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Mercedes-Benz USA Partners with Mattel to Create a Toy Car That Challenges Gender Stereotypes

Mercedes-Benz USA Partners with Mattel to Create a Toy Car That Challenges Gender Stereotypes

ATLANTA--If you give a girl a toy car, would she imagine winning a race or would she trade it in for a tea set? According to researchers, most young girls would go for the tea set, thanks to beliefs formed at an early age that some toys are meant for boys and others for girls. To challenge these perceptions, Mercedes-B ... Continue reading

RIP Racer Niki Lauda

RIP Racer Niki Lauda

The motor racing community and the entire Daimler Family are in mourning for the devastating loss of Niki Lauda. The three-time Formula One World Champion and businessman passed away peacefully on Monday evening at the age of 70 surrounded by his closest family members. ... Continue reading

2019 Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday

2019 Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport win in Barcelona Lewis took his 76th career victory today - his third of the 2019 season and fourth at the Spanish Grand Prix Valtteri finished the Spanish Grand Prix in P2, completing a 1-2 for the team Lewis claimed his fifth fastest lap in Spain, equaling Italy for the most he’s sc ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - April 28 - May 4, 2019

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - April 28 - May 4, 2019

* It is with great sadness the we report that Henny Hemmes, our friend, colleague, mentor, teacher and creative partner has passed away after a brave battle with ALS disease. For more than 25 years Henny had a successful career in motorsport with two Dutch FIA Championship titles, as well as top results in 24-hour raci ... Continue reading

F1 - 1000th Race, Nicholas Frankl Shares Memories

F1 - 1000th Race, Nicholas Frankl Shares Memories

I don’t recall much of my first F1 championship race. It was May 1971, Monaco (where else you, might say) and I was traveling with my yet-to-be-discovered twin sister, Annabelle, who was still ‘cooking’ beside me inside our mother, June. ... Continue reading

FIRST ‘DBS 59’ SHOWCASES RACING HERITAGE

FIRST ‘DBS 59’ SHOWCASES RACING HERITAGE

Built to celebrate one of the most illustrious moments in Aston Martin’s motorsport history, ‘DBS 59’ is a limited run of 24 special edition DBS Superleggeras, the first of which has just been built at the company’s global manufacturing headquarters, Gaydon. ‘DBS 59’ was a special commission through ‘Q by ... Continue reading

Toyota Yaris WRC Takes on the Twisting Turns of Corsica

Toyota Yaris WRC Takes on the Twisting Turns of Corsica

Tour de Corse: Preview - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team takes the lead of the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' standings to the French island of Corsica for the first pure asphalt round of the season, the classic Tour de Corse. Championship leader Ott Tanak will look to continue his recent run of podium f ... Continue reading

Formula One 2019: The Carlton Sports Guide

Formula One 2019: The Carlton Sports Guide

The world's best-selling Formula One Grand Prix handbook is back with its 23rd edition and here's what you can look forward to from this essential resource for the 2019 season. * The most up-to-date reference guide available anywhere, filled with facts on the 20 drivers and 10 teams who compete for the World Championsh ... Continue reading

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending October 13, 2018 Edited By Larry Nutson

Automotive News Digest; Week Ending October 13, 2018 Edited By Larry Nutson

Last weeks important automotive news, Paris; JWT Buh-bye; Tesla; VW EV's; E15 Yea!; 248 Torque 4 Cyl Silverado; Toyota Pick-up Recall; Pritchett Clinches; Women Race Circuit Born; Ford GT Recall ... Continue reading

2018 Russian Grand Prix - Sunday

2018 Russian Grand Prix - Sunday

30. September 2018 Sochi Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport claim a 1-2 victory in Sochi Lewis scored his 70th career victory today in Formula One – his eighth of the 2018 season and third at the Sochi Autodrom Valtteri finished the race in P2 – taking his 20th podium finish with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Toda ... Continue reading

Buemi and Albon Formula E Debut FoumulaE Championship Pilots

Buemi and Albon Formula E Debut FoumulaE Championship Pilots

­YOKOHAMA, Japan – Swiss racer Sebastien Buemi and U.K.-based Alex Albon will drive for Nissan when the global electric vehicle sales leader makes its debut in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in December. Nissan's Formula E program will show a new "performance side" of Nissan Intelligent Mobility – the company' ... Continue reading

Hyundai Introduces 2019 Veloster N High-Performance Model at Nurburgring

Hyundai Introduces 2019 Veloster N High-Performance Model at Nurburgring

Veloster N model demonstrates performance potential for Hyundai N brand in the U.S. 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with up to 275 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft. of torque Electronically-controlled suspension with multiple track-tuned driving modes N model integrated body design details clearly differentiate from Veloster li ... Continue reading

2018 British Grand Prix - Sunday July 8, 2018

2018 British Grand Prix - Sunday July 8, 2018

In front of an incredible crowd in Silverstone Lewis fought his way back through the field to claim P2 Valtteri came home P4 in the British Grand Prix after fighting for the win for much of the race Sebastian Vettel (171 points) leads the Drivers’ Championship by eight points from Lewis (163 points) with Valtteri (10 ... Continue reading

2018 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

2018 Austrian Grand Prix - Sunday

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport experience a double DNF in Austria After scoring points in 33 consecutive races, Lewis had to retire his car today after he lost fuel pressure on lap 63 – ending the longest point-scoring run in Formula One history ... Continue reading

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Wins 2018 Le Mans On 20th Attempt

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Wins 2018 Le Mans On 20th Attempt

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing won the 86th Le Mans 24 Hours, taking an historic first victory at its 20th attempt. 2018-19 WEC Round 2 Le Mans 24 Hours Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso in the #8 TS050 HYBRID started from pole position and took the chequered flag after 388 tense and often dramatic laps at the ... Continue reading

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