Ok… I know, I know… I’m laughing in a slightly giddy and embarrassing manner. Trust me, if anyone was in my position during this video they’d be doing the SAME thing. I had the extremely good fortune to have a member of the Corvette Club from Rochester to offer me a shot gun seat in his C6 Corvette as he did 3 laps at the Glen today. The first lap we did (that you will see in this video) was “only” about 90 mph on a straight. But the second and third laps were over 100 mph. Which might not sound like a lot for a race track but HOLY CRAP it was amazing! I’ve done over 150mph on a straight on the Autobahn in a Porsche 911 but THIS was fantastic, over 100 on the uphill turn at the Glen was… well… a real “holy crap” moment!
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Well, I havent heard too many people say this since the late 70s: American cars are better than Asian cars. No, really. Associated Press and GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media conducted a survey of 1,000 adults in early March. The results showed that 38% of Americans said that they think American cars are the best-made vehicles and 33% said Asian cars are the best. The same survey done in December 2006 showed that 46% of Americans thought that Asian cars were the best and just 29% favored American cars.
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While Subaru cars have earned great safety accolades, theyve introduced a new system that uses a stereo camera setup to detect potential hazards. The Subaru EyeSight system is an integral part of a pre-collision braking system designed to detect objects ahead and if those objects are 18.5 mph or less the vehicle will stop after [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Due to the Iceland volcanic disruption the European airspace crisis has caused disruption to businesses around the world, including the FIA GT1 World Championship. Following the opening round of the championship at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi flights to the majority of European destinations were canceled due to the volcanic ash cloud. The Championship promoter SRO has worked tirelessly to find a solution to the problem of getting teams and their equipment back to Europe. Today the second of two cargo planes with the race cars and equipment has arrived in Luxemburg as planned and two charter flights to Europe have been booked to fly the teams and the organizers to Vienna, which will be arriving in the Austrian capital on Thursday morning.
This situation has been extremely difficult but we have managed to pull all the different elements together to get the cars and teams to where they need to be so our next event at Silverstone can go ahead, said Patricia Kiefer, Chief Operating Officer for SRO. The cars are now back in Europe and the teams will arrive tomorrow; they will be able to pick up their cars and equipment before the weekend. The FIA GT1 World Championship races at Silverstone on 1/2 May will now be able to go ahead barring any further problems caused by mother nature.
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A pair of new LeMans Miniatures Porsche RSR’s are coming to the US very, very soon.
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After taking their sweet time deciding if they were going to bring the RS5 to the United States, Audi finally threw down the gauntlet and green lighted the project. However, sources have said that the stateside models wont ship until well after the deliveries start in Western Europe.
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Subaru of America announced that they will increase the capacity at its Lafayette, Indiana plant from 100,000 units to 140,000 units. The Lafayette plant produces the Legacy sedan and the Outback wagon both of which are hotly popular and sales have doubled in the first quarter of 2010.
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SMS Supercars, Steve Saleens latest venture, has rolled their newest Mustang out of the stable. The 302 4V Mustang will pump out some 440 horses, while their upgrades 302SC model will blow the hoops off with 535 hp and some 450 ft-lbs of the torque.
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