Chrysler’s former financial arm said Tuesday that it will reduce its work force by 9 percent, or more than 300 employees, as it restructures operations after losing its preferred lender status with the automaker. See original here: Chrysler Financial...
Tony George will no longer have day-to-day responsibility for running his family businesses, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. See more here: Tony George out as Indianapolis Motor Speedway boss: Read More →
True, the new program offers to pay $3,500 or $4,500 for old, gas-guzzling cars and trucks, but while the government’s plan may benefit some buyers, it’s not for everyone. See the original post here: Newsweek: Why ‘cash for clunkers’...
Sports-car enthusiasts will be getting a taste of the exotic this summer, as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren will debut in SCCA competition on July 26 at the Speed World Challenge GT Championship at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Ill. See more here: Mercedes-Benz...
Some facts, figures and random thoughts before this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway: Here is the original post: NASCAR preps for second visit to Daytona this year: Read More →
Ferrari Formula One driver and 2007 world champion Kimi Raïkkönen will make his World Rally Championship debut in July on the WRC Rally Finland. The rest is here: Kimi Raïkkönen to compete in WRC Rally Finland: Read More →
1990’s technology up against the 2000’s… which one will prevail… the 1001hp Bugatti Veyron or the 627hp McLaren F1 which was introduced in 1992? These Titans go head-to-head in a one mile drag race. The Stig straps himself in...
An independent laboratory is backing up NASCAR tests that say suspended Sprint Cup owner-driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for a banned substance. Continued here: Independent lab confirms Mayfield’s positive test for banned substance: Read More →
The all-new, 2009 Volkswagen CC is a slightly longer, wider and 2-inches lower, more upscale version of the popular VW Passat four-door sedan. Both are family sedans, but the CC takes bold, sports car looks and performance to the next level. The...
Hoping for a quick exit from Chapter 11, GM will on Tuesday ask a bankruptcy judge to approve its plan to refashion itself as a leaner automaker owned mostly by the government. See the original post here: GM seeks court OK to become ‘new’ company Read More →
Ford’s top sales analyst said Monday U.S. auto sales may have stopped their month to month declines in June and could be down less than 30 percent for the first time since September of last year. More here: Ford: ‘We’re not slipping...
Recognizing that its commercial vehicle customers are as increasingly reliant on technology as much as cubicle-bound desk jockeys, Ford has developed a suite of technologies and applications aimed at mobile commercial customers. See the original post...
Porsche has rejected Volkswagen AG’s bid to take a 49 percent stake in the sports car maker, a company spokesman said Monday. See the original post: Porsche rejects Volkswagen’s investment bid Read More →
Ford claimed a well-deserved victory in the Rally Poland, an event making its debut on the World Rally Championship this year, to give Mikko Hirvonen the lead of the drivers’ championship and seriously threaten Citroen in the manufacturers’ rankings. Read...
Pole-winner Ron Hornaday led 175 of the 201 laps (the race went overtime) to easily win the Camping World Truck Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park. It was Hornaday’s third victory this year and the record-extending 42nd of his career. See the...
Officials at Roush Fenway Racing and Hendrick Motorsports spent part of Sunday putting down another Danica Patrick rumor. This one, from an Internet blogger, implied that the companies are fighting over the IndyCar driver. Continued here: Roush, Hendrick...
Rookie Joey Logano and crew chief Greg Zipadelli played the weather game perfectly on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In the lead, but low on fuel as rain approached, Zipadelli made Logano stay out and save all he could. Excerpt from: Fuel...
Larry Dixon claimed his fourth win of the year Sunday in Norwalk, Ohio, to move to within two and a half rounds of the Top Fuel point lead at the midway point of the NHRA season. Continued here: Dixon, Beckman, Line winners in NHRA event at Norwalk: Read More →
For Mini, the maker of sporty — if eccentric — pint-sized hatchbacks, landing at the bottom of another closely watched vehicle quality study this week is almost a point of pride. Here is the original: Mini laughs off last-place quality ranking Read More →
General Motors Corp. has agreed to take on responsibility for future product liability claims, removing what could have been a sizable roadblock on the automaker’s path to a quick sale of its assets and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a...
