2011 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Road Test: Now With More Built-In Punchlines

Guess what ED stands for. Your narrator, the man who is about to pass judgment on the transportation module pictured here, never even drove it home from the office, much less on a road trip during which he would encounter useful insights about the electric-powered Smart ED?s handling. And, yes before we go any farther, [...]

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Porsche All But Confirms Plans for a Mid-Engine Supercar to Slot Between the 911 and 918

Short of actually putting out a press release to announce production, Porsche executives have spoken in significant detail about plans for a mid-engine supercar. The sports car would be positioned directly between the higher-performance 911 models and the limited-production 918 (shown above). In an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, Porsche CEO Matthias Müller said that [...]

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Kenny Wallace, No. 09 American Ethanol / Iowa Corn Toyota Camry Iowa Speedway Preview

Kenny Wallace - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCARKENNY WALLACE, NO. 09 AMERICAN ETHANOL/IOWA CORN TOYOTA CAMRY, IOWA SPEEDWAY PREVIEW Team:RAB Racing with Brack Maggard Car: No. 09 American Ethanol / Iowa Corn Toyota Camry Race 22 of 34: U.S. Cellular 250 presented by the Enlist Weed Control System at Iowa Speedway...more»

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When is a Zagato Not a Zagato? When it?s a Scagliarini

Tuesday, Scagliarini Motorsports (based in Colorado, because nothing says ?Italia? like Boulder stoners and Durango ranch hands) offered up a concept drawing of a modified Fiat 500 Abarth mini-panel-van called the 504 Coupè Zagato Elaborata. Though Scagliarini claims the car draws influence from the Fiat 8v Elaborata by Zagato, the august adder-of-double-bubbles-to-all-things actually had nothing [...]

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Hamilton: Radio glitch hurt strategy

Lewis Hamilton said radio communication issues led to his errant switch to intermediate tyres late in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver was engaged in a spectacular battle for victory with his team-mate Jenson Button in the final part of the race when he opted to pit for intermediates amid a rain shower. But the track dried almost immediately and he had to make an additional pitstop

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V8 Supercars to Sanction iRacing.com Series

iRacing.com and V8 Supercars announced an agreement today that will see the organizers of the successful V8 Supercar Championship officially sanction the popular online racing service?s V8 Supercar series, which will be known as the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series presented by BigPond.  V8 Supercars thus joins NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM as partners in sanctioning competition on the iRacing service. ?As the world?s leading online racing service, it?s both appropriate and gratifying to announce our first international sanctioning partner,? said Steve Myers, executive vice president of iRacing.com.  ?Many of our most enthusiastic members hail from Australia and New Zealand, and iRacing is proud to be associated with V8 Supercars. ?Our NASCAR-, INDYCAR- and GRAND-AM-sanctioned series have introduced new fans to NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM and, of course, have been instrumental in [...]

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