wide into turn one. I look forward to working with Jason and the team at Move Motorsports Management and showcasing this country's racing prospects to Canadian racing fans,” he added.
The events to be televised, network and broadcast schedule will be released early in the New Year.
An Australian entrepreneur and a Romanian engineer have designed and built the dream car of every five-year-old boy: a hot rod made of over 500,000 LEGO blocks. And it works!
Equipped with a compressed air system, 256 pistons, and four radial engines, this machine can reach speeds of up to 30 km/h.
Ferrari introduced the 059/3, the new V6 turbo engine unit, which will sit into the Ferrari, Marussia and Sauber cars next year.
"Being able to build the engine and chassis together is definitely a nice advantage," Ferrari's new technical director James Allison said on Thursday, as the Italian team's new V6 'power unit" was launched at Maranello.
"Other teams cannot do the same and this year, like never before, installing the new power unit in the car's chassis will be a complex operation," he added.
Allison is referring to the contrast between teams like Ferrari and Mercedes, who are both chassis and engine manufacturers, and 'customer' outfits like his former employer Lotus, who simply buy an engine from Renault.
"I've got direct experience of that from my time at Lotus: it's true the engine supplier tries to meet your demands, but it's never the same thing as happens here, where there is a historical culture relating to a common task of defining and developing the design of the new car," he said.
3D launch of the new Ferrari engine. Ferrari says the sound is real.
Both Canadians Alex Guenette and Maryeve Dufault will be on hand starting this Friday to take part in the annual ARCA Racing testing session at the Daytona Superspeedway in preparation for the season opener in February.
For Guenette, it will be a first outing on the super-oval and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Rookie of the year is scheduled to take part in at least three races under the supervision of Mario Gosselin.
Alex Guenette at the annual NASCAR Night of Champion Touring Awards. (Photo: Alex Guenette)
The 17-year-old just came back from the annual NASCAR Night of Champion Touring Awards where he was also selected as the most popular driver in the NCTS championship.
As for Maryeve Dufault, she is back in action after more than a year hiatus in the ARCA Series where she will be joigning Strange Racing with which she will compete in every event of the upcoming 2014 season.
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