You did not dream it. There on NBC on Friday night was Drew Barrymore steering an electric Ford Focus between plastic palm trees and wobbly Al Gore dummies on a track painted like something out of the Big Top…
Barrymore is the first celebrity to compete in the Green Car Challenge on the new “Jay Leno Show”, which debuted this week on NBC.Â
The sight of A-list stars having fun in a C02-free car on national TV a couple of times a week has the potential to convert both the actors and the audience to the new generation of zero emission cars like, say, Ford’s coming all-electric Focus, which … Details
Ferrari has drawn inspiration from its Enzo to create a power-packed replacement for the F430 with a new look influenced by the Mille Chili concept car.
Ferrari has revealed that the car, officially launched this week at the Frankfurt motor show, will be called the 458 Italia rather than the F450, as rumored. The name derives from the powerplant: a 4.5-liter V8 which Ferrari claims has the highest specific output of any normally aspirated car engine…Â Details
Multiple World Champion Niki Lauda has said that the FIA must still punish Renault hard for its involvement in fixing last year’s Singapore Grand Prix if Formula 1 is to restore its credibility.
In the wake of Renault admitting that it will not contest charges that it deliberately caused a crash in Singapore last year to help Fernando Alonso win, Lauda has called for tough sanctions. This comes despite the two men at the center of the case – Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds… Details