Following up on its well-received 'Eagle E-Type Speedster' from 2009 (pictured), Eagle, a U.K.-based Jaguar E-Type restoration and sales outfit, has a new product to show at the upcoming 2011 Salon Privé Concours d'Elegance, which gets underway in London on June 22. Called the E-Type Speedster Lightweight, Eagle bills its new Jag as the...
Lifestyle products from automakers are nothing new. All the big name sports car manufacturers--Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston, etc. etc.--have them. As if owning a fancy pen or briefcase with an exotic automaker logo on it will somehow make up for the fact that you don't have the $300,000 sports car in your driveway. But, I guess image is a...
To no great surprise, Formula 1 Championship leader Sebastian Vettel dominated practice today ahead of the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix though it was his Red Bull Racing teammate, Mark Webber, who was fastest at the Circuit de Catalunya. However, all eyes were on Force India driver Adrian Sutil who is still facing pressure from Renault co-owner Eric...
Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012. The 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged, direct-injection...
Kimi Raikkonen has conquered Formula 1 and raced in the World Rally Championship. So why not try his hand at NASCAR? He'll be making his debut in the Perky Jerky truck this weekend in the Camping World Truck Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Raikkonen's team, ICE1RACING, has partnered with Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM), and KBM is running the...
Lotus has teamed up with another legendary company, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), the manufacturer of Hawker and Beechcraft business jets, with the two firms working together on a number of unique initiatives. And to mark the occasion, HBC will be giving away a free Lotus sports car to anyone who buys one of its jets from now until June...
Scott Speed, Chris Finch and Nigel Beresford are trying to get into the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 - they practiced 38th of 40 drivers on Thursday Photo: Anne Proffit For the first time since Monday and the second time overall, the IZOD IndyCar Series troops were able to complete a full day of practice, a relief for all because this...
Back in 1991, when the McLaren F1 supercar had just been born and the Persian Gulf War was still raging, Mazda was working on a new endurance racer, one with a four-rotor Wankel rotary engine. The race car was the Mazda 787B and it would eventually go on to take overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race that same year. Yes, you read that...
Following up on its well-received 'Eagle E-Type Speedster' from 2009 (pictured), Eagle, a U.K.-based Jaguar E-Type restoration and sales outfit, has a new product to show at the upcoming 2011 Salon Privé Concours d'Elegance, which gets underway in London on June 22. Called the E-Type Speedster Lightweight, Eagle bills its new Jag as the...
Lifestyle products from automakers are nothing new. All the big name sports car manufacturers--Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston, etc. etc.--have them. As if owning a fancy pen or briefcase with an exotic automaker logo on it will somehow make up for the fact that you don't have the $300,000 sports car in your driveway. But, I guess image is a...
To no great surprise, Formula 1 Championship leader Sebastian Vettel dominated practice today ahead of the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix though it was his Red Bull Racing teammate, Mark Webber, who was fastest at the Circuit de Catalunya. However, all eyes were on Force India driver Adrian Sutil who is still facing pressure from Renault co-owner Eric...
Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012. The 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged, direct-injection...
Kimi Raikkonen has conquered Formula 1 and raced in the World Rally Championship. So why not try his hand at NASCAR? He'll be making his debut in the Perky Jerky truck this weekend in the Camping World Truck Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Raikkonen's team, ICE1RACING, has partnered with Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM), and KBM is running the...
Lotus has teamed up with another legendary company, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), the manufacturer of Hawker and Beechcraft business jets, with the two firms working together on a number of unique initiatives. And to mark the occasion, HBC will be giving away a free Lotus sports car to anyone who buys one of its jets from now until June...
Scott Speed, Chris Finch and Nigel Beresford are trying to get into the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 - they practiced 38th of 40 drivers on Thursday Photo: Anne Proffit For the first time since Monday and the second time overall, the IZOD IndyCar Series troops were able to complete a full day of practice, a relief for all because this...
Back in 1991, when the McLaren F1 supercar had just been born and the Persian Gulf War was still raging, Mazda was working on a new endurance racer, one with a four-rotor Wankel rotary engine. The race car was the Mazda 787B and it would eventually go on to take overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race that same year. Yes, you read that...
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