EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: This is a really fun car to drive, and it reinforces the point that you don't need 300 hp or 500 hp to have fun. At just 3,200 pounds, the 230-hp inline-six in this car works hard, but there's plenty of oomph for passing and keeping things interesting. We've had lots of discussions in the past about how expensive the 1-series really is, but here at $32,...
Alfa Romeo celebrated its centenary on June 24 as one of the most storied marques in automotive history, but its future remains uncertain. A.L.F.A was founded in 1910 in Milan as Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica. A.L.F.A.'s first automobile was the 24 HP designed by Giuseppe Merosi. The HP included...
As Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW battle for luxury brand sales leadership this year, Acura has been flying below the radar -- as usual. Honda's upscale division has had a solid year. Sales are up 24 percent over 2009, outpacing the gains made by luxury's big 3. But the recession knocked...
Toyota Motor Corp. agreed on Monday to pay two more safety fines for a total of $32.4 million, the maximum allowable under U.S. law, to settle federal investigations of whether the company notified regulators of safety defects in timely fashion. The fines, in addition to an earlier $16.4 million ...
Belgian Jerome D'Ambrosio will join Timo Glock at the renamed Marussia Virgin Racing Formula One squad in 2011. D'Ambrosio has competed in GP2 for the past three seasons, winning one race. He is managed by Gravity, the company that, like the Renault F1 team, is owned by the Genii Capital Group....
West Racing is giving the world its first look at one of the new Lamborghini LP 560 GT cars that it will run in the 2011 American Le Mans Series.The team, along with tire partner Yokohama, will begin testing the car in January before the official ALMS winter testing session at Sebring International ...
Tony Kanaan will be behind the wheel of an Indy car for De Ferran Dragon Racing in 2011, the race team said on Monday, making official talk that had been circulating for weeks.The move unites Kanaan with friend and former competitive rival Gil de Ferran. De Ferran has said he's trying to assemble a ...
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico, included the announcement of the Formulec EF01, an all-electric single-seater conceived to introduce a new, multichassis, international track-racing series in 2013. The target is for on-track performance on par with the FIA Formula...
Kumho Tire USA is launching “Kumho Tire Drive”--a free multicar racing game application for car enthusiasts who use Apple products.“Kumho Tire Drive” lets the gamer race a supercar equipped with Kumho tires on curvy city streets, a famous proving ground in Germany and other...
Auto supplier Takata is introducing a new driver-alertness warning system to the commercial trucking industry to keep drivers awake. The SafeTrak electronic vision system sounds an alert if a trucker is driving erratically or unintentionally drifting from a lane.A recent AAA study for traffic...
Hyundai Motor Co. released information about its new i40 station wagon on Monday.The new i40 was specifically designed for the European D-segment market at Hyundai's European R&D facility in Rüsselsheim, Germany.Details on the new D-segment car are limited, but the car will have a powertrain...
Ford Racing and RallyCar have teamed up to announce the schedule for the inaugural Fiesta Sports Trophy Championship for the United States in 2011.The first event will be at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally in Wellsboro, Pa., on June 3. It will be the first of seven races spread out over...
OnStar subscribers can request location-based “Santa updates” on Christmas Eve by pressing the blue OnStar button in their car.Santa's global route is trackable from 6 a.m. Eastern on Christmas Eve to 5 a.m. Christmas morning through OnStar data received in partnership with the North...
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