Grand-Am Ferrari 458 Italy: the first test in Fiorano

He made his debut on the Fiorano test track for a series of tests required for its development the new Ferrari 458 Italy Grand-Am car of the house of the Cavallino intended to take part in the races that make up the American Grand-Am series. Based on the Ferrari 458 GT3 Italy, the Grand-Am was created by Ferrari in collaboration with the Michelotto Cars and implementing many new features to make

BMW M3 DTM Concept, unveiled in Monaco

BMW has presented within the framework of the Olympic stadium in Monaco M3 DTM Concept, the brand-new racing car with which the House Ethics officially participate in the 2012 season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), the exciting championship dedicated to touring cars that takes place every year in many tracks scattered throughout Europe.

During the ceremony, Jens Marquardt, new

Citroen 2 CV: World record-breaking rally

The Citroen 2 CV is certainly one of those little cars, like the Morris Minor, the Fiat 500 and Volkswagen Beetle, which can boast of having written an important page in history. So it's no wonder that the 19th World Meeting of 2CV Friends of fixed July 26 to 31 in the Loir-et-Cher, in France, attended by over 5300 Citroen 2CV, a number so large as to make this event, the festival dedicated to

Chevrolet Volt: New York Police Department buys 50 units

The streets of New York gradually become more environmentally friendly and modern. If earlier this year came the news that the mayor of the Big Apple will gradually change the entire fleet of 13,000 taxis, supplying Nissan NV200 is now the turn of the vehicles of the NYPD, the police acronym for Manhattan and the other 4 districts , and the famous fire department.

The first community has

Daimler and Bosch, a joint venture for electric motors

Two big automotive industry have signed an agreement to push the accelerator on the development of electric propulsion. It's Daimler and Bosch that link to create a joint venture in this field with great prospects. The new player will be called EM-motive and will be tasked to develop, manufacture and sell motors for electric vehicles.

The headquarters and production site will be built in

Volvo goes Moto Guzzi North Cape

Volvo XC60 is a lot of support along the car to twenty bikes Mandello del Lario, home of Moto Guzzi's historical, for the raid to the North Cape organized to celebrate 90 years of motorcycle. Raid The North Cape, a classic motorcycle, takes place in summer, when weather conditions allow to trace the narrow fjords that line the state and reach Nordkapp, the northernmost part of Norway.

The

Denmark opens the first charging station Quickdrop

It 'been opened in these days in Denmark the first European service station for replacement of the batteries of electric cars with the system Quickdrop, waiting for take-off of such vehicles on a large scale. For creating it is the Better Place, California-based company that in partnership the company Dong Energy is preparing to do the same in 19 other places in the Scandinavian country.

In all

Jaguar XF 2.2 record: 1,313 km with a single tank of fuel

From Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham, in Monaco of Bavaria on a single tank of fuel. This is accomplished by the company Jaguar XF 2.2 diesel put in the hands of independent testing expert David Magdwick. The company was commissioned by the British to witness the same house with the facts the efficiency of its four-cylinder diesel that powers the XF and the answer seems to be short of intentions

Melbourne Motor Show 2011: SUVs and pickups are strong

Although not of the caliber of those in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Detroit, the Australian Motor Show, or Salon Melborune 2011 showed some interesting innovations. In the first 10 days of July, the stands of the fair in this city in the south of the country have seen such a curious concept, Ford, dubbed "Mad Max", in honor of the movie in which Mel Gibson turned australianissimo Ford Falcon XB

Cuba: Farewell to classic cars from 2102

Vintage American cars are part of the landscape of Cuba remained on the island after the revolution of 1959, are the only cars to be marketed freely. To buy a car registered after 31 December 1958, the regime of Fidel Castro forces the city to a long path full of obstacles and bureaucratic meticulous controls by the authorities, which most often ends in a negative way.

Thanks to this severity by

Nissan NV200: The Japanese van is electric

Nissan launches in the market for commercial vehicles with an electric motor powered compact. The company has announced in recent days will begin testing a car with zero emissions based on the NV200 and intended primarily to carry goods. With effect from "guinea pig" to test the Japanese postal service, in the city of Yokohama (Tokyo metropolitan area) will devote one of these means delivery of

Lotus: Exige a rally in Frankfurt

The Lotus is not interested to invest in advertising, rather prefer to focus on motor racing and so, in addition to F1 and sports car races for the covered wheels, is also to debut in the world of rallies with a special version of the Exige. The car will be visible during the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Lotus, and will as usual, rear-wheel drive.

Still do not know where the championship race, but

Toyota Prius with Performance Plus Package

When you think of a hybrid car comes to mind the image of a modern car, excellent fuel consumption and emissions, with performance more or less depending on the discrete model, but obviously a bit 'sacrifice compared to the same segment cars powered in the traditional way. What is certain, however, is that in any case, the hybrid concept is instinctively associated with that sports car, but

Alfa Romeo at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

From July 1 to 3, in the English county Sussex West, returns on time like every year the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011, awaiting the show dedicated to the motoring world that this year will have as its theme the "Racing Revolutions", ie large ideas that have revolutionized the last one hundred years of history of motor racing.

Among the numerous players at the Festival there will also be an

McLaren MP4-12C GT3 debut at Goodwood

The timing of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 has arrived and the car is unveiled at Goodwood in this weekend during the Festival of Speed. Frankly, there could be a baptism for a better race car with a British pedigree. The public presentation marks a time when imported for the English House, in fact, the MP4-12C GT3 will be the only McLaren F1 car apart, to take part in competitions and collects an

Porsche at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014

The successes in recent years the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Peugeot and Audi, with the latter dominating nearly supreme edition ended a few weeks ago, Porsche seems to have convinced the leaders to schedule a return in force to the legendary endurance race, with the objective, we can say for granted, to win.

The German is in fact the brand which currently boasts the highest number of wins at 24

F1: a movie on Niki Lauda

The life of a pilot is full of important moments, moments of breathtaking and the sense of adventure inherent in everyone. But that is legendary Niki Lauda, the Austrian because the pilot has defied death, survived the flames and came back to win. Now the story of Niki Lauda and the dramatic moments that were the backdrop to his duel as James Hunt, McLaren driver who beat, will be shown on the

The popemobile becomes "green" with the M-Class hybrid

German car for a German pope. A few months ago, Benedict XVI had announced the intention of wanting to give a fully electric car, in line with those behaviors aimed at reducing carbon dioxide in the air. His staff, especially those responsible for his safety, he was still skeptical about the autonomy in case of emergency.

However, it was found a good compromise with hybrid technology, which will

ClipperCreek, the electric car is recharged at home

Sustainable mobility, represented by the electric-powered cars, with the passage of time is becoming increasingly important, but the turning point for a widespread distribution of this type of car, what could come from an advanced compact home recharging device, made from ClipperCreek company. Despite the number of dedicated public infrastructure for charging batteries of electric cars is growing