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BMW Motorsport Names DTM Driver Pairings
Posted on 04. Feb, 2012 by admin.
BMW Motorsport is excited about the three teams and its drivers for the company's assault on the revitalized DTM this year. BMW Team Schnitzer has Bruno Spengler and Dirk Werner as its drivers, while Andy Priauix and Augusto Farfus represent BMW Team RBM. The reigning DTM champion, who recently joined the BMW family, Martin Tomczyk, joins with...
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Iowa Man Convicted Of 188-MPH Run From Police
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
On the plus side, James Foldenauer now holds a semi-official record as the fastest convicted speeder in the state of Iowa. The down side to that is that Foldenauer is now facing a one-year suspension of his license, serious fines, up to two years in prison for eluding police, and, we’ll bet, some impressive legal bills. The Council Bluff..
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Sauber F1 Team Reorganizes Tech Team With Key’s Departure
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
James Key is packing his bag of technical tricks and heading back to the U.K. from Sauber F1 Team's Swiss headquarters.
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2012 BMW 3-Series: First U.S. Drive, Full Review
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
BMW has given the 3-Series its most radical set of changes in many years, and because we—and sport-sedan owners and enthusiasts in general—so often use the 3-Series as a benchmark, maybe even the archetype for sport sedans, it’s time to take note. Which is what we did this past week; while we got a taste a few months back, with a...
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Studebaker May Be Rising From The Dead: Report
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
As American manufacturing companies go, Studebaker had a pretty good run. Founded in 1852 as a wagon builder, the company switched to building automobiles (electric, at first) in 1902
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Sahara Force India Formula One Team Unveils New Car
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
The Formula 1 unveiling season is in full stream mode this month as teams prepare for the coming 2012 season. Sahara Force India Formula One Team had drivers Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg pull the covers from its new VJM05 at the Silverstone circuit in Northampton, UK today as reserve driver Jules Bianchi looked on. This new car is the second..
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Super Bowl Ads: BMW Proves Germans Have A Sense Of Humor
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Germans—and Bavarians in particular—aren’t known for their sense of humor. Oktoberfest aside, where everyone seems to be having a beer-fueled good time, Germans just don’t seem to laugh as much as other nationalities.
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Lotus Enters LM P2 Car For Le Mans And Full WEC Season
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
In a 56-car 80th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans field that's heavy on prototypes - there are 15 LM P1 invited cars and an enviable 18 LM P2 production-based racers on the list - one very surprising invitation emerged from the list. That would be Lotus, spreading its tentacles throughout the motorsports world from Formula 1 to Indy cars...
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Morgan To Debut 2013 Aero Coupe At Geneva Motor Show
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Morgan’s AeroMax Coupe caused quite a stir when it was shown at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show. The remarkably progressive (for Morgan, anyway) and drop-dead gorgeous coupe eventually saw limited production, with only 100 copies built
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The $10,000 EBay Formula One Car
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
In Johnny Cash’s hit, One Piece At A Time, an underpaid Cadillac assembly line worker devises a way to obtain his long desired ride. By liberating a single piece at a time in his lunchbox, our hero eventually amasses enough parts to build his own Cadillac. Since it takes him 21 years to do so, the finished product is somewhat asymmetrical..
