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Sebastién Loeb extended his contract with the Citroën World Rally team on Wednesday, ending speculation that the defending champion would leave the World Rally Championship if he won his eighth title this year. Loeb, who has held the world champion title since claiming it in 2004, has been with Citroën since 2001 and will continue [...]
New Hampshire Motor Speedway general manager Jerry Gappens, whose track was the scene of the Izod IndyCar Series’ controversial rain finish last weekend, will be part of the three-man panel that will hear the protests of Newman/Haas Racing and Target Chip Ganassi Racing. The protest hearing will be Aug. 23 in Indianapolis. The proceedings will [...]
Reports say Danica Patrick plans to formally confirm her switch from the Izod IndyCar Series to NASCAR next year during a press event next week in Phoenix, her hometown and home base of primary sponsor goDaddy.com. Patrick is expected to move full-time into the Nationwide Series in Chevrolets from JR Motorsports next year. She’s also expected to do [...]
Interns here at AutoWeek are fortunate enough to be in and out of all sorts of cars, from the little Fiat 500 to the phenomenal Lexus LFA. But rarely do we get our own event like the Intern Ride and Drive hosted by General Motors in downtown Detroit on Friday. The event, set up and run by GM’s own interns, [...]
A small Florida company with hopes of making green performance cars has landed a big name. Rivian Automotive said this week that it has signed on Peter Stevens–the designer of the McLaren F1–as its director of design. It hopes to bring its first car to market in 2013 and launch more in 2014. Stevens penned the [...]
We already have cars that can take control of the brakes, park for us and maintain a safe distance from the car in front of us. Soon some Toyota models will be veering themselves away from accidents, too. The new system uses cameras and a supersensitive radar called millimeter wave. Together, they help detect impending frontal [...]
France’s answer to the Volkswagen Beetle, the Citroën 2CV, sold nearly 4 million copies in its 40-plus years of production. Now fans of the Deux Chevaux are gathering to celebrate the car at the 19th international “Amis de la 2CV” in Salbris, France. Organizers expect more than 6,000 owners to bring their 2CVs to the [...]
We get it, Infiniti. You’re being coy. You release one small picture of the new three-row Infiniti JX crossover every week until Pebble Beach, when we’ll finally see the full concept. It’s the dreaded “slow reveal via Internet teaser” that’s lately become a hallmark of new-car introductions. We already know that the JX will include [...]
The Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) will be held in Melbourne from July 1-10, 2011. It is the first time the Show will come to Melbourne under its new name and the first time it will be held mid-year. The motor industry has chosen the date to give Australia’s motor show clear separation from exhibitions [...]
At Tesla Motors Inc.’s first annual shareholders meeting since going public last July, Tesla CEO Elon Musk provided a vision of using the full capacity of the former New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant it acquired from Toyota. He also discussed a string of electric vehicles and the possibility of a chain of company-owned charging [...]