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  • As the global economic recession bites, two prominent motor racing series are in dire straits. For the Middle East and Asia-based stock car series Speedcar, the end of the road has come. The official...
  • Britain's Lightning Company plans three more electric cars

    America’s Tesla Roadster is currently the electric car king when it comes to zero emissions performance cars but British car company Lightning is hard at work preparing a new 700hp (522kW) rival for the Tesla Roadster that it hopes to have in production next year. After that Lightning will...

  • Bridgestone scraps 'tire gap' policy for remainder of 2009 F1 season

    Bridgestone has scrapped its policy of leaving a gap between the two types of tire compounds supplied to formula one teams in 2009. At the remaining rounds of the season following next Sunday's German grand prix, the sport's official tire supplier will instead revert to supplying consecutive...

  • Prodrive bringing assortment of race cars to Goodwood Festival of Speed

    British motorsports and tuning firm Prodrive will be displaying and running some of the most iconic cars from its 25 years in motorsport at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The very first car Prodrive built in 1984, a Rothmans Porsche 911 SCRS, will run up the hill, as will its very...

  • Formula 1's Sir Frank Williams marks 40 years in motorsport at Goodwood

    For 40 years now, Frank Williams has been involved in owning and building some of the fastest cars on earth - Formula 1 racers. From his brief partnership with Alessandro de Tomaso in 1970 through today's Williams F1, Williams' teams have fielded more than 600 race entries in the world's premier...

  • Mazda Working On Entry-Level MX-2 Roadster?

    A new, entry-level roadster powered by a range of economical small capacity engines may be brewing at Mazda. The company's board of directors are expected to make a decision on the car by the end of the year, and if approved it could be in production by 2012. The new model would essentially be a...

  • More stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations rolling in across major markets around the globe have all automakers, even ultra luxury marques, rethinking their designs and manufacturing...
  • Transformers 2 movie pushes Camaro sales over the top

    Just last week we profiled the Camaro's rise to above-sticker sales prices due to huge enthusiast demand, including 14,000 pre-orders placed before the car even entered production. But now the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie is helping to push the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro fan base out...

  • McLaren expanding with Middle Eastern office in preparation for 2011 launch

    McLaren's plans to introduce new models in the next couple of years has been met with much anticipation from fans of the brand, which is unsurprising considering the company engineered and built one of the fastest and most acclaimed production cars of all time - the McLaren F1. With three new...

  • Porsche hints at electric 911

    Electricity and high-performance cars may or may not mix, depending on your frame of reference, but whether you're a Tesla fan or a Formula 1 devotee, it's easy to agree that an all-electric Porsche 911 would be a welcome creation. Porsche's Wolfgang Durheimer recently discussed the issue, but...

  • Zolfe adds new Orange Classic GTC4 club racer to lineup

    The Zolfe Orange is a compact British sports car designed and built for racing enthusiasts looking for a fun and relatively low-cost entry into the world of weekend motorsports. The car was spawned from a collaboration between Midlands business entrepreneur Nic Strong and former Caterham Technical...

  • Honda hybrid sports car based on CR-Z concept set for Tokyo Motor Show debut

    Honda’s recent financial troubles may have claimed the NSX-replacement and the automaker’s F1 efforts but it won’t stop plans to launch a new hybrid sports car next year based on the 2007 CR-Z concept car. The new model is currently being designed and engineered in Europe, its...

  • A new video and photo tour of the BMW Design Works USA facility shows just how BMW gets many of its design ideas, how it brings them to life, and where it all gets done. And unlike many such inside...
  • Formula 1's Mosley provokes another meltdown

    Far from peace in our time, furious Max Mosley on Friday suggested FOTA's plans for a breakaway series may be back on. On Wednesday in Paris, FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo sat with the FIA president as well as Bernie Ecclestone as they announced an agreement had been reached to move on after...

  • Veritas RS III Priced, 480-horsepower V-8 Model Starts At $487,000

    The Veritas RS III is a no-holds-barred driver's car - with room only for the driver.

  • Arden turns out highly customized Mini Equipe

    Forty years ago, a privateer Mini Cooper S specially prepared by Arden Engineering took the British Touring Car Championship, and today, Arden's modern custom house is celebrating the occasion with a heavily modified special edition Mini Equipe. The Equipe gets a custom two-tone leather upholstery...

  • Infiniti Essence Concept to tackle Goodwood Festival hillclimb

    Four months ago in Geneva, Infiniti's stunning Essence Concept laid the foundation for the future of design at the Japanese luxury brand. Soon, it will hit the pavement at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where it will take on the traditional hillclimb. The Essence is a rear-wheel drive luxury...

  • Video: Blind winner of Ford's '10 Unleashed contest tells his story

    Few cars currently in production can claim a 45-year run, and even fewer have managed to maintain excitement among drivers and fans like the Ford Mustang. This year marks the 45th year since the launch of the original, and Ford decided to mark the occasion with a contest called "The '10 Unleashed"...

  • Max Mosley will step down as FIA president later this year, as formula one's political crisis involving eight rebel teams' threat to set up a breakaway championship ended on Wednesday. Hopes that the...
  • GTbyCitroen concept hits the streets of London

    At last year's Paris Motor Show, Citroen stunned the audience with a dramatically styled supercar dubbed the GTbyCitroen. A few months later, the company revealed it would produce a limited run of the cars. And in May Citroen revealed that the low-slung and futuristic vehicle would be tackling some...

  • Mosley could be out of a job this week as FOTA preps breakaway

    On Thursday of this week, FOTA plans to speed up preparations for next year's breakaway world championship. According to strong speculation, the timing of the meeting has been planned to occur immediately after Wednesday's World Motor Sport Council summit. Rumors indicate that a vote could be...

  • New Opel Astra Cabrio in the works

    With Opel’s new Astra now out in the open, attention can turn to variants other than the regular five-door Hatchback that’s been plastered all over the web in recent months. While a new Wagon and sporty Coupe are almost certain, latest reports indicate that a stylish Cabrio model will...

  • Lamborghini Super Trofeo hits the street in Germany

    As expensive and rare as Lamborghini cars are, they aren't an entirely exceptional sight on the road. But it's a rare occasion indeed to see a whole grid of fully race-prepped Gallardo LP560-4-derived Super Trofeo racers on the street - and that's exactly what's coming this weekend to Norisring...

  • Upmarket Citroen DS4 and DS5 coming in 2011

    Moving up in the automotive world is a difficult task, whether it's Acura trying to reach tier 1 luxury status or Hyundai-Kia seeking recognition as a globally competitive automaker. Citroen has faced its own difficulties in recent years, producing products that outstrip the brand's reputation. The...

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