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KEN BLOCK’S GYMKHANA FOUR; THE HOLLYWOOD MEGAMERCIAL

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DTM 2012: Audi banks on A5

# 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 [...]

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Launch of the BMW M3 DTM Concept Car

Munich, 15th July 2011. Just two weeks after the official roll-out of the new racing car for the 2012 DTM season, BMW presented the BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. Dr. Klaus Draeger, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for development, and BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt unveiled the car on Friday [...]

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Development programme confirmed for LMP1 sports prototype

Porsche returns to Le Mans in 2014 Stuttgart. Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 [...]

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An impressive run from Pikes Peak ‘rookie’, Dacia Duster No Limit!

In the capable hands of Frenchman Jean-Philippe Dayraut, Dacia Duster crowned its first attempt at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) with a polished, competitive and reliable run which surprised the paddock and fans of the world’s most famous hill climb.

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Born for the “Green Hell” adventure: The MINI John Cooper Works Coupe Endurance

Racing car celebrates world premiere in 24-hour race at the N?rburgring-Nordschleife. Munich. Motor sport is in the MINI genes. And now the carmaker is set to add a new chapter to its racing heritage with the arrival of the MINI John Cooper Works Coup? Endurance. The newly developed racer will line up at this year’s [...]

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NISSAN LEAF™ NISMO RC Set for Demonstration Runs at Le Mans (video)

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. today announced that Nissan will demonstrate the NISSAN LEAF™ NISMO RC at LE MANS VERS LE FUTUR, a support event for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place June 11-12. The NISSAN LEAF™ NISMO RC is a purpose-built racecar [...]

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Dacia Duster « No Limit » : poised to tackle the world’s most prestigious hill climb event

* Dacia has decided to take on the world’s most famous and most challenging hill climb – the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb – which will take place in Colorado, USA, on June 26. * Dacia will enter the American event with a purpose-built 850hp prototype, Dacia Duster ‘No Limit’. The car will be driven [...]

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Alonso and Ferrari together until 2016

Maranello, 19 May 2011 – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro announces that it has renewed its technical and racing agreement with the driver Fernando Alonso up to the end of the 2016 season. “It is a great pleasure to have renewed our agreement with a driver who has always demonstrated a winning mentality even in the most [...]

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Volkswagen to start contesting the WRC with the Polo R WRC in 2013

Wolfsburg (05 May 2011). “We have invited you to join us here in Olbia to announce Volkswagen’s entry in the World Rally Championship starting in 2013.” – These were the words used by Volkswagen Management Board Member Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg as he declared Volkswagen’s entry into the most versatile of the four automobile world championships [...]

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