Cape Town to Host Volvo Ocean Race Stopover
22 Feb 2010, 11:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / {img1 algn=left}The upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, due to start from Alicante in Spain in the autumn of 2011, will make its first stop in Cape Town. The South African port will host the stopover for the...
BMW Choses New Brand Ambassador in Australia
22 Feb 2010, 11:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW has chosen a new ambassador who will represent the brand in Australia, in the person of master chef George Calombaris. Recently, Calombarid took some his chef suit off and jumped straight int...
Stoner Reckons Rossi Will Be the Rider to Beat in 2010
22 Feb 2010, 11:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former road-racing motorcycle champion Casey Stoner admitted that Valentino Rossi again looks like the rider to beat in the 2010 MotoGP championship, following the first test action at Sepang earlie...
Bentley Boutique Heads to Geneva 2010
22 Feb 2010, 11:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Bentley’s first ever dedicated Boutique will open at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show next month, allowing visitors to choose from a selection of Bentley branded merchandise from the Bentley Collecti...
Toyota Brags It Saved $100M with Cheap Accelerator Fix
22 Feb 2010, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If there were a book on how to poorly manage a disastrous situation, then it may as well have been called "Toyota Recall"... In the latest piece of news pushing Toyota even more towards th...
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne Received a 41 Percent Pay Rise in 2009
22 Feb 2010, 10:41 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fiat’s Chief Executive Officer, Sergio Marchionne, earned $6.5 million in 2009 (4.8 million euro), a figure which can be translated into a 41 percent increase, as Bloomberg reports, citing da...
Virgin Scrap Aero Package for Bahrain Due to Reliability Issues
22 Feb 2010, 10:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing did not walk away from the Jerez testing last week with too many positive signs of improvement for the season opening round Bahrain Grand Prix, as a hydraulic problem prevented their V...
Mitsubishi ASX Photos Released Ahead of Geneva Debut
22 Feb 2010, 10:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi will attend the 2010 Geneva Motor Show to showcase the company's latest contraption, the ASX crossover which is already on sale in Japan as RVR. The car is projected to go on sale th...
2011 BMW 5 Series Touring to Premiere at AMI
22 Feb 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker BMW announced today the presentation date for the remaining model in the new 5 Series range, the Touring, scheduled for April 9, during the 2010 Auto Mobil International (AMI) show i...
New Volkswagen Touareg German Prices Released
22 Feb 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German consumers who are planning to buy the new Volkswagen Touareg can already place their orders at dealerships across the country, with prices to start at 50,700 Euros. In fact, prices are depend...
Todt Rules Out Indonesian GP for the Next 10 Years
22 Feb 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) visited Indonesia last week, several publications in Europe and worldwide took this as a sign of Formula One maybe heading towards...
MINI Connected to Debut at Geneva 2010
22 Feb 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2010 Geneva Auto Show next month will be the perfect venue for MINI to launch an world-first in-car entertainment solution. Dubbed MINI Connected, the technology makes use of a technology for in...
Senna's Seat at Campos Is Safe under New Management
22 Feb 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that Campos Grand Prix has underwent some major management changes during the past few days will reportedly not change Bruno Senna's status within the team. The nephew of 3-time world ...
BMW Megacity Vehicle, Built in Leipzig from 2013
22 Feb 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several months of absence from the public eye, German carmaker's BMW Megacity Vehicle is again under the spotlight. A report in German magazine Automobile Woche, cited by BMWblog, say...
GM Pondering New Chinese Plant to Meet Demand
22 Feb 2010, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese market is posting a huge increase and carmakers building cars in the country have turned to all kind of measures supposed to help them keep up with demand. But General Motors is trying t...
Chrysler to Keep Sterling Heights Plant
22 Feb 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chrysler Group LLC has recently reached an agreement with the shell company holding its old assets to buy the Sterling Heights, Michigan production site for $20 million, as Reuters reports, citing B...
Moto2 Class to Have Honda Engines
22 Feb 2010, 09:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Two seasons before the MotoGP will benefit from 1000cc power plants, the Moto 2 class will make its debut this year. Moto2, a new category that has been created to replace the 2-stroke 250cc class, ...
Soucek to Sign Reserve Deal with Virgin Racing
22 Feb 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Virgin Racing already secured a test/reserve driver deal with Brazilian racer Luiz Razia, the British team is still looking for a second driver to fulfill the aforementioned duties througho...
Petrov Said Grosjean's F1 Future Was Compromised by 2009 Error
22 Feb 2010, 09:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A couple of years ago, French-licensed Romain Grosjean was listed as one of the most promising young drivers in formula racing. At his very debut in the GP2 Series, he emerged as winner of the Asian...
Skoda Working on Logan Rival
22 Feb 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Earlier today it has emerged that Skoda is working on a new model that would join the range between the Fabia subcompact and the Octavia sedan. However, according to a report by Autonews, the car is...