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Sep
Posted: 12:01am, 30 September 2007
A 1-series Convertible? Seems like a logical step??¦Indeed it does. BMW is gradually filling every niche with every possible model combination. So after three- and five-door hatches, and a coupe, here??™s the convertible version of the 1-series.
It??™s the same formula that BMW has used with the 3-series to such […]
29
Sep
Preparations have begun for the upcoming 2008 Cooper Tires Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda as Walker Racing completed the second day of many tests to come this off season. The Indianapolis based squad tested Atlantic hopefuls from the Star Mazda Series, Alex Ardoin and Ron White, at Putnam Park Road Course […]
29
Sep
In an unauthorized revelation on Friday, UAW officials disclosed General Motors?’ plans to produce a small rear-wheel-drive vehicle architecture code-named Alpha.
The revelation came as the UAW publicized GM?’s pledge to invest in future vehicles for 16 assembly plants ?— a pledge the union won this week during its contract negotiations with GM.
GM will […]
29
Sep
Wally Parks, the driving force behind the National Hot Rod Association, died Sept. 28 at the age of 94.
“An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in a collection of essays 166 years ago. He could have been talking about the NHRA.
Emerson’s quote was stitched on a quilt presented to […]
28
Sep
Jacques Villeneuve’s road to NASCAR’s Nextel Cup Series has been shortened, his stock car team confirmed Friday-and Cup star Jeff Gordon is not impressed.
The former Indianapolis 500 winner, CART and Formula One champion will debut for Bill Davis Racing in next week’s UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Villeneuve was scheduled originally to compete in the ARCA […]
28
Sep
With Toyota’s recent acquisition of the controls at Fuji Heavy (Subaru), it was bound to happen, just as I hoped and dreamed about, Toyota getting back a little performance flair. Rumors have been circulating about the return of the RWD AE86 coupe, but this news is the most exciting yet.
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28
Sep
US RaceTronics is delighted to confirm that Seattle’s Carl Skerlong will return to the team in 2008 for a second season of competition in the Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda.Skerlong enjoyed a solid rookie season in 2007 with the California-based team, piloting the 300bhp #24 King Taco-backed Swift Mazda-Cosworth […]
28
Sep
Posted: 4:06pm, 28 September 2007
Lotus Esprit? McLaren supercar? A new Noble? Help us identify this mystery sports carCAR has spotted this mystery sports car testing at a UK facility, but we can’t pin down exactly what it is. And this is where you, our army of knowledgable CAR Online readers, come in. Do you know […]
28
Sep
Posted: 1:43pm, 28 September 2007
Hyundai. Muscle car. Not words I’d expected in the same sentence…Here in Europe at least, we’ve long associated Hyundais with cheap ‘n’ cheerful transport for the masses. But Hyundai-Kia are hellbent on changing their image around the world, and that’s why the next-generation Coupe - caught here on test in America […]
28
Sep
Posted: 1:43pm, 28 September 2007
Hyundai. Muscle car. Not words I’d expected in the same sentence…Here in Europe at least, we’ve long associated Hyundais with cheap ‘n’ cheerful transport for the masses. But Hyundai-Kia are hellbent on changing their image around the world, and that’s why the next-generation Coupe - caught here on test in America […]