Jenson Button Breaks Up with Jessica Michibata
28 May 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One view that never changed in the past year (and a few months) was Jenson Button's father and his girlfriend Jessica Michibata sitting at the same table and watching the 30-year old driver win...
Smyrna Leaf Plant Breaks Ground
28 May 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced yesterday it has broke ground of the new manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee. When ready, the plant will produce lithium-ion batteries for the Nissan L...
Roger Federer Becomes Global Mercedes-Benz Ambassador
28 May 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes-Benz has announced the signing of a complex global marketing partnership with the 16-time Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer, an initiative that will strengthen the bond between the player a...
No Kimi Raikkonen Deal for Red Bull
28 May 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull team principal Christian Horner once again hinted that a contract extension for Mark Webber is possible in the upcoming few weeks. The youngest team manager in the paddock further strengthe...
GM Military Discount Amounted to $24M in 2009
28 May 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As rival Chrysler is getting ready for this weekend's “Letters for Lyrics” campaign, American manufacturer GM decided to give us a taste of what IT has done for the US troops and th...
Jaguar Land Rover Returns to Profit
28 May 2010, 06:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jaguar Land Rover is back in the profit zone, as the company has posted a pre-tax business increase of $46 million (32 million pounds) for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, which ended on 31 March. The ...
Hirvonen Takes Lead in Rally Portugal
28 May 2010, 06:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen knows that he has to mark his comeback into the 2010 WRC title fight at some point this season, and the gravely roads of Rally Portugal should provide him with a good opportunity to s...
Vettel Nicknames New Car 'Randy Mandy'
28 May 2010, 06:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel will be trying to bring his winless streak to an end this weekend, when he'll tackle the Turkish Grand Prix with a brand new car. As we've mentioned in some of our previou...
General Motors Sued Over Einstein Ad
27 May 2010, 15:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / GM’s latest ad in the November issue of People magazine brought it nothing but trouble. Many people might not know this, but the Nobel Prize-winning German scientist left its publicity rights ...
Publicity Stunt Gone Wrong: Audi A1 Rolls Over
27 May 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After seeing Volvo's very own way to mess things up, we though there's nothing that could be more embarrassing for an automaker than to fail to demonstrate its safety technologies in front...
Atomik 500 to Debut at the Salon Prive
27 May 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Remember the all electric Abarth 500 we presented some two months ago? Well, that mean-looking little buzzer is among the supercar debuts at the upcoming Salon Prive event. Dubbed the ‘world&r...
38 Million Licensed U.S. Drivers Would Fail A Written Drivers Test
27 May 2010, 14:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The American roads are not a safe place to be these days. At least this seems to be the conclusion of the 2010 GMAC Insurance National Divers Test, which shows that 38 million licensed drivers in th...
The WHY Yacht, an Island on the Move
27 May 2010, 14:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in February this year, we brought you a not-so-automotive news about what is possibly the most expensive, most luxurious, most exclusive, yacht-extraordinaire, the WHY. In that piece of news, h...
New Kawasaki Dealership Opens in the UK
27 May 2010, 13:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British arm of Kawasaki announced today the appointment of its latest official franchised dealer, A & M Motorcycles of Works, located in Letchworth, UK. The new dealership offers Kawasaki&rs...
Red Bull Confirms F-Duct for Turkey
27 May 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull have finally confirmed that they will use their own version of the F-duct system during the upcoming Turkish Grand Prix. Overall leader of the drivers' classification Mark Webber was t...
Hell on Earth: Huge Unavoidable Highway Pothole
27 May 2010, 13:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Countries and transportation ministries in particular spend millions of euros every year to create and maintain the necessary infrastructure for us, the drivers, to be able to go from point A to poi...
Bugatti Targeting to Sell 5 Cars in China This Year
27 May 2010, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bugatti, the most exclusive brand in Volkswagen Group’s portfolio, is planning to take advantage of the Chinese automotive market’s potential, with the carmaker setting itself a sales ta...
Confirmed: Honda CBF1000F to Enter British Market
27 May 2010, 13:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In early April we were reporting that the Honda CBF1000 might become available in the UK this year, though the manufacturer still had second thoughts about this decision. Now, Honda released a state...
Force India Will Debut F-Duct in Turkey
27 May 2010, 12:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Not only Ferrari and Mercedes GP will debut their brand new versions of the F-duct system in Turkey, but also Force India Mercedes. Italian racer Vitantonio Liuzzi confirmed it on Thursday, saying t...
Azure Dynamics Deliver 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk Vehicles
27 May 2010, 12:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Azure Dynamics announced that it will deliver a fleet of 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk vehicles to Ohio-based Cintas Corporation, with the shipment scheduled for the fourth quarter of the current...