Go Faster celebrates the 70s heyday of race car liveries

Filed under: Videos, Design/Style, Racing

According to Sven Voelker’s book Go Faster, it was American driver Briggs Cunningham who ushered in the era of the “go-faster stripe” when he put two of them on his white Le Mans racer in the fifties. The next year, according to Voelker, stripes were everywhere, and so began the era [...]

Nissan Juke R to pace Dubai 24-hour race

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Performance, Crossover, Nissan, Specialty

The Dubai Autodrome will play host to a very special guest for the 2012 Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai race.
In addition to the scads of GT3-spec BMW Z4s, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMGs, Ferrari 458 Italias and Porsche 911s, the pace car running in front of them [...]

Green GT to race hydrogen-powered LMPH2 to Le Mans 2012

Filed under: Hydrogen, Racing

Green GT LMPH2 – Click above to watch video after the jump

As part of the “Le Mans vers le Futur” (Le Mans Towards the Future) vehicle demonstration, the Green GT 300 kW racer and a number of other avant-garde cars were displayed during the 2011 edition of 24 Hours of Le Mans [...]

Aston Martin squeezes in an extra race for the V12 Zagato at the Nürburgring

Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Coupe, Aston Martin, Racing

Aston Martin V12 Zagato at the Nürburgring – Click above for high-res image gallery

There are plenty of things to admire about a company like Aston Martin, and not the least of them is that it loves racing as much as it loves making sports cars.
Take its latest [...]

Aston Martin V12 Zagato heads from Villa d’Este to the race track

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Aston Martin, Misc. Auto Shows, Racing

Aston Martin V12 Zagato – Click above for high-res image gallery

Some concepts debut at an auto show and are never heard from again. Some make the rounds of minor local car shows. A small number make it into production. But it’s full speed ahead [...]

Street Spirit: Race car artist draws inspiration from graffiti

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Design/Style

Xander Walker turns Ayrton Senna’s McLaren into Street Art – Click above for high-res image gallery

In the film “Exit through the Gift Shop“, we get an inside look at the world of street art as told to us by Banksy and Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash or MBW). This film has [...]

Chicago 2011: Kia Optima Turbo SX Kinetic Race Car

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Motorsports, Sedan, Kia, Racing

Kia Optima Turbo SX Kinetic Race Car – Click above for high-res image gallery

Is Kia considering following the lead set by Toyota in crafting an entry into NASCAR? No – at least not that we know of. But the Korean automaker is proving it has [...]

Celebs to support Australian Grand Prix in Lexus CT 200h race

Filed under: Hybrid, Lexus, Racing

Lexus CT 200h Celebrity Challenge – Click above for high-res image gallery

The upcoming 2011 Formula One World Championship marks the return of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) introduced in 2009 and subsequently sidelined last season. But KERS isn’t the only hybrid system slated to appear on the Albert Park circuit [...]

LA 2010: Focus Race Car Concept is the future of Ford racing

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Motorsports, Performance, Ford, Racing

Ford Focus Race Car Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Ford has pulled the wraps off what it claims is a hint at its future global race car. The Ford Focus race car concept takes the standard 2012 Ford Focus hatchback and preps it [...]

80-day, ’round-the-world electric car Zero Race takes off in Geneva today

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Green Daily, Racing

Can your electric car go 250 kilometers (155 miles) a day at a speed of 80 kilometers an hour (50 miles an hour)? Can it do that 80 days in a row all around the world?
This, pretty much, is the challenge of the Zero Race, which starts [...]

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