Pressure Mounts to Bounce Mosley
Pressure on Max Mosley to resign as president of the FIA mounted during the week-end, building on the decision by the royal prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, earlier in the week to uninvited Mosley from this week-end’s Formula One race in that country.Three time world champion and Formula One elder, Sir Jackie Stewart - pictured here - told the press in Bahrain where he is a guest of the crown prince that it was time for Mosley to go.Referring to the crown prince’s actions...

Unreal: Max Wants a Meeting of the FIA – His “Privacy” Has Been Invaded
According to Autoweek.com, FIA president Max Mosley has called for a meeting of the FIA general assembly in extraordinary session.Why? "The full membership of the FIA will be invited to attend the meeting at which the widespread publicity following an apparently illegal invasion of the FIA president’s privacy will be discussed. It is anticipated that the meeting will take place in Paris. It will be held on the earliest practicable date. No further comments will be made by the FIA regarding the...

Gemballa GTR 550 TARGA
Gemballa released a new tuning kit based on the 997 Targa. Called GTR 550 TARGA, the new tuning kit features new AVALANCHE-Chassis, Front Bonnet GT / GT EVO, Front Skirt AVALANCHE, Front Spoiler Lip GT2 EVO Carbon, Rear Skirt GTR EVO, Rear Spoiler GT and RACING 20" BLACK EDITION. [source]

JUN Veyron Top Speed Car - designed to hit 500 km/h!
A while ago the Ultimate Aero SSC smashed Bugatti’s Veyron world speed record for production cars. If the old record was 407 km/h, the Aero was able to hit a top seed of 411 km/h. Of course this made Bugatti angry! And until they will be able to come with something faster, the tuning companies are trying to come with an idea!We are talking in here about the first private tuning over a Veyron. The Jun Veyron now has a maximum power of 1413 hp!!! And is designed to hit a top speed of 500 km/h 310...

Knight Rider series to debut this fall
The Knight Rider TV-Movie pilot was a great success, so BC has greenlit the new Knight Rider as an ongoing series to debut this fall. It’s possible the show will be given a Friday night timeslot when NBC announces its fall schedule at their Upfront presentation this coming Wednesday.However, NBC is making it clear that the schedule they announce this week could very well change based on various factors, including how their pilots progress and what competition the other networks schedule – the...

EBay bid of the day: 1999 Vector M12
A very rare supercar is now for sale o eBay: the 1999 Vector M12. Current bid: $100.000. "This 1999 Vector M12 is beautiful with a silver exterior and blue leather interior reflecting its superior power and performance. This is a one of a kind rare vehicle with a 5.7 liters 12 cylinders engine pushing out close to 500 HP."The Vector M12 is powered by a a 5707 cc Lamborghini V12 engine, which produced 492 PS 362 kW and 425 ft-lbf 576 N-m of torque at 5200 rpm. With this power, the car was able to...

OnStar announces Destination Download
OnStar today announced the introduction of two new navigational services to complement and enhance its existing Turn-by-Turn service, the most widely available navigation system on the market. These features solidify GM’s leadership in navigation with more vehicles on the road with embedded navigation systems and more options than any other automaker. The first new service is OnStar Destination Download, which enables OnStar subscribers with screen-based navigation systems to quickly input their...

I Can Buy A Corvette for That!!!!!!
$48,000.That’s the price that TopSpeed.com reported, earlier today, will be the possible list for the Chevy Volt at its introduction.That’s above the sticker for a moderately well-equipped C6 Corvette. Hell, it’s above what you’ve gotta pay for a Cadillac DTS or a V-6 CTS or STS.About two weeks ago, when Bob Lutz was talking to the Volt acolytes at the New York Auto Show and told the assembled multitude that GM would lose money on every one of them, we put up a post suggesting that GM ought to...

Carroll Shelby sued by Unique Performance customers
The liquidation of the Texan company, Unique Performance, brought nothing but trouble to Carroll Shelby, because he is now being sued by the former clients of the shady car customizer. Although his only involvement in the Unique Performance was to give the license for the use of the Shelby brand for some models the plaintiffs sustain that he is in fact guilty for their loss.There are around 140 people with claims who paid for the desired car but never got to see it. More than sixty-one cars were seized...

Jenna Jameson's Murcielago for sale
Who is Jenna Jameson? For those who don’t know her she is known as the "Queen of porn". And she is tired of her old supercar and she put it on sale on eBay.This Murcielago is a rare 6 speed, V12 6.2, factory chrome wheels, pearl yellow, factory yellow stiching, indash touch screen radio, aftermarket exhuast , front lift system and more. This car is beautiful and turns heads everywhere you go. It has an incredible sound and the power to match. It has just had a new kevlar clutch, flywheel, filters...