Environment award to Linde and Sandberg

The long-term and dedicated environment project launched by the Swedish AutoSport Association (Svenska Bilsportförbundet) is now established by a special award, the AutoSport Environment Award. This first year it was awarded to the committed duo from Växjö, Rolf Linde and Malte Sandberg to honour their long-term project to replace petrol with ethanol in motoring. -Linde [...]

GP3.10 GAS POWERED achieves 318 km/h at Nardo

Nardo, the legendary high speed track, has been the setting for so many record attempts. Once a year at the track in Southern Italy, under the supervision of “CONTINENTAL AG” and in collaboration with the editors of “AUTO BILD sportscars”, the Creme de la Creme of tuners fight it out – this year on 20th [...]

TOYOTA 2000 SR concept

This car is a styling exercise, and not meant to be in production. The TOYOTA 2000 SR concept is a tribute to the mythic TOYOTA 2000 GT, considered the first ’Japanese Supercar’ as it revolutionized the way that Japanese car manufacturers were viewed in regards to their skill. In its production, Toyota proved to be [...]

Clean Diesel Power in Jetta TDI Cup Racing Series

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that it will bring TDI clean diesel technology to select North American race tracks starting in May 2008. The Jetta TDI Cup series will be sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Pro Racing Inc., and will appear at up to eight major racing venues in North [...]

Volvo Cars Develops ‘Green’ C30 Racer For STCC

Volvo Car Corporation will develop an entirely new racing car based on the compact C30, and Volvo will continue to work with bioethanol (E85) and Green Racing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Volvo Cars has committed to a three-year development program for the C30.

Frankfurt launch for Ford Econetic range of ultra-low co2 models

Ford of Europe will offer its customers ultra-low CO 2 alternatives for selected car lines with the launch of a new range of Ford ECOnetic models at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. These cars will use a combination of the latest common-rail diesel powertrains together with other carefully-selected features engineered to reduce CO 2 emissions [...]

Ford sets land speed record with Fuel Cell racecar

Ford Motor Company made history today by reaching 207.279 mph with the Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999, the world’s first production-based hydrogen fuel cell race car. The Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 is Ford’s latest environmental innovation, another step on the road toward commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The car was designed and built by Ford [...]

Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race

Toyota Team SARD’s specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and [...]