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Report: USF1 future in doubt?

Report: USF1 future in doubt?

Founders of the new USF1 team (Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson) insist that they will be at the starting grid at Bahrain despite reports that state that the team may have trouble participating at any F1 event in the 2010 season.

According to Argentinean media sources, the USF1, which is the first American based Formula 1 team since the 1970s, has already closed down after sponsorship funds failed to come in. There’s speculation that Windsor has informed Argentinean driver Jose

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2012 Porsche Boxster Latest Winter Spy Photos

2012 Porsche Boxster Latest Winter Spy Photos

New spy photos of the 2012 Porsche Boxster were captured in snowy northern Europe.  The pictures show a new body for the Porsche model, with just a hint of the car's LED daytime lights.

The photographer on the scene says the Boxster prototype is definitely "lower and wider than the current generation."  The front bumper appears to extend closer to the ground, and tape could be covering up changes in the side panels and

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Hertz will offer Nissan Leaf EV in its US and European rental fleets

Hertz will offer Nissan Leaf EV in its US and European rental fleets

Select fleet customers will be offered Nissan’s first mass-market electric vehicle, the 2011 Leaf, this December. A few months after, Hertz will be making the EV available in its US and European rental fleets.

Mark P. Frissora, Hertz chairman and chief executive officer, said that the partnership with Nissan seals Hertz’s commitment to green-car

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Lola Presents IndyCar Concept Proposals for 2012

Lola Presents IndyCar Concept Proposals for 2012

Race engineers Lola USA have revealed their design proposal for the next IZOD IndyCar race vehicle.  The Lola B12/00 and B12/01 are that company's concepts to replace the outgoing Dallara racecar.

The current Dallara chassis will have been in use for nine years once it is retired after the 2011 season.  Current costs are about $400,000 per car, but IRL race officials want their new car to have a much lower pricetag

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2012 Volvo V60 Spied Testing on Frozen Lake

2012 Volvo V60 Spied Testing on Frozen Lake

Volvo's supposed wagon variant of the S60 executive sedan has been caught during cold weather testing.  The Volvo V60 was captured by spy photographers earlier this week.

The V60 was suggested as a possibility in mid-2009 in an interview with a Volvo source by Motor Trend.  If it comes to market, it would include choices of petrol and diesel turbocharged engines with four, five, or six cylinders.  All-wheel-drive is also a

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BERU F1 Systems shows world’s most exclusive road bike

BERU F1 Systems shows world’s most exclusive road bike

By anyone’s estimation, the “world’s first bike designed and hand built by Formula one engineers” would be terribly expensive. In fact, the Factor 001 bicycle, which is built by engineers at BERU f1 systems in Norfolk, England, is priced from £22,000.

The Factor001 bicycle is a lightweight carbon monocoque frame that can be completely customized to the owner’s

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Toyota threatened by Corolla investigations

Toyota threatened by Corolla investigations

Toyota Motor Corp.’s recall crisis could worsen soon if a US investigation into steering complaints result to the recall of its flagship Corolla model, its second most popular vehicle in the US. Only the Camry sedan sells more.

Last Wednesday, US regulators opened a preliminary probe. Regulators typically launch preliminary probes over customers’ complaints and more often than not, the probe is closed without leading to a recall.

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