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NHRA Museum - First American to 400MPH 50th Anniversary Tribute
NHRA Museum - First American to 400MPH 50th Anniversary Tribute

4 Feb 2010, 11:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Fifty years ago, race driver Mikey Thompson was setting an important motorsports milestone at the Bonnevile Speedway, reaching 406.6 mph, the fastest speed that an American driver had ever traveled ...

 
Nick Heidfeld Signs Deal with Mercedes GP
Nick Heidfeld Signs Deal with Mercedes GP

4 Feb 2010, 10:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After weeks of negotiations between Formula One driver Nick Heidfeld and German-British team Mercedes GP, it has finally been confirmed that the veteran racer will complete the team's driver li...

 
GM Turns Workers into Test Drivers
GM Turns Workers into Test Drivers

4 Feb 2010, 10:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors understood how important the employees’ enthusiasm is, so the automaker decided to launch a program which gives the workers at its Renaissance Center headquarters the chance to ...

 
Red Bull Convinced Schumacher Is Mercedes' Number One
Red Bull Convinced Schumacher Is Mercedes' Number One

4 Feb 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing have missed out on this week's testing in Valencia, but its team principal Christian Horner was all eyes on the action at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. The British official looked ...

 
Shanghai to Host SAE International Vehicle Battery Summit
Shanghai to Host SAE International Vehicle Battery Summit

4 Feb 2010, 10:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / With China now the world’s largest car manufacturer, the most important engineers, scientists and managers from the battery, automotive, utility and lithium mining industries will come togethe...

 
Toyotathon of Death on The Daily Show
Toyotathon of Death on The Daily Show

4 Feb 2010, 10:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's no really easy way to describe the state in which Toyota finds itself at this moment... Oh, wait, there is: unstoppable (literally). And, apparently, there's no stopping media repo...

 
Chevrolet Cruze SS Launched in Singapore. Sort Of...
Chevrolet Cruze SS Launched in Singapore. Sort Of...

4 Feb 2010, 10:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM vice president of global engineering Mark Reuss officially confirmed last year that the Super Sport nameplate will be brought back to life and everybody is now expecting the Chevrolet Cruze SS. S...

 
McLaren Race Engineer Moves to Renault F1
McLaren Race Engineer Moves to Renault F1

4 Feb 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Switching teams in Formula One has become a habit not only for the drivers, but also for the technicians and race engineers nowadays. During the off-season break this winter, there were several &ldq...

 
Fiat Workers on Strike to Save Sicily Plant
Fiat Workers on Strike to Save Sicily Plant

4 Feb 2010, 09:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / After posting serious losses, Fiat decided to make some important changes in order to become profitable again. One important decision was the closure of the Termini Imerese factory in Sicily. Obviou...

 
Polaris Acquires World Motorcycle GP Engine Developer
Polaris Acquires World Motorcycle GP Engine Developer

4 Feb 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Polaris Industries announced the acquisition of the powersports division of swissauto, which will continue to operate in the current swissauto facility located in Burgdorf, Switzerland. The automoti...

 
Button Admits Frustration over Valencia Experience
Button Admits Frustration over Valencia Experience

4 Feb 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button admitted his frustration over his first experience at the wheel of the McLaren MP4-25 on Wednesday, during the last day of the Ricardo Tormo test meeting. The reigning world champion w...

 
Spyshots: 2011 Chevrolet Aveo
Spyshots: 2011 Chevrolet Aveo

4 Feb 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet will introduce the new Aveo sometime this year, probably in the last months of 2010, or maybe early 2011 but only a little is actually known about the car. Well, what we have here is a new...

 
Honda Presents Super Bowl Ad
Honda Presents Super Bowl Ad

4 Feb 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Everybody is getting more and more excited as the Super Bowl is getting closer. And as this is one of the most-viewed TV programs of the year - if not THE MOST viewed - every great company that &quo...

 
Lamborghini Inaugurates Photovoltaic System
Lamborghini Inaugurates Photovoltaic System

4 Feb 2010, 09:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of new environmental program, Italian manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini yesterday inaugurated the new photovoltaic system installed at its Sant’Agata Bolognese factory. The new syste...

 
Chevrolet Cobalt Suspected of Power-Steering Problem
Chevrolet Cobalt Suspected of Power-Steering Problem

4 Feb 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nowadays things went so seriously wrong with the auto industry that every time we hear the word “recall” we instantly get goose bumps and hope the recall is not related to our car. Every...

 
CTS Does Not Make Pedals for Prius and Lexus
CTS Does Not Make Pedals for Prius and Lexus

4 Feb 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With new disturbing information pointing to both accelerator pedals and brakes failing on Toyota's Prius, American supplier CTS stepped forth and decided to prevent any other unwanted connectio...

 
Stefan GP Buys Dallara Chassis, Leaves Campos without 2010 Car
Stefan GP Buys Dallara Chassis, Leaves Campos without 2010 Car

4 Feb 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The officials of Serbian outfit Stefan GP may not be so crazy as most people would have believed. When the team announced they will begin the testing of their 2010 single-seater in late February &nd...

 
SEAT Ibiza ST Released
SEAT Ibiza ST Released

4 Feb 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / SEAT recently presented the new Ibiza ST (Sport Tourer) that will make its first public appearance at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The compact estate car will go on sale in early summer, accordin...

 
Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter Heads to UK
Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter Heads to UK

4 Feb 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Don’t get all excited yet, as Suzuki’s machine will not go on sale, but it will be showcased in London’s Living Room, City Hall, ahead of fleet tests in the UK to begin. First pres...

 
I, Robot. Brought to You by Toyotaaaa!...
I, Robot. Brought to You by Toyotaaaa!...

4 Feb 2010, 09:07 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / ... Over the years I've owned a number of cars. For example, a couple of years ago I was the unhappy owner of a Mercedes-Benz ML. It was the latest model then, but some time had passed since th...