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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mustang Is Going to Race in NASCAR Although Mustang is America’s favorite sport car, it is popular among amateurs, not racers. However, the manufacturer plans to change this fact by putting the Mustang on the NASCAR racing track in 2010 Nationwide Series.The director of Ford North America Motorsports, Brian Wolfe, explains that they were talking with the NASCAR arrangers for quite some time about the Mustang and its participation in the race. “We both saw it as a way of differentiating the series from Sprint Cur. We loved the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:07 Article Views Rating: 150 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > 2009 BMW Z4 boasts hideaway hard top | detnews.com | The Detroit News The proportion of hard tops to soft tops for convertibles and sports cars continues to evolve -- but not in the way you might think. Increasingly, manufacturers are equipping their droptops with folding metal contraptions, despite their complexity and cost. The latest example: the 2009 BMW Z4, the first roadster from the Bavarian manufacturer with a hideaway hard top. It succeeds the Z4 Roadster and Coupe. Others that have recently installed hard tops include Volkswagen's Eos, Infiniti's G37, Chrysler's... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:14:58 Article Views Rating: 71 Main > Car Makers News > Other > A Huge Collision Took Place in Germany A terrible auto crash happened in Germany on one of the autobahns after a heavy rain. Several cars lost control, which lead to a series of collisions. More than 66 people are reported to be injured. 259 cars collided in the late Sunday afternoon on the A2 autobahn near Brunswick, northern Germany. The road connects Berlin and the Dutch border near Braunschweig and Hanover. Many people were heading that day to Germany where the school holidays started. Three major pile-ups happened on the 20 mile stretch... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:58 Article Views Rating: 55 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Peel out with a set of orange-oil tires | detnews.com | The Detroit News Automakers and their suppliers love to talk about technology transfers, especially those that move from the highly competitive and exciting environment of racetracks to the mundane but much more important public roadways. The Yokohama Tire Corp. has a new tech transfer ready to roll -- tires made by using the oil from orange peels to replace much of the petroleum-based oil that goes into tire production. Officially, Yokohama's new tire is the dB Super E-spec, which the Japanese rubber company calls "the... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:53 Article Views Rating: 61 Main > Car Makers News > Audi > Audi TTS is powerful driving machine | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2009 Audi TTS arrived in America at the end of last year as the performance version of an already very capable coupe. I hope it applies for citizenship. A powerful turbocharged all-wheel drive little coupe is the kind of citizen we need to encourage to immigrate here. The redesigned TT is already a looker, refined with a modern and graceful appearance, its curvy fenders matching the gentle slope of the roof. The TTS adds some pieces that help differentiate itself from the regular TT, but nothing... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:49 Article Views Rating: 71 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > Sneak Peek: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe | detnews.com | The Detroit News Newly un-retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz confirmed this month that the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe was still a go. Compared to the prototypes we saw last year, these new prototypes look almost production-ready down to the two massive, center-mounted exhaust outlets; larger, sportier wheels; and V-series badging. We can also see that this new prototype is NOT sporting cross-drilled rotors as the first prototypes were. Additionally, pieces of black tape cover the V-series badges just behind the front... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:48 Article Views Rating: 46 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > Critics attack BMW's electric Mini E | detnews.com | The Detroit News In his Santa Monica, Calif., gallery, Samuel Freeman displays a nifty bit of automotive art, a full-size replica of a Chevy V-8 engine made out of stained glass. But Freeman himself worships at the church of the electric car. In November 2008, Freeman was one of nearly 2,000 people who signed up to lease a Mini E -- an experimental electric-vehicle conversion of BMW's charming, capering retro-runabout. In early June, he was one of the lucky 450 Americans to get a car, and since then he's been ripping up... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:47 Article Views Rating: 45 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Outstanding new cars buck auto crisis | detnews.com | The Detroit News Just because the auto industry is in crisis does not mean that appealing new or revised cars and trucks have disappeared. Starting at the small end of the scale but punching well above its weight is the Kia Soul. This Korean newcomer steps into a sub-compact class already populated by several strong contenders, notably the Scion xB and the Nissan Cube. But in a category where cereal box-styling seems to dominate, the Soul manages to carve its niche with a design that looks practical and sporty at the... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:46 Article Views Rating: 35 Main > Car Makers News > Mercedes-Benz > Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is compact luxury | detnews.com | The Detroit News Americans would have been lousy hunters and gatherers. That's why we invented Costco. The buy-it-by-the-barrelful mentality perpetuates the American need to gather too much stuff while hunting for a deal. I've gone broke saving money at this mega-volume store. For some, the problem with Costco is the same as the problem with many SUVs: Both offer too much and are just too big for practical purposes. No one tows a boat to work every day, and no one needs 200 frozen chicken breasts. Downsizing is the new... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-24 10:35:42 Article Views Rating: 56 Main > Week in Photos > Other > Cenex and E.ON Official Partners of FS09 Cenex has jumped on board to become the official partner of this year’s ‘green fuels’ Class 1 A category in Formula Student FS 09.The UK's first Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies is backing Class 1 A A referring to alternative in FS09, Europe’s biggest student motorsport event. FS09 will take place between 16-19 July at the world-famous Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire and will challenge university students from Delhi to Dublin to design, build... Full article... Article added: 2009-07-06 16:03:51 Article Views Rating: 106 |
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