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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
* 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For the first time in its history, Peugeot yesterday attempted to set a record on the Nordschleife track. St?phane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician at PSA-DRD, was at the wheel of the EX1 concept car, which covered the circuit’s 20.832 kilometres, beating the electric speed record for a lap. With its 73 bends and 300 metres [...]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
* Output of 154 kW/210 hp – maximum torque raised to 280 Nm * Mechanical, multi-plate limited slip differential on the front axle * Newly-developed Bilstein performance chassis * Special, high-performance brakes by Brembo Russelsheim. The Corsa OPC is now even more powerful. The limited OPC ‘N?rburgring Edition’ is based on the recently upgraded Corsa [...]
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