Chinese cars have been displayed at the Detroit Auto Show for the past several years. Many industry critics ridiculed them for design or quality flaws. But others see these first Chinese vehicles and remember how Japanese and Korean cars were once laughed off—only to become mainstream products in America.
Kathleen Ligocki, CEO of GS Motors and formerly president of Ford of Mexico, expects Chinese-designed cars to begin production in Mexico in 2010—and make their way to the US about five years after first testing the waters in Latin America and Canada. GS Motors, a Mexican company, already imports three models from China’s First Auto Works (FAW) and sold 4,000 of them in Mexico last year…. More info
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Sebastien Bourdais will dovetail his second season of Formula 1 with a bid to win the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar classic.
A Toro Rosso spokeswoman confirmed to itv.com/f1 that a report in French newspaper L’Equipe suggesting Bourdais would be part of Peugeot’s 2009 Le Mans line-up was correct.
Peugeot will make an official announcement at its headquarters in France on Monday afternoon.
Although grand prix drivers used regularly to make time in their schedules for the famous endurance race…Â More info
FORMULA One star Mark Webber lay in agony on the road, glanced at the shattered shinbone protruding through his bloody flesh and casually asked paramedics: “When can I drive again?â€
The Red Bull racer suffered a career-threatening compound fracture of his right leg in a 50mph head-on collision with a 4×4 car during his own charity bicycle race in Tasmania.
But, in an exclusive interview, Webber insists he will be fit to test Red Bull’s new F1 car in Jerez… More info
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Tonight, the NASCAR season has its unofficial start with the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Despite the end of pre-Daytona 500 testing, NASCAR’s gotten plenty of ink in the lead-up to Speedweeks.
Most of it has involved the new format of the Shootout. And when you have multiple stars, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., come out and say they hate it, people are gonna listen (especially to Junior) and writers are gonna write.
Meanwhile, the IndyCar world is slowly starting to come out of a deafening quiet. The whole “Milka Duno to Newman/Haas/Lanigan” rumor that Robin Miller threw up earlier this week got fans riled up. If they were in off-season hiberation, they’ve been roused awake thanks to that particular doozy…Â More info