Posted by in Auto News, Mercedes on 02 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
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...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, Mercedes on 01 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Formula 1: Points System to Change Again
Formula 1: Points System to Change Again
The FIA needs to get their act together real quick. This is the type of shoddy rule making that turn off fans. Just over a month ago, the FIA announced that they have replaced the good old 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 with the 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1 right out of the MotoGP rulebook. They say it’s designed...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News on 01 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Real Cost of Owning a Bugatti Veyron
Real Cost of Owning a Bugatti Veyron
It’s not because you’ve won a million quid (that’s about $1.6M) on the lottery you can spend a good part of it on a Bugatti Veyron and use it as your daily drive. Autocar’s Richard Bremner makes the numbers game more clear. And the numbers are enough to make Toyota drivers wince....
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Posted by in Auto News, Mercedes on 01 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Formula 1: Schumacher Will Be Champ Says Brawn
Formula 1: Schumacher Will Be Champ Says Brawn
So the maestro’s back and Schumacher fans will just be delighted that he’s back on the field. At 41, Schumacher will be the oldest driver racing this coming season. Critics have been saying that it’s a bad move for Schumacher to come out of retirement. History hasn’t really been...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto Blog, Auto News, GM on 01 19th, 2010 | No Comments
2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart – Long-Term Road Test Intro
2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart – Long-Term Road Test Intro
We order some Evo Lite for our long-term fleet. Date: January 2010 Current Mileage/Months in Fleet: 2713 miles/1 month Average Fuel Economy/Range: 18 mpg/261 miles Service: $0 Normal Wear: $0 Repair: $0 Since its U.S. introduction for 2002, the Subaru Impreza WRX had gone unchallenged. Yes, the base...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News on 01 18th, 2010 | No Comments
Spied: New Lamborghini Murcielago
Spied: New Lamborghini Murcielago
Autocar brings an exclusive peek at the new Lamborghini Murcielago that’s under development. The picture that you see is one under bits and pieces of disguised bodywork but it does offer a very good glimpse at the new Lambo supercar. The car is reported to sport a massive 7.0L V12 engine that...
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Posted by in Auto News, GM on 01 18th, 2010 | No Comments
Volkswagen Looking to Overtake Toyota
Volkswagen Looking to Overtake Toyota
With GM out of the picture for now, Toyota stands as the world’s largest automaker. But Toyota won’t be able to claim that they are the undisputed automaking champs as Volkswagen is now poised to threaten Toyota’s position. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn boldly announced his ambition...
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Posted by Horisly in Auto News, Honda, Hybrids on 01 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Toyota Prius G Sports Concept
Toyota Prius G Sports Concept
Aggression and Prius don’t really come together quite nicely. Being the supposed champion of hybrids, the Prius has earned a reputation as a pootling pansy of a hybrid. But what if you slap on a wicked body kit to it? This here’s the Toyota Prius G Sports Concept . The G Sports badge is...
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Posted by in Auto News, GM on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments
2010 Detroit Auto Show: Ford is Focused
This morning's first big press conference showed Ford with a swagger we haven't seen from any car company in years. Its principle messages were: 1) small is going to be big; 2) the future is all about safety, low CO2 emissions, and fuel efficiency; and 3) “profitability” is no longer a pipe...
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Posted by Maria Palma in Acura, Auto News, GM, Mercedes on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments
2010 Detroit Auto Show: Less is more?
2011 Chevrolet Cruze When this blog debuted in 2006, brands like Hummer, Isuzu, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn were still relevant in the automotive universe (all are now kaput). It was the year we saw the last gasp of the Acura NSX (sigh), Cadillac DeVille (actually just renamed DTS, but still it was the...
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