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Thursday, April 18, 2013
M-Sport R5 could make Corsica debut
M-Sport's Ford Fiesta R5 could make its public debut on next month's Tour de Corse.
Truex and Ambrose Pace Friday Texas Sprint Cup Practice Sessions
Photo Credit:�Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images By: Toby Christie ?�Follow on Twitter @Tobalical The trend of 2013 is that guys like Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Brad Keselowski will be among the quickest of the litter, but two surprise names topped the charts Friday during the two practice sessions at Texas Motor Speedway. It [...]
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Horner: Webber conspiracy talk rubbish
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has furiously dismissed suggestions of a conspiracy against Mark Webber on the back of a nightmare weekend at Shanghai for the Australian.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Seeks Bounce Back Where He?s Enjoyed Past Success
You can say Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a rough day at the office at Martinsville Speedway where a 24th-place finish ended his brief NASCAR Sprint Cup points reign. Earnhardt fell from first to third, 12 points behind Jimmie Johnson and six arrears of Brad Keselowski. Texas Motor Speedway represents a good chance for Junior to [...]
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
First Drive: 2014 Jaguar F-Type
Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Jaguar, First Drives
Stepping Into The Lion's Den With A Big-Hearted Cat
If you're like me - and our demographics suggests you are - you've probably never seen a new Jaguar sportscar at your local showroom. I'm 36, and it hasn't happened in my lifetime... and not by a little bit. Oh, there have been a string of XK coupes and convertibles, and as of late, there have even been some genuine high-performance specials - namely the R, R-S and R-S GT models - but their basis has always been the 2+2 grand tourer shell, not a lighter and smaller footprint with more intrinsic sporting intent. The truth is that it's been a half-century since Jaguar introduced a proper new sportscar. Today, most people know the brand strictly as a purveyor of wood- and hide-lined luxury sedans.
In fact, if you're not an enthusiast with some appreciation for the marque's history, it's a bit odd to hear Jaguar executives proclaim that they are a sportscar company and always have been. By their reckoning, the 2014 F-Type seen here is in fact a return to form, a Rip Van Winkled brand pillar reanimated and reimagined to take center stage. It's a sentiment that must be particularly odd for car shoppers in developing markets like China, where Jaguar hasn't even been selling cars for very long. Yet because the original 1961 E-Type is perhaps the most gorgeous car ever to lay ply on the world's roads, we're prepared to cut them some slack.
Given a desire to project its lengthy and distinguished (if distant) sportscar history into the present, we couldn't really have blamed Jaguar if they decided to just update the E-Type's visuals and pull what's underneath into modernity, à la Ford GT. (In fact, there's already a well-respected British outfit, Eagle, commanding big dollars for doing largely the same thing). There's also a middle 'homage' path - think 1956 BMW 507 begets 2000 Z8 roadster. Yet Jaguar hasn't taken the easy way out and created a doppelganger or even a historical pastiche. Yes, if you look hard enough, you'll find subtle nods to the E-Type, but they aren't immediately obvious. In fact, Jaguar has embarked on nothing short of a radical design overhaul of its entire lineup over the last half-decade or so (beginning with 2008's XF sedan) in an effort to upend its image as traditional luxury transport for the world's elderly elite.
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Felipe Massa admits he does not fully understand his loss of pace mid-way through the Chinese Grand Prix. The Brazilian had shadowed team-mate Fernando Alonso, who went on to claim an assured victory , in the early, soft-rubber stages of the race
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