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Porsche will be taking over control of the Nardo Ring test track in Italy in May from its current owner Prototipo SpA. Porsche plans to improve the grounds and make it open to other manufacturers for testing.  It covers 700 hectares of la...

Toyota Hybrid Racing reported today first via Twitter then via a press release that it suffered a large accident while testing at Paul Ricard on April 4. The crash damaged the team's only monocoque beyond repair, and the team will be unable to...

The Williams Formula 1 Team has a new, female development driver named Susie Wolff. Wolff has competed in karts and in the DTM series for the last seven years.  “Susie is a talented, successful and highly professional racing driver ...

Nissan has announced it will be building a yet-unnamed hatchback in the UK that it will aim with competing directly with the Volkswagen Golf. The mid-sized hatchback will be based on the styling of the Invitation concept shown at the 2012 Geneva M...

Jaguar has released a video with Formula 1 commentator and ex-Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle introducing the new F-type.  The car is still under heavy camouflage, but the video at least lets people hear the car. At the moment, it has an ...

Bernie Ecclestone will not force Formula 1 teams to race at the Bahrain Grand Prix if they do not want to.  "If the teams don't want to go, then we cannot make them," said Ecclestone. The decision to cancel the race...

The rate at which hybrid car drivers buy another hybrid is 22% in North America according to a study by Polk. Polk has been keeping track of this statistic since 2008. At the time, the 35.2% of hybrid drivers bought another hybrid. The figure was ...

Ferrari is celebrating 20 years in the Chinese market by opening the 900m² Italia Center of Shanghai World Expo Park that will remain open for the next three years showing Ferraris, green technology, its product design and Ferrari racing. It ...

Porsche is adding another model to the Cayenne range in the guise of the Cayenne GTS. Where the recent Porsche Diesel filled the more economical role in the Cayenne lineup, this GTS version fits just below the Turbo.  Porsche has tuned th...

Toyota is adding a special edition to the new Aygo range. The Aygo+ Tabasco is exclusive to the launch of the new generation and is available in orange, black or dark gray. All colors come with orange door mirrors and door handles. Inside the ...