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Friday, August 31, 2012
Porsche’s Latest Tech Renders Heel-Toe Downshifting Obsolete
When the 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 broke cover this week, it did so with a software application that automatically blips the throttle during downshifts in conjunction with the seven-speed manual transmission as a part of the optional Sport Chrono package. That feature will spread across the stick-shifted Carrera lineup for 2013. A Porsche spokesman [...]
Brad Sweet, No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
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Power leads Baltimore practice two
Will Power went quickest for Penske in the second IndyCar practice session in Baltimore. Delays once again hampered running while the series worked on mitigating the bumps that were causing cars to launch earlier in the day .
Chinese Company Sort-Of Buys Spyker, Will Build $250,000 Luxury SUV
Just a year ago, a group of investors headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, bought Spyker. Today, the Dutch company that once called itself an automaker—sales are in the low double-digits, if that—announced the start of a joint venture with a former suitor for Saab, a Chinese carmaker called Youngman. If you drill down through the companies’ statement, [...]
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Official: Volkswagen again named tops in Total Quality survey by Strategic Vision
Filed under: Car Buying, Chrysler, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen
Global marketing and communications firm Strategic Vision has announced the results of its annual Total Quality Index. In the 2012 edition of the study, Volkswagen Group of America achieved the highest rating in Total Quality. This marks the German automaker's second year of achieving the accolade. According to the press release from Strategic Vision, the runner up spot was actually a tie between Chrysler Group and Ford Motor Company.
Strategic Vision factored in vehicles like the Audi A4 and A8, as well as notable VW vehicles like the Golf, Eos, and Tiguan in its study. The study also pointed to the quality of vehicles like the Flex, F-150, as well as the Fiat 500 for such a tight finish between Ford and Chrysler.
Toyota came out with the fewest reported problems of any brand. According to the study, only 17% of Toyota owners reported having problems.
Strategic vision says this was its closest finish in "Total Quality" that it has ever reported. According to the release, "Customers are increasingly defining 'quality' holistically and using Total Quality in their decisions." In assessing the Total Quality Awards, Strategic Vision calculated the results from surveys sent out to 45,390 individuals who purchased new 2012 model year vehicles from September to December of 2011. Scroll down below for the press release.
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INDYCAR: Miller's Mailbag, 8.30
Always genuine, never lite: It's Miller time. Here's the latest Q&A from SPEED.com's IndyCar guru.
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Toyota capable of winning – Wurz
Toyota's podium finish in the Silverstone 6 Hours proves the TS030 Hybrid is already capable of winning in its inaugural season in the FIA World Endurance Championship. That is the view of Alex Wurz, who says that the car's ability to match Audi on outright pace at the British circuit shows it can be a contender in the remaining four rounds of the championship. Although the Austrian acknowledges that improvements need to be made, Wurz is adamant Toyota can capitalise on any misfortune to befall its German rival
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/toyota-capable-of-winning-wurz
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
2013 Aston Martin DB9 Spy Photos: Surprise! It’s a 12-Cylinder!
What It Is: The next-generation Aston Martin DB9 being tested in the United Kingdom. This coupe and Volante—both of which will be available from the car’s launch—were spotted without any sort of camouflage, and we’re told the production versions will look no different when they make their debut. The cars borrow a number of visual [...]
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Corona Plaza: A Community Gathering Place Rises in Queens
Something special is happening in Corona, Queens. Last week, Streetfilms visited Corona Plaza — the city’s newest car-free space, next to the 103rd Street stop on the 7 train — and found it already packed with families, children, and shoppers.
This plaza has been in the works for many years, and the local community has taken [...]
This plaza has been in the works for many years, and the local community has taken [...]
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200-Proof LeMons Photos: ¡Revolución Limones!
The 2010 season-ender race at Palm Beach International Raceway featured 24 straight hours of rod-throwing madness, with the checkered flag waving at midnight on New Year’s Eve and the party beginning seconds later. It was also one of the weirdest LeMons races we’ve ever seen. The run-up to the event was every bit as surreal [...]
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Eyes on the Street: Good News and Bad News for Midtown Bike Commuters
Photo: @J_uptown
Hats off to @J_uptown, who spotted this bit of temporary bike infrastructure in Midtown. He writes:
Unfinished 9th Ave protected #bikenyc lane gets protected detour at 50th! Thx @NYC_DOT
Nice to see DOT taking a page from cities like Copenhagen, where construction crews take care to keep cyclists safe. The extension of protected bike lanes on [...]
Hats off to @J_uptown, who spotted this bit of temporary bike infrastructure in Midtown. He writes:
Unfinished 9th Ave protected #bikenyc lane gets protected detour at 50th! Thx @NYC_DOT
Nice to see DOT taking a page from cities like Copenhagen, where construction crews take care to keep cyclists safe. The extension of protected bike lanes on [...]
GM Upgrading Ohio Production Facility for 2015 Chevy Cruze
Today GM announced that it is investing $220 million to retool and equip its production facilitiy in Lordstown, Ohio—which currently builds the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan—to churn out the next-generation Cruze. What GM didn’t reveal, however, is when we can specifically expect the new Cruze to make an appearance, though it did drop a few [...]
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McLaren taking nothing for granted
McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale says the team is under no illusions that it will automatically resume its pre-summer break form when Formula 1 gets back underway in Belgium this weekend. After a string of tough races, McLaren got back into contention at the front in Germany before winning in Hungary with Lewis Hamilton
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hunter-Reay leads Sears warm-up
Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the final warm-up session ahead of this weekend's IndyCar race at Sears Point. The Andretti Autosport driver went to the top in the final moments with a best lap of 1m19.0645s, besting previous pacesetter Mike Conway by 0.1404 seconds. Oriol Servia, Tony Kanaan and Simon Pagenaud rounded out the top five
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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 148: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car’s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Even though many of you determined that this week’s sound came from a small, turbocharged mill, only a couple of you correctly identified it as the European Ford Focus’s 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine. Like that [...]
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Juncadella wins amid wet/dry chaos
Daniel Juncadella took a major step towards the Formula 3 Euro Series title with victory in a chaotic wet/dry final race of the weekend at Zandvoort on Sunday. The Spaniard boldly started a wet race on slick tyres and was able to reap the benefits when the track dried out to win for the fifth time this year by 3.2 seconds from Will Buller, despite the safety car appearing three times
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2013 BMW Alpina B7 First Drive: More Power Makes It Even More Charming
Vitamin B7 is also known as biotin, which sounds like some sort of bioengineered armor and therefore is awesome. The Alpina B7 is also known as a bad-ass 7-series, an adjective-and-noun combo that sounds pretty awesome, too. And the car is just that, thanks to its muscled-up version of BMW’s corporate twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 and [...]
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2012 NASCAR RACE #24 RESULTS, BRISTOL – DENNY HAMLIN WINS
1 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 2 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Dover White Chevrolet 3 11 24 Jeff Gordon Farm Ville/Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 4 22 55 Brian Vickers MyClassicGarage.com Toyota 5 9 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 6 10 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 7 23 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour [...]
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Pedrosa on top as Lorenzo falls
Dani Pedrosa once again edged Jorge Lorenzo to top the second MotoGP practice at Brno, the Honda man setting his fastest time just as Lorenzo fell at Turn 7. The latter, currently 18 points clear of Pedrosa in the championship, had been looking comfortable at the top of the timesheets for much of the session, but 17 minutes from the flag he lost the front of his Yamaha in the Stadium section.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Why Mary Rides
Photo copyright Dmitry Gudkov
I ran into Mary on her commute down the First Avenue bike lane. She works as an ESL instructor and has been bike commuting in New York since 1995. For the past 10 years she has been at her dream job — teaching English to delegates and staff at the United Nations [...]
I ran into Mary on her commute down the First Avenue bike lane. She works as an ESL instructor and has been bike commuting in New York since 1995. For the past 10 years she has been at her dream job — teaching English to delegates and staff at the United Nations [...]
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Ferrari reveals 2014 engine dyno test
Ferrari has revealed that its new 2014 engine is running on the dyno at its Maranello factory. With Formula 1 engine manufacturers Renault and Mercedes already believed to have begun bench tests of their new power-units, Ferrari's head of engine and electronics Luca Marmorini says that his outfit is also well-advanced with its work. "It is a very challenging period for power train people," Marmorini told the official Ferrari website.
Loeb closes in on victory
Sebastien Loeb is closing on the ninth Rally Deutschland victory of his incredible World Rally Championship career after a trouble-free run through leg two. After the chaos of the morning left Loeb over a minute and a half clear , the Citroen driver has taken it relatively easy. He heads into Sunday's decisive three stages 1m42.9s ahead of Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala, who is keeping Loeb's resurgent team-mate Mikko Hirvonen a comfortable half-minute behind.
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Plato claims wet Knockhill pole
Jason Plato took pole position in the Knockhill round of the British Touring Car Championship this afternoon. In a wet session, the works Honda of Gordon Shedden initially set the pace until his best of 57.482s was disallowed for exceeding the track limits. That allowed Plato's works MG6 and Rob Collard (WSR BMW) to battle it out for pole
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Scott Russell Riggs Hiroshi Fushida Beppe Gabbiani Bertrand Gachot
2013 Camaro ZL1 Convertible: A Real-World Hot Wheels Car for the Masses
Turning a sporty coupe into a breezy convertible is a practice as old as the pony car itself. First-generation models of the Ford Mustang, Chrysler ’Cuda/Challenger E-bodies, and GM Firebird/Camaro twins all either arrived with droptop siblings in tow or underwent the knife shortly after birth. So it surprised exactly no one when Chevrolet announced [...]
2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid First Drive: Giving the Prius Line Some Competition
After watching Toyota build itself a solid business with the Prius—more than 136,000 sold last year in the U.S.—Ford is one Detroit automaker finally getting serious about hybrids. It has plucked the C-Max people-mover from its European lineup, given it the twice-over to meet the U.S.’s strangely unique crash standards, and endowed it with a [...]
Monday, August 27, 2012
Yamaha and PETRONAS Conclude MotoGP Partnership
Yamaha Racing Sunday, 01 Jan 2012 As 2011 draws to a close it marks the end of a successful partnership between Yamaha's Factory MotoGP Team and PETRONAS....
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Brad Sweet, No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Brad Sweet - Getty ImagesBRAD SWEET QUICK FACTS No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet News and Notes Brad Sweet Career NNS Stats Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10′s Avg. Start Avg. Finish 11 0 0 0 1 15.9 20.1 Back to stock...more»
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Jared Marks Swaps Driving Shoes for Work Boots for Favorite Charity
Jared MarksMooresville, NC (August 16, 2012) With a few free weekends in Jared’s busy schedule between racing and college classes he will be stepping out of his racing uniform and into his work clothes for some volunteer work for the charity that he and his father Tony Marks have wholeheartedly supported over the past several...more»
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Loeb claims early Germany lead
Sebastien Loeb holds his habitual lead in Rally Deutschland after the first three stages of the 2012 event. The World Rally champion has won in Germany eight times in his career, with his run only halted when a puncture let his then-Citroen team-mate Sebastien Ogier snatch victory in 2011. Loeb was quickest on all three Friday morning stages, giving him an initial 13.1-second cushion over Ford's Petter Solberg
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Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr Carl Michael Edwards III William Clyde Elliott
Shane Lewis to Make Dubai 24H Debut
Shane Lewis Dubai 24H DUBAI - December 29, 2011 American to Start 31st Career 24-Hour Race at Middle East's Premier Event Shane Lewis began his career running open wheel races that lasted 30-minutes. Today, he has become one of the...
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Justin Allgaier, No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Justin Allgaier driver of the No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet ImpalaJUSTIN ALLGAIER QUICK FACTS No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10′s DNFs Avg. Start Avg. Finish 3 0 0 0 2 1 24.3 17.7 No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet News and Notes Weekend Rewind: Watkins...more»
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Bianchi follows victory with pole
Jules Bianchi followed up his race one victory by taking pole position for the second Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend at Silverstone. The Ferrari junior driver came out on top of a three-way scrap with Nico Muller and Robin Frijns shortly before the end of qualifying 2, which was moved to Saturday evening for this weekend as the race is scheduled to run on Sunday morning before the Silverstone 6 Hours takes place. Muller, Bianchi and Frijns all took turns at the top, and their battle was made all the more exciting by the fact that they were running relatively close together on track
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/bianchi-follows-victory-with-pole
Pro/WC Drivers Continue NiCAS Dominance
As expected when the NASCAR iRacing.com Class A Series (NiCAS) heads to the Irish Hills of Michigan, the field sizes were up, and the adrenaline meter hit a new high. With speeds upwards of 210mph around the lightning quick 2 mile superspeedway, one small mistake is all it takes to demolish a racecar, and ruin all chances at a solid finish. While some drivers would capitalize on other’s mistakes, some drivers would set their sites on pure domination, not needing help from anyone’s misfortune. As mentioned last week, this is the third and final season for drivers to race their way into the 2012 NASCAR iRacing.com Pro Series (NiPS). Until this point, it has been current NiPS and NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) drivers leading the way, without much [...]
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Brad Sweet, No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Brad Sweet - Getty ImagesBRAD SWEET QUICK FACTS No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet News and Notes Brad Sweet Career NNS Stats Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10′s Avg. Start Avg. Finish 11 0 0 0 1 15.9 20.1 Back to stock...more»
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Patrick Gaillard Divina Galica Nanni Galli Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
Hunter-Reay leads Sears warm-up
Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the final warm-up session ahead of this weekend's IndyCar race at Sears Point. The Andretti Autosport driver went to the top in the final moments with a best lap of 1m19.0645s, besting previous pacesetter Mike Conway by 0.1404 seconds. Oriol Servia, Tony Kanaan and Simon Pagenaud rounded out the top five
Dale Arnold Jarrett Jimmie Kenneth Johnson Kasey Kenneth Kahne Matthew Roy Kenseth
Brad Sweet, No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Brad Sweet - Getty ImagesBRAD SWEET QUICK FACTS No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet News and Notes Brad Sweet Career NNS Stats Starts Poles Wins Top-Fives Top-10′s Avg. Start Avg. Finish 11 0 0 0 1 15.9 20.1 Back to stock...more»
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Lorenzo: Original set-up key to pole
Jorge Lorenzo said going back to the very first set-up he ever tried on a 1000cc Yamaha was the key to his Brno MotoGP pole.
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Mortara wins epic Zandvoort race
Edoardo Mortara took his second DTM victory of the year with a brilliant drive in a Zandvoort race that was as thrilling as it was chaotic. Championship leader Gary Paffett, meanwhile, was spun around by Martin Tomczyk during a mid-race burst of rain and finished behind his title rivals Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler as a result
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/miscellaneous/dtm/mortara-wins-epic-zandvoort-race
Old Wisconsin’s Snack Bites to Debut on Michael Annett’s No. 43 at Atlanta
Michael AnnettCORNELIUS, N.C. (August 15, 2012) – Old Wisconsin is pleased to announce that it will debut its popular Snack Bites products on NASCAR driver Michael Annett’s No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang for Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event held on September 1, 2012 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway....more»
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Ridership Up 12 Percent on 34th Street, With More Improvements to Come
Crosstown bus service on 34th Street runs faster, more frequently, and has attracted more riders since DOT and the MTA began phasing in Select Bus Service improvements four years ago. Compared to 2008, travel times for buses on 34th Street are down 23 percent, or 7.5 minutes along the full corridor. And according to an update released by DOT yesterday, [...]
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
2014 Subaru WRX Spy Photos: Subie Reloads its Affordable Rally Rocket
What It Is: A next-gen Subaru WRX mule prancing about in the body of a current Impreza sedan. Until now, the turbocharged WRX has been based on contemporary Impreza bones, but the new one—and the even-harder-core STI variant—will be split off from the Impreza lineup both in name and mechanical makeup. So although the car [...]
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A View of the Suburban Ghost Towns Surrounding Charlotte
Castlebrooke in Kannapolis, North Carolina has been described as a "zombie development." Photo: Nancy Pierce
The decline of the exurbs – how real is it? Images like this, from Charlotte photographer Nancy Pierce, offer a compelling glimpse of how recent development spread too far before the bust. The photos were shot about 20 miles from Charlotte.
The Apple Creek development in [...]
The decline of the exurbs – how real is it? Images like this, from Charlotte photographer Nancy Pierce, offer a compelling glimpse of how recent development spread too far before the bust. The photos were shot about 20 miles from Charlotte.
The Apple Creek development in [...]
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NASCAR Fan Picks: Top Five Drivers in the Auto Club 400 at Fontana, California (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
NASCAR heads to Fontana, California this weekend with Sprint Cup drivers racing in the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Who will capture the checkered flag? Here is a look at the five drivers who have the best chance at a victory.
Lotus flexible about racing double-DRS
Lotus is open-minded about whether or not its radical double-DRS will race in the Belgian Grand Prix.
Refreshed 2013 Ram 1500 Starts at $23,585; New V6, Eight-Speed Auto Cost Extra
The 2013 Ram 1500 pickup truck has received a near-total redesign with a new engine and transmission, available air suspension system, and some significant changes to its body panels—you can read about all of the changes in our first drive—and now the company has released some pricing info for the rig. The 2013 1500 will start [...]
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A Tour of Concorso Italiano 2012 [Photo Gallery, 2012 Pebble Beach]
One of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance’s oldest sideshows, the Concorso Italiano, completed its 27th edition with the usual gathering of Latin bombshells, plus a tribute to the works of Turin coachbuilder Bertone, in all its glorious and, with credit to the show, not as glorious aspects. Lined up in the center ring with the [...]
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Hamilton: Title still realistic for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton is convinced that McLaren has a 'real chance' of winning both Formula 1 championships this year. Having triumphed last time out in the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Briton is eager for the return to action in Belgium next weekend as he aims to close down the advantage that title leader Fernando Alonso currently enjoys.
Report: 'AXI' dropped from NYC taxis
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Marketing/Advertising, Specialty, Design/Style
Oh, how we love "rebranding." From the stumblebums at The Gap to the desperate deckhands on the Microsoft Titanic, needlessly changing your logo is all the rage these days, so we shouldn't be surprised to see the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission join in on the fun by eliminating the word "taxi" from the city's cabs. That's right, while they'll still be yellow and hailing one will still prove challenging for out-of-towners, New York's taxis will now be identified by a yellow capital "T" in a black circle.
According to The New York Times, besides their "axi," cabs will also be losing their passenger door fare panel - the information will be displayed on the cab's video screen instead. The subtle shift in design is the result of New York's Taxi of Tomorrow program, in which the Nissan NV200 was picked to become the city's exclusive taxi vehicle, starting next year. The t-in-a-circle logo was created by Smart Design.David S. Yassky, the Taxi and Limousine Commission Chairman, responded to questions about whether people would be able to identify the new cabs by saying, "Even the greenest of greenhorns will know that it's a taxicab," according to the report.
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McLaren: Clinical finish key to title
McLaren believes that making more of its opportunities is key to its Formula 1 title hopes over the second half of the season. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh thinks the outfit has the basic car package it needs to triumph - but it has so far failed to get the best out of its MP4-27. That state of affairs has helped Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari, which started the season off the pace, to open up a healthy lead in the title chase
Bianchi denies Magnussen in FP2
Jules Bianchi topped the second Formula Renault 3.5 free practice session at Silverstone on Friday. The Ferrari junior driver, who led the way for much of the morning session before getting pushed back to second by Antonio Felix da Costa, moved to the head of the times inside the final 10 minutes this time round.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/bianchi-denies-magnussen-in-fp2
Jared Marks Swaps Driving Shoes for Work Boots for Favorite Charity
Jared MarksMooresville, NC (August 16, 2012) With a few free weekends in Jared’s busy schedule between racing and college classes he will be stepping out of his racing uniform and into his work clothes for some volunteer work for the charity that he and his father Tony Marks have wholeheartedly supported over the past several...more»
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BTCC trio to miss Knockhill
British Touring Car racers Rob Austin, Tony Gilham and Ollie Jackson will all miss the Knockhill round this weekend. Austin and Gilham have decided to skip the Scottish event to save budget, while AmD Tuning boss Shaun Hollamby, who runs Jackson, has elected to focus on overcoming the technical issues the team has suffered with its VW Golf.
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/btcc-trio-to-miss-knockhill
2012 Chase For The Sprint Cup Wild Card Points Standings After Michigan
Kahne, Newman Retain Provisional ‘Wild Card’ Tickets Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman continue as provisional holders of Chase “wild cards” following third and eighth-place finishes in Michigan. Kahne (11th) has two victories, Newman (13th) one. Kahne remains the most significant threat to oust a current top-10 driver trailing 10th-place Denny Hamlin by 33 points. Kyle [...]
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Beauteous Benzes!
In recent weeks, we’ve been sharing 200 Proof LeMons photos and lists of cars we’d like to see racing in the series, and now it’s time to return to the series honoring the terrible-yet-great ideas concocted by LeMons racers. Last time, we admired LeMons AMCs, but now we’re so smitten by gorgeous Stuttgart iron that [...]
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Dovizioso confirmed at Ducati
Andrea Dovizioso has agreed a two-year deal to race for Ducati from 2013, the team has confirmed, as the Italian replaces outgoing superstar Valentino Rossi. Yamaha announced earlier this month that it had re-signed Rossi after the seven-time MotoGP champion finally gave up in his mission to add an eighth crown with the Italian manufacturer. Since then Dovizioso has been heavily-tipped to replace Rossi, and the deal was made public on the eve of the Czech MotoGP at Brno this weekend.
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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions....
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Sharp Suits Compared: 2012 Audi A7 vs. 2013 BMW 640i Gran Coupe
The Mercedes-Benz CLS, a fitted tux to the off-the-rack E-class sedan on which it’s based, is iconic, having pried open the niche for executive-class four-seaters with cut-down greenhouses and arresting good looks. Despite the CLS’s decade on the market, though, Audi and BMW have only recently let their designers loose on their own mid-size sedans. [...]
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Bentley Will Add Diesels to Its Lineup; 6.8-liter V8 to Die
Bentley Mulsanne Bentley will not only offer hybrids in the future; it will also offer diesels. Outgoing Bentley and Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer confirmed to us that diesel engines are not only an option for the upcoming SUV—a full-size off-roader based on the VW Group’s modular-longitudinal platform, and not the EXP 9 F concept that [...]
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Value Capture, the Dulles Rail Extension, and the Future of Transit Funding
The failure of Atlanta’s transportation ballot measure late last month led to speculation among many analysts about what the vote meant for other regions across the country looking for ways to fund infrastructure projects. But though the Atlanta vote captured the lion’s share of media attention, another vote cast in July could hold as much [...]
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Chubba Cheddar LeMons Day 1: Fiat X1/9 Leads. No, Really!
First of all, we need to make it clear how disappointed we are that Car and Driver legend Csaba Csere has not made an appearance at the race we (sort of) named after him. He must have more important things to do, but we can’t imagine what could be more important than watching Fiat’s miserably [...]
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Williams ‘faster than points suggest’
Williams is faster than it has been able to show in recent races and still stands a chance of scoring more top results later in the season, according to its reserve driver Valtteri Bottas. The Finn is driving Bruno Senna's Williams in most Friday morning practice sessions this season. Although Williams is only seventh in the constructors' championship and has not taken any top-six finishes since Pastor Maldonado's shock Spanish Grand Prix win, Bottas is adamant that its car is getting better and better
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ETC: Awesome Lego Lamborghini Countach is on a grand scale
Filed under: Etc., Lamborghini, Toys/Games
It's the ultimate childhood icon of the '80s built with the ultimate childhood toy of the '80s: a Lamborghini Countach fashioned from Lego blocks. One German member of Eurobricks.com created exactly that as he designed and built his very own Lego Lambo.
According to the Lego-centric forum, Georg (aka Polo-Freak) started with a 1:18 scale model of the Countach and used a computer program to begin mapping out the construction of Lego Lamborghini starting in 2007. Three years later, he started buying the necessary pieces for his Lego masterpiece, and while he doesn't give any ballpark figure of how many blocks it took to built the car (or at what cost), the number of pieces required for this project is probably more Legos than most of had in total as kids.
The scaled-down Lamborghini is surprisingly detailed with all of the car's unique elements - such as the raised spoiler, rear air scoops and even the pop-up headlights. After all the planning, it still took him two weeks to assemble. That is probably more dedication than most of us have put into our full-scale projects, and the end result is a nothing short of incredible.
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Racing to Hire Veterans @TMone Outsources to Tommy Baldwin Racing at Michigan
No 10 TMone Outsources Racing to Hire Veterans Chevrolet Impala - Tommy Baldwin RacingCall Center Company will sponsor David Reutimann and the No. 10 Chevrolet MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 16, 2012) – As Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) heads to the Irish Hills, TMone will once again outsource the company’s marketing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)...more»
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Tony Stewart – What a Difference a Year Makes
Tony Stewart (Mobil 1) - Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCARKANNAPOLIS, N.C., (Aug. 15, 2012) – Last August when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolled into Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Tony Stewart was blunt in assessing his team’s performance. “We’re not setting the world on fire,” said Stewart before the race weekend even...more»
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Report: Stefan Jacoby says Volvo contemplating Mini rival
Up or down? That's the question about which way Volvo is going to take its brand: solidly into premium, full-size sedan luxury or into a smaller near-premium offering to challenge what is, right now, a very hot segment. Most of the chatter has centered around the former option, with Volvo declaring it would go for the top luxury guns, a patent filing suggesting an S100 flagship, and talk of a C90 luxury coupe to fight models like the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.
In between, that there's been speculation on the other side, with reports that Volvo is looking for a partner on a small car. Officials have themselves confirmed that within ten years, they won't have an engine larger than four cylinders, and everyone figuring that Volvo will have to do something with the spot occupied by the expiring C30 other than rename it and add two doors. The V40 takes the fight to the A3 and BMW 1 Series five-door, but what about premium and popular subcompacts like the Mini Cooper, Audi A1 and A-Class?
Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby tells Automotive News that the Swedish brand is considering a model in that space, but to do so would require not only the aformentioned partner, but a smaller engine. We're not sure what to make of the engine comment, since it apparently already has smaller engines planned for its larger line. If such a car comes, it won't be soon; Jacoby says his priorities now are "Volvo's core ranges" and getting the Scalable Platform Architecture fully integrated into the brand's next-generation cars. But with the scattershot temperament of Volvo news lately, who knows.
Stefan Jacoby says Volvo contemplating Mini rival originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Alex Tagliani, No. 30 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Preview
Alex TaglianiALEX TAGLIANI QUICK FACTS No. 30 Chevrolet Impala Circuit Gilles Villeneuve NAPA Auto Parts 200 August 18, 2012 No. 30 Chevrolet News and Notes Welcome Alex Tagliani… Turner Motorsports is pleased to welcome Montreal-native Alex Tagliani to the seat of its No. 30 Chevrolet for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Circuit...more»
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Stoner confirms he will race
Casey Stoner has confirmed he will compete in the Indianapolis MotoGP race despite the injuries he suffered in his qualifying crash. The Australian suffered ligament damage and small fractures to his right ankle in a violent high side on the exit of Turn 13 early on in qualifying
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Season championships earned at Suzuka
Season Two of the Red Sox Racing League’s 2012 multi-class racing schedule consisted of twelve races over a 13 week stretch from May to August of 2012. Thirty drivers began the season, with 19 driving the Honda Performance Development ARX-01C (HPD), and 11 electing to drive the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R. Drivers needed to finish well in nine of the twelve races on the schedule if they hoped to compete for the overall season championship. Although the C6R field had few drivers, 7 of the 11 who chose the car completed the minimum number of races to compete for the Class B championship. Only 8 of the 19 HPD drivers managed to do the same. Brad Vincent had secured his position as the overall winner of the Class A field before [...]
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Old Wisconsin’s Snack Bites to Debut on Michael Annett’s No. 43 at Atlanta
Michael AnnettCORNELIUS, N.C. (August 15, 2012) – Old Wisconsin is pleased to announce that it will debut its popular Snack Bites products on NASCAR driver Michael Annett’s No. 43 Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang for Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event held on September 1, 2012 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway....more»
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Report: Suzuki recalling 101,000 Forenza, Reno models over faulty headlamps
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Hatchback, Suzuki
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall of over 100,000 Suzuki models. The NHTSA recall extends to certain 2004-2006 Suzuki Forenza models and 2005-2006 Reno vehicles, These were vehicles produced from September 2003 through March 2006.
According to the announcement, the recall pertains to potentially faulty headlight assemblies. A poor contact in the headlight terminals can result in the splice pack melting, resulting in partial or complete loss of headlamp functionality.
Suzuki is notifying owners of the Pininfarina-designed sedan and Giugiaro-penned hatch of the problem and instructing dealers to reconnect effected headlight wiring with a pair of a heat-shrink crimps.
Owners are asked to contact Suzuki or NHTSA. The recall of 101,688 units is expected to begin in September. Scroll down to read more in the government agency's official notice.
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