What would BMW be without racing? We could be about to find out if recent developments are any indication. The Bavarian automaker competed in F1, the World Touring Car Championship and various sportscar series, while running its own Formula BMW feeder series that has helped breed such talents as Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. The automaker announced its withdrawal from Formula One at the end of this year, and reports now indicate that they’ll be severely curtailing their participation in … Details
Rolex 24 At Daytona racing event. The event is scheduled to be held from January 30 to January 31, 2010. The team has kept up its exceptional performance at the Rolex 24 At Daytona as well as at the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. With the race around the corner, team TRG Motorsports does not want to leave any stone unturned to accelerate its performance and create new benchmarks in the sports car racing event.
It’s somewhat akin to the remark that it ain’t braggin’ if you can do it, but writing off the 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR setting a new lap record at Laguna Seca Raceway as merely a publicity stunt comes off a bit hollow if said by those who can’t do it themselves.
 That said, setting the new lap record for production cars is going to raise a lot of well deserved attention … Details
We’ve seen the bag of tricks the exotic auto tuners have used on the brand new four-door Porsche Panamera – now how about a bulletproof version? An armored Porsche Panamera Turbo has just been listed for sale in Frankfurt, Germany via global online luxury marketplace JamesList for €295,000, or about $450,000. It comes equipped with … Details