05 August 2022 Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season. Aston Martin says Fernando Alonso has signed a ‘multi-year deal’ to race for them in a surprise move out of the blue. And what a surprise it was; Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says […]
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29 July 2022 In the early 1950s, the German military requested motor manufacturers to tender for an off-road vehicle to compete with the British Land Rover and the American Jeep. In response to the tender request, only three manufacturers produced prototypes, Porsche, Auto Union (DKW) and a Borgward subsidiary, Goliath. Interestingly, Volkswagen was invited to
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29 July 2022 The pandemic has caused many a surprise; one such revelation is that Supercar ownership has soared to record highs. UK supercar ownership reached record levels in 2021; according to UHY Hacker Young supercar sales increased by almost 20%, and the explanation, evidently, the rich and famous look to wash away pandemic blues.
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29 July 2022 For those of us that admire the Italian racers of the 1950s and 60s, the brothers Leonardo and Vittorio Frigerio have the perfect solution, the Effeffe Berlinetta. A machine of great passion, strong personality, charm, plus the 50’s inspired road worthy café racer were the prime motivating factors that underly this car
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29 July 2022 The first Rimac Nevera is registered. It’s unclear whether it is Mr Rimac’s motor car or the first of the 150 limited supply customer cars. Whether or not it is significant, it means the Nevera is road-legal and presumably the start of customer deliveries. ‘After five years of development, over 1,000 people
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29 July 2022 Details of Porsche’s planned 50 per cent buy-in of the Red Bull Formula 1 team have been revealed in legal documents ahead of a potential announcement on August 4 2022; I understand the original announcement was planned for the early July Austrian Grand Prix. The ‘leak’ occurred because agreement from a worldwide
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29 July 2022 The Mercedes car has been slower than Red Bull and Ferrari this season; Mercedes was planning to do well at last weekend’s French Grand Prix held at the Circuit Paul Ricard with its flat track surface and high-speed corners. And do well they did; Lewis Hamilton, in his 300th F1 race, finished
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22 July 2022 The Howmet TX is not the only gas turbine-engined car used for racing, there were the Rover-BRM, the STP-Paxton Turbine Car and Lotus 56 Turbine, but the TX is the World’s Only Race Winning Turbine Car. In 1968 Ray Heppenstall raced two gas-turbine-powered sports-racing prototypes for the Howmet Corporation in the USA
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22 July 2022 During Le Mans Classic Race 2022, a particular Austrian driver, Lukas Halusa crashed it into a wall. The good news is the driver was unhurt, and the Ferrari 250 GT ‘Breadvan’ is salvageable. However, there is no guarantee that the manufacturer will be able to fix it or even want to. With
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22 July 2022 According to Autocar, Pagani Abandons EV Research To Focus On V12 Supercars. Horacio Pagani has disputed this statement and said that the company would continue to invest in researching and developing an electric car, the research for which began in 2018. It appears that Pagani’s research established that its supercar would require
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