Honda today announced that the Honda Civic will race in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). “We have made a decision” said Honda CEO, Takanobu Ito “to enter into the WTCC with the European Civic. We will develop a totally new engine for this project and we are all excited about starting this new [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Will debut in GRAND-AM Road Racing Series Rolex 24 in January DAYTONA, Fla. – Chevrolet unveiled its 2012 Corvette Daytona Prototype at Daytona International Speedway today. The Corvette Daytona Prototype will make its competitive debut in the 50th anniversary of the GRAND-AM Road Racing Series Rolex 24 at Daytona from January 26-29, 2012.
Monday, November 14, 2011
* For its third appearance in the Troph?e Andros, and true to its values, Dacia has rewritten the rules with its highly original Dacia Lodgy Glace. It has entered two cars for the 2011/2012 ice-racing series and recruited a high-impact driver line-up: Alain Prost, Nicolas Prost and Evens Stievenart! * The first round of this [...]
New customer sport top model for 2012 race season Stuttgart. The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to race. The top model of Porsche Motorsport’s customer racing vehicles will head into the 2012 season with extensive modifications. Particularly striking at first glance are the changes to the body: the width of the new GT3 [...]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Iconic GT car is lighter, faster and ready for the track If you’ve ever wanted to extend your love of the iconic Nissan Z-car from the street to the track, now is a good time to take action. Nissan Motorsports is now offering Nissan 370Z race cars for customer orders. The track-ready Nissan 370Z NISMO [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011
Scheduled for 27 May 2012, Group Lotus brand ambassador Jean Alesi will make his return to competitive racing flying the flag for Group Lotus at the world’s biggest motorsport race – the 96th Indy 500. Despite his considerable experience, Jean has never before taken on competitive oval racing. Following a 12 year stint in F1 [...]
COLOGNE (Germany) – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle (EV) at the legendary 20.8km Nu?rburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The TMG EV P001, with 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7mins 47.794secs to beat the previous lap record, [...]
COLOGNE, Germany – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has revealed further details of its plan to make Nu?rburgring history on 29 August by setting a new electric vehicle (EV) lap record on the demanding 20.832km Nordschleife. TMG’s high-performance electric powertrain will power the car as it aims to significantly improve on the current lap EV record [...]
# Two-door coupe to succeed the successful A4 DTM # Safety standards even higher than before # Presentation at the IAA in Frankfurt Ingolstadt, July 15, 2011 – Model change in the DTM: From 2012 on, Audi will bank on the A5 in the most popular international touring car racing series. The coupe, which is [...]