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Auction house Bonhams just announced several rare examples set to go under the hammer at its Retromobile sale, due to be held in Paris on January 23, 2010. The collection offered for sale will comprise 100 lots, among which 28 collectors’ motorcars will be ...
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Ladies should start gearing up for the Vagabond Chopper Company's 2010 Chicks Rule & Boys Drool Tour, an on-the-road display dedicated to women motorcycle riders, promoting women who ride and wrench on their own bikes. The 44-foot trailer will stop in all major ...
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Indoor off-road driving test experience Camp Jeep will be offered to visitors attending the 2010 San Diego International Auto Show, scheduled to be held between December 30 - January 3, at the San Diego Convention Center. The 30,000-square foot exhibit will give ...
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The 21st Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport to be held March 19-21, 2010, will be celebrating the Alfa Romeo Centenary, with more than 100 examples of the Italian marque taken to the Grand Prix circuit to be a part of several events.
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BMW Z4 GT3, Ready in 2010AUTO EVENTSThose who loved the new BMW Z4 but loathed the fact they could not enter it into one GT3 formula or another may lay their discontent aside. According to Piston Heads, BMW just decided to turn the Z4 GT3 into production version as soon as 2010, with prices set at around 298,000 euros. The Z4 GT3 will pack a bit more punch than its street legal version. BMW Motorsports will fit under the hoods of these versions race-tuned variants of the 4.0l V8 engine usually found on the M3. This would make the Z4 field a 480 bhp troop. All the horses will be controlled via a six-speed sequential gearbox. The enhancements also include Type-408 racing ECU and a Power400 Control Unit, Racing ABS and, for those who can't take the heat, even air conditioning. The car will be eligible for a wide ... >> Read more |
For the first time in history, a 2.5-km banked oval race track in South Africa's Free State, called Phakisa Freeway, is getting ready to host an ASA/NASCAR-type race on January 31. The event, advertised under the "Battle Between Two Continents" name, will see ...
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Gooding & Company announced that it will be hosting a two-day auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 22-23, with the highlight of the first day being the sale of the previously-announced 1956 Jaguar D-Type, that will be joining a long list of ...
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The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is among the first auto events to recognize the importance electric vehicles will have in the near future and already announced the set up of the so called Electric Avenue, a 37,000 square foot feature on the ...
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As the extremely challenging 2009 comes to its long awaited end, manufacturers all over the world are more than to advertise what their latest models managed to achieve in not only in terms of sales, but in terms of awards as well.
Chevrolet does the same and ...
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If you’re the kind of guy who wants a one-of-a-kind supercar, then you just got lucky as Ford decided to auction its GT90 concept in Arizona, USA. The event is scheduled to take place in January.
Though we all know the Ford GT, a supercar built by the American ...
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Recently, riders and locals in Bangalore enjoyed first-hand experience of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, as a group of passionate Harley-Davidson riders led by HD’s India Managing Director Anoop Prakash, and Marketing Director Sanjay Tripathi rode their 2010 models ...
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The 2010 Le Mans Series may begin and end without one of its most important players, namely the Aston Martin works team. The winner of the 2009 Le Mans Series are yet to announce their plans for the upcoming season, but the online edition of British magazine ...
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After UK, US, Canada, France and Spain, Italy also confirmed dates and venues for the 2010 TTXGP rounds. From June to September, Italy will host four electric motorcycle racing events, as follows: Magione (27 June), Franciacorta (25 July and 5 September) and ...
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An extremely rare 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT is set to go under the hammer at the upcoming RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Arizona event on January 21. The example on offer, one of just 75 built, is expected to fetch up to $1 million, the auction house says. The car is ...
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We have here a fine example of a marketing exercise from Porsche. By competing in next year’s Nurburgring 24 Hour Race, 62 year old, double World Rally Champion, Walter Röhrl will become even more of a Porsche factory driver thus being a better company ...
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The great job Mercedes' engineers and designers did when creating and building the new SLS with gullwing doors have been once again recognized by an international organization.
The car's design has drew all the attention and praises of the 24-member jury who judged ...
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We all know that every success story is based on some type of epic journey which started it all. Whether we are talking about Jason and his quest for Golden Fleece, the first Europeans to have set foot in North America, or by the era ushered by Neil Armstrong and ...
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The first European carmaker to detail the models which will be seen at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit next month is BMW. The German carmaker announced today the vehicles which will be taken overseas, with the list including ...
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General Motors can be really proud of its 2010 Buick LaCrosse as the car has been chosen as one of the finalists for the 17th North American Car of the Year award. The lucky winner will be officially announced on January 11 at the North American International Auto Show. ...
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The organizers of the 2010 Work Truck Show, the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) together with CALSTART have announced that the main focus of the event in Saint Louis will be the presentation of practical solutions for the "green" truck needs ...
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