Motor Trend Magazine has chosen the Porsche Cayman S as the “Best Driver’s Car” for 2009. Additionally, the Cayman was also picked by British car journal Auto Express as “Best Sports Car” in their New Car Awards 2009. In both cases Porsche’s mid-engined coupe won over experts with its driving dynamics, precision, feedback and response.
Featuring PDK (Porsche Doppelkupplung), Porsche’s Double-Clutch Gearbox, the Cayman S impressed Motor Trend on both regular roads and the race track, making its way to …Â Details
Points leader Ryan Briscoe went wheel to wheel with fellow championship contender Scott Dixon on the last lap and came out on top, winning Saturday night’s IndyCar series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., by only 0.0077 of a second.
Dixon finished second by a nose, followed by Mario Moraes and another championship contender, Dario Franchitti — keeping the series title fight tight going into the last two races of the season. Graham Rahal finished fifth…Â Details
After last year’s Singapore Grand Prix there were plenty of conspiracy theories that Nelson Piquet Jnr crashed deliberately to help Fernando Alonso win the race.
Those theories are now being given credence by Brazilian F1 journalist Reginaldo Leme, who claims Renault are to be investigated by the FIA over the result of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix… DetailsÂ
When the Silicon Valley chapter of the Electric Auto Association held its first electric vehicle rally 37 years ago, the cars were a curiosity. These days, with all-electric automaker Tesla setting up a powertrain plant in Palo Alto and President Barack Obama calling for a million electric vehicles on the nation’s roads by 2015, they’re on the verge of becoming big business.
Today, dozens of electric cars from past and present will roll — quietly — onto the Palo Alto High School campus for this year’s rally. Visitors shouldn’t expect a preview of the coming wave of mass-produced electric cars, said Jerry Pohorsky, president of the chapter. Instead, the event will present a snapshot of a diverse and still largely grassroots industry on the eve of its coming of age… Details