| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  Thursday, February 18, 2010 |  | The 2011 Audi A8... | | The 2011 Audi A8 is a technological juggernaut, and through its use of lightweight materials, more efficient engines and a bevy of electronic features, it sets the tone for future offerings from the luxury automaker. Oh, and the third generation of the German maker's flagship sedan is a great drive, too. The first A8 debuted in 1994 and charted a course for Audi to build elegant, power-ful,... |
|  | | SENIOR EDITOR FOR NEWS BOB GRITZINGER: Except for the extra-wide dual-wheel rear-end, this truck drives more like a lighter-duty Ram than one might expect. Even with an empty bed, the truck handles choppy roads without a lot of bounce, with steering that is spot-on for keeping this monster...
|  | | U.S. highway safety officials will begin a formal investigation into electric power steering complaints in the Toyota Corolla, a person familiar with the plan said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study will focus on vehicles from the 2009 and 2010 model years, said the...
|  | | Takuma Sato will drive for KV Racing Technology in the 2010 Izod IndyCar series after exhausting his options to secure a ride in Formula One. Sato is widely regarded as the best Japanese driver to have reached the top of the sport, and he has a cult following in his home country. He raced for ...
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|  | | Sebastian Vettel was fastest for Red Bull Racing as once again heavy rain and red flags frustrated the Formula One teams' attempts to complete some serious testing. Vettel set his time during a brief break in the weather.However, the big news of the day was the public debut of the Lotus T127, in...
|  | | Three employees of Tesla Motors were killed in a small airplane crash in northern California on Wednesday, the electric-car maker's chief executive said.A Cessna 310 struck an electrical tower after taking off this morning and crashed into a residential neighborhood, killing all three people on...
|  | | Former Audi factory driver Emanuele Pirro will join Drayson Racing for a three events this season.Pirro will drive at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March and at Petit Le Mans in October to bookend the American Le Mans Series season. He'll also drive for Drayson, based in Britain, at the 24 Hours of Le ...
|  | | The new Lotus Racing Formula One team completed its first proper day of running at Jerez in Spain without any major drama, although test driver Fairuz Fauzy did not set a competitive dry-weather time with the T127 on what was mostly a soaking-wet day.The Malaysian's main task was to log almost 190...
|  | | Twenty-three days.As I write this, that is the countdown ticking until Formula One opens the 2010 season with its first practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix. For F1 fans, the clock can't move fast enough.For U.S. F1, all signs say that this imaginary timer might as well be attached to a...
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