Tag: technology

  • Geneva International Motor Show 2010

    The Geneva International Motor Show will be hosted for the 80th year, and motoring enthusiasts will not want to miss out on this event. With approximately a hundred cars on display, from all ...

  • Green Racing a Go With Roadsters

    Auto racing has been getting a lot of flack in recent years for not being terribly environmentally friendly. Now it seems that this facet of sport may potentially have a lot to offer the average ...

  • MIAS Internauto 2009

    The MIAS Internauto is a spectacular event and one of the most prestigious motoring extravaganzas in Russia. Exhibitions cover an area of approximately seventy thousand square meters, and ...

  • Final Race of 2009 Jetta TDI Cup Announced

    Up until now only nine of the ten events for the 2009 season of the Jetta TDI Cup had been announced. Now Volkswagen of America, Inc. has finally announced the last host in the series of races ...

  • Ferrari

    When we hear the name Ferrari, we immediately picture legendary drivers such as Niki Lauda, John Surtees, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. However, there is more to Ferrari, than a successful racing team. When Enzo Ferrari established Scuderia Ferrari in 1929, he did not do so with road vehicles in mind. […]

  • VW Uses L.A. Auto Show To Showcase Diesel Technology

    German Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen recently took advantage of the 2008 L.A. Auto Show to showcase its entire range of diesel powered technology. It debuted at a news conference at the ...

  • Freescale And McLaren Electronics Team Up To Save Energy

    McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) and Freescale Semiconductor recently announced the decision to collaborate in their efforts to develop next-generation kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) ...

  • Blue Sky Looking Ahead to 2009 Panasonic World Solar Challenge

    Every two years a number of ‘special’ cars are shipped to Australia where they participate in a race known as the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. The race sees these cars cross the ...

  • Less Foreign Car Manufacturers Interested In NASCAR

    A number of local car manufacturers that have been involved in NASCAR for a long time are now looking to downsize their racing ventures because of financial woes. One might think that this would ...

  • Aerodynamics in Sports Cars

    With the desire to go faster than ever before cars have been making use of the aerodynamic principles developed for aircraft for some time now. In many cases, good aerodynamics can be the key to ...

  • Autoracing Goes Green

    The words “auto racing” and “environmentally friendly” do not usually coincide too much, but it seems that is about to change with the launch of the new American Le Mans Green ...

  • Timing and Scoring in IndyCar Racing

    Many auto racing fans follow the IndyCar Series with great interest, whether in person at the various race tracks, or as armchair spectators. In competitive racing split-second timing is ...