Have you ever lost your house keys or your mobile phone during a night of heavy drinking? Felt stupid after? That’s nothing compared with what Glenn Knowles, 35 years old did. The man managed to lose his Lamborghini after a drinking night out, says telegraph.co.uk. The car was co-owned with Richard Mant, 39.
The two men reported the car to the police as stolen and put in an insurance claim. As expected, the insurance company charged them with conspiring to commit fraud between Dec, 2008, and … (read more)
Even though people were expecting sub 3-second pit stops in the season opening race in Bahrain, the time spent by the drivers at the pits were in the vicinity of 3.5 to 4 seconds. Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and Mercedes GP had all announced the introduction of several devices to speed up their pit stops, but each failed to release their drivers within a 3 second margin.
Driver Rainer Zietlow made a pit stop in Los Angeles at the Century Plaza Hotel, where he also took time to make a few statements regarding his natural-gas marathon tour, the longest in the world. Zietlow stated he is planning on completing the Transamerican tour in the first week of April, when he will reach Barrow, Alaska.
In what is a premiere for Jimmie Johnson at the Bristol Motor Speedway, the first NASCAR driver to win the Sprint Cup Series for a record 4 times in a row managed to make his mark at the Food City 500 on Sunday and won the race despite the opposition of Kurt Busch, who monopolized the first spot for 278 of the 500 laps.
Nissan plans to make changes in its Chinese business, by shifting the production of two SUVs from Dongfeng Nissan to Zhengzhou Nissan starting from April 1, as Gasgoo reports.
Safety is likely to become an issue during this year’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, as the most recent report regarding the aforementioned track is linked with a tunnel collapse.
We’ve got good news for Corvette fans located in Australia, as a company from Down Under has just presented the first right hand drive Corvette ZR1. Performax International is now expecting to receive full Australian Design Rule approval for the car. This means that the car will be cleared for sale and registration really soon.
After 43 starts and an equal amount of attempts to clinch a victory, Penkse Racing driver Justin Allgaier managed to do so this weekend, as he won the Scotts Turf Builder 300 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Not without having to battle teammate Brad Keselowski though.
Ford is taking the marketing campaign for the efficient V6 entry-level Mustang engine one step further. After advertising the powerplant’s best in class 31 mpg fuel economy, the company now wants to promote a down in the real world image of the Mustang V6.
One of the top Chinese automotive producers, FAW Group Corporation, announced that it will expand its business to South Africa, where it plans to open a truck production site, as Xinhua reported.
Kia Motors America marked the grand opening ceremony of the brand’s first U.S. production site, located in West Point, Georgia, by debuting the new SX trim level for the 2011 Sorento CUV (the first vehicle built at the plant) at the 2010 Atlanta Auto Show.
The 2010 red dot awards saw three BMW vehicles and one Rolls Royce getting recognized by the international expert jury of non-automotive designers. The Rolls-Royce Ghost, the BMW 5 Series Sedan, the BMW X1 and the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo were the models that received the recognition.
Japanese rider Makoto Tamada will not make his debut into the 2010 World Superbike Championship in Portimao with Pro Ride Honda. Although projected to start off their 2010 campaign in Portugal, some delays in sponsorship money have turned the Italian team into a no-show for the 2nd round of the series. Nevertheless, the former MotoGP rider will compete in both races in Portugal, but with Reitwagen BMW team.
Following the boring season opening Bahrain Grand Prix, all eyes will be set on the upcoming Australian Grand Prix, to see if the worries expressed by several drivers and teams out there will match the reality on track. Basically, after the Bahrain race, the world of Formula One was divided into two parts: the ones that asked for immediate rule changes in order to improve the show and the ones that asked for patience.
Environmental protection has become an important value in the automotive industry and engineers are constantly making efforts to reduce the vehicles’ impact on the environment. The most advertised achievements are, of course, the improvements in fuel economy and emissions reductions. However, the important green areas cover a much wider range of vehicle systems, such as the braking one.
Although previously telling the media that McLaren will soon close the gap on rivals Red Bull and Ferrari in the championship, 2008 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton insisted that the formers have a ridiculous margin ahead of all the other competitors this year. The Brit scored a podium in Bahrain as a result of Sebastian Vettel’s engine problems, but reckons no team in the F1 paddock is a match for the Red Bull organization for the time being.
With the release of the 2010 compensation decisions made by US pay czar Kenneth Feinberg set for next week, all executive eyes from the five companies currently under pay restrictions (GM, Chrysler, GMAC, Chrysler Financial and AIG) are on Washington. 
Caroll Shelby played an important part in Aston Martin’s motorsport history, having been on the 1959 Le Mans-winning line-up and also driving a DBR1 in the 12 Hours of Sebring. In total, Shelby contested Sebring four times for Aston Martin between 1954 and 1959, and is now talking about that period, as 2010 Sebring had just ended.
Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo is currently working on several solutions that could help Sweden and EU achieve their target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent until 2020. Volvo Trucks is focusing on Bio-DME, which produces 95% lower CO2 emissions than diesel.
Following the introduction of the TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show earlier this month, the electric car and watch makers announced in the end of the week they will kick off the Odyssey of Pioneers, a 12,000-mile trip around the world.