Auto News 5

The Indy Racing League competition president Brian Barnhart confirmed recently that the next generation of IndyCar wouldn't be ready before its original introduction target of 2011. Full story...

Sébastien Bourdais' future is once again the object of speculation, with the French publication Auto Hebdo publishing rumours that his Toro Rosso seat is in immediate danger. Full story...

Formula 1's short period of faux-peace ended dramatically on the eve of the German grand prix, and on Thursday the battle via media was back in high gear. Full story...

Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) - ("Azure") or (the "Company"), a leading developer of state-of-the-art green technologies that address environmental and cost issues for the commercial transportation industry, today announced that it has been awarded a 16 vehicle contract from the Hybrid Truck Users Forum's (HTUF) Small Hybrid Bus Working Group. Full story...

Team boss Christian Horner has revealed that next year's Red Bull Racing car will "inevitably" be based on the driving style of Sebastian Vettel. Full story...

Press Release Source: Volvo (UK) Team Manager T-shirt for the little boss at home now in stores Volvo has started off this year's racing season in the Swedish Touring Car Championship with a bang - pole position in all races and several victories. Volvo has also introduced a new colour theme for this year's team equipment and clothing to match the green DRIVe technology on the racing car. A new green theme racing collection has now landed in stores with everything from caps, lanyards and polo shirts to genuine team shirts and team jackets. However, Volvo's Motorsport department is most proud of the new Team Manager T-shirt for children. "Little bit of a gem in the collection as it engaged the whole racing team. With several of us, from our driver Robert Dahlgren and his engineer to our main chef, becoming dads recently, developing the kids T-shirt quickly evolved to become just as advanced engineering as when we develop our racing car" says Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Commercial Director for Motorsport at Volvo. The result of this advanced engineering exercise with the racing team became a T-shirt made of the softest Full story...

The threat of a breakaway series remains a viable "alternative", FOTA vice-chairman John Howett insists. That's what he said following an explosive meeting with the FIA on Wednesday. Full story...

First the Spanish press was adamant, and now its Italian counterparts agree: two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso is destined to be unveiled as a Ferrari driver. Full story...

We have the feeling that Lincoln is heading in the right direction. After selling mile-long luxobarges for decades, Ford's luxury brand is now producing vehicles that are better suited to today's reality, but it also had to change how people perceived them. If Cadillac succeeded in attracting a younger, techno-minded clientele, Lincoln can. Full story...

Review: 2009 Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M

Think the yellow paint scheme is loud? Wait until you hear the Scuderia Spider 16M at full-throttle...

Your retinas may be reeling from the visual assault of the blinding yellow Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M, but that optical barrage doesn't pack half the wallop this Italian inflicts on your cochlea. There is nothing graceful, respectful, or restrained about the Ferrari's exhaust note. In response to any quick stab of the aluminum accelerator pedal, the engine-control computer tells valves in the exhaust to bypass the mufflers. I call those baffles valvole di vaffanculo, because to open them is to raise an acoustic middle finger to anyone within earshot. (Valvole in Italian means valve. Vaffanculo, if you have never watched The Sopranos, is Italy's favorite NC-17 way of telling you to go fly a kite.) Luckily, the 503 rambunctious horses under the glass cover provide sufficient thrust to make the car disappear in an invisible cloud of hydrocarbons before anyone has the chance to flip the bird back at you.

Photo Gallery: 2009 Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M - Ferrari Exotic Sport Convertible Review - Automobile Magazine

Read More | Digg It | Add to del.icio.us

Full story...

In News Brake: Bentley reveals another shot of the Arnage; the Honda crossover gets a name; and the Japanese Grand Prix has a murky future...But Wait, There's More! Full story...

SK Networks will downsize its automobile parallel importing business, company officials have said. Full story...

City car sales in Korea have dropped for two consecutive months, industry data showed. Full story...

Hyundai Motor has launched its first hybrid car in South Korea using LPG and lithium ion polymer batteries for the Elantra LPI. Full story...

Ford has asked the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union to match recent concession-filled labour deals with General Motors and Chrysler so the company can remain competitive, the union has said. Full story...

The Canadian Auto Workers union has reached an initial agreement with General Motors and Chrysler to create a new healthcare trust that will manage the health benefits of more than 50,000 retirees. Full story...

Exclusive images of Audi's long-awaited BMW X1 rival

Full story...

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings has amended a credit agreement but its shares fell over 30% as investors worried about a continued risk of bankruptcy. Full story...

Federal-Mogul Corp is readying a renewed bid for the assets of Delphi after breaking off talks with the parts maker - bankrupt since 2005 - late in May, three people with knowledge of the situation have said. Full story...

The European carmakers' association ACEA has warned that current proposals in free trade negotiations between the EU and South Korea give an unfair competitive advantage to Korean industries. Full story...