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Breaking: Peugeot exiting Le Mans racing effective immediately

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:38:41 +0000

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Report: Ron Howard’s Rush caught filming at ‘Ring

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:18:47 +0000

Filed under: Motorsports , Classics , Etc. , Videos , Celebrities Good motorsports films don’t come up terribly often, but now and again, we get lucky. In 2011, we were graced with the very fine Senna documentary , and it appears there’s another period Formula One racing piece that could be worth watching on the silver screen soon: Rush . We’ve known for some time that this project, which chronicles the 1976 F1 season-long battle between Austria’s Niki Lauda and Britain’s James Hunt, was in the cards, and we also knew that Ron Howard had signed on as producer

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Video: Classic Toyota 2000GT turned into solar-powered EV

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:21:58 +0000

Filed under: Aftermarket , Classics , Coupe , Performance , Japan , Technology , Toyota , Tokyo Auto Salon , Electric Saying the Toyota 2000GT holds a special place in our hearts is akin to calling oxygen and water kind of important to our survival. The long-nose two-door was envisioned as a suitable competitor to the likes of the European sports cars rolling out Italy and the UK at the time, and in many ways, the Toyota was far superior. Built at a time when Japan Inc.

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David E. Davis, Jr. items and his cherry ’51 Caddie hit the block at Bonhams auction in Scottsdale

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:20:24 +0000

Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Auctions , Cadillac On January 19th starting at precisely 10:30am, Bonhams auctioneers at the Barrett-Jackson mega-event in Scottsdale will begin bringing to the stage lots 1 through 151 as part of the auction house’s “The Scottsdale Sale”. The lots represent a wide range of significant and unique items from the estate of automotive journalism guru and personality David E. Davis, Jr, who suddenly and sadly passed away on March 27th of last year following surgery. The items are a vast array of Mr.

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David E. Davis, Jr. items and his cherry ’51 Caddie hit the block at Bonhams auction in Scottsdale

Exclusive: Why do the Chevrolet coupe concepts have Corvette cross-flag emblems?

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:33:47 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars , Detroit Auto Show , Performance , Chevrolet , Design/Style The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted something suspicious lurking on the Chevrolet Code 130R and and Tru 140S concepts , both of which debuted here today at the Detroit Auto Show . Each concept prominently features the legendary Chevrolet Corvette cross flag emblem, or at least appears to at first glance. The Tru 140S wears the badges in question on the center caps of all four wheels while the Code 130R proudly displays them as integrated turn signals on the front fenders.

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Exclusive: Why do the Chevrolet coupe concepts have Corvette cross-flag emblems?