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The Porsche Museum Exhibits the 918 Spyder Concept Study - VIDEO FEATURE

The Porsche Museum Exhibits the 918 Spyder Concept Study - VIDEO FEATURE

Special exhibition from October 1 through 7, 2010 STUTTGART - September 9, 2010: The Porsche 918 Spyder caused a global sensation on its debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show and Auto China in Beijing. This concept study will be exhibited for the first time in the Museum of Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG at Stuttga ... Continue reading

Unique, Tech-Savvy Campaign Launches 2011 Ford Edge

Unique, Tech-Savvy Campaign Launches 2011 Ford Edge

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 9 -- -- 2011 Ford Edge comes to market with unique print, television and digital advertising showcasing the vehicle's MyFord Touch(TM) driver connect technology, its sharp exterior design and unsurpassed fuel economy -- An interactive website accessible through www.fordvehicles.com/edge offers co ... Continue reading

Porsche Boxster Voted the Sports Car With The Best Handling By Car and Driver - VIDEO ENHANCED

Porsche Boxster Voted the Sports Car With The Best Handling By Car and Driver - VIDEO ENHANCED

Boxster Spyder is the "best-handling car in America" STUTTGART - September 9, 2010: Car and Driver magazine has awarded the Porsche Boxster Spyder the title "best-handling car in America". Thanks to its outstanding handling characteristics, the open-top mid-engine sports car from Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, ... Continue reading

Jenkins Takes ProSolo Finale Shootout Title

Jenkins Takes ProSolo Finale Shootout Title

Lincoln, September 8, 2010: The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo® Finale drew 263 competitors to the Lincoln (Neb.) Airfield for the final heads-up competition of the season. While many of the ProSoloists will stay for this week’s SCCA Tire Rack Solo National Championship event, the focus over Labor Day weekend was on th ... Continue reading

Conor Daly Investigates His Future At Monza

Conor Daly Investigates His Future At Monza

Noblesville, Sept. 8, 2010: Newly crowned Star Mazda champion, Conor Daly, will spend the weekend in Monza, Italy, as part of a fact finding mission as he decides where his career might take him in 2011. The final two rounds of the GP3 championship will support the Italian Grand Prix and Daly is keen to see the races a ... Continue reading

Stewart-Haas Crew Claims Tissot Pit Road Award at Atlanta

Stewart-Haas Crew Claims Tissot Pit Road Award at Atlanta

Atlanta, Sept. 8, 2010: Tony Stewart’s pit crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday night’s (Sept. 5) Emory Healthcare 500 Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was the second Tissot win in the past three races for the No. 14 crew members, whose quick pit stop late in the race helped Ste ... Continue reading

SunTrust RACING - Utah 250 Preview

SunTrust RACING - Utah 250 Preview

TOOELE, Sept. 8, 2010: Students all around the world might just be settling in for another year of academia, but for Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor, Saturday’s season-ending GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Utah 250 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, will have that last-day-of-school feeling, no matter th ... Continue reading

Racing On 9/11 Keeps It In Perspective For Newman, Army Team

Racing On 9/11 Keeps It In Perspective For Newman, Army Team

RICHMOND, Sept. 8, 2010: While the prerace coverage surrounding Ryan Newman will most likely center on his current 13th-place, out-of-Chase standing, the U.S. Army driver says there's a deeper meaning about Saturday night's Sprint Cup event at Richmond International Raceway. "Competing for a win and battling for a bert ... Continue reading

New Retailer Boosts Skoda Offering in Bucks

New Retailer Boosts Skoda Offering in Bucks

Hughes Skoda in Aylesbury, previously an established approved repairer, has boosted its Skoda offering in the area after launching their new retailer in the town. ... Continue reading

Nissan at the 2010 Paris Motor Show

Nissan at the 2010 Paris Motor Show

At the forthcoming Paris Motor Show, Nissan will be unveiling for the first time a concept vehicle that offers insight into how Nissan could expand its portfolio of zero-emission vehicles. Called Townpod, the concept combines eye-catching design with a spacious and practical interior. ... Continue reading

Ford UK Engine Exports Rise As Fiesta and Focus Go Global

Ford UK Engine Exports Rise As Fiesta and Focus Go Global

The Ford Fiesta has embarked on a 15,000-mile round-the-world trip that will see Ford Fiestas visit a total of 21 countries. ... Continue reading

Audi Announces a New Species of R8 Spyder

Audi Announces a New Species of R8 Spyder

The Audi R8 Spyder is about to perform a pincer movement on the open-air supercar establishment as it adopts a new generation 4.2-litre V8 FSI petrol engine to run alongside the existing 5.2-litre V10 FSI. ... Continue reading

Lost' Aston Martin Drives Up to Over £200,000 at Barons' British Heritage sale

Lost' Aston Martin Drives Up to Over £200,000 at Barons' British Heritage sale

A 'lost' 1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 MkIII drophead, originally the property of former Aston Martin owner David Brown, which has spent the last 30 years hidden beneath a tarpaulin, sold for over £206,000 - more than twice its top estimate - at Barons British Heritage sale at Sandown Park on September 7th. ... Continue reading

Stars Shine Bright for Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy at the 2010 Goodwood Revival

Stars Shine Bright for Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy at the 2010 Goodwood Revival

Following the successful debut of 1950s motorcycles racing at the Revival in 2008 - inspired by the 1951 motorcycle-only race at Goodwood - this year's event (17-19 September) will see bikes from this golden era doing battle through the sweeping curves of the Goodwood Motor Circuit. ... Continue reading

Ford Transit Base for Best Auto-Trail Motorhome

Ford Transit Base for Best Auto-Trail Motorhome

Award judges at Practical Motorhome magazine have praised the new Tribute T620 motorhome, built by Auto-Trail, which is based on the latest Ford Transit motorhome chassis. The vehicle has been judged both the best budget-buy motorhome and the overall motorhome of the year for 2010. ... Continue reading

Mazda to Exclusively Sponsor ITV1's '71 Degrees North'

Mazda to Exclusively Sponsor ITV1's '71 Degrees North'

ITV Commercial announced today that Mazda has been named the exclusive sponsor of ITV1's brand new adventure show, '71 Degrees North' from 11 September 2010. While this will be the second major terrestrial sponsorship Mazda has supported, this showcases the Mazda MX-5 national Thrills campaign launched in May 2010. ... Continue reading

Alfa Romeo: Athletics Coaches Shortlist for Award

Alfa Romeo: Athletics Coaches Shortlist for Award

Ten athletics coaches from across the UK have been shortlisted from over 14,000 nationwide, for the Alfa Romeo Cuore Sportivo (Sporting Heart) Coach Award, for a chance to drive a brand new Alfa MiTo sporty compact for a year. ... Continue reading

Wider Engine Choice for Saab's All-New Flagship

Wider Engine Choice for Saab's All-New Flagship

Just two months after its launch, the appeal of the new Saab 9-5 saloon is further broadened by the introduction of two new engines. ... Continue reading

Monte Carlo or Bust? Not With Catarham's Monaco Special Edition

Monte Carlo or Bust? Not With Catarham's Monaco Special Edition

Caterham Cars is evoking the elegance, class and rich motorsport heritage of Monte Carlo with the latest Special Edition of its similarly timeless sportscar, the Roadsport 125 Monaco. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Officially Opens New 415,000 sq. ft. Facility in Jacksonville, Florida

Mercedes-Benz USA Officially Opens New 415,000 sq. ft. Facility in Jacksonville, Florida

Multiple Operational Units Brought Together Under One Roof in New State-of-the-Art Facility Minutes from Airport MONTVALE, N.J., Sept. 8 -- Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today held a grand-opening ceremony for a new cutting-edge facility in Jacksonville, Florida. Strategically located less than three miles from the Jackson ... Continue reading

Two Millionth Mazda6 Comes off the Line

Two Millionth Mazda6 Comes off the Line

HIROSHIMA - September 9, 2010: Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that the cumulative global production volume of the Mazda6 (known as Mazda Atenza in Japan) reached two million units at the end of August 2010. The Mazda6 reached this milestone in the eight years and six months since production of the first generati ... Continue reading

Texas Cultural Tour, Pt. 1 - Dallas

Texas Cultural Tour, Pt. 1 - Dallas

It's Not Just Pro Sports and Shopping Dallas, the D in DFW has experienced rapid growth over the past couple of decades but has not lost its Texas attitude, ambiance and appeal. Following is short list of the cultural highlights of this important city. Where to stay? There are many hotels in Dallas, but remember this i ... Continue reading

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