Posts Tagged ‘racetracks’
Audi today launched the new A4 in India. Similar to the global market, the new A4 in India will challenge the Mercedes C-class and BMW 3 series. “We are expecting to sell 1,000 of our cars in the Indian market in 2008 as compared to 350 cars last year on the back of growing demand for luxury cars ......
VIDEO: New Speed Racer trailer a visual feast
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
It's very tempting to dismiss the Wachowski brothers' live-action Speed Racer film as a hopeless exercise in ridiculousness. But the problem is that both trailers released show a movie that's utterly drenched with style, as the auteur siblings appear to have held nothing back in trying to bring the ......
Nissan GT-R can’t take aftermarket wheels, unapproved race tracks are out
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Motor Trend's Scott Kanemura sat down with Michizio Niikura, the president of MINE'S Motor Sports, the first aftermarket firm to get its hands on the new Nissan GT-R. The conversation centered on the roadblocks Nissan has put in place to stymie high speeds and limit modifications to the GT-R.We've......
Et tu, Brute? Harley-Davidson introduces Europe to the XR 1200
Monday, August 6th, 2007
Harley-Davidson, that most quintessentially American Motor Company, has gone and released a bike in Europe before releasing it in America. What is the world coming to? The XR 1200, based on the Sportster model range, is a streetbike that's inspired by the XR750 dirt track racing bikes that Harley ha......
LeMons at Thunderhill raceway is on!
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Mr. Lamm, the mad man behind the 24 Hours of LeMons, did a mass mailing to let all and sundry know that bad things do happen to good racetracks. The expansion of the 2007 LeMons series (yes, that's right, we've officially called it a "series") continues, with a fourth event schedule for the weekend ......
Winding Road arrives at One Lap of America
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions and our own little slice of the seventh layer is being forced to sit on the sidelines as this year's One Lap of America begins... without us. Thankfully, Chris Paukert, our colleague from Winding Road, will be reporting back on the happenings of the 200......
Race tracks of the world on Google Maps
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Obviously, some of us have more spare time than others. The good thing about it is that some of the folks lucky enough to have some extra time do really cool things to further our affliction with everything automotive.Follow the link to ApocaIX, and you will have a pretty respectable listing of the ......
Nissan’s high-speed test track complete
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
In a build that began over two-decades ago, Nissan's Hokkaido Proving Grounds in Hokkaido, Japan, has finally reached completion. The testing course began life in 1986 and over the last 20 years has evolved from dirt tracks and one-lane macadam roads, to a 2.7 square-mile testing range that encompas......
Cannonball Run returning to U.S. this summer
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
The Cannonball Run is returning to America. Named for the highly illegal (and surely equally entertaining) Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash founded by Car & Driver vet Brock Yates, this celeb and party-soaked cross-country run is actually an unsanctioned offspring of the ......