Exactly 50 years ago, on 11th July 1966, a group of Munich-based traders and importers who shared an interest in sport founded the “Verband Formel V Europa e. V.” – this was the birth of Volkswagen Motorsport. However, it all started in the USA back in 1963: it was here that the car maker from […]
The racing at MIS has always been a double-edged sword, drivers love it and a lot of fans seem to hate it. The wide track gives lots of room to pass and multiple grooves to race in, but it also lets the field get stretched out very fast and cuts down on the passing. NASCAR […]
The sixth Peking to Paris Motor Challenge will begin on Sunday 12th June 2016 as 110 crews cross the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing with an 8,500mile rally ahead of them.Competitors will cross eleven countries including Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Russia and Belarus before entering Europe to reach the finish line […]
The official entry list for the third round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium (13-15 May) has been released by the FIA. The event also hosts the first round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, contributing to a record-breaking entry of 49 Supercars. In the FIA World Rallycross Championship, the permanent […]
Suzuki Motorcycle India teamed up with CS Santosh, to take top spot in the Moto Class at the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2016. Santosh, the only Indian to have participated twice at the Dakar Rally, defended the champion’s tag powering his Suzuki RMX450Z Rally to win by a handsome margin of over nine minutes ahead […]
You’re looking at the newly unveiled Alpine Vision. The classic A110-inspired concept is close to production ready, and it looks absolutely incredible The Alpine A110 was one of the most stunningly beautiful and dynamically capable cars of the 1960s. Released in 1961, the car was competitive for over a decade, winning its first rally […]
The 2016 South African Circuit racing season started on a high note at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday (January 30).The annual international historic Passion for Speed festival filled Zwartkops to the rafters, and provided the huge crowd with brilliant spectacle, close racing and fantastic nostalgia. The day’s highlights were the races for […]
From 1966 to 1974 the USA had one of the greatest Production Car Racing Formulas. The Great Trans-Am Series. Trans-Am was the product of the great “Pony” car boom which emerged in the late fifties and early sixties when a new generation of young and “thirty somethings” demanded performance. It started with the Corvettes, […]
Nine years ago Zwartkops added motorcycling to the annual “Passion for Speed” weekend that has become so popular at Zwartkops Raceway. Since classic and historic motorcycles were added to the program the event has evolved from featuring a series of high speed parades to one which includes the first two rounds of the “South Africa […]
Rock ‘n Roll to the beat and the sound of the 60’s – The Golden Age of Motor racing. When the 2nd World War babies grew up their music was rock ‘n roll and the beat was “Go Go Go” which gave birth to the Golden Age of Motor racing. On Saturday and Sunday Zwartkops […]
In conjunction with the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, Road & Travel Magazine (RTM) has named the 2016 KIA Optima as its International Car of the Year. RTM jurors praised the all-new edition of KIA’s perennial best-seller for its aggressive design, long list of available features, impressive powertrain options and great value. RTM also named […]
We can’t talk about Nissan’s greatest sports car and not start with the brand’s biggest rival. In 1967, Toyota released the 2000GT, a world-class grand tourer that served as a halo car for the entire Japanese auto industry. With its gorgeous supercar looks, free-revving double overhead cam straight six, and an unforgettable appearance in the […]
German prosecutors and police raided VW offices in the automaker’s Wolfsburg heaquarters on Thursday, Oct. 8, Reuters and Automotive News Europe report. Three prosecutors and approximately 50 police officers from the city of Brunswick, which neighbors Wolfsburg, carried out a massive seach that included private residences as well as the automaker’s own buildings. The prosecutors […]
Today Audi announced that 2.1 million of its diesel cars worldwide feature the software implicated by the EPA in cheating emissions tests, Reuters reports. That number breaks down to approximately 1.42 million vehicles that have Euro 5-compliant diesel engines that were sold in Western Europe, with approximately 577,000 in Germany alone. In the U.S., some 13,000 Audi vehicles are now […]
“As I sit here, fresh from the elegant embrace of BMW’s new 2002, it occurs to me that something between nine and ten million Americans are going to make a terrible mistake this year. Like dutiful little robots they will march out of their identical split-level boxes and buy the wrong kind of car. Fools, […]
In internal combustion engines, there are two kinds of prominent fuels: gasoline and diesel. There are benefits and detractions to both fuels. Diesel engines are less refined in the way they burn fuel, often more susceptible to extra vibration and noise than gasoline engines. This lack of refinement requires a robust, heavy, and more expensive […]
The good news for all supporters and fans of the Kenya Airways Safari Classic Rally is that Ian Duncan will be on the start line on November 19th. The winner of the Safari Classic when it was last run in 2013, Duncan initially ran into difficulties when he entered for 2015 in the same Ford […]
Something old, something new…that’s what Western Cape motorsport fans can expect from NAD Rally on the weekend as South Africa’s top privateer team sets out to tackle this weekend’s Toyota Cape Dealer Rally. The old comes in the shape of double national rally champion Enzo Kuun, who will be deputising for regular pilot Japie van […]
Born amid exceptional hype, after 50 years the Mustang is still ‘American as hell.’ On the morning of Wednesday, April 15, 1964, a 22-year-old schoolteacher named Gail Wise walked into a Ford dealership on Cicero Avenue in Chicago,unaware that she was about to make history. She wanted a convertible. The dealership was out, except for […]
PHAKISA Freeway in the Free State is the venue for the next round of the South African Single Seaters (SASS) championship. The venue will host the series on Saturday, August 22. Round four, which took place in East London, proved another successful weekend for Robert Wolk (41 – Chemical Logistics Mygale) with two race victories. […]
Ettore Bugatti was the legendary engineer and designer of the most famous Bugatti sports cars, the founder of the Bugatti car manufacturing plant, and one of the forefathers of modern automobile engineering. Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was born in Milan on 15 September 1881 and at the age of 17 he joined as an apprentice […]
After the tumult of last year’s Ferrari win, worldwide collapse has been averted, for now Well-known car collector Jim Patterson’s 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 won Best of Show at Pebble this year, and things seem to be back to normal in the collector-car world. At least for another 12 months. Last year, as you’ll […]
Up to 1 000 classic cars expected at Gauteng’s biggest car show The iconic Ford Mustang, named after a wild horse, is set to be one of the featured muscle-car marques at THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW, which runs from 8 am to 5 pm at the Nasrec Expo Centre, South West of Johannesburg, on Sunday, July […]
Bill Nelson wasn’t looking for an investment, just a thrill. So nine years ago the then 64-year-old retired engineer from Asbury, N.J. went to his local Ford dealer and put down $160,000 to buy the fastest and most expensive production car the company had ever built, the Ford GT. “I’m a lifelong Ford guy,” he […]
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association’s (SVRA) Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the second consecutive year, with more than 500 of the world’s finest and most historic racecars competing on the recently reconfigured road course and running exhibition events on the famed 2.5-mile oval from June 11-14, 2015. The […]
Former South African A1GP driver Stephen Simpson will be jumping on a plane heading for Austin, Texas this week for the next round of the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship. Simpson has been racing the LMPC Prototype Sports Car in all but two of the races this season. This weekend’s race is at the […]
Thierry Neuville rolled his Hyundai i20 heavily in shakedown aty ADAC Rally Germany this morning.The Belgian was making his third pass through the 4.60km Konz stage when he crashed at a double left corner about 1.7km after the start. A spokesperson for Hyundai Motorsport said Neuville rolled up to six times in a vineyard section […]
When I saw this specific picture of the One-Man-Band again for the first time in 31 years, I think, I could not help but smile. I love thinking back over the years, doing my best to sidestep the ever-present heaps on the lawn, called politics and backbiting. There are great memories of the different […]
After paying a record R205m at auction last month for the iconic circuit that has hosted local motorsport, Formula One, MotoGP and World Superbikes, Porsche SA CEO Toby Venter says he intends to bring the track back to its former glory. Porsche South Africa CEO, Toby Venter wants to return Kyalami racetrack to its glory […]
Dominance followed by drama: Latvala/Anttila still up front in their home event Victory within reach for Ogier/Ingrassia, Mikkelsen/Fløene comfortably in fourth place Volkswagen Polo R WRC celebrates 600th top-three time since January 2013 . With a combination of driving expertise and nerves of steel, Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN) held on to their […]
Porsche South Africa’s Toby Venter has swooped like a modern super hero to save the Kyalami racetrack and set the minds of motorsport fans at rest after many years of uncertainty about the venue’s future.Speculation has been rife over what might become of the circuit, especially given the multitude of purposes the huge property could […]
Swedish driver Timmy Hansen finished second in the sixth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium, scoring the first podium for Team Peugeot-Hansen 208WRX Supercar. Developed by the experienced Hansen squad, the 208 has consistently proven front running pace over the first five events of the season but bad luck had […]
Jannie Kuun, one of the best known rally drivers in South Africa passed away yesterday 10th June 2014. He was especially well known in the Pretoria Motor Club of which he was one of the longest standing members. He was one of the few very lucky rallyist who were able to drive in International events […]
Teenage South African motor racing prodigy Kelvin van der Linde (17), combined with Germany’s René Rast (27), to finish 10th and second in a Prosperia C. Abt Audi R8 in the two one-hour races that made up the fourth round of the ADAC GT Masters at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday. They […]
Fresh initiatives to provide growth and future sustainability to the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race will be in place for this year’s event, round four of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, from June 27 to 29. Event moves from metropolitan Kumakwane to rural Jwaneng The race is the only marathon event on the Donaldson […]
A little over a week remains until the start of this year’s 24 Heures du Mans. Last weekend’s test day on the 13.629km Circuit de la Sarthe enabled most of the 56 competing teams to hone their preparations for motor sport’s most famous endurance race.No 24 Heures du Mans is ever banal, but this year’s […]