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It’s been rumoured for quite a while, but Mini has finally confirmed that it’s returning to the rallying world next year. It’ll turn its new, larger, reasonably ugly Countryman wagon into a new-generation World Rally Car, and the team will be run by English outfit Prodrive, who’ve won many, many tro  Read More →

Filed under: Motorsports X Games 16 SuperRally – Click above for high-res image gallery Race day for the X Games rally car action started out much like the practice sessions had begun the day before – with plenty of frustration. The drivers finally figured out how to deal with the steep drop-off in the dirt portion of the track that... 

Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupe , Performance , Bugatti Bugatti Veyron by Mansory Linea Vincero d’Oro – Click above for high-res image gallery We know what you’ve been thinking: All the Bugatti Veyron needs is a little more flash. Are we good, or are we good? Anathematic as the thought might be to some, there are others on this... 

Since Mahindra doesn’t seem to be giving its self-destructed US distribution channel much attention, we couldn’t help but wonder what exactly is more important to the Indian firm than a little PR the world’s second [sigh] largest car market in the world. The answer, of course, is its acquisition of Ssangyong, a South Korean automaker... 

A strike at two Toyota-affiliated parts makers brought Toyota’s largest assembly plant in China to a halt. No parts, no cars. Toyota’s factory in the port city of Tianjin near Beijing stopped production on Friday. A day later, it is unclear if production would resume on Monday, Reuters says. The strike at a small plastic maker  Read More →

The creme de la creme of the car world is on display this weekend at Pebble Beach , with ever so many Porsches and Jaguars and suchlike swanning around. But if your auto interests run to the small, cute and goofy (or even the adorably ugly ), there are events for you. Last month there was the Tres Petite Concours , (photo above), a “museum... 

Though she’s a veteran of seven Indy 500s, and a class winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, St. James’s legacy, at 63, may be what she’s doing now to help women racers. C/D: When you went racing in 1973, you were a married, 26-year-old secretary and piano teacher from Ohio, living in Florida with a new husband.... 

Filed under: Government/Legal , UK , Celebrities Who is the Stig? That question is consistently one of Google’s top queries, proving the world wants to know the identity of Top Gear’s masked racing driver. But… ask yourself again, Do you really want to know who the Stig is? As pointed out by Top Gear producer Andy Wilman, part... 

I complain about traffic congestion a lot, until I am reminded that compared to some parts of the world, America has it easy. I could not imagine living in Moscow or Beijing, where four-hour traffic jams are the norm. China faces an especially daunting task as their population continues to expand and urbanize; you can only build so many highways... 

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