Detroit Grand Prix 08: Acura racing with the massive boys, enters LMP1 for 09
August 31, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports, Acura
Acura has announced at the Detroit Grand Prix that they’ll enter the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, adding to its existing LMP2 effort. Honda’s premium brand entered ALMS in the lighter LMP2 class at the beginning of 2007 with the Highcroft, Fernandez and Andretti-Green teams and won a single race that year. This year De Ferran motorsports has joined the lineup and Acura has four victories, including an overall win at Lime Rock in early July… Continue reading
VIDEO: Hubinette’s BFG Charger kicks like a mule
August 31, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Dodge
Pro motor sports might draw immense crowds, but on the boob tube, the football is king. That could be the reason Team Mopar and BFGoodrich utilized the pigskin in its latest TV ad showcasing controlled drifting. Hit the jump to see Samuel Hubinette pilot the Mopar drift Charger to and through a tee’d-up football as the rear quarter panel plays placekicker. Though not as cool as the commercial that shows Hubinette sliding the Charger through an aircraft hanger, it’s…… Continue reading
Detroit Grand Prix 08: Acura racing with the large boys, enters LMP1 for 09
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports, Acura
Acura has announced at the Detroit Grand Prix that they will enter the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, adding to its existing LMP2 effort. Honda’s premium brand entered ALMS in the lighter LMP2 class at the beginning of 2007 with the Highcroft, Fernandez and Andretti-Green teams and won a single race that year. This year De Ferran motorsports has joined the lineup and Acura has four victories, including an overall win at Lime Rock in early… Continue reading
Detroit Grand Prix 08: Acura racing with the big boys, enters LMP1 for 09
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports, Acura
Acura has announced at the Detroit Grand Prix that they will enter the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, adding to its existing LMP2 effort. Honda’s premium brand entered ALMS in the lighter LMP2 class at the beginning of 2007 with the Highcroft, Fernandez and Andretti-Green teams and won a single race that year. This year De Ferran motorsports has joined the lineup and Acura has four victories, including an overall win at Lime Rock in early… Continue reading
Nissan Shiraz is half automobile, half SUV, all odd
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Crossovers/CUVs, Nissan
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Nissan Shiraz ConceptDesign student Miguel
Ford CEO Alan Mulally to keynote CES
August 30, 2008
Filed under: Gadgets, CES, Cadillac, Ford, GM
Looks like the biggest gadget convention on Earth is becoming the place for big automotive announcements. You’ll remember that two years ago at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ford and Microsoft announced their partnership on Ford’s SYNC system, and last January General Motor’s CEO Rick Wagoner chose Las Vegas to unveil the all-electric Cadillac Provoq concept. It was the first time in the convention’s 40-year history an automaker… Continue reading
Futuremark designs new concept dash for Audi
August 29, 2008
Filed under: Gadgets, Tech, Audi
This is the kind of computerized world we have the ability to get behind — not the kind that drives for you whether you like it or not, but the one that grants you to do your human thing even superior. Futuremark has created a concept instrument and dash cluster for Audi that’s rendered entirely in 3D graphics. In the Nissan GT-R, you can change the center console screen to show or highlight the gauges you want. With Futuremark’s… Continue reading
American racing legend, Phil Hill, dies at 81
August 28, 2008
Filed under: Motorsports
Phil Hill, the only American-born driver to win a Formula One title, passed away last night of complications associated with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 81. Aside from his success with Ferrari in F1 during the 1961 season, Hill was also the first American to win at the 24 hours of Le Mans, taking the title twice more and winning the 12-hours of Sebring three times.
Described by friends and colleagues as reserved and genteel, Hill was a breath of fresh air in the international racing scene and… Continue reading
Pininfarina Hyperion dash-mounted watch from Girard-Perregaux
August 28, 2008
Filed under: Gadgets, Rolls-Royce, Lifestyle, Special/Limited Editions
If someone has enough cash on hand to commission an entirely rebodied Rolls-Royce from one of Italy’s most famous coachbuilders, you can bet he’s not going to be wearing an off-the-rack watch, either. That’s why Girard-Perregaux crafted the special timepiece you see here.
As we reported with the initial news of the Pininfarina Hyperion, this very special tourbillon is specially designed…… Continue reading
Ferrari Monza concept too complex for puny humans
August 27, 2008
Filed under: Concept Automobiles, Ferrari, Special/Limited Editions
click above for gallery of the Ferrar Monza conceptIt appears that after seeing a number of its finest works crashed by errant drivers, Ferrari should consider making something like this. It’s called the Monza, and it’s part car, part motorcycle, part flying wing, and all anime.Independently designed by Iman Maghsoudi, the Monza, whose name recalls historic Ferraris of yore and the race track that hosts the Italian Grand Prix, can go 125 miles per hour. But because…… Continue reading
