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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognized the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the international governing body for motor sport, especially Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship. This mean...

There is another big flair up in Formula 1 about technology rules. Lotus has developed a system that maintains the car's ride height under braking to make the car more stable and theoretically faster. Lotus refers to the system as reactive rid...

Formula Drift racer Ken Gushi is getting a new ride for 2013. Gone is his Scion Tc, and here to stay is a 600hp Scion FR-S.  One gripe about the Formula Drift series is that it allows cars to switch powerplants, hence Gushi previous car b...

At the start of the 2012 Dakar Rally we already warned that the MINIs would be the ones to beat, and that has been confirmed. But the fight has been hard between them all. On the fifth stage between Chilecito to Fiambala was won by Krzysztof Holow...

After a bad stage on leg three, Peterhansel won stage four of the Dakar Rally which connected San Juan to Chilecito in Argentina, to recover the overall lead in the standings. Finishing the 326km special in a time of 3.49:33,  5:19 ahead ...

MINI returned to victories on the third stage of the 2012 Dakar Rally with Spaniard Nani Roma. Benefiting from a poor stage of Peterhansel, Krzysztof Holowczyc took the overall lead. With a time of two hours 26 minutes 51 seconds, Nani Roma wo...

Ex-WRC Driver and Dakar Rally winner Carlos Sainz is playing a major role in Volkswagen WRC future. Since ending his professional rally career, Sainz has been working with Volkswagen to start its WRC program that will begin next season.  ...

Sometimes it is fun to root for the underdog, even if it has no real chance of winning. That is why its fun to see that Russian automaker Lada is returning to the World Touring Car Championship next season with a Lada Granta. For now the car will ...

It wasn’t the best of starts for the 2012 edition of the Dakar, which for the fourth year in succession is being run in South America as the Rally got yet againmarked by the death of a driver. During the first leg which linked Mar del Pl...

The Tokyo Auto Show has come and past in December, but now Subaru is prepping for the Tokyo Auto Salon where Japan's top automotive tuners come to display their wares. It has some major announcements planned for the show including the announce...