Report: Chrysler considering entry into Australia’s V8 Supercar series?

Filed under: Motorsports , Chrysler , Australia Wherever you find General Motors and Ford going at it, Chrysler is seldom very far behind. Except in Australia. The Land Down Under has its own unique touring car championship in the form of its popular V8 Supercars series, but the only contestants these days are Ford (with its FPV Falcon) and GM subsidiary Holden (with its HSV Commodore).

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Report: Chrysler considering entry into Australia’s V8 Supercar series?

Official: Kimi Raikkonen marks official return to F1 with Lotus test run [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports , Lotus Few drivers have caused the kind of speculation that Kimi Raikkonen has in the past few years alone. Will he take a Ferrari payoff and make way for Fernando Alonso ? Will he find another ride in Formula One ? Will he make it in the World Rally Championship ?

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Report: Ex-BMW design boss Bangle writes book, launches contest

Filed under: Etc. , Design/Style Chris Bangle’s latest novel idea is, in fact, an actual novel. The designer has penned fiction tome called Peter Teufel, A Tale of Car Design in 3 Parts . There’s more to the work than Bangle laying out a potential future of transportation via the Teufel character’s story.

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Report: Ex-BMW design boss Bangle writes book, launches contest

2012 Fiat Ellezero spied inside & out

Our spies have snapped the first photos of the Fiat Ellezero ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Video: Audi goes all Herman Melville on us to highlight benefits of Quattro

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Audi , Luxury One man’s new toy can be another’s Moby Dick. Typically we’d mean that in a figurative sense, but Audi has taken things one step towards the literal – or literary – with its latest advertising spot. The commercial centers around a Captain Ahab-like tow truck driver who has, when the roads turn white with deep snow, hooked just about everything on the road. Everything, that is, except the elusive Quattro.

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Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition announced

Chevrolet is marking the final year for the current C6 generation with the 2013 Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition and the 60th Anniversary Package.

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Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition announced