Monday, March 15, 2010

JR Motorsports - Updated Schedule For #7 Team

Mooresville, March 15, 2010: “This is something we’ve been considering for awhile now, and the bottom line is the No. 7 car is too good not to be at the race track,” said JRM co-owner and crew chief Tony Eury Jr. “Our goal at JR Motorsports has always been to have two full-time Nationwide Series tea ... Continue reading

Parnelli Jones To Be Feted By RRDC In Long Beach

HILLIARD, March 15, 2010: The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) will honor racing icon Parnelli Jones at its second annual West Coast dinner prior to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on Thursday, April 15. The RRDC Evening with Parnelli Jones will be presented by Firestone, the tire brand that has been associated wit ... Continue reading

Winning drivers Rob Morgan, Charles Morgan and Patrick Lindsey To Suit Up For 12-race Season

COSTA MESA, March 15, 2010: The competition in the SCCA World Challenge GT series heated up dramatically today when TruSpeed Motorsports announced that it will field three Porsche GT3 Cup cars in all 12 races this year. Rob Morgan of Ladera Ranch, Calif. and Patrick Lindsey from Santa Barbara, Calif. will drive 2008 Po ... Continue reading

Meira Bolstered By Strong Start

Indianapolis, March 15, 2010: If anyone could appreciate what Will Power went through to get back in an IZOD IndyCar Series car, it's Vitor Meira. So it's fitting that both ended up on the podium in their return to the series at the Sao Paulo Indy 300 on the streets of Sao Paulo. "It could not be much better than that, ... Continue reading

Former ADRL Champ Jason Scruggs and Frankie Taylor on Radio Nitro tonight!

Indianapolis, March 15, 2010: Tonight on Radio Nitro with Will Hanna and the Harker Twins, the show will preview this weekend's ADRL opener, the UTI Dragpalooza VI presented by Safety Kleen at Houston Raceway Park with former ADRL Pro Extreme Champ Jason Scruggs and heavy hitter Frankie "the Madman" Taylor. The show wi ... Continue reading

Toyota Offers Preliminary Findings From Technical Field Examination of Alleged 'Runaway Prius' in San Diego

Toyota Engineers Conclude Two Days of Investigation; Driver's Account Of Event Inconsistent With Initial Findings SAN DIEGO, March 15 -- At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on March 10 and 11 ... Continue reading

Key West Ford To Build Roush Mustangs For Western Canada

LIVONIA, March 15, 2010: In response to a growing enthusiasm for the ROUSH® brand, and to provide cost-effective access to Canadian-specification vehicles, ROUSH® Performance has licensed Key West Ford as builders of serialized ROUSH Mustangs for the Western Canadian provinces. Key West Ford will be the exclusive ... Continue reading

Racing Communications and USF2000 To Work Together in Three-Year Deal

PALMETTO, March 15, 2010: Racing Communications will be the official provider of all radio and communications equipment for the Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 National Championship powered by Mazda series for the next three years. As a series partner, the Kennesaw, Ga.-based company will provide series officials wit ... Continue reading

Hyundai Owner Loyalty Speeds Past Honda, Replaces Toyota to Take No. 1 Spot, According to One Study

Hyundai Values Outperform Segment; Sonata Recently Breaks into Top 10 Most-Researched New Vehicles List IRVINE, Calif., March 15 -- According to the latest Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com Market Intelligence data, brand loyalty for Hyundai recently surpassed that of Honda and Toyota, leading Hyundai's brand loyalty to the ... Continue reading

Guild of Motoring Writers Member Launches On-Line Photographic Agency

Guild of Motoring Writers member Glen Smale has launched Virtual Motorpix, a new photo agency offering hundreds of thousands of previously unpublished specialised and individualistic motoring and motorsport images. ... Continue reading

Happy 60th Birthday to The World's Most Popular Van

Production of the Volkswagen Transporter van officially started in March 1950 and during the 60 years since then it has become one of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ best-selling models globally and one of the most iconic and popular vans in the world. ... Continue reading

GMAC To Provide Financing for Saab Dealers and Customers

DETROIT, March 15 -- -- GMAC chosen as financial services provider to Saab Automobile -- Preferred source of wholesale and retail financing for dealers and customers Following its successful launch as an independent company, Saab Automobile announced today that it has selected GMAC Financial Services as the preferred p ... Continue reading

Sao Paulo Indy 300 Post-Race Quotes - March 14, 2010

WILL POWER (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske, winner Sao Paulo Indy 300): "It was probably the most mixed up race that I have ever been in, but it created an opportunity for me to come back through the field and end up winning the race. The improvements that they did to the track last night, were like night and day. Not a pr ... Continue reading

Indy 300 Final Results - Sao Paulo - March 14, 2010

Results Sunday of the Sao Paulo Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.536-mile Sao Paulo Street Circuit, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (5) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 61, Running 2. (4) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 61, ... Continue reading

Tasca III And Motorcraft/Quicklane Racing Reach Finals

Gainesville, March 15, 2010: Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang team hoped to have their first back-to-back Gatornationals victory on Sunday, but a dropped cylinder in the finals prevented the team from celebrating for the second consecutive year. Tasca faced technical alliance teammate Tim Wilk ... Continue reading

Risi-Krohn Ferrari Team Returns to Sebring Seeking Endurance Success

Atlanta, March 14, 2010: The Krohn-Risi Ferrari team is excited to be back at Sebring International Raceway for the 58th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on Saturday, March 20th. The No. 61 “Krohn green” Ferrari 430 GTE, driven by Krohn Racing team owner/driver Tracy W. K ... Continue reading

Qatar and Volkswagen Agree to Intensify Cooperation

The Emirate of Qatar, the Volkswagen Group, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and the State of Lower Saxony wish to strengthen their cooperation, particularly in the fields of research, development and education ... Continue reading

Kia Venga Wins red dot Design Award

Kia Venga has won the coveted red dot design award, marking the second prize the car maker's newest B-segment MPV has won since its launch, earlier this year. A top-class jury picked Venga as the winner in the "product design" category for the compact MPV's departure from the conventional mini-van profile. ... Continue reading

Atomik Cars to Present Electric Fiat 500 at Top Marques

Atomik Cars offers original handcrafted cars, an unique combination of cutting-edge technology and automotive excellence. ... Continue reading

Nissan To Open New Design Studio in Beijing

Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), a Nissan subsidiary in China, today announced the expansion of its global design resources with the establishment of a new design studio in Beijing. ... Continue reading

The Bentley Mulsanne Story - Episode 2 - The Art of Colour - VIDEO ENHANCED

Insight into the 86-hour process used to create the 'unlimited palate' available for Bentley's new flagship ... Continue reading

Lotus is Back in Indy!!!

Lotus and Cosworth have entered into a new technical and commercial partnership with established IndyCar competitors KV Racing Technology to run in the 2010 IndyCar Series. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Unveils New Polo Vivo in South Africa

For the last 25 years the entry ticket to the Volkswagen brand was the much loved Citi Golf which retired in January 2010. The Polo Vivo is the Volkswagen brand's new entry-level car in the A0 segment and is more closely aligned to the international Volkswagen brand vision of being the "most innovative volume brand in ... Continue reading

Nissan Presents 'Nissan Technology Square' In Australia

"Nissan Technology Square", jointly organized by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motor Co. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. kicks off today at Bondi Junction shopping mall in New South Wales. Nissan will showcase the automotive technologies to the public from March 16 to March 20. ... Continue reading

Establishment of CHAdeMO Association in Japan to Promote Electric Vehicles

CHAdeMO is a trade name of quick charging method that this Association is proposing globally as an industry standard. "CHAdeMO" is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving", and is a pun for "O cha demo ikaga desuka" in Japanese, meaning "Let's have a tea while charging" in English. ... Continue reading

The new BMW 5 Series Touring. Efficiency Meets Driving Pleasure, Elegance Meets Versatility

The new BMW 5 Series Touring is the perfect symbiosis of driving pleasure, efficiency, versatility and sporting elegance. The 4th generation of the Business Touring convinces through powerful design aesthetics, modern premium-level functionality and brand-typical driving dynamics combined with exemplary efficiency. Ext ... Continue reading

Next Generation Kia Magentis/Optima is Designed to Surprise

The next generation Kia Magentis is set to make its world premiere next month at the 2010 New York International Auto Show ... Continue reading