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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
2014 BMW M3 Sedan Spied: Bigger, Now with Downsizing
If the BMW 3-series is the quintessential sports sedan, then the M3 is the quintessential sports car in disguise. Ever since the launch of the first M3 in 1986, this BMW has enjoyed a fiercely loyal following of enthusiasts, as well as a distinguished racing career. It is the car that represents the essence of [...]
The Continental?s Detroit Notebook: The Best Motor City Show in a While
Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. After this year’s Detroit auto show and a trip to California for a press event, I [...]
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Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell On Passing Of Joe Mattioli
Martinsville Speedway 65th Anniversary LogoMartinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell on the Passing of Dr. Joe Mattioli, founder of Pocono Raceway: ?Doc Mattioli was larger than life. His smile and personality took over a room when he entered. He left an indelible mark on our sport and his loss leaves a huge void. He set a...more»
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Marussia team revises testing plans
The Marussia F1 team has revised its pre-season plans and will not attend the first test at Jerez in order to concentrate on the development of the new car.
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Top 20 Countdown: No. 15 Clint Bowyer (Yahoo! Sports)
Clint Bowyer gives Michael Waltrip Racing a boost of star power, but its up to Bowyer to translate that into the teams first Chase berth.
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2012 Chrysler 300 Mopar ?12: Celebrating Mopar?s 75th Birthday with a Worked-Over 300C
Chrysler?s Mopar parts division turns 75 years old this year. To celebrate, the company has begun gifting itself customized products, including the Mopar-ized Chrysler 200 Super S and Dodge Charger Redline that appeared at the Detroit auto show. Among the latest birthday presents is this limited-edition Chrysler 300, which has been built up mainly from [...]
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All That for Nothing: NHTSA Closes Investigation into Chevy Volt Battery Fires, Finds Nothing to Worry About
Who could have predicted such an outcome? NHTSA has closed its nearly two-month investigation into the fiery deaths of some crash-tested Chevy Volts, concluding that “no discernible defect trend exists and that the vehicle modifications recently developed by General Motors reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts.” Some more choice quotes from [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012
House Transportation Bill ?a March of Horribles?
Highways 'n' pipelines: The cover page to the House transportation bill brochure. Image: Politico
There was no grand unveiling of the House’s five-year transportation bill today, but a summary of the bill has been kicking around for a few days. While there aren’t any hard numbers available yet, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” looks [...]
There was no grand unveiling of the House’s five-year transportation bill today, but a summary of the bill has been kicking around for a few days. While there aren’t any hard numbers available yet, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” looks [...]
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2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Tested: Looks Like Nothing Else, Drives Like A Few Somethings Else
Land Rover has been trying to bolster its sales with a small ute for a while. The first, 2002?s Freelander, was slow, unpretty, and?at a base price of less than $26,000?might have been a bit too cheap to support the cachet of its brand. In Europe, where the brand?s image still is intimately tied to [...]
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December 2011 Vehicle Sales: What the Headlines Don?t Tell You
It Really Was a Toyotathon Sales of the Toyota Camry in 2011: 308,510 Sales of all Mazdas in 2011: 250,426 Sales of all BMWs in 2011: 247,907 Date of T?hoku earthquake: March 11, 2011 Date flooding started in Thailand: July 31, 2011 Minimum number of months Toyota operated below 100% production capacity in North America: [...]
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2012 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Preseason Competition ?State of the Union Address?
NASCAR Logo Statements from Daytona Int’l Speedway President, Joe Chitwood III, NASCAR vice president of competition, Robin Pemberton,��NASCAR’s vice president of public affairs and multicultural development,�Marcus Jadotte,�Q&A with�NASCAR chairman and CEO, Brian France and NASCAR President, Mike Helton. KERRY THARP:� Good afternoon, and welcome to the NASCAR Hall of Fame for the annual NASCAR preseason...more»
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Pirelli announces GP3 prize fund
The 2012 GP3 Series champion will receive a 200,000 euro prize from tyre supplier Pirelli if they graduate to GP2 for 2013, the series has announced. The champion driver will also drive in a GP2 development test during the winter
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Cost of Tappan Zee Mega-Bridge Could Cause Tolls to Triple
Building a new structure twice as wide as the current Tappan Zee Bridge could create a financial black hole, where people who never use the bridge end up paying for its construction.
?Rate shock? was the name given to the electricity industry?s financial crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, when utility company finances buckled under the [...]
?Rate shock? was the name given to the electricity industry?s financial crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, when utility company finances buckled under the [...]
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Name That Shifter, No. 60: 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport
On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. This week?s challenge apparently wasn?t difficult enough?the first commenter to correctly identify it as a 1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport was also the first to post a guess. SBro will receive a Save [...]
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2012 Volkswagen Beetle 2.5 Automatic Tested: Not Necessarily One for the Boys
Longer, lower, wider. Those words were a Detroit marketing mantra in the 1950s, when the original Volkswagen Beetle began its march to immortality here in the U.S. But of course the thing that made the Bug so lovable, and such a counterculture icon, was that it possessed none of those traits. Keep Reading: 2012 Volkswagen [...]
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Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid Prototype Drive: A Highway Hybrid?
While in Japan for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, we visited Honda?s Twin Ring Motegi racing facility to see some of the company?s future products. Among them was a plug-in hybrid system, a prototype of which was installed in a current-generation Accord. While the car we drove is just a development mule, we can confidently [...]
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Pocono Raceway Founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph Mattioli Passes
Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway Patriarch, Passes Long Pond, PA (January 26, 2012) ? Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway Founder and Chairman of the Board, passed away today at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, surrounded by his loving family, following a lengthy illness. He was 86. ?Doc? as he was known to friends and associates, [...]
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Toyota expands Le Mans attack
Toyota has expanded its attack on this year's Le Mans 24 Hours from one to two cars, the manufacturer announced at the launch of its 2012 LMP1 car on Tuesday. The Japanese squad made the announcement of its revised programme as it unveiled the petrol-electric LMP1 hybrid at Paul Ricard in France
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Lotus to reveal ?12 car on website
Kimi Raikkonen will get his first taste of the new Lotus Formula 1 car when it runs for the first time at Jerez on February 7, two days after the car is revealed on the team's new website. The team has announced that it will reveal its 2012 contender, which carries the comeback hopes of the 2007 Formula 1 world champion after two years away from the sport, live on its new website - www.lotusf1team.com - at 1700 CET on Sunday February 5
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2013 Nissan GT-R Priced from $97,820; We Chart Godzilla?s Price, Power, and Performance Over the Years
The GT-R, Nissan’s twin-turbocharged hellion, has received upgrades each and every model year since it went on sale for 2009?and 2013 will be no different. Its price has been upgraded along with it: The 2013 GT-R will start at $97,820 for the Premium ?base? model or $107,320 for the uplevel Black Edition. Nearly (or more [...]
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Loeb claims Monte Carlo victory
Sebastien Loeb started 2012 in the perfect fashion by clinching a dominant victory in the World Rally Championship's Monte Carlo opener. The reigning champion looked like he might have a fight on his hands when likely title rival Jari-Matti Latvala used a brilliant tyre choice amid changeable weather on day one to shoot into a half-minute lead. But when Latvala rolled his Ford out of first place late on Wednesday, Loeb's Citroen was left alone at the front of the field, and he duly pulled away to claim a crushing sixth Monte Carlo win
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2013 Nissan GT-R Priced from $97,820; We Chart Godzilla?s Price, Power, and Performance Over the Years
The GT-R, Nissan’s twin-turbocharged hellion, has received upgrades each and every model year since it went on sale for 2009?and 2013 will be no different. Its price has been upgraded along with it: The 2013 GT-R will start at $97,820 for the Premium ?base? model or $107,320 for the uplevel Black Edition. Nearly (or more [...]
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Anti-Sprawl Doctor to Host PBS Series on Urban Design and Public Health
“A leading voice for better urban design for the sake of good health.” “A public health/social justice hero.” Dr. Richard Jackson, chair of environmental health at UCLA, is a leading voice for transportation reform whose work has linked America’s sprawl to the nation’s high rates of obesity.
The former director of the Center for Disease Control’s [...]
The former director of the Center for Disease Control’s [...]
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SPEED Announces Changes to NASCAR Programs
SPEED LogoNASCAR ON SPEED?�ROLLS INTO 2012� TRACKSIDE�EXPANDS TO TWO NIGHTS A WEEK; STUDIO SHOWS UPDATE SETS� TROTTA ADDS�NASCAR PERFORMACE�HOST ROLE� ����������� NASCAR on SPEED opens its season tonight, as�NASCAR Race Hub�returns at 6 p.m. ET with hosts Steve Byrnes and Danielle Trotta, along with analyst Larry McReynolds and race team veteran Matt Clark. The Hub,...more»
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Latvala puts Monte crash behind him
Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala says he has put his Monte Carlo Rally shunt behind already, with his focus now firmly fixed on next month's Rally Sweden. Latvala crashed out of the lead of last week's Monte Carlo Rally and was the big loser from the WRC opener, picking up no points because of the event organiser's decision not to run the re-entry regulations known as Rally 2. He has vowed to move on, however, and focus entirely on the next event in Sweden
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NASCAR?s Brian France Says ?Sport Is In A Very Good Place?
Brian France, CEO and Chairman of NASCAR - Photo Credit: John Harrelson, Getty Images for NASCARIndustry To Build On 2011 Success, Introduce EFI, Restore Pack Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2012) ? NASCAR and its stakeholders intend to build on the success of 2011 as the new season begins with the Feb. 26 Daytona...more»
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Bianchi joins Force India as reserve
Jules Bianchi will be Force India's reserve driver this year, with the promise of some extensive running on grand prix Fridays. The Frenchman, who is part of Ferrari's young driver development programme, has been promised outings in at least nine Friday practice sessions during the forthcoming campaign. He will get his first run in a Force India during next month's pre-season testing with the outfit's 2012 VJM05 car
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Caldarelli joins Toyota as junior driver
Toyota has signed single-seater racer Andrea Caldarelli to its sportscar squad as a junior driver for the 2012 season. The Italian, a former member of the Toyota Young Driver Programme (TDP) when the manufacturer competed in Formula 1, will attend rounds of the World Endurance Championship and take part in simulator work to get used to endurance racing.
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Cuomo Primed to Splurge on Jumbo-Sized Tappan Zee With Extra Lanes
Each span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge would be as wide as the current bridge, leaving room for future administrations to convert eight traffic lanes into ten or more lanes. Click to enlarge.
The Cuomo administration’s plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, described in yesterday’s draft environmental impact statement, is more than a missed [...]
The Cuomo administration’s plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, described in yesterday’s draft environmental impact statement, is more than a missed [...]
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Horner excited to see STR duo?s fight
Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner says Toro Rosso's new pairing Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne are among the most exciting rising talents on the Formula 1 scene, and is intrigued to see how their battle to earn future RBR chances pans out. Ricciardo and Vergne were announced as Toro Rosso's 2012 line-up last month, with Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari dropped to make way for the two Red Bull proteges.
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Reactive ride height banned for 2012
Formula 1 teams have been told that the reactive suspension system pioneered by Lotus has been banned for the 2012 season.
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De la Rosa fired up for racing return
Pedro de la Rosa says he is not back in Formula 1 racing just to make up the numbers, the Spaniard eager to show he can still be competitive.
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Go Green Racing Signs Paul and Tim Andrews; Forms NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team
Go Green RacingGo Green Racing is excited to announce the addition of Paul and Tim Andrews to an already impressive list of talented crew members to Go Green Racing for the 2012 NASCAR season. Paul Andrews, a former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Crew Chief, will lead the No. 19 Go Green Racing Ford Fusion...more»
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Video: Suzuki shows slushy Super Bowl commercial in advance
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Marketing/Advertising, Suzuki
You won't have to wait until February 5 to see the new Suzuki Super Bowl commercial, as it's hit the automaker's YouTube channel in advance. Featuring an Eskimo who trades in his sled on an all-wheel-drive Kizashi, it's fun and decidedly more upbeat than last year's marauding snowmen.
Still, we kind of prefer the snowmen, which were more unconventional than the Eskimo ad's predictable plot. This year's ad also embraces two of the major Super Bowl ad tropes of recent years: adorable dogs and bickering couples. Neither of which is likely to win Suzuki any points for creativity.
Regardless, we have to admit that sliding a Kizashi at opposite lock across the frozen tundra looks like fun, and we think the underappreciated Suzuki is worthy of some extra attention. Click past the jump to watch the commercial in its entirety.
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Official: Rolls-Royce revels in the customization options most of its customers spring for
Filed under: Sedan, Rolls-Royce, Luxury
If you're going to shell out for a brand new Rolls-Royce, you're going to want to get it exactly the way you want it, right? Right. And that's the case for the majority of buyers even of the (relatively) more accessible Ghost as it is of the higher-end Phantom range. In fact, Goodwood reports that 56% of buyers of the Ghost (including the extended wheelbase model) opted for some measure of personalization direct from the factory.
Intriguing as those numbers are - and as helpful as they've been to the BMW division's bottom line - they still pale in comparison to the proportion of customized Phantom models. In North America alone, a solid 84% of Phantom buyers opt for bespoke personalization (up from just 30% in 2005). In continental Europe, those numbers rose from 50% to 89%. In the marque's home market of the UK, they rose from 60% up to 88%, while in the Asia Pacific market they jumped from 50% to 79%. Most impressively, however, just about every single Phantom ordered in the Middle East comes in as a custom order, standing at 99% from the 75% at which it stood in 2005.
So just what constitutes "bespoke personalization" in the Rolls-Royce catalog? It could be anything from unique paint colors (like the questionable metallic pink pictured above) to custom humidors. Take a stroll through the high-resolution images in the gallery above to see just a few of the options.
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Coyne confirms Wilson?s return
Justin Wilson's long-expected return to Dale Coyne Racing for the 2012 IndyCar season has finally been confirmed. The Briton delivered Coyne's first win at Watkins Glen in 2009, but left at the end of the year to spend two seasons with Dreyer & Reinbold. His return coincides with that of engineer Bill Pappas, who worked with him in his previous stint with the team.
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Stepping-Up in Class A
With only two weeks remaining in the the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series season, Michigan International Speedway hosted one of the most pivotal weeks of the season. With speeds well over 200mph, a comfortable feel for drivers was crucial. While some drivers stepped up their game to match the intensity of MIS, others lost ground at one of the worst times imaginable. One driver stepping up his game not only this week, but this season is Kile Gottula. Gottula leads the NiCAS Division One standings by a considerable margin, and he put his stamp on the championship this week in Michigan. Placing himself at the top of the charts at MIS all but l locks-up the California sim racer’s championship.� Although mathematically eligible, Steve Ritter would need a minor miracle [...]
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Brendan Gaughan to Compete in Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule for RCR
Richard Childress Racing (RCR)WELCOME, N.C. (January 25, 2011) – Veteran NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan will compete in four races on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, driving Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Impala in addition to his previously announced 18-race NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series...more»
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Tested! The Most Powerful Camaro Ever Packs More Than Just Engine
Midway down the main straight at Inde Motor�sports Ranch outside �Tucson, Arizona, the shift lights on the head-up display flash. At 106 mph, we grab fourth gear, and another wave of ferocious acceleration propels the car forward. We graze 130 mph before hitting the brakes and downshifting for Turn Three, a fast right-hand sweeper that [...]
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Bennani stays with Proteam for 2012
Mehdi Bennani will stay with the Proteam BMW squad for 2012. The 28-year-old Moroccan joined Proteam last year, finishing seventh in the Yokohama Trophy. His best result came in Macau, when he finished sixth in the season finale
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GRAND-AM: Rolex 24 DP Preview
SPEED.com takes a look at the 14-car DP starting field for this weekend?s 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
BB&T and Richard Childress Racing Renew Longtime Partnership for 2012
No. 31 BB&T Chevy Impala SSWELCOME, N.C. (January 24, 2012)�- Richard Childress Racing announced today the extension of its longtime partnership with BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The full-service financial institution will serve as primary sponsor for five races on the No. 31 Chevrolet and driver Jeff Burton,...more»
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All That for Nothing: NHTSA Closes Investigation into Chevy Volt Battery Fires, Finds Nothing to Worry About
Who could have predicted such an outcome? NHTSA has closed its nearly two-month investigation into the fiery deaths of some crash-tested Chevy Volts, concluding that “no discernible defect trend exists and that the vehicle modifications recently developed by General Motors reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts.” Some more choice quotes from [...]
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Carl Edwards opts out of NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2012
Carl Edwards - Jared C. Tilton / Getty Images for NASCARDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After competing the past seven years for Roush Fenway Racing in the Nationwide Series, all while running a full Cup Series schedule, Carl Edwards has decided not to run any Nationwide races in 2012. “The way we’re approaching this season is,...more»
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Sport Clips Haircuts Renews Partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing
“Denny Hamlin Will Drive No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race in Darlington; Will Also Sponsor Seven NASCAR Nationwide Series Races with Hamlin and Logano” Sports Clips HaircutsHuntersville, NC (January 17, 2012) ? Joe Gibbs Racing announces today that Sport Clips Haircuts will sponsor a total of eight races during the...more»
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Brynildsen joins Ostberg for Sweden
Leading Norwegian driver Eyvind Brynildsen will make his debut in a World Rally Car on Rally Sweden, when he joins Mads Ostberg's Adapta Motorsport team. The 24-year-old Brynildsen will drive a sister Fiesta RS WRC to the one being used by Ostberg himself
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Caldarelli joins Toyota as junior driver
Toyota has signed single-seater racer Andrea Caldarelli to its sportscar squad as a junior driver for the 2012 season. The Italian, a former member of the Toyota Young Driver Programme (TDP) when the manufacturer competed in Formula 1, will attend rounds of the World Endurance Championship and take part in simulator work to get used to endurance racing.
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Official: Bugatti showcases the Bumblebee of Veyrons in Qatar
Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Bugatti, Misc. Auto Shows, Middle East
With a gazillion color options for every little part of the Bugatti Veyron, there's no reason why any two examples should be alike. (Except for maybe an inverse correlation between wealth and imagination.) So it would stand to reason that every Bugatti should be considered a special edition of one. And that certainly appears to be the case, as the French marque seems to bring out another special edition at every possible opportunity.
That opportunity last arose at the Dubai Motor Show, where Bugatti presented three unique examples of the Veyron Grand Sport, the vehicle that holds the title of "world's fastest convertible." Now the elite marque is returning to the Persian Gulf for the Qatar Motor Show with what appears (to our eyes, at least) to be one of the same examples, decked out in yellow and black - said to be founder Ettore Bugatti's favorite color combination. Thoughtfully, however, they've provided a brace of new real-world photos.
The lower part of the body has been done up in lacquered carbon fiber, the upper part in bright yellow and the wheels in black along. Inside, the center console has likewise been finished in black, with seats clad in yellow leather with black stitching and the inverse for the dashboard, wheel and shifter.
While Molsheim apparently didn't feel the need to give this particular example a unique name, they might as well have. And for a few euros extra, we're sure they'd be glad to. As it stands, Bumblebee's aristocratic Alsatian cousin is available for a princely 1.58 million euros - a little over two million in dead presidents. But if this particular color combination isn't to your liking, 45 out of the original allotment of 150 units are still available to order, with prices starting at 1.4 million euros. Check out more details in the official press release after the jump.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Report: Volvo looking for small car partner
Filed under: Volvo
There are drawbacks to being the property of a larger conglomerate, to be sure, but there are also benefits. Taking advantage of group buying power, shared developments costs and synergies with products from other divisions, for instance. And these are things that, since splitting off from Ford a couple of years ago, Volvo does not have at its disposal any longer.
That's why the Swedish automaker is looking for a partner with which to share development costs - specifically those attached to developing a new small car range. Volvo is presently preparing to unveil the V40 (teased in the picture above), a new five-door hatchback/sportwagon positioned against the increasingly lucrative market currently dominated by the likes of the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series.
Whatever it is that Volvo needs to get its new projects off the ground and out on the road, apparently parent company Geely, the Chinese automaker that bought Volvo from Ford in 2010, doesn't have it.
Volvo looking for small car partner originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Regan Smith takes 78 car for a spin in the snow
DENVER, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2012) — Within one week, Regan Smith went from driving the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway to the high ski slopes in Telluride, Colo. And that begs the question: Why was the 28-year-old Smith, dressed in his Furniture Row firesuit, driving the race [...]
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Report: CA bank robber foiled by vanity plates bearing own name
Filed under: SUV, Etc., Ford, Police/Emergency
There's no such thing as the perfect crime, but some criminals are clearly more perfect than others. According to UT San Diego, a man wearing latex gloves and sunglasses recently strolled into a Chase Bank in San Diego, pointed a gun at a teller and began demanding money. The teller wisely obliged, handing over $2,920 in cash before the robber took to his vehicle and fled in a white Ford Expedition. Onlookers were quick to jot down the vehicle's vanity license plate, which read ALMDUDE. It didn't take police long to track down the vehicle's owner, 27-year-old Robert Alm.
While we're not surprised to hear of a their using their own vehicle to flee a crime scene, using one with vanity plates proudly proclaiming the thief's name is something new. Alm has since been booked on suspicion of robbery. Police say the man is homeless and has been living in the Expedition.
CA bank robber foiled by vanity plates bearing own name originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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20 Years of Jeff Gordon and the #24 DuPont Chevrolet
NASCAR BECAME A WHOLE NEW WORLD WHEN GORDON/DUPONT ENTERED THE RACE CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 21, 2012) “A Whole New World” appropriately was the No. 1 song on the pop charts the year Jeff Gordon came on the NASCAR Cup Series scene in the rainbow-colored Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet and took the motorsports world [...]
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Stewart-Haas Racing Welcomes Aspen Dental as Primary Sponsor of No. 39 Team
Stewart-Haas Racing Welcomes Aspen Dental Reason To Smile as Fast-Growing Network of Dental Care Providers Inks Multi-Year Deal To Become Primary Sponsor of No. 39 Team and Driver Ryan Newman KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2012) ? Aspen Dental, one of the largest and fastest-growing networks of dental care providers in the United States, has reached [...]
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City Tests Out Parking Sensors, But So Far Just For Space-Finding App
A line of yellow parking sensors, each roughly the size of a hockey puck, lines a block of East 187th Street in the Bronx. Photo: Noah Kazis
New York City took a significant step today toward modernizing the way it allocates scarce curbside parking spaces, but it remains to be seen whether the city will embrace [...]
New York City took a significant step today toward modernizing the way it allocates scarce curbside parking spaces, but it remains to be seen whether the city will embrace [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Ford confirms Latvala cannot continue
Ford technical director Christian Loriaux has confirmed Jari-Matti Latvala has retired from the Monte Carlo Rally. The Finn went off the road on the fourth stage today, rolling his Fiesta RS WRC out of the lead. The crew are out of the car and uninjured, but after the Automobile Club de Monaco elected not to run the superally regulation, the Ford team leader's rally is run as he cannot get back on the road.
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Burris Best at Bristol
Kevin Burris edged one step closer to the 2011 Season Four iRacing.com Late Model Tour (iLMT) title during Round 11 as he took the overall victory at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Over 700 sim racers took to the high banks in the popular short track car over the seven day span to test their luck and skill against the best on the iRacing service but, in the end, it was the point leader edging-out the weekly victory. Burris? victory came during Thursday’s 2840 Strength of Field (SoF) race in which he led 18 laps from the pole position. He edged Trey Jarrell by under two tenths of a second for a victory with Alex Ciambrone, Aaron Easler and Gary Dawson completing the top five. Jarrell led 32 laps in the [...]
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Austin track begins ticketing process
The Circuit of the Americas has begun the process of offering tickets for the Austin venue's inaugural Formula 1 grand prix in November this year, launching a 'Select Seating Wait List' for its opening events. The venue has also released further artist's impressions of the track, construction of which is expected to be completed in August . From Monday, fans will be able to register for 'personal seat licences' via the track website , giving them first call on premium grandstand seating and suites for events at the new venue.
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Report: One-off Mercedes 500K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard
Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Etc., Mercedes-Benz, Specialty
Being agriculturally inclined to build barns in the country, we don't expect barn finds to turn up in the middle of a high-turnover metropolis. Yet that's been happening more regularly of late, and writer Michael Mraz has found another example in South Central, Los Angeles: a one-of-one Mercedes-Benz 1935 Caracciola 500K built especially for Silver Arrows race driver Rudolph Caraccioloa. It is pictured above in better days, after having been restored and displayed on the lawn at the Pebble Beach concours in the late 1970s.
What's amazing about the Caracciola 500K, and tragic for car lovers, is that it has a good deal of company: in a piece called "Wheels of Fortune" in the February issue of Town & Country magazine, Mraz found scaffolds full of vintage metal in awful condition, rusting outside in a parts yard called Porche Foreign Auto. They include:
Porche Foreign Auto was started in 1967 by a German butcher named Rudi Klein, who bought the Caracciola 500K after it was shown at Pebble in 1978. He took it to a Mercedes show in Newport Beach in 1980, and when it wouldn't start he loaded it on a trailer and took it home. It hasn't been seen since, outside of the parts yard....a pair of one-off prewar Maybachs; one of two Iso Grifo Spyders (designed and engineered by Giotto Bizzarrini, who also has the Ferrari 250 GTO on his r�sum�); one of 29 alloy-bodied Mercedes Gullwings...; a couple of BMW 502s and 507s; a half-dozen or so Lamborghini Miuras, with their mighty V12 engines; and the last surviving example of the seven Horch 855 Spezial Roadsters ever built, a specimen once owned by Eva Braun that was for a time on loan to the Audi Museum in Germany. (Audi was founded by August Horch.) Parked one on top of the other are dozens upon dozens of Porsche Carrera carcasses....
Klein passed away, and his salvage yard is overseen by his sons, who won't let any gawkers into to view the cars. Even Mraz was denied entry. But he spoke to folks who have seen the collection, and one said that there are vehicles people have sought for decades and thought had been destroyed. The head of the Mercedes Classic Center in Irvine believes the Caracciola 500K could be worth more than the 1937 540K Spezial Roadster that was auctioned for nearly $10 million at last year's RM Auctions at Pebble. But we might never know.
Town & Country doesn't have a proper website, so pick up the magazine to read the piece and see what the automotive world is missing. There's a sample of it in the attached gallery, but be warned, it's not pleasant to see.
One-off Mercedes 500K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Loeb pulls away as Hirvonen flies
Sebastien Loeb continues to lead the Monte Carlo Rally after the penultimate full day, while a second straight stage win for his new Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen brought the Finn closer to Petter Solberg's third place. This afternoon's action consisted of just the 29-kilometre SS13, after which the field will head down from the World Rally Championship opener's initial base in Valence to Monte Carlo itself, ready for Saturday's afternoon and evening stages, and Sunday's power stage. Loeb drove relatively conservatively through this afternoon's stage, still stretching his lead just a little to complete the leg with a 2m12.4s advantage over Dani Sordo's Mini in second place.
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MORE THAN 1000 FANS CELEBRATE MATT HAGAN'S 2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS HOMETOWN
MATT HAGAN 2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPION CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (Dec. 19, 2011) More than 1000 fans and friends celebrated Matt Hagan's 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship at the special event hosted by Shelor Motor Mile in...
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Carella's 2011 World Title Turns a New Page in F1 H2O Series!
F1 H2O / F1 Powerboat News ABU DHABI - January 2, 2012 Italian Alex Carella of the Qatar Team used both his driving skills and youthful exuberance to overtake his wily veteran teammate Jay Price of the USA with a...
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Auctions: Barrett-Jackson 2012: 1933 Pierce-Arrow sells for $2 million [UPDATE: w/video]
Filed under: Classics, Auctions
For the first time since 1973, a Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow has gone up for auction. Just five of these historic machines were ever built, and only three are known to exist today. So, it's rare. But it's also fast. In 1933, when the Silver Arrow went on the market, its top speed of 115 miles per hour was extremely impressive.
So, when a Pierce-Arrow rolled down the block at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, there were plenty of eyes glued on the stage. And there were also bidders. Deep-pocketed bidders, in fact. Before the gavel fell, bidding quickly passed the million-dollar mark, with several interested parties.
The final bid came in at an even $2,000,000 and that means the final selling price was $2.2 million. Check out our live photo gallery of the 1933 Pierce-Arrow above and watch it cross the break on video after the break.
Continue reading Barrett-Jackson 2012: 1933 Pierce-Arrow sells for $2 million [UPDATE: w/video]
Barrett-Jackson 2012: 1933 Pierce-Arrow sells for $2 million [UPDATE: w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Senna says he has family support
Bruno Senna says his family has given its full blessing to his tie-up with Williams this year, despite his uncle Ayrton losing his life with the team back in 1994. Williams ended months of speculation about the identity of its second driver on Tuesday when it announced that Senna will line-up alongside Pastor Maldonado for 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
2012 CES: Hands On with the Mercedes-Benz DICE Interior Concept
This year?s Consumer Electronics Show showed more evidence of the inevitable convergence of the digital life and driving. Regardless of whether you see this as a benefit or the coming of the robot apocalypse, nearly every automaker has a plan to make our vehicles as connected as our smartphones. Mercedes-Benz?s vision is shown in the [...]
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iRacer Profile: Joni Hagner
It would come as no surprise if Finland?s Joni Hagner were to stop into his local tattoo parlor for some bow-tie ?ink.?� After all, he?s pretty much a Chevrolet kind of guy when it comes to iRacing.� A fixture in the top ten of the Corvette class of the iRacing.com Prototype and GT Challenge (Fixed and Open), he?s got his first championship in sight heading into the final weekend of 2011 Season 4, holding a narrow edge on Fernando Pento in the Fixed Set-up series.� He?s also piloted his ?Vette to the runner-up spot behind countryman Teemu Vuolle in the Open Set-up series. And Hagner is a very respectable P31 in Division 2 of the NASCAR Class A standings in, what else, a Chevrolet Impala. In truth, Hagner?s not so [...]
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Loeb leads after Latvala?s crash
Sebastien Loeb holds a comfortable lead at the end of day one of the Monte Carlo Rally after rival Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out of first place.
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Sprint Introduces 2012 Miss Sprint Cup Lineup
Newcomer Kristen Beat (center) Joins Returning Members Kim Coon (right) and Jaclyn Roney (left) - Photo Credit: Sprint NextelNewcomer Kristen Beat �Joins Returning Members Kim Coon and Jaclyn Roney HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.�? Jan. 21, 2012 ? Thousands of fans met the 2012 Miss Sprint Cup lineup during today?s NASCAR Preview Presented by Sprint in Charlotte, N.C....more»
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2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Tested: Looks Like Nothing Else, Drives Like A Few Somethings Else
Land Rover has been trying to bolster its sales with a small ute for a while. The first, 2002?s Freelander, was slow, unpretty, and?at a base price of less than $26,000?might have been a bit too cheap to support the cachet of its brand. In Europe, where the brand?s image still is intimately tied to [...]
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Tech 1 keen on GP3 rule changes
Tech 1 Racing team manager Sarah Abadie has welcomed proposals - revealed in this week's AUTOSPORT magazine - to relax GP3's three cars per team stipulation. GP3 CEO Bruno Michel told AUTOSPORT that teams would only have to run two cars each this year, with a third optional if they wished. "We want to protect the teams' futures, and that is absolutely one of the reasons why we are doing this," said Michel
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