29 June 2023 Several months after WWII ended, Mr Hoffmann dropped an ‘n’ from his name, invested his successful fashion business profits into the Hoffman Motor Company, and located his showroom in the prestigious New York’s Park Avenue. Mr Hoffman had a dream; he wanted to bring Europe to the States, more specifically, European motor
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29 June 2023 Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the unlikely owners of the Wrexham Associated Football Club, have catapulted the oldest football club in Wales to a global audience. The little Welsh club, via their TV docuseries, ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ seems to have struck a chord with a North American market. And if
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29 June 2023 The Ferrari 312 F1 was the designation of the 3.0 litre V-12 (consequently 312) Formula One car raced by the Italian team from 1966 to 1969. They raced the 312 B in the 1970 season and the 312 T in the 1975 season. During 1975 and 1980, Ferrari raced an upgraded 312
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29 June 2023 Austrian GPDate: Sunday, July 02, 2023Track: Red Bull Ring ✺ Hitech Global Holdings intends to enter the 2026 Formula One season. ✺ Williams to run special F1 livery at Silverstone to celebrate 800th Grand Prix. ✺ Lewis Hamilton features in the new Stormzy music video. ✺ Lewis Hamilton urges Mercedes to shift
23 June 2023 Alfredo ‘Dino’ Ferrari, the eldest son of Enzo Ferrari, along with engineer Vittorio Jano Alfredo somehow persuaded the ‘old man’ to build a series of race cars with V6 and V8 engines. Dino suggested the development of a V6 engine for F2 at the end of 1955. Soon after, Alfredo fell gravely
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23 June 2023 Since the founding of EVs, they have been exempt from VED (vehicle excise licence) Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from 2025. In the Autumn Statement 2022, the government stated that the electric car VED change will be made to ensure a
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23 June 2023 On the 18th of June 2023, the most extended edition of the Mille Miglia 1000 ended with Andrea Vesco winning after five days and covering 2,200 km of the historic event. Mr Vesco encountered several complications at the beginning of the race; from thereon, with his consistent, calculated driving, he collected few penalties,
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23 June 2023 The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (Le Mans organisers) has been working on introducing hydrogen technologies to racing since 2018, with the aim of decarbonizing motor racing. A new racing series, the H2 Class, has been created. Toyota has announced that from 2026 onward, it will race a hydrogen-powered internal combustion prototype. In
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24 June 2023 Austrian GPDate: Sunday, July 02Track: Red Bull Ring ✺ Helmut Marko has claimed that Red Bull didn’t have the fastest race car in Canada. ✺ Adrian Newey says his career ‘can’t last forever’ after he helped guide Red Bull to their 100th victory in F1. ✺ F1 teams set to reject blanket-free
15 June 2023 Pagani has been working on an EV since 2018 but won’t make it official until the battery tech is ready. Horacio’s son, Christopher, recently explained, ‘Pagani will continue to work on an electric car, but it has to be lightweight. And, at the moment, battery tech is just too heavy for the
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