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Dec
5th

Grand-Am: Penske Racing, Porsche team up in Grand-Am Rolex

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Penske Racing today announced that the organization would campaign the No. 7 Penske Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Full story...
Dec
5th

IRL: KV Racing should be on the grid in 2009

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KV Racing Technology's general manager, Mark Johnson, has told the Indianapolis Star that the team's co-owners, Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser, have expressed their desire to be back in the Indycar series and to be on the starting grid at St. Petersburg. Full story...
Dec
5th

WRC: Wales Rally GB – end of day one

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Jari-Matti Latvala emerged from the Welsh forests this evening as overnight leader of Wales Rally GB, with a 12.9sec lead over second placed man Sebastien Loeb. Full story...
Dec
5th

IRL: KV Racing should be on the grid in 2009

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KV Racing Technology's general manager, Mark Johnson, has told the Indianapolis Star that the team's co-owners, Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser, have expressed their desire to be back in the Indycar series and to be on the starting grid at St. Petersburg. Full story...
Dec
5th

First shot of the production Fisker Karma

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One year after the launch of the Karma Concept, Fisker will unveil the production model at the 2009 NAIAS, in Detroit. The revolutionary Karma becomes the world's first premium sports sedan to use a hybrid powertrain. Performance promises to be outstanding with a 260-horsepower, 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder engine mated to 22.6-kW lithium-ion battery. Total output exceeds 400 horsepower (408) while accelerations from 0 to 100 km/h are completed in 5.8 seconds. Full story...
Dec
5th

Grand-Am: Penske Racing, Porsche team up in Grand-Am Rolex

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Penske Racing today announced that the organization would campaign the No. 7 Penske Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Full story...
Dec
5th

F1: Cosworth wins FIA engine tender

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British company Cosworth has won the tender to supply a low-cost engine and transmission package in 2010 and beyond, formula one's governing body announced on Friday. Full story...
Dec
5th

F1: Cosworth wins FIA engine tender

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British company Cosworth has won the tender to supply a low-cost engine and transmission package in 2010 and beyond, formula one's governing body announced on Friday. Full story...
Dec
5th

F1: Honda announced shock F1 withdrawal

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Honda announced on Friday morning its shock withdrawal from formula one. Full story...
Dec
5th

NASCAR: The 2008 season was, once again, a Ford vs Chevy battle

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The 2008 battle for the manufacturers' championship in NASCAR's Sprint Cup started in a very unusual way last January. Full story...
Dec
5th

GP2 Asia: Kamui Kobayashi powers to victory

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Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi powers to victory in Dubai Today's poleman crossed the finish line first after an eventful race in Dubai, Round 2 of the GP2 Asia series. Full story...
Dec
5th

ALMS: Audi concentrates on European motorsport

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Audi will not be represented by its factory team Audi Sport North America in the American Le Mans Series in 2009. Full story...
Dec
5th

Speedcar: Victory for Tonio Liuzzi in Race 1

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Force India F1 test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi won the opening round of the second Speedcar season after a dramatic encounter at the Dubai Autodrome. Full story...
Dec
5th

Speedcar: Tonio Liuzzi on pole for first race

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Speedcar Series' first qualifying session of Season 2 saw Force India Formula One test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi take pole position. Full story...
Dec
5th

F1: The consequences of Honda withdrawing from Formula 1

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Honda Motor Company chief Takeo Fukui in Tokyo confirmed on Friday afternoon that the Japanese manufacturer is withdrawing from formula one ahead of the 2009 season. So what's next? Full story...
Dec
5th

Toyota’s Woodstock plant opens, RAV4 now Canadian made

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It's Toyota's first new Canadian plant investment in nearly 20 years. The automaker's new Woodstock plant, located in Woodstock Ontario, officially opened Thursday, December 4th. The plant will produce, among other models, the new Toyota Rav4. The updated bestseller was introduced earlier this year with several engine and styling upgrades, as well as reduced fuel consumption and increased safety. Full story...
Dec
5th

F1: Honda announced shock F1 withdrawal

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Honda announced on Friday morning its shock withdrawal from formula one. Full story...
Dec
5th

2009 Suzuki SX4 Sport sedan Review

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It's hard to attract more and more buyers in your showroom with a model range of just five vehicles. But that doesn't seem to worry Suzuki. Slowly but surely is the strategy here, and they never seem to make mistakes; that is, if we excuse the X-90, a T-topped 2-seater cute-ute that unsurprisingly flopped. Full story...
Dec
4th

2009 Mazda RX-8 R3

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2009 Mazda RX-8 R3
2009 Mazda RX-8 R3 - Mazda Sport Coupe Review - Automobile Magazine
Here is a sports car that is not only affordable, it's unique: it shares neither its platform nor its unconventional powertrain with anything else.

There is little that's unique in today's automotive world of platform and drivetrain sharing. The Lotus Elise, a niche car that ought not share much in common with anything else, is in fact powered by a Toyota engine once also seen in the Pontiac Vibe. The Volvo C30 uses the same underpinnings as the Mazda 3. Which brings us to the 3's flashier sibling, the RX-8. Here, at least, is a sports car that is not only affordable, it's unique: it shares neither its platform nor its unconventional powertrain with anything else.


Photo Gallery: 2009 Mazda RX-8 R3 - Mazda Sport Coupe Review - Automobile Magazine


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Dec
4th

TRW Automotive withdraws sales, earnings forecasts

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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. withdrew full-year earnings and sales forecasts on Thursday due to the upheaval in global automotive markets that has forced vehicle producers to cut production. Full story...
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