Racing news, video and reviews

Alain Prost Drives the Dacia Duster V6 Racer

For those that just can't wait until early December to see ex-F1 champion, Alain Prost, getting behind the wheel of the competition version of Dacia's forthcoming Duster crossover for the Trophée Andros racing series, here's a video with some action-packed footage from the test runs. We remind you that the competition Duster 4x4 gets a mid-mounted, 3.0-liter V6 engine that pumps out 350 horsepower [...]

Koenigsegg CCR Evolution with 806HP V8 on the Drag Strip

Our Swedish pals over at Sportbilen made their way to Mantorp Park this past weekend to attend the 2009 Action Meet racing event. The crew had the chance to film the only Swedish registered Koenigsegg CCR Evolution (yes, that's the company that acquired SAAB) during the quarter mile run [...]

Skoda Fabia S2000 AWD Rally Car in Action

In its civilian form, the Skoda Fabia hatchback is an affordable, no-frills supermini that comes with all the usual qualities you'd expect from any Volkswagen Group model. The rally-spec Fabia S2000 is an entirely different story [...]

Virtual Tour of Porsche's New Museum

Earlier this year, Porsche performed the grand opening of its new, multi-million Euro museum. Located right next to the automaker's headquarters in Stuttgart, the Porsche Museum houses 80 historic cars and more than 200 small exhibits from the company's history [...]

Toyota F1 Video: Racing After Dark in Singapore

With the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, September 28, Formula 1 takes a leap into the unknown as this will be the first ever GP to be held at night. Of course drivers won’t be left in the dark as the 5.067 km long Marina Bay Street Circuit will have some 1,500 lighting projectors turning night into day [...]

Aston Martin Racing Reveals Vantage GT2 Illustration

Aston Martin Racing has revealed the first impressions of its new GT2 racing car.

Known as the Vantage GT2, the new car is based on the V8 engined Aston Martin Vantage road car. The new car will mean Aston Martin is the only manufacturer to offer cars in every GT racing category: GT1 – DBR9; GT2 – Vantage GT2; GT3 – DBRS9; GT4 – Vantage N24.

For the first time, Aston Martin Racing is designing this car to run on either standard race fuel or E85 bio-ethanol (where regulations allow) [...]