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Thursday, November 22, 2012

SCORE Off Road - Gordon Race Report Baja

SCORE Off Road - Gordon Race Report Baja

Charlotte, Nov. 21, 2012: For the first time in his off-road career Robby Gordon watched the green flag wave on the 45 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 from the sidelines, as fellow RPM Offroad co-driver Juan Carlos Lopez accelerated away from the starting line in the 12 position. This year’s legendary desert race saw Gordo ... Continue reading

WEC - Dalziel Post Season Interview

WEC - Dalziel Post Season Interview

Daytona, Nov. 21, 2012: World endurance champion Ryan Dalziel can be forgiven for pinching himself to see whether the 2012 season actually happened, but after announcing their Daytona 24 line-up he is already targeting even greater success next year. The flying Scotsman- who now lives in Windermere, Florida – will ... Continue reading

POWRi Midgets - Thomas Ready For Return To Du Quoin

POWRi Midgets - Thomas Ready For Return To Du Quoin

DUQOIN, Nov. 21, 2012: Tyler Thomas returns to the Mini Magic Mile at the Southern Illinois Center for the third annual Battle at the Center on Dec. 15 confident that he can compete for a victory against what is expected to be an all-star field in the non-points event sanctioned by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget S ... Continue reading

Record Visitor Numbers For Ferrari Museum In Maranello As Extension Work Begins

Record Visitor Numbers For Ferrari Museum In Maranello As Extension Work Begins

In recent weeks, the Ferrari Museum in Maranello has been welcoming record numbers of visitors, thanks to a special Sergio Pininfarina exhibition and an upgraded Formula 1 and racing section ... Continue reading

Britain Sees Ferrari As The Top International Luxury Brand

Britain Sees Ferrari As The Top International Luxury Brand

Britain's luxury industry, represented by the Walpole association, proclaimed Ferrari as the 'Best International Luxury Brand 2012' at this year's Walpole Awards for Excellence. ... Continue reading

Bentley Continental GT Convertible Wins ";Auto Trophy 2012"

Bentley Continental GT Convertible Wins ";Auto Trophy 2012"

The Bentley Continental GT Convertible has received the prestigious Auto Trophy award for "Imported Convertibles over 30,000 euros" as voted for by readers of "Auto Zeitung" magazine. Over 100 000 readers participated in this year's survey. ... Continue reading

New Ford Fiesta Debuts Mykey In Britain; Enables Parents Of Young Drivers To Set Top Speed And Limit Audio Volume

New Ford Fiesta Debuts Mykey In Britain; Enables Parents Of Young Drivers To Set Top Speed And Limit Audio Volume

Britain's best-selling new Ford Fiesta will be the first car in the UK to feature Ford's MyKey technology, which enables parents to place restrictions on younger drivers to promote safer driving. ... Continue reading

Motorsports Brands - Opel Returns To Motor Sport

Motorsports Brands - Opel Returns To Motor Sport

Opel is returning to motor racing in the form of an internationally oriented rally program with the new Opel ADAM and a circuit series for the new Astra OPC that focusses on Germany. ... Continue reading

First Fleet Deal For Honda's All-New Civic 1.6 i-DTEC

First Fleet Deal For Honda's All-New Civic 1.6 i-DTEC

Just days after the model's official launch, Honda (UK)'s corporate sales team has secured the new model's first fleet deal. The Co'dair Group, an Essex-based design and publicity agency, has ordered 18 of the cars, replacing its entire fleet. ... Continue reading

New Peugeot RCZ Sports Coupe - UK Pricing And Specification Confirms Enhanced Desire

New Peugeot RCZ Sports Coupe - UK Pricing And Specification Confirms Enhanced Desire

The restyled, new Peugeot RCZ which had its world premiere at September's Paris Motor Show will be launched in the UK in January 2013. ... Continue reading

Nissan DeltaWing Named to Popular Science's "2012 Best of What's New"

Nissan DeltaWing Named to Popular Science's "2012 Best of What's New"

The Nissan DeltaWing has been named one of Popular Science's "2012 Best of What's New" products and innovations in the magazine's December 2012 issue. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Elantra: 'Behind the Wheel' Car of the Year

Hyundai Elantra: 'Behind the Wheel' Car of the Year

Automotive website 'Behind the Wheel' awarded Hyundai Elantra the title of 2012 Car of the Year, ahead of a field which included prestige European and popular Japanese competitors. ... Continue reading

Honda World Downey Offers Discount on Oil Change in Exchange for Unwrapped Toy for Toys for Tots

Honda World Downey Offers Discount on Oil Change in Exchange for Unwrapped Toy for Toys for Tots

Honda World Downey in Los Angeles, California, is proud to announce their participation with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program this year. In order to get more donations for underprivileged children, Honda World Downey has decided to offer anyone who donates an unwrapped toy an oil change coupon. This ... Continue reading

DENSO Develops Higher Performance Millimeter-wave Radar

DENSO Develops Higher Performance Millimeter-wave Radar

DENSO Corporation has developed a new and higher-performing millimeter-wave radar that has a longer and wider detection range, which helps improve the responsiveness of an active safety technology, such as Pre-crash Safety (PCS) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) systems. DENSO's new, multi-zone radar is significantly l ... Continue reading

Food Source to Give Away Brand New Ford Fiesta on November 25th

Food Source to Give Away Brand New Ford Fiesta on November 25th

Food Source is excited to announce that the Ford Fiesta Days at Food Source Sweepstakes is in the final week leading up to the giveaway of a brand new 2013 Ford Fiesta S Sedan! The drawing will take place on Sunday, November 25 at 7477 Watt Ave, North Highlands, California between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. PST. "We are excite ... Continue reading

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