Posts Tagged ‘TestTrack’
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Tragedy struck off the set of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight, on Monday when a camera van collided with a tree killing one of the occupants. The crash took place during what's being described as a "filming production exercise" where the Batmobile was being followed by an SUV while on a test tr......
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The Chrysler proving ground from spaceChrysler has a 3,850 acre proving ground near Chelsea, Michigan that originally opened in 1952, and currently has about 95 miles of test roads. Sustained high-speed testing had, until recently, been conducted on a 4.71 mile oval track that could support neutral......
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Saturday, January 27th, 2007
three high-res pics available by clicking image aboveLooks like Nissan is SHIFTing even more heavily into its truck development. With the popularity of crossovers, SUVs and pickups expected to stay strong, Nissan decided to add an off-road test facility to its Motegi proving grounds. Today they ope......
Tags: degree incline, desert road, driving conditions, extreme off road, four wheel drive, high res, Motegi, mountain terrain, nissan, parsec, proving grounds, ProvingGrounds, road test, road track, rocky section, rough mountain, slope, test center, test facility, test track, TestFacility, TestTrack, Tochigi, tochigi prefecture, track segments
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