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There have been large speculations for the last few months over the fact that a number of companies under the Volkswagen group will be potentially bidding to get their cars into the Formula 1 circuit next year. Porsche was the company with the highest probability to join Formula One. Audi and Volkswagen were also not left far behind and were also on the likely list to join the prestigious racing event. But now a new set of rumors are doing the rounds. The chances of VW joining the Formula One have gradually deemed with time but they are tipped to join the Le Mans program. Porsche is leading the list here as well.
The move away from Formula 1 towards the Le Mans program is  … More
2010 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
BY DAVID COLMANÂ
If you’re 27 years old now, you were born the year VW introduced the GTI to the USA. That’s right, it’s been 27 years since the original hot hatchback hit these shores. Back then, the Rabbit GTI, as it was originally known, wasn’t really all that hot: 90 horsepower, 14 inch wheels, 60 series tires? Today, it sounds like the start of a Jay Leno joke, but back in 1983, those were considered supreme performance refinements, hungrily sought after by a burgeoning legion of VW enthusiasts who had been waiting no less than 7 years for this previously Euro-only model to make its tardy debut in America. Indeed, the advent of the GTI even occasioned release of the pop tune “Kleine GTI†(“Little GTIâ€), carefully modeled after Ronnie and the Daytonas hit 60’s ode to Pontiac, “Little GTO.â€Â Â
2010 marks the debut of the 6th version of the GTI, dubbed A6 by VW. Aside from the carryover tradition of the hatchback body and red grill stripe, you’d be hard pressed to find any similarities to the original GTI of 1983. For example, horsepower has more than doubled, to 200hp, thanks to VW’s terrific 2.0 liter turbo TSI engine which produces 207 lb.-ft. of torque without lag. You can order your GTI as Read the rest of this entry »
An aggressive early pace at the Rolex 24 at Daytona led to a track full of debris, a rough start for the favorites and led veteran drivers openly wondering why teams were pushing so hard in the starting stages of an endurance race.
“Absolute madness,†a bewildered Dario Franchitti said. “There’s some aggressive driving out there, huh?â€
That was an understatement  … More