Pagenaud, Farfus to race at Surfers

Sportscar stars Simon Pagenaud and Augusto Farfus are the latest drivers to sign up for the V8 Supercar races at Surfers Paradise in October. Both will drive for the Garry Rogers Holden squad alongside team regulars Michael Caruso and Lee Holdsworth at the event - at which every team has to field an 'international' driver - although the exact pairings will not be decided until a later date. Rogers believes that the Peugeot sportscar driver Pagenaud (pictured), who won last year's American Le Mans Series LMP title and made his IndyCar debut earlier this year, and BMW GT man Farfus, will adapt well to the demands of the V8s.

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Bentley Continental GT Convertible to Debut at Frankfurt Auto Show in September

Last fall, Bentley unveiled its all-new Continental GT, which is simultaneously lighter, more powerful, and slightly more fuel-efficient than its predecessor. The next-generation GTC convertible and Flying Spur sedan?both of which we hope will offer the same advantages?are up next, and we now have on good authority that the GTC is scheduled to debut this [...]

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Trulli pins hopes on steering update

Jarno Trulli hopes that an updated power steering system planned for the Hungarian Grand Prix can help rescue his season with Team Lotus. The Italian has struggled all year to get comfortable with his feeling in the car, and an ongoing lack of confidence in the power steering design has left Trulli unable to push it to its limits. The Hingham-based outfit has made several modifications to the system to try and help Trulli but, having failed to overcome all his problems, another new version will be tried out at Budapest

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Brennan Drops Plan for More Atlantic Yards Parking, Will Push Transit Instead

Assembly Member James Brennan has abandoned the idea of implementing additional parking minimums at Atlantic Yards. That plan would have led more people to drive to the arena while failing to keep on-street spaces open for area residents. Wrote Brennan in an email to Streetsblog: I understand the concerns raised about my idea of compelling Ratner to [...]

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The Future of the Volt: More Body Styles, Less Weight, and a Smaller Engine

At last week’s Opel Ampera launch in The Hague, Netherlands, we had the opportunity to speak with Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke, former VP of global vehicle engineering at GM. The company’s plans for the Volt and its platform, which GM refers to as E-REV, are as ambitious as ever. Stracke tells us that, eventually, GM [...]

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