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Mickey Thompson's 1960 Bonneville Record Run
70's Porsche Documentary
1969 24 Hours of Le Mans Video
2009 Coronado Speed Fest
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FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, the chairman of Ferrari and past holder of some of Italy’s most prestigious business posts, says he would like to be re-born a politician. But some ask, why wait to die? Indeed, when he speaks, the dapper Montezemolo, who looks younger than his 63 years and sports [...]
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FROM REUTERS: Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne said the alliance with Chrysler was crucial for the group’s future and reiterated he aimed to keep a strong presence in Italy under a plan to boost productivity. “It’s not only true that Fiat saved Chrysler but also that Chrysler is determining for the group’s future,” he told a parliamentary hearing [...]
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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: According to GM marketing chief Joel Ewanick, Chrysler won the buzz war a week ago on Super Bowl Sunday. Chrysler’s gritty two-minute spot, featuring rapper Eminem and the tagline “Imported From Detroit,” was easily the most talked about auto commercial of the event. But Ewanick said GM managed to counterattack. Right after [...]
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FROM THE TELEGRAPH: But far from revving the series up for Chinese consumption, the brakes will be on over fears that the blend of outrageous stunts and irreverent humour which characterises the British programme will be too controversial to pass China’s notoriously staid censors. Concern over the show’s content means it will be broadcast after midnight [...]
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FROM THE GUARDIAN: After Mexico’s ambassador’s to the UK won a BBC apology for the characterisation of his country as “lazy and feckless” you might think Top Gear would go easy on the national stereotypes, at least for a week. Not a bit of it. True to form – and to the admittedly grudging BBC apology, [...]
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FROM THE INDEPENDENT: A set of new metro trains partially designed by BMW are to go into service in Warsaw. Siemens confirmed February 2 that its new Inspiro trains, a project of BMW Group DesignworksUSA, will begin rolling out to the Polish city next year as part of a revamp of transport systems to cater for [...]
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FROM REUTERS: A group of hedge funds led by Elliott Associates and Black Diamond Offshore Ltd appealed the dismissal of their $2 billion lawsuit against German automaker Porsche SE. The hedge funds filed notices of their appeal in Manhattan federal court late on Friday. The hedge funds had claimed the Stuttgart-based carmaker deliberately deceived the market as [...]
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FROM DETROIT NEWS: The Renault-Nissan Alliance reported a 20 percent surge Friday in worldwide sales to 7.3 million cars and trucks in 2010, outpacing the global auto market’s 12 percent expansion. Renault-Nissan’s annual sales tally puts the French-Japanese partnership just behind the industry leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Co. and ahead of Germany’s Volkswagen [...]
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FROM BLOOMBERG: Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, may report its most profitable year since 2000 tomorrow, boosted by new models and a better reputation. “Ford is building better cars, they’re more fuel-efficient and they’ve really focused on quality since Alan Mulally came in,” said Gary Bradshaw, a fund manager at Dallas-based Hodges Capital Management, [...]
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FROM THE UK PRESS ASSOCIATION: Jeremy Clarkson has said the Sky Sports sexism row raised the danger of people being punished for “heresy by thought”. Talking backstage at the National Television Awards about the row which has seen Andy Gray and Richard Keys leave the channel, the Top Gear presenter said: “We’ve arrived at a stage [...] |
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