Porsche is, at root, a sports car company. And at the root of that identity is a single machine, the iconic Porsche 911, introduced in 1963 and steadily, fastidiously, teutonically improved ever since. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to grow as a car company when your entire history and destiny rest on the admittedly superlative performance of a single automobile. So Porsche has created new cars over the years. And last Thursday, it officially introduced its first luxury sedan, the much-anticipated Panamera… Details
While many motorsports sanctioning bodies are looking for ways to shrink and save, Rally America, Inc., the premier sanctioning body for performance rally competition in North America, is expanding and growing.
Rally America today announced three European-style rally cross events in 2010. The three events will be run as exhibition events in 2010 but there may be more on the calendar in 2011…Â Details
Honda Motor Co. missed at least $255 million of brand exposure on television by selling the Formula One team that swept the world championship titles yesterday, a media analysis company said.
The Japanese carmaker sold the team to manager Ross Brawn in March, depriving it of 8 1/2 hours of international coverage the squad’s cars got in the first 15 of 17 races, according to Godalming, England-based Margaux Matrix Ltd., which analyzed broadcasts and advertising rates in 18 countries… Details
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Ilmor Engineering, the firm made famous for its work with Indy Cars and Formula One, as well as Triumph Motorcycles and Harley Davidson plus GM, Honda and Mercedes have built an engine that will make you think for a bit, it’s a 700cc, 3 cylinder, 130 horsepower turbocharged 5 stroke. Did they say 5 stroke?
The 2 outboard cylinders are the high pressure (HP) fired cylinders while the center low pressure (LP) cylinder makes extra use of the exhaust gases. The point of this design is to …Â Details & Pictures