When KTM first estimated the cost of its then-upcoming X-Bow, it was about half the price the finished car turned out to be. The company thought it could industrialize carbon fiber production for the tub. It couldn’t. Nor did KTM foresee the entire planet running out of cash a few months after launch, but it wasn’t alone there.
But, after a turbulent childhood, the X-Bow has found  … More
SONOMA — Don Bell, the founder of Bell Micro and one of the father figures of Silicon Valley commerce, was outfitted in his racing suit at Infineon Speedway Wednesday, gearing up his 1969 Lola T-163 for this weekend’s Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival.
Bell, who will turn 74 on Monday, was asked whether he is able to tune out the inherent risks of motorsports when he gets behind the wheel  … More
For too long, says Fox’s Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR and its TV carriers stressed machine over man.
“Everything was about the car,” he says. “We forget there’s a driver in the car and got lost in the technology. That turned off a lot of people and this year our emphasis is on drivers. We were struggling among the 18-34 year-old male casual fans, that’s who we’re going after.”   … More
Next Corvette Will Be Powered by Small, High-Revving Turbo V-8
“We have to target a very different sort of buyer.â€
Anxious to attract the sort of high-performance buyers increasingly drawn to European sports cars from the likes of Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini, General Motors is planning some major changes for the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette – starting with a high-revving, small-displacement powertrain, that will substitute for the big V-8s traditionally found under the hood of the Chevy two-seater … Details