Lapierre, a French bike brand with little presence in North America currently, will become "the premiere performance brand" within the newly formed Accell North America, the company said this week. The new North American Accell group's ...
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The covers have finally been lifted from the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak racer that will contest the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 30. Nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb will pilot the specially developed ...
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The Aston Martin Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen is the world’s first hydrogen-powered racecar capable of achieving zero CO2 emissions in race conditions. The Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S – based on the recently launched four-door Aston ...
The Peugeot 208 T16 racecar set to do battle at this year’s Pikes Peak hill climb event in Colorado has been revealed for the first time in a series of teaser images. Competing in the US-based event in the Unlimited Class with ...
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Ford has announced a new 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine will join its efficiency-focused turbocharged engine line-up, with the new Ford Mondeo the first to benefit from the new powerplant. The fifth EcoBoost engine made by Ford, the new ...
Red Bull?has signed its first-ever female racing driver to its Junior Team development squad. Eighteen-year-old Beitske Visser from the Netherlands started karting when she was five years old before karting competitively at age seven. ...
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What better way to christen New Zealand's new Highlands Motorsport Park then to set a lap record in a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 racer? Located about 50km from Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island, Highlands Motorsport Park was run-in by ...
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To celebrate the launch of the new Silver Series range of Disney-Pixar Cars, life-size models of some of the most popular characters are set to tour Toys R Us and Smyths stores across the country. The tour kicks off on Friday March 29th ...
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A hydrogen-powered Aston Martin Rapide S is being prepared to run in this year's Nurburgring 24-hour race. The car will still use its normally aspirated V12 petrol engine and fuel tank, but will also incorporate a liquid hydrogen ...
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The world’s premier vehicle test track, and long-time racing icon, the Nurburgring in Germany, is up for sale. Following on from financial difficulties last year related to the racetrack’s two private investors and the ...
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The bicycle industry may not be as sexy as social media or biotechnology, but Patrick Keating believes it offers plenty of opportunity for investors. Keating, an American financier who lives in France, founded what he hopes will be the ...
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A 1954 Mercedes-Benz race car is to be auctioned off at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday July 12. One of the world’s most revered Grand Prix racing cars, the 1954 2½-litre straight-eight Mercedes-Benz ...
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Lexus says it has no plans to become the fifth manufacturer in Australia’s V8 Supercar Championship despite debuting a 450kW Lexus IS F racecar on track over the weekend. The Lexus IS F racer was one of three purchased by Lexus ...
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A video of the all-new 991-based Porsche 911 GT3 being hustled around a racetrack has been released by the German manufacturer. The explanatory video shows a white fifth-generation Porsche 911 GT3 tearing – and sliding – ...
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Speedo has purchased the vrMockshop visual merchandising software from Centric Software, Inc. Centric provides product lifecycle management (PLM) software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies. vrMockshop, ...
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