Volkswagen will again seek to be the champion at next year’s Dakar Rally and will be entering five Race Touaregs. VW won the rally last year with its Touareg rally concept, which is powered by a 2.5-litre TDI that outputs 276bhp. The car topped the timesheets in 10 of the 13 stages to claim a one-two finish by Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz
Mitsubishi had dominated the event in recent years but it withdrew from front-line rallying …Â Details
Look out Maclaren F1. Time to park your Bugatti Veyron. Their days as King of Speed may be over. Following its first showing at London’s MPH09 show last week, Keating Supercars has announced plans to confirm the record for world’s fastest car with their TKR supercar.
While details are limited at this time, the TKR is powered by a …Â Details & Pictures
Gordon Murray’s T25 city car could spawn an electric sibling if everything goes to plan.
Although nobody has any discernible details about his T25 range yet, Murray has raised €10 million in funding for his electric T25 test project.
An impressive achievement too, since nobody has seen what the finished T25 even looks like… Details
Jimmie Johnson refused to get out of his battered race car after he crashed on the third lap Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
He sat behind the wheel while his team looked over the damage. He remained defiant when crew chief Chad Knaus said their race was over, keeping his seat belts tight and his hands gripped on the steering wheel.
Sixty-eight minutes later, he was back on the track after the team essentially rebuilt the car … Details