Red Bull Arrives In Melbourne
Red Bull has arrived in Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of their show cars promoting their team has – just ahead of the 2014 season-opening Formula One qualifying and race on March 13-16, 2014…
Red Bull has arrived in Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of their show cars promoting their team has – just ahead of the 2014 season-opening Formula One qualifying and race on March 13-16, 2014…
Ferrari has unveiled their new Ferrari California T – the T stands for turbo – for 2015. The new turbo Ferrari is the first turbo-ized model for the Italian stallions in 27 years [F40] and will boast a 560-horsepower 3.8 liter engine that can achieve the fabled 0-60 in 3.4 seconds. The 2015 Ferrari California […]
Now that they aren’t not paying Kimi Raikkonen to drive for them any longer, Lotus can use last year’s F1 car for other purposes – like pulling around an Airstream with Pastor Maldonado in it…
Synopsis: The boys – Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond – of Top Gear are back with the Series 21 opener and it’s a classic Cheap Car Challenge with hot hatchbacks of the 1980s and special guest Hugh Bonneville [“Downton Abbey” and “Monuments Men”] takes the Reasonably Priced Car out for a spin on […]
The racing-themed video game industry mostly consists of three highly recognizable franchises [Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsports and Need For Speed] but a new contender has entered the fray – “World of Speed”. The racing MMO is the creation of a former “Need For Speed” game developer and will make its debut on PC later this […]
Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead in Day Two and never looked back in winning the 2014 Rally Sweden – his third Swedish win of his career – and also take the overall lead in the 2014 World rally Championship. Latvala defeated his Volkswagen teammate, Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen by 53.6 seconds with Norwegian Mads Ostberg […]
There are dozens of auto shows every year but many of them are weekend-only affairs that tend to showcase the local dealership’s newest mundane stock while some are actual showcases revealing the exciting new arrivals on the automotive scene. How do you filter out the weekend Winnebagos from the sleek red “car’-pet shows? Why, you […]
Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala took a 42.7-second lead over his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen after both he and his third Volkswagen teammate, Sebastien Ogier, made crucial mistakes early in the day. Ogier’s mistake caused him to plummet down the standings and allowed Mads Ostberg to claim third in his Citroen. The final day’s stages of Rally Sweden […]
Rapper Curtis Jackson – better known as 50 Cent – has entered into a NASCAR sponsorship with Swan Racing for the upcoming 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The cars will be festooned with the logo of SMS Audio – a company owned by Jackson which makes headphones. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series opens 2014 with […]
It is no longer Thursday but here is the newest Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode with Jerry Seinfeld taking a reluctant Howard Stern out in a 1969 Pontiac GTO – Sammy Davis, Jr. The Judge version – to a diner in Queens…
Volkswagen is sitting in the top three spots after Day One at Rally Sweden, the second competition of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. Sebastien Ogier leads the way over his teammates Andreas Mikkelsen and Jari-Matti Latvala. Mikkelsen is a mere 5.8 seconds behind Ogier while Latvala is 12.2 seconds back. Day Two of Rally […]
Dubai is the home of the indoor skiing resort called Ski Dubai, so you know their police force will consist of some exotic cars – and it does. The DPD recently added a Bugatti Veyron to their police cars which include a Ferrari FF, a Lamborghini Aventador, a Dodge Challenger and a Chevrolet Camaro. Here […]
Gentlemen are expected to start the motors of more than 600 vintage race cars for a vintage race car event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this summer. Cars will be driven by amateurs, former Indy 500, Formula One and NASCAR drivers and compete in 12 classes on the venerable oval. Infield camping opportunities are available […]
Peugeot has agreed to participate in the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, joining Ford. Meanwhile, Toyota executives have said they are interested in returning to the World Rally Championship [WRC] series for the first time since 1999 – it just won’t be as soon as 2015, which was deemed too early. The […]
John Malone, owner of Liberty Global Media is making overtures to purchase as much as 49% of Formula One Group to become the largest minority stake owner in the worldwide racing series. Malone, whose Liberty Global Media already owns 51% of the EuroSport network, is aiming to take the 35% stake of the CVC private […]
There were some pretty poor Super Bowl ads foisted upon the American viewing public for the big game last weekend but none were as poor as the two thousand hour long Chrysler commercial that used Bob Dylan to list all the things countries made, but forgot a few things according to Conan O’Brien…
Ayrton Senna owned a black 1992 Acura NSX back when the Brazilian Formula One racing legend was on the Honda-sponsored F1 racing team and that car will be going up for auction later this month. Senna had several NSX cars at the time until his untimely death in a crash at Imola in 1994. This […]
The ads from the 2014 Super Bowl were a fairly sorry lot but at least one showed a glimmer of hope for next year’s Super Bowl – Dale Earnhardt, Jr. being rousted by a Mountain Dew engine rev call…
It’s not Thursday yet but Jerry Seinfeld provided the country with a special bonus Super Bowl-themed mini-episode of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” starring his “Seinfeld” cohort in comedy crime, Jason Alexander and, regrettably, a 1976 AMC Pacer…
First, let’s get this straight – especially on Super Bowl Eve – America really likes its football. That’s the non-European variety. But they also like them some auto racing too – at least more than they do the NBA or NHL. The results of the 30th annual Harris Poll for most popular sports in America […]