Posts Tagged ‘uhoh’

New Formula 2 to run spec Williams-Audi racers

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Another day, another formula racing series. The organizers of the GP2 Series are working on a GP3, and the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is planning to launch A2GP, but when the FIA announced plans to resuscitate the dormant Formula 2 championship a couple of months ago, many scoffed. However plans a......

Subaru considers entry into World Touring Car Championship

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Click for a hi-res gallery of the Subaru Impreza WRC2008We're going to play this little game again. Close your eyes and think "rally". (Not picket lines and protest signs, but tail-sliding, dirt road heroics behind the wheel of turbocharged four-wheel-drive monsters.) Now what company comes to mind......

Volkswagen considers joining World Rally Championship

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the VW Scirocco GT24 Ever since 2006, when Peugeot, Skoda and Mitsubishi pulled their factory works teams out of the World Rally Championship, the WRC has been desperate to attract another major automaker back to reinvigorate the series. Emerging reports suggest t......

Camaro painted with remote control cars

Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Click the above image for a hi-res gallery of the RC-painted CamaroThe British are good for all sorts of car-centric goodness. When they're not busy building zippy little monsters remarkably ill-suited to their weather, they're... making art. English artist Ian Cook took a few remote controlled car......

Volvo bringing ethanol-powered C30 racer to WTCC

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Click to view a hi-res gallery of the Volvo C30 Green Racer Let's play a little word association game here. When I say "Volvo", what comes to mind? Swedish. Safety. Soccer moms. Station wagons. But racing?Granted, Volvo is not one of the better-known names in motorsport, but the company has been com......

Uhoh, Kerkorian wants 5% of GM

Friday, June 10th, 2005
Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. wants to purchase a nearly 5 percent stake in General Motors for about $870 million that would boost his stake to almost 9 percent. The news shot GM's shares 9 percent higher in stock trading. You should know Kerkorian's name because he sued DaimlerChrysler saying he ......