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GM, Ford and Chrysler Cut 250,000 Jobs in 9 Years
GM, Ford and Chrysler Cut 250,000 Jobs in 9 Years

9 Feb 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Big Three are not so big anymore. Desperate to survive the crisis, they've cut jobs, sold assets, got loans and still no result. But nowhere is the crisis more obvious than in their human r...

 
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011

9 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Turkey may host its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011 if the circuit officials do not start negotiations with F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone soon enough. As reported by Turkish newspaper The Today...

 
Hyundai Gives Super Bowl Ad's Soundtrack for Free
Hyundai Gives Super Bowl Ad's Soundtrack for Free

9 Feb 2009, 09:57 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Apparently, we are going to still hear a lot about the Hyundai Genesis ad which was aired during the 2009 Super Bowl. Here is another one that will conquer the fans' hearts. In case you enjo...

 
Shelby GT500 Super Snake Drag Racing Package Develops 800 HP
Shelby GT500 Super Snake Drag Racing Package Develops 800 HP

9 Feb 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Shelby Automobiles today unveiled a GT500 Super Snake Drag Racing Package, a new addition to the powerful Shelby GT500 Mustang that was unveiled by Carroll Shelby and Don “The Snake” Pru...

 
Audi Releases Q5 US Prices
Audi Releases Q5 US Prices

9 Feb 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After being launched in 2008 all over Europe, the time has come for Audi's compact crossover, the Q5, to enter yankee land. The MY 2009 Audi Q5 will begin to arrive in US dealerships this week,...

 
Humvee Lasers Down Aircraft
Humvee Lasers Down Aircraft

9 Feb 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fitted, tuned, armed, dangerous...There is no further need to describe the Humvee or explain what it does. We all know that its primary function is not to carry one's a** around the city street...

 
Red Bull Unveil New RB5 for 2009
Red Bull Unveil New RB5 for 2009

9 Feb 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing are the latest team to introduce their 2009 challenger this off-season, revealing their newly-developed RB5 earlier today, at Jerez. Team manager Christian Horner expressed his hopes...

 
$4.4 Million for the Bugatti Found in Garage
$4.4 Million for the Bugatti Found in Garage

9 Feb 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Normally, a car's price would decay with the flight of time but it seems this is not the case of the rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante found in the garage of a British orthopedic surgeon. ...

 
UK Only: S-Tronic Sport Tranny for Audi A4 and A5
UK Only: S-Tronic Sport Tranny for Audi A4 and A5

9 Feb 2009, 09:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Audi today announced that its UK version of Audi A4 and A5 will receive the company's S-Tronic Sport transmission system, which is expected to reduce gear shifting by approximately 0.2 seconds....

 
Maserati Reveals Plans for New Spyder
Maserati Reveals Plans for New Spyder

9 Feb 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Maserati have plans to increase their range of automobiles by introducing a new model at the beginning of 2010. Called the Spyder, the new four seater in the company's portfolio will be based...

 
Petter Solberg Starts Own Team in the WRC
Petter Solberg Starts Own Team in the WRC

9 Feb 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Subaru may have left the World Rally Championship ahead of the 2009 season, but Petter Solberg's plans inside the series will not stop here. The 2003 WRC champion has struggled to find a racing...

 
Britain Faces Travel Chaos due to Snow Blizzard
Britain Faces Travel Chaos due to Snow Blizzard

9 Feb 2009, 08:22 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / The white hell seemed to have taken complete control over Great Britain these days. On Friday, the transport was a total chaos, thousands of schools were closed as roads were blocked, trains were ca...

 
1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (TR) Auction to Break World Record
1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (TR) Auction to Break World Record

9 Feb 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A few classic Ferraris have become some of the most sought-after four-wheel works of art at almost every luxury auction that took place in the last decade. First there was the 1962 Ferrari GTO which...

 
2010 Ford Transit Connect Officially Unveiled
2010 Ford Transit Connect Officially Unveiled

9 Feb 2009, 08:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford has just introduced the all-new 2010 Transit Connect, an upgraded model said to perfectly match the current market demands, namely low operating and ownership costs, reduced fuel consumption an...

 
GPDA Make Official Superlicense Request to FIA
GPDA Make Official Superlicense Request to FIA

9 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Grand Prix Drivers Association will not sit back and watch how superlicense fees inside Formula 1 increase year after year. The F1 drivers are currently taking their time to sign the new superli...

 
Weekly Roundup: 02.02.2009 – 06.02.2009
Weekly Roundup: 02.02.2009 – 06.02.2009

8 Feb 2009, 18:29 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / If you’ve been reading our news reports, you should know that this week has been mostly about bleak sales forecasts and such. We won’t go through every manufacturer affected by the crisi...

 
Kevin Harvick Wins 2009 Budweiser Shootout
Kevin Harvick Wins 2009 Budweiser Shootout

8 Feb 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kevin Harvick will enter the new Sprint Cup season feeling like a winner, after clinching the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Although he got knocked into the wall in the first...

 
FIA WTCC Confirm 2G Bio-Fuel in 2009
FIA WTCC Confirm 2G Bio-Fuel in 2009

7 Feb 2009, 22:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is now official. The 2009 edition of the FIA World Touring Car Championship will be much eco-friendlier as compared to the past seasons, as all cars will be running on second generation bio-fuel ...

 
2010 Lexus RX 350 Pricing Unveiled
2010 Lexus RX 350 Pricing Unveiled

7 Feb 2009, 22:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2010 Lexus RX 350, which is expected to go on sale this month, will have a base price of $36,800 for the front-wheel drive version while the all-wheel drive variant will cost $38,200, Lexus said...

 
2010 Ford Ranger Confirmed
2010 Ford Ranger Confirmed

7 Feb 2009, 22:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we told you on Friday, the 2010 Ford Range was just around the corner, with the American car manufacturer promising astonishing safety and enhanced fuel economy. So, here we have the offic...