Mac Hill Motorsports To Cease Operations; Brian Keselowski; K-Automotive Undecided For 2011

Kevin LePage and Mac Hill Motorsports will be leading the charge of Nationwide teams Monday closing their doors. LePage, who start-and-parked in all but one race this season, confirmed the move while lamenting the possibility of short fields in the sport’s second-tier division in 2011. “NASCAR seems to think there’s going to be 45 cars...more»

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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 66: 2011 Subaru Forester 2.5X

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Sorry for the delay in answering, but we got distracted by the L.A. auto show (check out loads of coverage here). Back to business. No one was able to put the two audible clues together, [...] Related posts:
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Garage to Condo: The Case for Convertible Parking Space

In many of our cities right now, there’s a built environment devoted to parking that rivals retail or even office space. What will all this garage space look like in 10 years? Or 20? Will a changing energy landscape and increased investment in non-automotive modes of transportation turn all this structured parking into massive concrete echo [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2010/11/19/garage-to-condo-the-case-for-convertible-parking-space/

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Merhi?s Macau hopes ended by failure

Roberto Merhi has fallen out of contention in the Macau Grand Prix after a disastrous end to today's qualification race. He started sixth, but overhauled Signature team-mates Marco Wittmann and Daniel Abt, as well as his rapid Prema stable-mate Valtteri Bottas, to run third entering the final tour of the 10-lap race.

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/merhis-macau-hopes-ended-by-failure/

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Vanthoor: Mortara deserved to win

Laurens Vanthoor conceded that Signature team-mate Edoardo Mortara fully deserved to win the Macau Grand Prix because he was the quickest man on the day. The eventual runner-up led briefly early in the race after Daniel Abt crashed out, but he could do nothing to defend against the hard-charging Mortara after making a mistake at a safety car restart on lap seven.

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/vanthoor-mortara-deserved-to-win/

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2012 BMW 650i Convertible ? Official Photos and Info

It?s no big surprise, but this new 6-series is a welcome update. Having seen the 6-series coupe concept in Paris just a few weeks ago, we?re in no way surprised by the styling of the 2012 650i convertible. What is a bit of a surprise is that BMW chose to display the 6-series coupe concept in [...] Related posts:
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Nissan Leaf snags 99 mpg rating on official EPA sticker

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As far as we know, the first production Chevrolet Volt models are still awaiting their official EPA stickers. Nissan, though, has received the details on what the government agency has rated its all-electric Leaf at, and it looks good: a combined rating of 99 miles per gallon (equivalent) which breaks down into 106 city/92 highway. The official EPA range for the car is 73 miles, which Nissan admits is a variable (we know it can be beaten), and the annual electric cost is estimated at $561. The Leaf is the first vehicle to get this new label, Nissan spokesperson Katherine Zachary told AutoblogGreen that 99 mpg puts the Leaf way in front into the "best" fuel efficiency rating for mid-size vehicle class. It'll be interesting to see how Nissan uses this in upcoming advertisements, especially since the company has called the car a compact in the past.

So, how does the EPA calculate mpg for an electric car? Nissan's presser says the EPA uses a formula where 33.7 kWhs are equivalent to one gallon of gasoline energy. Also, the EPA determined the Leaf's efficiency is 3.4 miles per kWh, another number you can easily beat while driving, as the driver info screen can prove. Since the Leaf has a 24 kWh battery pack and can go, officially, 73 miles, then, the EPA says, it could theoretically go 99 miles if it had a 33.7 kWh pack (and everything else about the car remained the same). Make sense?

Maybe, but the car will also have another label from the Federal Trade Commission that it applies to all alternative fuel vehicles. That sticker will show that the Leaf gets 96 to 110 miles of range, so don't trust everything you see. Check out Nissan's official press release after the jump for more details.



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Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 66: 2011 Subaru Forester 2.5X

On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Sorry for the delay in answering, but we got distracted by the L.A. auto show (check out loads of coverage here). Back to business. No one was able to put the two audible clues together, [...] Related posts:
  1. Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 58: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI
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