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FIA President Jean Todt Tours HRT's New Headquarters

FIA President Jean Todt Tours HRT's New Headquarters

FIA Present Jean Todt paid a visit to the HRT Formula 1 Team's new headquarters at the Caja Mágica near Madrid, Spain. Todt was guided on the tour by the team's CEO Saúl Ruiz de Marcos and Team Principal, Luis Pér...
04.05.2012 | 1864 views | 0 comments
Lamborghini Opens Second Dealer in India in Mumbai

Lamborghini Opens Second Dealer in India in Mumbai

Lamborghini has opened its second dealer in India in Mumbai, and CEO Stephan Winkelmann was on hand to create Lamborghini India. The dealer is in the Prabhadevi neighborhood of Mumbai and is operated by Lamborghini's Indian partner Auto H...
04.05.2012 | 1829 views | 0 comments
Ford, VW, BMW, GM, Daimler and Chrysler Standardize Electric Vehicle Charging

Ford, VW, BMW, GM, Daimler and Chrysler Standardize Electric Vehicle Charging

Ford, Volkswagen Group, BMW, GM, Daimler, Porsche and Chrysler are working together to create a standardized, single-port DC charging technology that it calls the Combined Charging System. The corporations say that the system will charge current e...
04.05.2012 | 2492 views | 0 comments
South Africa Leading Competition for 2013 WRC Round

South Africa Leading Competition for 2013 WRC Round

There will be a round added to the World Rally Championship next season, and at the moment South Africa is leading the competition to be the next round of the WRC. The other possibility is Brazil, however it appears that South Africa is far more p...
04.05.2012 | 1629 views | 0 comments
Fisker Karma Racing in Bodensee-Elektrik 2012 Rallye

Fisker Karma Racing in Bodensee-Elektrik 2012 Rallye

Fisker is entering a Karma into the inauguralBodensee-Elektrik 2012 Rallye from May 3-6. The rally is meant to test the range and performance of electric vehicles through the Alps and roads of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The car will be driv...
04.05.2012 | 1724 views | 0 comments
Toyota Mulling Hybrid, Mid-Engined Supra Successor

Toyota Mulling Hybrid, Mid-Engined Supra Successor

Toyota nearly had a Supra successor ready in 2007 when it showed the FT-HS concept at the North American International Auto Show. Then the global market collapsed, and the concept was put on the back burner. Now it  appears that Toyota is con...
04.05.2012 | 2224 views | 0 comments
Skoda Builds 3 Millionth Fabia

Skoda Builds 3 Millionth Fabia

Skoda completed its 3 millionth Fabia on May 4, 2012. It was a white Fabia Greenline powered by a 1.2 TDI CR DPF engine with 74hp. The car was built at Skoda's main Mladá Boleslav factory. It will be delivered to a customer in...
04.05.2012 | 1531 views | 0 comments
New Porsche 911 Wins Red Dot Design Award

New Porsche 911 Wins Red Dot Design Award

The new 991 chassis Porsche 911 has won the red dot award: product design 2012 voted on by 30 international design experts.  The current 911 was designed by Michael Mauer who used two concepts when penning the design: brand identity and p...
04.05.2012 | 6807 views | 1 comments
Kia Launches New K9 Flagship Sedan

Kia Launches New K9 Flagship Sedan

The Kia K9 flagship sedan has finally gone on sale in Korea, and it will launch internationally at the end of this year, but it will not be sold in the UK. In all likelihood it will be sold in the US later in the year, though.  The K9 is ...
04.05.2012 | 890 views | 1 comments
GM Files Patent for Targeted Billboards

GM Files Patent for Targeted Billboards

General Motors has filed a patent to make targeted billboards a reality. The system monitors the vehicles navigation system for programmed points of interest and where the driver wants to go.  If the vehicle is going to drive past a point...
03.05.2012 | 1003 views | 1 comments

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