With two DNQ (did not qualify) results thus far in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car season, team owner Don Schumacher decided to make some changes to the F/C driven by Johnny Gray, in his first year working with Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). He appointed Rob Wendland, 45, as the new crew chief, replacing veteran Lee Beard, who...
Last week we brought you the first details on the Alpha 1 SRF electric track car from Germany’s e-Wolf, and today we have images of an example of the stripped-out, zero-emission racer at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. You may be wondering why e-Wolf is running up laps at the notorious track when development work on the Alpha 1 SRF is already...
Saab's staved off bankruptcy a few times--just in the past year, in fact. Yesterday it was announced that a deal with Pang Da Automobile has been finalized, and that it's lined up funding for new models--but has it? With China's government mute on the subject, we're thinking no. Saab has been put into this position before, being left at the altar...
From this coming weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 British Grand Prix onwards, the Team Lotus F1 race cars will be wearing new Caterham livery in response to the team’s acquisition of the legendary Caterham sports car brand back in April. You may recall that Caterham was purchased by a holding company, part-owned by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony...
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s report of a new high-performance division brand being considered by Volvo, comes this concept car that was unveiled late last week at the 2011 Australian Motor Show. Based on the Volvo S60 R-Design, the new concept car is called the S60 Performance Project and hints at a possible performance model that could...
Ferrari held a special charity auction in Japan this past weekend where the Italian automaker helped raised more than $724,000 in aid relief for victims of the island nation’s recent earthquake and tsunami disaster. Over 200 passionate clients and collectors participated in the charity auction, which took place at the Italian embassy in...
Over the past year or so we’ve seen countless images of prototypes for the next-generation Porsche Boxster, which is expected to hit the market sometime early next year alongside the redesigned ‘991’ series Porsche 911. However, Porsche is also set to launch its next-generation Cayman in 2012 and we now have the first spy shots...
Nissan recently announced a bold new business plan outlining its operations for the next six years. The plan, dubbed “Nissan Power 88”, called for an increase in the automaker’s global market share to eight percent by 2017, as well as an equal eight percent increase in operating profit, hence the 88 in the business plan’s...
Only a few weeks ago, MINI officially unveiled the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe, and now we have fresh spy shots of its soft-top brother, the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Roadster. Despite the diminutive proportions, the JCW Roadster, like the coupe, will get its power from the same 208-horsepower 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder the rest...
The next generation 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class is working hard to deserve the "next-generation" appellation. According to the latest reports, the B-Class could feature a smorgasbord of just about every kind of standard and alternative drivetrain around. Standard gasoline and diesel models will of course be available, but Autocar reports that a...
With two DNQ (did not qualify) results thus far in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car season, team owner Don Schumacher decided to make some changes to the F/C driven by Johnny Gray, in his first year working with Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). He appointed Rob Wendland, 45, as the new crew chief, replacing veteran Lee Beard, who...
Last week we brought you the first details on the Alpha 1 SRF electric track car from Germany’s e-Wolf, and today we have images of an example of the stripped-out, zero-emission racer at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. You may be wondering why e-Wolf is running up laps at the notorious track when development work on the Alpha 1 SRF is already...
Saab's staved off bankruptcy a few times--just in the past year, in fact. Yesterday it was announced that a deal with Pang Da Automobile has been finalized, and that it's lined up funding for new models--but has it? With China's government mute on the subject, we're thinking no. Saab has been put into this position before, being left at the altar...
From this coming weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 British Grand Prix onwards, the Team Lotus F1 race cars will be wearing new Caterham livery in response to the team’s acquisition of the legendary Caterham sports car brand back in April. You may recall that Caterham was purchased by a holding company, part-owned by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony...
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s report of a new high-performance division brand being considered by Volvo, comes this concept car that was unveiled late last week at the 2011 Australian Motor Show. Based on the Volvo S60 R-Design, the new concept car is called the S60 Performance Project and hints at a possible performance model that could...
Ferrari held a special charity auction in Japan this past weekend where the Italian automaker helped raised more than $724,000 in aid relief for victims of the island nation’s recent earthquake and tsunami disaster. Over 200 passionate clients and collectors participated in the charity auction, which took place at the Italian embassy in...
Over the past year or so we’ve seen countless images of prototypes for the next-generation Porsche Boxster, which is expected to hit the market sometime early next year alongside the redesigned ‘991’ series Porsche 911. However, Porsche is also set to launch its next-generation Cayman in 2012 and we now have the first spy shots...
Nissan recently announced a bold new business plan outlining its operations for the next six years. The plan, dubbed “Nissan Power 88”, called for an increase in the automaker’s global market share to eight percent by 2017, as well as an equal eight percent increase in operating profit, hence the 88 in the business plan’s...
Only a few weeks ago, MINI officially unveiled the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe, and now we have fresh spy shots of its soft-top brother, the 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Roadster. Despite the diminutive proportions, the JCW Roadster, like the coupe, will get its power from the same 208-horsepower 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder the rest...
The next generation 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class is working hard to deserve the "next-generation" appellation. According to the latest reports, the B-Class could feature a smorgasbord of just about every kind of standard and alternative drivetrain around. Standard gasoline and diesel models will of course be available, but Autocar reports that a...
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