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Panasonic Toyota Racing Joins Forces With 'The Dark Knight' at Silverstone - VIDEO ENHANCED

Panasonic Toyota Racing Joins Forces With 'The Dark Knight' at Silverstone - VIDEO ENHANCED

LONDON - July 4, 2008: Formula 1 met Hollywood at Silverstone yesterday when Panasonic Toyota Racing's TF108 Formula 1 car drove head-to-head with the 'Batmobile', as part of a promotion for the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Timo Glock drove the TF108 alongside the Batmobile, which made a Formula 1-style pit stop, ... Continue reading

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart Shares Racing Strategy Tips Ahead of British Grand Prix - VIDEO FEATURE

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart Shares Racing Strategy Tips Ahead of British Grand Prix - VIDEO FEATURE

LONDON - July 4, 2008: Sir Jackie Stewart, three-time Formula 1 World Champion and RBS Global Ambassador, and Gary Anderson, technical consultant, share their thoughts on F1 race strategy ahead of the 2008 British Grand Prix taking place at the Silverstone racetrack on July 6. Sir Jackie Stewart also discusses his high ... Continue reading

Pruett Makes Last Lap Pass to Win at Daytona International Speedway

Pruett Makes Last Lap Pass to Win at Daytona International Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Scott Pruett won the closest finish in Grand-Am Rolex Series history Thursday night at Daytona by 0.081-second with a pass of Alex Gurney coming out of the final turn. The move to win the race was made on the high side of the No.99 car and gave the No.01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabat ... Continue reading

Sports Car Racing Finds a Home, Online

Sports Car Racing Finds a Home, Online

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Grand-Am has completed development of the Grand-Am Community, an online social network built specifically for sports car racing fans. The new community features driver and staff blogs, expanded forums and multimedia galleries for user generated content including photos, audio and video. "We're all ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing on Podium at Brumos Porsche 250

Krohn Racing on Podium at Brumos Porsche 250

The Krohn Racing team showed that their hard work and persistence with the development of the new Proto-Auto Lola is paying off, as the team celebrated a podium finish in the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Round eighth of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series was the second podium finish for ... Continue reading

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Takes Second In Brumos Porsche 250

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Takes Second In Brumos Porsche 250

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing came up just short in the closest finish in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series history Thursday and crossed the line a scant .081 of a second behind the race winners in a thrilling last-lap dash to the checkered flag in the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona Internati ... Continue reading

Garmin Introduces the Nüvi 860 - The First Full Menu Speech Control for Portable Navigation Systems

Garmin Introduces the Nüvi 860 - The First Full Menu Speech Control for Portable Navigation Systems

SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 4 -- - With Photo Garmin, global leaders in satellite navigation introduces the new nüvi 860, the first portable navigation device with full menu speech recognition and an impressive array of other features ranging from safety camera alerts and emergency location assistance to hands free cal ... Continue reading

Renault Announces Prices for Twingo Renaultsport 133

Renault Announces Prices for Twingo Renaultsport 133

This summer is set to be a scorcher, whatever the weather, with the arrival of the newest Renaultsport hot hatch to join the renowned line-up - Twingo Renaultsport 133. ... Continue reading

Lexus Hybrid Drive Event - Winner Announced

Lexus Hybrid Drive Event - Winner Announced

Back in May Lexus Centres across the country hosted a promotional weekend, titled Lexus Hybrid Drive - The Power To Change Your World. Visitors to the weekend event had the opportunity to find out what it felt like to be a Lexus owner and experience for themselves the technology that offers the combination of high perf ... Continue reading

New Ford Focus RS: a Legend Returns

New Ford Focus RS: a Legend Returns

The legendary Ford RS performance car brand is returning in the shape of the exciting new Ford Focus RS, which will be previewed on July 22 at the 2008 London International Motor Show. ... Continue reading

Subaru Boxers Support Top Cyclists

Subaru Boxers Support Top Cyclists

A crack-squad of Subaru 'boxers' have just completed a special mission - lending support to the UK's top amateur cyclists in the gruelling "London-Paris Cycle Tour 2008". ... Continue reading

2008 British Motor Show - Lexus Brings Supercars to the Show

2008 British Motor Show - Lexus Brings Supercars to the Show

The Lexus LF-A, one of the world's most eagerly anticipated supercars, will be presented for the first time in the UK at the British International Motor Show. It will form the centrepiece of a Lexus stand that will also feature the new IS F sports saloon, a car that introduces Lexus into the high performance premium ma ... Continue reading

2008 British Motor Show: Toyota to Smartly Show-off IQ, Aygo Crazy and Two More

2008 British Motor Show: Toyota to Smartly Show-off IQ, Aygo Crazy and Two More

New Toyota models making their UK debuts at the British International Motor Show will be out on the nation's roads within a year. Both the revolutionary iQ premium city car and the B-segment Urban Cruiser SUV will be moving from show stand to showroom in 2009 in the vanguard of a wave of new Toyota products. ... Continue reading

Surf's Up for Suzuki

Surf's Up for Suzuki

Suzuki heads West this weekend for a UK round of the King of the Groms European surfing series at Newquay's Fistral beach. The event is part of a packed summer calendar of surf and skate events hosted by Suzuki in partnership with the global lifestyle and sports brand Quiksilver. ... Continue reading

2008 British Motor Show: World Premiere of Nissan Qashqai+2

2008 British Motor Show: World Premiere of Nissan Qashqai+2

Building on the strengths of a car that has taken the market by storm, Nissan's new seven-seat Qashqai+2 will be firmly in the spotlight as it makes its glamorous world debut at the forthcoming British International Motor Show (23 July-3 August). With the focus firmly on its crossover line-up, Nissan will also launch i ... Continue reading

Mum's the Word! Fiat Launches New Panda Mamy

Mum's the Word! Fiat Launches New Panda Mamy

A new limited edition version of one of Fiat's most popular models has just gone on sale, and it's aimed at a very specific audience - young mothers. ... Continue reading

Daimler Establishes Sustainability Board

Daimler Establishes Sustainability Board

Daimler has established a Sustainability Board at top management level, thus grouping together the company's existing management functions in the three dimensions of sustainability: economy, ecology, and society. Under the lead of Dr. Rüdiger Grube, Board of Management member of Daimler AG responsible for Group Develo ... Continue reading

GM Design Interns Look Into the Future, Pt. 2 - VIDEO FEATURE

GM Design Interns Look Into the Future, Pt. 2 - VIDEO FEATURE

WARREN, MI - July 3, 2008: This week's episode details why and which "emerging markets" the design interns have chosen to begin their projects. About the Program Through its annual summer intern program, General Motors is hosting twenty one college interns from around the world at the GM Design Center in Warren, Michig ... Continue reading

2008 British Motor Show: World's Top Car Stylists Have Designs on London

2008 British Motor Show: World's Top Car Stylists Have Designs on London

LONDON - July 4, 2008: Top car designers from around the world will converge later this month at The British International Motor Show, sponsored by Zurich Connect, as the vibrant automotive design community prepares for one of the biggest events in the international motoring calendar. A special evening event will see u ... Continue reading

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