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Formula 1: New Points System to Favor Winners
Formula 1: New Points System to Favor Winners
It’s final, folks. The FIA has tweaked the Formula One points system for the 2010 season to favor race winners. The points distribution will now be: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. The new ruling widened the gap between 1st and 2nd place winners. As additional rulings, the FIA placed more restrictions...
Renderings: 2012 BMW M5 by InsideLine
Renderings: 2012 BMW M5 by InsideLine
With a year left before its official unveiling at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the new BMW M5 rendering games continue and it will most likely keep going for a few more months. This time, the fellows over at InsideLine took a shot at visually designing the F10 BMW M5. The results are a bit less aggressive...
Pedestrian protection: BMW X1 first, ahead of the Audi Q5
Pedestrian protection: BMW X1 first, ahead of the Audi Q5
While the German ADAC office (the German equivalent of AAA) didn’t take an official position, the colleagues from OEAMTC Austria concluded a comparison test in Pedestrian Safety by using as a reference mid-size and compact SUVs. The new BMW X1 comes at the top of this test and OEAMTC expert Max...
McLaren Unveils 2010 Formula One Car, We Listen In On Drivers’ Chat [Formula One]
McLaren Unveils 2010 Formula One Car, We Listen In On Drivers’ Chat [Formula One]
The MP4-25 is McLaren’s new car for Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button . With the help of our advanced spy microphone, we present some on-stage chitchat between the drivers as they discuss their new ride. Hot on the heels of Ferrari’s online launch of the F10 comes the new silver and red McLaren,...
BMW City and a mini BMW: Competition for Mercedes A-Class and Audi A1
BMW City and a mini BMW: Competition for Mercedes A-Class and Audi A1
Ready for another rumor? German magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports that in 2014 BMW will be pushing out two models under the BMW 1 Series. One of them will be a “Mini BMW” vehicle, advertised as a small premium car that will be powered by 3-cylinder engines and hybrid drivetrains. The...
Forzalopnik: The Very Last Poll [Forzalopnik]
Forzalopnik: The Very Last Poll [Forzalopnik]
Break out the war paint and rally the troops — this is the final vote for Jalopnik’s Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack . You know you want it. You know you need it. Vote Golden Ticket or die trying. This is the absolute, no-question, not-gonna-happen-again (maybe) last poll. Your...
Forzalopnik: Wednesday Winners Take The Bouquet [Forzalopnik]
Forzalopnik: Wednesday Winners Take The Bouquet [Forzalopnik]
The light on the horizon grows dim, and Judgment Day is at hand: Voting for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport Downloadable Car Pack is almost over. One more vote takes place today. Here are Wednesday’s champions. Yesterday was the third and penultimate day of voting for Jalopnik ’s community-voted...
Remembering Bernd Rosemeyer [Speed Records]
Remembering Bernd Rosemeyer [Speed Records]
It was 72 years ago on this day that Bernd Rosemeyer flipped his streamlined V16 Auto Union on the Autobahn at 268 MPH and died. Come and watch a video of his very photogenic life. As for what happened precisely on that cold January day between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, nobody knows for sure. But an...
Mercedes Begins SLS AMG Production
Mercedes Begins SLS AMG Production
Looks like Mercedes is moving forward with production of their non-McLaren-related supercar, the SLS AMG Gullwing. This high-powered supercar is slated for market launch on March 27th this year, but the first model is now being hand-built in Mercedes’ Sindelfingen (that’s fun to say) plant. The...
New videos: BMW 335is
New videos: BMW 335is
BMW just released some new videos of their latest gimmick: BMW 335is . The car was unveiled last week at the Estoril track in Portugal and it was just the beginning of a new wave of car comparisons. While many of you might have already compared it to its competitors in the market, mostly from Mercedes...
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