Cummins Will Bring One-off Modified Napier-Railton to Goodwood
29 Jun 2011, 06:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, Cummins, the world’s largest independent maker of diesel engines, brought something really outrageous to the Goodwood Festival of Speed - a little MINI stuffed full with 11 tonnes o...
Microsoft to Sponsor Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
29 Jun 2011, 06:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / With just a few days left until this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed kicks off, a new sponsor decided to use the event to promote its products: Microsoft. The company will use the Supercar R...
Power by BMW Auction to Include Spicup Unique Concept Car
28 Jun 2011, 16:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The upcoming single-marque auction prepared by Bonhams for this October and featuring both BMW cars and motorcycles is to feature an extremely interesting lot in the form of the 1969 Geneva Auto Sho...
Subaru Proves Its Might With Class Win at Nurburgring
28 Jun 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Impreza STI has claimed an impressive class win at the infamous 24 Hour Nurburgring race this weekend. The WRX STI tS, which was specially prepared by Subaru Tecnica International (STI), the fir...
BMW Cars and Motorcycles Ready for Single Marque Auction
28 Jun 2011, 14:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first BMW-only event since the sale of the Willy Neutkens Collection of BMW Motorcycles at the BMW Museum in Munich in 2009 is to take place this October, Bonhams announced today. The new single...
Rare 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Cabriolet Up for Auction
28 Jun 2011, 14:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of the 100 car lineup prepared by Bonhams for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, on July 1st, 2011, an extremely rare 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Cabriolet previously owned by that le...
Nissan LEAF Bags First Pikes Peak Electric Production Class Trophy
28 Jun 2011, 07:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This weekend’s 89th edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb saw clear skies and good weather, a perfect setting of the all-electric Nissan LEAF to shine and enjoy its glory, as it h...
Bentley Ute Caters to Gentlemen's Farming Needs
27 Jun 2011, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone made a greyhound/pig hybrid? Well, this is the automotive equivalent of that half-breed monstrosity - a unique Bentley Ute that’s to be sold...
Porsche Took Home Nurburgring Victory With 911 GT3 RSR
27 Jun 2011, 13:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche has proven it still has the right stuff, winning its fifth Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race in six years. In front of over 220,000 spectators a 911 RSR from Team Manthey took the chequere...
Rare 1934 Mercedes-Benz 540K Could Set New World Record Auction Price
27 Jun 2011, 13:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / World records are hard to set, regardless of their type, so every time one is about to happen the attention immediately switches to it. So is the case with a car that, aside from the fact that is fa...
Peugeot Announces Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 Lineup
27 Jun 2011, 12:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As a sponsor to this year’s event, Peugeot is to wow the crowds gathered at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed with a number of vehicles, including the EX1 advanced electric vehicle concept. ...
Scirocco GT24-CNG Pair Finished 1st and 2nd in Class at Nurburgring
27 Jun 2011, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The two blue biogas Scirocco GT24-CNG cars repeated last year’s success by coming first and second in their category. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan for the Golf24 “racing...
Aston Martin V12 Zagato Concept Cars Complete Nurburgring Test
27 Jun 2011, 09:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The three Aston Martin factory-backed entries in the 39th ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hour race, which also included two new V12 Zagato concept cars (affectionately nicknamed ‘Zig’ and ‘Za...
Audi Has Two New R18 TDIs Ready for Imola
24 Jun 2011, 14:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Money seems to be no object for Audi, and neither is time, because the cars that were so badly damaged at Le Mans have been replaced by two new ones, ready for their debut at the fourth round of the...
Maserati Pampers Lady Clients at Salon Prive
24 Jun 2011, 14:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For the fourth year running, Maserati GB exhibited its full range of luxury mobiles at Salon Prive. In addition, the Italian brand decided to make the UK debut of the exciting performance-oriented ...
Audi Bringing Two Legendary Silver Arrows to Goodwood
24 Jun 2011, 11:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Show-goers of this year’s edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed will certainly acquire a taste for classic racers, if they haven’t got one already that is, as the famous British venu...
E-Type Galore at Sandown Park in September
23 Jun 2011, 17:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The big Jaguar celebrations aren’t done yet, as the E-type will arrive on mass at the Sandown Park Race course on Saturday September 3rd this year, when Classic Motor Cars of Bridgnorth ...
Nissan LEAF to Set EV Speed Record at Goodwood... in Reverse
23 Jun 2011, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / {img1]Nissan wants to show British show-goers at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed that there’s more to the LEAF that just its efficiency, so it’s going to set a new EV record up the f...
Volswagen Motorsport to Bring Golf24 Trio to Nurburgring 24
23 Jun 2011, 11:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen will bring a total of three Golf24 racers to this weekend’s Nurburgring endurance event in Germany. The 39 edition of the race coincides with the 35th anniversary of the Golf GTI, s...
Mauro Calo Sets New World Drift Record in a Mercedes C63 AMG
20 Jun 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Last week, a Mercedes-Benz demo driver announced a very ambitious goal, which kept many eagerly awaiting for it to happen... or not. We are talking here about Mauro Calo and his desire to break the ...