News Archive 'race' At the end of last week VW has unveiled their new competitor for the Dakar rally, the Volkswagen Race Touareg 3. The Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 promises even better performance than the outgoing version, with improvements made to its carbon and Kevlar body work, better cooling ...
Continue reading »  If you remember the MINI vs Porsche challenge launched by Jim McDowell, head of MINI USA, almost two weeks ago, in which the two cars would compete at Road Atlanta, then these next videos show who gets to wear the looser t-shirt. Even thought Porsche refused to participate ...
Continue reading » Posted in Porsche, Monday, 14 June 2010  You must remember last week's article in which we talked about MINI's USA president, Jim McDowell challenging Porsche to a race at Road Atlanta. Well the duel will not happen anymore as Porsche's North America President and CEO, Detlev Von Platen released a letter saying ...
Continue reading »  As you know the 24hr Nurburgring endurance race took place over the weekend, where the BMW M3 GT2 backed by BMW Motorsport has emerged victorious. The BMW M3 GT2 with number 25 driven by Jorg Muller (GE), Augusto Farfus (BR), Uwe Alzen (GE) and Pedro Lamy (PT) had conquered ...
Continue reading »  Porsche announced it will field 33 Porsche 911 race cars at this year's edition Nurburgring 24h endurance race. Some of the cars and teams include the new Porsche 911 GT3 R backed by Manthey Racing and Mamerow Racing plus a 911 GT3 RS and among drivers we find TV guy Patrick ...
Continue reading »  The Japanese manufacturer announced that they have teamed up with Gazoo Racing for the first production Lexus LFA participation at the 38th edition 24 Hours Nurburgring race. The company will field two Lexus LFA exemplars, car 50 driven by Kinoshita, Iida, Ohshima, Wakisaka ...
Continue reading »  This next footage was filmed at the Ipswich Raceway in Brisbane, Australia where a MINI race car crashes into a crowd of motorsport fans watching the 2010 Ipswich 300. Debutant driver Kain Magro lost control of his car during the race and spinned out of control, jumping ...
Continue reading »  The British company announced it will field an Aston Martin Rapide at this year's Nurburgring 24h race on 15, 16 May. The Aston Martin Rapide will be driven by a team of engineers from Gaydon, Warwickshire and will participate in this endurance race along with other models ...
Continue reading »  The crew from Autocar managed to get its hands on the first photos with the 2011 Mercedes SLS GT3. So far the only known technical details mention that the 2011 Mercedes SLS GT3 will be fitted with a V8 engine that is expected to develop 600 BHP and a weight saving program ...
Continue reading »  The Japanese manufacturer will bring the Lexus LFA at the Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race this year which takes place from 13 to 16 of May. This will be the first real race in which the Lexus LFA will compete, as in the previous outings the car was raced for performance ...
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