The specialists at Rush Racing have just released two new exhaust systems for the 2010 Honda Fury, available with either show quality chrome or popular black coating. Fury owners can choose between a Straight and Multi-Directional Angle Tip. Two optional tips are also available, a tapered cut and short ring.
The systems have double ceramic coating that increases exhaust gas flow and therefore improves power. Besides better performance, lower exhaust pipe temperatures makes a more comfortable… (read more)
Toyota’s newly formed Special Committee for Global Quality got together this week for the first time, to discuss the steps to be taken by the Japanese manufacturer to wash the shame caused by the huge quality scandal of recent months.
Today was definitely not a good day for science: the Pagani C9 hypercar test mule took a potentially lethal blow at 10AM this morning, while being driven on the Autobahn B14, close to the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Piquet family seems unwilling to let go of the crash scandal that shattered the world of Formula One last year. Although the decision of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) on the crash saga involving Renault, Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds has been overturned by Paris’ Tribunal de Grande Instance, it seems yet another lawsuit has been issued on this topic.
Shortly after the German manufacturer announced it will return to the Isle of Man TT this year, the fastest woman at the TT for the last five years will also be racing a BMW machine at the event. Maria Costello will ride the BMW S 1000 RR in three races at the Isle of Man, the Superstock, Superbike and Senior TT races.
The more, the merrier… After NHTSA and NASA itself, another investigation into the mysterious problem which accelerates Toyotas will be opened by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). So, we can now definitely say there are more agencies investigating the incidents than incidents themselves.
Although Jorge Lorenzo’s preparation for the 2010 MotoGP season have suffered an immense blow earlier this year – when the Spaniard injured himself in a motocross accident and had to sit off no less than 6 weeks, therefore missing an entire test – his team boss from Yamaha Davide Brivio doesn’t seem too eager to wait for another year until the Spaniard secures his first title in the series.
Honda’s Canadian arm plans to expand its production capacity by adding a second production shift at one of its two factories, as Reuters reports.
What better way to celebrate the longest-running nameplate in Australian motoring history than to honor it with a… commemorative logo!? Well, why not? After all, what do you expect them to do? Give the car a birthday cake?
The UK government will introduce an additional new vehicle purchase tax, which should drive buyers towards low-emission vehicles and will increase the level of the current annual taxes, starting from tomorrow.
A few hours before the official start of the Rally Jordan, reigning world champion Sebastian Loeb insisted that he and his team should not sit back and relax following their comfortable win in Rally Mexico. The Frenchman made yet another such statement today, when setting the fastest time in the pre-event shakedown for the Jordan event this weekend.
Virgin Racing will have to wait until the Spanish Grand Prix in early May to actually hope to finish a race in Formula One. The team has discovered that the size of their car’s fuel tank is not enough to take on the necessary amount of fuel to finish a race, therefore will have to build a new chassis to implement a bigger tank.
After it was forced by the imminent leakage of photos showing the limited edition Focus RS500 to present the car ahead of its scheduled unveiling, American manufacturer Ford thought that, while they’re at it, to launch the official video showing the car as well. And below it is…
Mercedes-Benz is expanding the production hardware at its Bremen plant in Germany, as the company plans to produce a new model there.
Swedish carmaker Volvo has yet another reason to brag about, this time because the V70 DRIVe model. German motorists’ organization ADAC, recently gave the Volvo V70 1.6D DRIVe five stars in its annual eco-test.
The German tuning company Rieger has developed a complete tuning kit for the Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Earlier this month, we reported that Fiat Professional UK, the company’s British commercial vehicle arm, will launch a new brand marketing campaign, in the form of a 10-episode comedy series, called The Fleet.
Renault’s reshuffle of their entire Formula One organization prior to the 2010 season seems to be working just fine, as the Enstone-based team scored their first podium only 2 races into the new campaign. And the result is even more resounding as it was recorded thanks to a strong, rather than lucky, performance from leading driver Robert Kubica.
The latest offering from the California Sidecar specialists, dubbed The Custom, comes to fit all Softail models from 2000 – present, excluding the Rocker and 2007 Fatboy. Combining the Volusia Trike Conversion kit for Harley-Davidson Softails introduced in June 2009 with a custom chopper trike, The Custom offers something different.
After completing his last full season on NASCAR’s first stage in 2008 and racing for 2 races with Tommy Baldwin Racing in 2009, Scott Riggs returns to the Sprint for another incomplete season.