Klien: F1 deals tougher than ever

Christian Klien says he is working on staying in Formula 1 next season, but it is harder than ever for a driver to secure a seat. The 27-year-old Austrian raced in three grands prix of the season with HRT and says the team is his most likely destination for 2011

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Does Cadillac need a Mini-fighter?

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According to Autocar, Cadillac may have a burning desire to lock horns with Mini. The site quotes designer Niki Smart as saying that the time is right for The Wreath and Crest to build a model akin to the company's Urban Luxury Concept that we saw at this month's LA Auto Show. His reasoning? The company needs metal that's more appealing to European buyers than what's available in the current lineup. That means a heavier focus on small, hatchback designs that still retain the premium Cadillac aesthetic. Smart seems to think that translates into a Mini Cooper fighter.

With its scissor doors and 78 mpg hybrid drivetrain, the Urban Luxury Concept isn't any closer to production than the now-iconic Sixteen Concept of years past. Even so, Smart told Autocar that GM's Advanced Design Studio has looked into ways to make the vehicle production ready, funky doors and all. While we aren't exactly wild about the design of the ULC, the thought of a flingable Cadillac with a V on its hatch is certainly a notion worth mulling.




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2010 Honda Insight EX Navi ? Long-Term Road Test Update

Update One: Our long-term Insight goes about its slow business slowly. Date: November 2010 Months in Fleet: 11 months Current Mileage: 14,189 miles Average Fuel Economy: 39 mpg Range: 413 miles Service: $55.28 Normal Wear: $0 Repair: $0 In order to rack up the requisite 40,000 miles on a long-term test car in a reasonable amount of time?in a year or so, preferably before [...] Related posts:
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Kasey Kahne to Have Surgery on Both Knees After Season

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Kasey KahneKasey Kahne will be having surgery on both knees in the days following this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway and is expecting to be sidelined about six weeks, the driver of the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota told FanHouse Wednesday.

Kahne, the 2004 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, characterized the operation as "no big deal" and said doctors were just going to clean up the area surrounding the knees. He said he opted to have both knees worked on at once because it was "either six weeks this way, or 12 weeks doing it one after the other.''

While this means Kahne won't be participating in offseason testing -- including the Jan. 20-22 tire test at the newly paved Daytona International Speedway -- he fully expects to be behind the wheel of his Red Bull Racing Toyota in time for the Feb. 20 season-opening Daytona 500.

Kahne is the second high-profile driver to undergo knee surgery this year. Championship points leader Denny Hamlin had a more serious surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee on March 31 and raced two weeks later without a relief driver. He won the next race, 19 days later at Texas Motor Speedway and currently holds a 15-point edge over Jimmie Johnson in the championship standings entering Sunday's season finale.

 

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Audi Team Quotes after the race in Shanghai

AUDI Ingolstadt/Shanghai, November 28, 2010 Just one day after his serious accident in qualifying Timo Scheider mounted the podium at the DTM?s world finale in Shanghai (China) as the third-placed driver. Quotes from the Audi camp after the race....

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2011 Nissan Leaf EPA Ratings Released

Can we still call it fuel economy? Sure, the Leaf is an electric car, but ?fuel economy? rolls off the tongue so much easier than ?fuel economy and environmental comparisons.? That?s the term on the new window sticker for the Nissan Leaf, which earns an equivalency rating of 106 mpg city and 92 highway for [...] Related posts:
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Asia/Australia Intel GP Final Field Set

Ten iRacers qualified for the Asia/Australia Intel GP Series Finals during the Asia/Australia Regionals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, November 16-22.  The ten top point-getters include Tatsuro Hashimoto (Club International) and Marc Beeson, Danny Davidson, Ian Lake, Darren Marsh, Luke McLean, Mitchell McLeod, John Pickett, Jamie Rosenzweig and Jonathan Salhani (all from Club Australia). The ten [...]

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