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Cadillac Unveils a Spectacularly Beautiful Concept - Cadillac Ciel +VIDEO

Cadillac Unveils a Spectacularly Beautiful Concept - Cadillac Ciel +VIDEO

There's just no other way to say it; if you're a car aficionado the Ciel videos on this page will make you drool. Last week, TheAutoChannel.com published a story titled "The Most Beautiful Cars of 2011." The story featured video clips and descriptions of twenty-six different vehicles (yes, it is surprising that there a ... Continue reading

Cadillac Electric CONVERJ Concept to Go Into Production as ELR - Watch Exclusive Video of its Original Introduction +VIDEO

Cadillac Electric CONVERJ Concept to Go Into Production as ELR - Watch Exclusive Video of its Original Introduction +VIDEO

How is TheAutoChannel.com different and better than all other auto-related websites? Cadillac just announced that they will be producing the Converj electric concept car that they introduced at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. ONLY TheAutoChannel.com gives you FREE access to the complete original Press Conference. If you wa ... Continue reading

Steve McQueen Porsche 911S Brings $1.375 Million at Monterey Auction

Steve McQueen Porsche 911S Brings $1.375 Million at Monterey Auction

"KING OF COOL" STEVE MCQUEEN'S 911S SELLS FOR AN AMAZING $1,375,000 AT RM MONTEREY RM Auctions kicks off 2011 Monterey sale with record-breaking sale of the Steve McQueen Porsche 911s from the film ‘Le Mans’ McQueen Porsche represents RM's 200th million-dollar-plus automobile sold at auction RM's Monterey sal ... Continue reading

USF2000 - Andretti Autosport Elkhart Lake Post-Race Comments

USF2000 - Andretti Autosport Elkhart Lake Post-Race Comments

SPENCER PIGOT, #8 TEAM MAZDASPEED/SKIP BARBER CAR Secured his second podium of the weekend, finishing in second place "My first lap was really good. After that, I fell down a bit but quickly got back up to the lead. For the first few laps, we had a lead of a few seconds. However, this meant when the rain hit, we were g ... Continue reading

Infiniti Announces 2013 IPL G Convertible

Infiniti Announces 2013 IPL G Convertible

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Aug. 20, 2011 -- Infiniti today announced that it will double its Infiniti Performance Line lineup of premium performance vehicles in spring 2012 with the addition of a new 2013 IPL G Convertible. More than just focusing on engine power and acceleration, the Infiniti Performance Line, or IPL, prod ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - RRDC Elects 29 2011 Members

Special Motorsports Event - RRDC Elects 29 2011 Members

HILLIARD, Aug. 20, 2011: The Road Racing Drivers Club has elected 29 new members for 2011, swelling its rolls to 380 significant racing drivers and contributors to the sport. The organization will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2012. Twenty racing drivers whose resumes include championships in karting, FIA GT2, SCCA ... Continue reading

Grand Am Prototypes - Sun Trust Qualifying Report

Grand Am Prototypes - Sun Trust Qualifying Report

Montreal, August 20, 2011: The No. 10 SunTrust Chevrolet Dallara of Wayne Taylor Racing will start Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Montreal 200 from the outside of the front row after qualifying Friday afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, ending 22-year-old Ricky Taylor’s streak of consecut ... Continue reading

Grand Am Prototypes - Fogarty Wins 18th Pole At Montreal

Grand Am Prototypes - Fogarty Wins 18th Pole At Montreal

MONTREAL, August 20, 2011: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and driver Jon Fogarty extended two pole records and defended another Saturday in qualifying for tomorrow’s Montreal 200 where Fogarty drove the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet Riley to its second pole of the 2011 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series seas ... Continue reading

ALMS GTC - Heinemeier Hansson and Dominik Farnbacher Qualify Ninth

ALMS GTC - Heinemeier Hansson and Dominik Farnbacher Qualify Ninth

ELKHART LAKE, August 20, 2011: Porsche Napleton Racing (PNR), lead driver David Heinemeier Hansson, and co-driver Dominik Farnbacher, worked through two challenging days of practice and qualifying Thursday and Friday at Road America in their debut race weekend in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) by Tequila Patron in ... Continue reading

FIA GP3 - Q & A With Conor Daly

FIA GP3 - Q & A With Conor Daly

You have had a really interesting season with dual programs in the US and Europe, do you think it was the right decision for you? Definitely that’s a yes, and a resounding yes. I absolutely loved the first three Indy Lights races and they were followed by a severe reality check in Europe. I have never had to work ... Continue reading

Motorsports Business - Most R&D Tax Credits Remain Unclaimed - Even By Motorsport!

Motorsports Business - Most R&D Tax Credits Remain Unclaimed - Even By Motorsport!

London, August 19, 2011: MIA wants all innovative companies to get this financial benefit, urgently, and have called a meeting on Wednesday 21 September to help them do so. The Department of Business, Innovation & Skills say: "R&D Tax Credits are the single most important funds for SMEs in the UK" - yet most companies ... Continue reading

Aviation - NTSB Releases Report On Montana Loss Of Control Crash

Aviation - NTSB Releases Report On Montana Loss Of Control Crash

Washington, August 20, 2011: On March 22, 2009, about 1432 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus PC-12/45, N128CM, was diverting to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, when it crashed about 2,100 feet west of runway 33 at BTM. The pilot and the 13 airplane passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was substa ... Continue reading

Aviation - NTSB Opens Public Docket On 2010 American Airlines Decompression

Aviation - NTSB Opens Public Docket On 2010 American Airlines Decompression

Washington, August 20, 2011: As part of the continuing investigation into the 2010 rapid decompression that occurred following a fuselage rupture aboard an American Airlines flight shortly after departing Miami, FL, the NTSB opened its public docket on Friday. On October 26, 2010, American Airlines flight 1640, a Boein ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Biffle Leads All-Roush Fenway Front Row At Michigan

Sprint Cup - Biffle Leads All-Roush Fenway Front Row At Michigan

BROOKLYN, Aug. 19, 2011: Roush Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle covered the two-mile oval of Michigan International Speedway in 37.83 seconds (109.345 mph) to capture the pole for Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup race. He will be joined on the front row by Roush Fenway teammate Matt Kenseth, who finished runn ... Continue reading

Chrysler Mobile Showroom Heads West

Chrysler Mobile Showroom Heads West

Chrysler Road Tour now stopping in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and California Traveling showroom on 19-week trek across United States Mobile showroom designed for thousands of Chrysler Group employees, suppliers, and affinity partners All five vehicle brands featured on 95-stop tour WHAT: Chrysler Group LLC employees, s ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's Automotive Factoids (August 15-19) - In Case You Weren't Paying Attention

Nutson's Nuggets: Last Week's Automotive Factoids (August 15-19) - In Case You Weren't Paying Attention

* General Motors announced the recall of 2012 Chevrolet Impala and Buick LaCrosse models to fix safety problems. Recalled are 11,915 Impalas because a power steering fluid hose gets too close to the hot catalytic converter. The hose can melt, fluid can leak and a fire could start. Also being recalled are 4,293 LaCrosse ... Continue reading

Global Market Review of Full Hybrids - Toyota Leads the Way

Global Market Review of Full Hybrids - Toyota Leads the Way

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Market Review of Full Hybrids - Forecasts to 2017" report to their offering. 'Global Market Review of Full Hybrids - Forecasts to 2017' This latest just-auto report edition offers a global review of the full hybrids sector, its manufacturers, top markets, t ... Continue reading

BAE Systems--Northrop Grumman Team Selected for $449.9 Million Technology Development Contract for Ground Combat Vehicle Program

BAE Systems--Northrop Grumman Team Selected for $449.9 Million Technology Development Contract for Ground Combat Vehicle Program

BAE Systems has been awarded a $449.9 million contract to participate in the technology development (TD) phase of the U.S. Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. BAE Systems is teamed with Northrop Grumman Corporation to offer a vehicle that provides exceptional growth and survivability at an affordable price. Adv ... Continue reading

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