Archive for 'Maybach'
Strange Bedfellows? Morgan And OAK Racing Team Up For Le Mans
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Britain's Morgan Motor Company and France's OAK Racing have entered into a partnership that renames the 2012 OAK-Pescarolo World Endurance Championship (WEC) LMP2 cars as Morgan LMP2 racers. The prototypes are manufactured by Onroak Automotive, OAK's constructor department, which is based alongside The Sarthe at Technoparc des 24 Heures, inside...
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2012 BMW M3 DTM Safety Car Revealed
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by admin.
BMW has not run in the German DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, or German Touring Car Championship) since the series resumed racing in 2000. That changes in 2012, as three teams will run the BMW M3 in competition this season. The six race-prepped BMWs won’t be the only M3s on the track, however, since the series will also get a...
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Audi R8 Stretch Limo, McLaren F1 Successor, BMW ActiveE: Car News Headlines
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Today at Motor Authority we drive the first BMW ActiveE in North America and Audi reveals a special edition S5. Murilee Martin has a new guilty pleasure and Mercedes-Benz reconfirms the GLK will offer a diesel engine option. All this and more in today's car news, right here on Motor Authority
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Gran Turismo 5: Third Game Download Pack Now Available
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
PlayStation racing gamers should today be able to get their hands on the third download package for Gran Turismo 5, the console's seminal racing title. Following on from the first downloadable content back in October and another just before Christmas, the third package gives GT5 fans the option of six new cars and a speed testing circuit
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Tesla Confirms Model S Development On Track
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
When news broke last week that two Tesla executives had left the company, the fledgling automaker’s stock fell dramatically. After all, if senior staff were exiting, that didn’t bode well for the future of Tesla Motors. To calm investor fears and address questions raised by the media, Elon Musk and other Tesla executives held a..
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2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe Spied, 2013 GT500 Prototype Auction, SRT8 Recall: Car News Headlines
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
The 2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe has sidled in front of our spy photographers' lenses, and it looks good: like the Gran Coupe, but meaner. We're looking forward to seeing how it stacks up to the M5 on track. A 2013 Shelby GT500 prototype will cross the blocks at Barrett-Jackson this month, though it'll be destined for limited use, as it can't be..
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8 Models Recalled
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Chrysler has announced a voluntary safety recall of 303 Chrysler 300 SRT8 and Dodge Charger SRT8 models built for the 2012 model year, with assembly dates between May 2, 2011 and November 17, 2011. On vehicles equipped with 245/45Z-R30 performance all-season-radial tires, the correct default low tire pressure was not programmed into the...
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale Found On eBay
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
First unleashed at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show last September, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale is the current flagship of the Gallardo range and is about the closest you'll get to a road-going version of the ballistic Super Trofeo race car. That is, if you can ever find one of these rare beauties up for sale as Lamborghini..
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2013 Ferrari 599 Replacement Spy Video
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Ferrari is working on a replacement for its aging albeit still very capable 599 and we have an exclusive spy video of the new car testing outside the automaker’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy. Its world debut isn’t until the 2012 Geneva Motor Show this March, but we can gather many of its details in the meantime from the latest spy...
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Volvo Launches New S60 Polestar Edition… In Australia
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by admin.
For the uninitiated, Polestar is a Swedish firm whose core business is focused on research and development through motorsport. In the past, Polestar has successfully raced a range of Volvo models in various competitions, the most recent being the C30, which it currently uses to compete in the separate Swedish and World touring car championships..
