| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Friday, February 12, 2010 | The new Aston Martin Rapide sedan is every bit as smooth and sinuous to drive as it looks on a show stand or in the pages of a magazine. That's as it should be. During its development, the car covered almost 5,000 miles around the Nürburgring's tortuous Nordschleife. We got to drive maybe 100 miles in a Rapide, none of them at the Nürburgring or even at Silverstone, which was just down the... |
|  | | In 2002, Danica Patrick was just another 20-year-old race-car driver hoping to make it big. Obviously she did, and there is no denying that Bobby Rahal--the three-time CART champion, Indianapolis 500 winner and racing businessman extraordinaire--played a big role in her growth. Rahal signed...
|  | | The Indy Racing League put NASCAR on notice earlier this week: The Izod IndyCar Series is tired of being dominated by stock-car racing and it is fighting back, possibly with a stunning--and we were all stunned--all-new car for the 2012 season called the DeltaWing. The wild concept debuted at the...
|  | | SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: Some years ago I was surprised by the level of refinement in the Kia Optima, and the Forte does it again. While not perfect in every way, if this isn't a strong challenge to the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, I don't know what would be. From the...
|  | | Italdesign Giugiaro on Friday unveiled a five-door hybrid hatchback concept that could become the smallest car offered by Malaysian automaker Proton. The concept, which will be unveiled at the Geneva auto show next month, is part of a range of environmentally friendly compact hybrids that Proton ...
|  | | Audi plans to use the E-tron designation for its electric vehicles. Audi cars will carry the E-tron logo on their rear, similar to the way models now bear the "quattro" designation. Audi plans to produce an initial run of 100 units of its E-tron electric sports car at its factory in...
|  | | Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One young-gun Jaime Alguersuari, 19, set the fastest time at the Jerez circuit in Spain on Friday, day three of F1's second group test of the pre-season. Alguersuari's best lap of 1 minute, 19.919 seconds is the quickest at Jerez so far, with one more day left to run. ...
|  | | The FIA--Formula One's governing body--has codified several rules ahead of the 2010 season that begins on March 14 in Bahrain. One rule bans teams from using any sort of "powered" equipment to lift cars in the air during pit stops for new tires, in case any competitors planned to introduce high-...
|  | | Formula One fans will be kept guessing this season as to which engines are the most fuel efficient, after the FIA said that it will no longer release information about cars' fuel loads prior to the start of a race. Because refueling is banned this season, spectators and competitors alike would...
|  | | The story of the golden age of Formula One will be told in an upcoming documentary currently in production. Writer Mark Monroe will attempt to bring all the drama and personalities from one of the most competitive eras in Formula One to the big screen. Monroe's previous works includes the animal...
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|  | | Ford driver Jason White ran 177.525 mph on Thursday night to win the pole for Friday night's season-opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 250 at Daytona. His was one of only two Fords in the top 10, which featured six Chevrolets and two Toyotas. Cup star Elliott Sadler was second in a Chevrolet,...
|  | | Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne won Thursday afternoon's 150-mile qualifying races that helped set the grid for Sunday afternoon's Daytona 500. Johnson beat Kevin Harvick by two inches in the first 60-lap event, then Kahne passed Tony Stewart on the penultimate lap to win the second race by a matter ...
|  | | The Daytona 500 starting grid is now complete.The lineup was set based in part on last weekend's two-lap, single-car time trial results, locking Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. onto the front row. Results from Thursday afternoon's two 150-mile heat races and last year's final top 35 in owner...
|  | | Are we fascinated by Danica Patrick and what she will or won't do, might or might not accomplish, in the countrified, rarefied world of NASCAR simply because her chromosomes differ from everyone else's on the Nationwide grid? Naw, we can't turn our gaze away because there are some of us who want...
|  | | Former Force India team principal Colin Kolles denies that he is involved in a possible "rescue" of the new Campos Meta Formula One team, despite sources close to chassis supplier Dallara suggesting that Kolles is among those in the frame.Sources say Campos is out of cash and has not paid Dallara...
|  | | Level 5 Motorsports, which finished third overall in Grand-Am's Rolex 24 at Daytona last month, confirmed on Thursday that it will join the American Le Mans Series' Le Mans Prototype Challenge class for 2010.Based in Madison, Wis., Level 5 will compete in the full nine-round championship with...
|  | | Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday that it is installing upgraded features for the North American launch of the 2011 Mazda2 this fall. The automaker unveiled the interior of the five-door hatchback at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto.Compared to the current European edition, the North...
|  | | The Silverstone circuit, host of the Formula One British Grand Prix, confirmed on Thursday that the 2010 race will take place on a revised track that will include what is known as the new "Arena" section. The circuit now turns right at the Abbey chicane, instead of veering left under the bridge,...
|  | | Kamui Kobayashi, who made his Formula One debut with Toyota last year in the season's final three races, was quickest on the second day of F1 testing in Jerez, Spain, as the new BMW Sauber-Ferrari driver set his time with a flying lap right at the end of the session.Dry weather meant that teams...
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