NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr loses his pole position in an accident

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had won the pole position of the Daytona 500, but an accident during testing on Wednesday forced to launch the 43rd place on Sunday with his spare car.

Earnhardt was in tandem with Jimmie Johnson when the five-time champion has been slowed because of traffic. Dale Jr. was then struck from behind by Martin Truex Jr., who was pushed by other cars.

Honda announces recall of 700,000 vehicles worldwide

There are various reminders. Small on a given model for a minor problem and that the media impact is low ... And there are reminders that much larger force manufacturers to refine their communication. Today, Honda announced the recall of 700,000 vehicles worldwide.

According to documents submitted to the Japanese Ministry of Transport, nearly 700,000 cars worldwide are at risk of stalling and possible difficulties to restart.

No security problem then, but Honda will still need to upgrade 167,883 vehicles in Japan 525,000 vehicles abroad, belonging to the ranges Freed (Photo), Fit and City.

Returns after 72 of its customers in Japan, Honda has decided to order the recall to replace a defective part that can stall the engine immediately after starting and delaying the restart.

During 2010, Honda had already recalled 4 million vehicles for airbag problems, ignition and headlights.

Honda Canada on the recall of 2009-2010 Fit linked to spring up play

Honda Fit recall 14,640 vehicles from model years 2009 and 2010 in Canada to replace springs up play, the components of the valve control motor. Springs up play, which are compressed by the rockers in the normal operation of the engine can bend or break over time, causing an abnormal noise in the motor and could damage or stalling. No accidents or injuries or crashes have been reported for this problem in Canada.

Honda announces recall to invite all owners of affected vehicles to go from an authorized dealer as soon as they receive a recall notice from Honda in the mail. Customers will begin receiving notices in early March 2011.

When Honda finds problems of this nature, nothing is more important for society to fulfill its obligations and meet its responsibility to notify its customers

Photos of the Geneva Study Jaguars B 99 Concept 2012 by Bertone

If Italian design is paired with British elegance, the result is true. As with the Geneva study Jaguar B 99 The B stands for Bertone. The Italian coachbuilder in 2011 celebrates 99-year anniversary. The shape of the four-door B 99 with features of the classic Jaguar XJ is only 4.5 meters long, 1.95 meters wide and 1.35 meters flat - perfect proportions for a sporty, muscular appearance. The slender A-pillars, narrow windows and the subtle use of chrome make the B 99 to the absolute eye-catcher in the changing of the fair visitors to the Geneva Motor Show, the heads will turn. The drive concept of the B 99 was designed by Bertone himself: it is a "full hybrid with a long range" - to discover that even the Italians.

Official: 2012 Hyundai i40 - first images Sonata's replacement

Just a few days before the Geneva Motor Show opens its doors, Hyundai has released the first official photographs of the i40, the model medium (4.77 meters) with which Europe replaced the Sonata. However, it has little to do with the next generation of its sedan, available some time in America and Asia.

According to Hyundai, the i40 is the first product specifically developed to house Europe, including engines, transmissions (there will be a shift dual-clutch) and technology. Visually, the new Elantra baby, but if you compare the photos do not appear to share a single exterior panel. The equipment also will be colored by what we heard, while Hyundai, which wants to keep the mystery to Geneva, it merely states that the i40 will be reclining, heated rear seats, and a misting system that detects the blurring of the moons automatically .

Geneva 2011: Porsche Cayenne Titan Evo XL-600 by SpeedART

SpeedART preferred unveiled a preview of his new toy, the Porsche Cayenne Titan Evo XL-600, Evo evolution of Titan during this show that during the Essen Motor Show ...

So simply put, the tuner SpeedART has said the same styling cues as the Titan Evo. It was right in fact, a body kit with a front bumper and rear, a roof spoiler and custom-fender flares corresponding to the extension side skirts. Titan Evo-XL can also offer a wide choice of light alloy forged wheels in 23 '. To complete the look "pest" of the Porsche Cayenne, a low suspension kit is available.

New Nissan GT-R RC: the GT3, it is

We have started the week with, among others, the announcement of the arrival, during the year, a GT3 version of the Nissan GT-R.

This car will be offered to customers later this year, probably at a rather competitive price ...

It is always our excellent colleague endurance-info announced today that the probable name of this small GT-R for the competition: RC. Yes, as the model recently announced that Patrick and we had the month of January.

Parentage is both obvious and logical.

2011 Ford Explorer ad campaign with Kevin Hart

Ford is launching an advertising campaign with actor Kevin Hart in all media (TV, press, radio and internet). The campaign started two days ago but Ford will release a 30-second spot during the NBA All-Star Game Sunday, Feb. 20.

New Car: 2012 Hyundai i40

Hyundai has lifted the cloak off the all-new i40 that will debut in Geneva soon. The i40 features a design based around the fluidic sculpture; the trademark split hexagonal grille, wraparound headlights w/LED daytime running lights (DRLs), and bonnet ceases. A narrow silhouette and elongated roofline will complete the look.

Inside, owners will be treated to premium, soft-touch plastics throughout with class-leading head, leg, and shoulder room. Luggage space is rated at 553 litres, but flip-down the rear seats and you’ll find 1,790 litres of load capacity.

The i40 wagon will be the first vehicle in its class to offer ‘modern premium’ features to sway customers from Audi and BMW, by offering quality that undercuts competitors.

Hyundai has a desire to offer ‘modern premium’ in its car with “all the credentials of an Audi but an affordable price,” managing director, Tony Whitehorn said.

“Apple and Starbucks are good examples of modern premium. They offer good quality products that everyone can enjoy. We want to offer cars with all the equipment, looks and feel of a premium car but at accessible prices.”

Whitehorn added upmarket companies like BMW offer entry-level cars that give less standard features as a way to easily “sell a badge”. “We will do what they do without the badge but match them on luxury.”

Standard equipment will include electric parking brake, leather steering wheel w/cruise control, Bluetooth, rear parking sensors, lane assist system, ESP, and x6 airbags. Mid-spec and flagship models will arrive with heated front and rear seats, heated steering wheel, bi-xenon headlights, panoramic glass sunroof, and a satellite navigation system. Prices are expected to start at around £18,000.

Two engines will be available from launch; a 1.6 GDI 138bhp petrol, and a 1.7 CRDi with either 113bhp (111PS/84kW) or 134bhp (132PS/100kW). A Blue Drive variant will be offered at a later date, returning 65.7mpg (4.3l/100km) and emitting 113g/km. After launch, three variants of a 2.0 litre GDI and CRDi diesel will be available, developing upto 170bhp (168PS/127kW).

European sales start in Summer, with UK sales starting in July with the saloon arriving later on in the year. The i40 will come with a premium quality interior, standard equipment list and a range of fuel-efficient engines.

A 4dr coupe will follow in early 2012.

filmed the latest version of the prototype Jaguar XF 2012 2013 spy pics

Scandinavia has long been a popular place testers, especially in the winter season, where this time appeared Jaguar XF, a small camouflage, which clearly says that the changes necessary to wait at the front and rear panels.

Constructive change front is likely to affect the grille, headlights and bumper of course. The same can be said about the back. In addition, do not forget about the hood, aerodynamic body kit and other items.

No hybrid or electric transmission is not expected, but that does not mean that they do not appear. We recall that not so long ago was seen as just a hybrid version of the Jaguar XF.

New spy photos of BMW M5 2013

At the moment the car passes through the winter tests somewhere in Scandinavia where they are made and the latest spy photos.


The premiere is planned for this fall of the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is now known that "hot five" will replace its current naturally aspirated engine V10, with bi-turbo V8 with a volume of 4.4 liters and an estimated 570 hp power

To remember that now the current model offers a capacity of 500 hp Now the future of the M5 engine can be seen in other "hot" version of "petition" - Alpina B5 Biturbo.

According to experts, however, both cars will have quite different exhaust systems and technologies of fuel injection. M5 is expected to have a new dual-clutch transmission, while B5 is an automatic gearbox with eight grades.

Thrust SSC, the car broke the sound barrier - photos and video

The sound barrier was a concept largely unexplored until the mid 40's. The pilots of some P-51, P-47, I-262, Ta-152 and other fighters of World War II noticed a strange aerodynamic effects when did minced long and caught a lot of speed. The sound barrier was officially broken exactly 60 years ago, the USAF pilot Charles Yeager in a Bell X1 rocket powered motor ... but that's another story.

After breaking the record in the air, the challenge was to achieve at the surface and on wheels. The difficulties were considerable, especially on the power required and the stability of the vehicle. A Bugatti Veyron by little beyond 400 km / h with 1,001 horsepower, and when they want to get that speed, it takes a bestial power, much less is proportional.

Hit a jump to 1997 in Black Rock, Nevada (USA). Andy Green is intended to break the sound barrier, and therefore the land speed record with the Thrust Super Sonic Car (SSC). I had no engine pistons (what we know for cars) but two Rolls Royce Spey 202 jet engines that propelled the legendary McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, the father of the F-15. The power that could develop the car was in the order of 110,000 hp, of course, the reactors did not encourage any transmission to the wheels, they were free.

On October 13, amid great expectations from the media, Andy Green managed to reach the not inconsiderable figure of 1229.81 kilometers per hour, more than Mach 1 or 740 miles per hour, but did not become official. Two days after the record was improved to 1232.93 Km / h, then yes.

The feat was performed in the desert between heavy security. For those who ask the question, no speed trap of DGT have managed to get the license plate, it is beyond their means for more than 800 km / h.

Why I said officially? That assumes that the Budweiser Rocket managed to surpass Mach 1.01 in 1979, but there was insufficient evidence to certify the record, by the lack of measures and that the witnesses did not hear the sonic boom that occurs when you exceed that speed .

Renault R-Space concept spied ahead of Geneva premier

AutoBild has managed to capture the first spy photos of the Renault R-Space Concept, a vehicle that will hint at the forthcoming Espace replacement. Spied ahead of its debut at the Geneva motor show, the concept was caught on a photoshoot in Portugal.

Unlike the Espace MPV, the R-Space Concept is crossed between a sporty coupe and a MPV. Up front, thin LED headlights sit on each corner of the fascia, while small silver grilles rest below. The Renault diamond is proudly placed in-between the headlights.

A steeply raked, panoramic windscreen floods the interior with light, while the side profile sports flared wheelarches, large alloy wheels, integrated side-steps, a quirky rear-side window kink, suicide doors, and coupe-like roofline.

Towards the rear, designers have decided to play it safe with the large Renault badge dominating the bootlid. Internal sources suggest the R-Space Concept will underpin an extended platform of the firms Megane model.

Land Rover to debut Range_e at Geneva

Land Rover will debut the Range_e prototype at the Geneva motor show. The diesel-electric plug-in hybrid is based on the Range Rover Sport and uses a 3.0 TDV6 engine that is mated to an 8-speed ZF automatic transmission.

A small electric motor and plug-in technology works alongside the 3.0 TDV6 diesel engine. In electric mode, the prototype can travel upto 20 miles (32km) before the diesel engine kicks in to increase the range to an additional 671 miles (1,080km). With top speed limited to 120mph (193km/h), the vehicle emits a supermini-like 89g/km of CO2 emissions.

More information will be released on 1st March.

Porsche Panamera Hybrid S - Geneva Motor Show 2011

The Panamera Hybrid S part of the mixed system technology seen in the Hybrid Cayenne S with a supercharged 3.0 V6 engine 333 hp engine supplemented by a second, this type of electric, capable of generating 34 kW/47 hp. The car can run on either or both engines using both at the same time. If it rolls to less than 85 km / h, its nickel-metal hydride batteries allow travel up to 2 km with energy recovered during braking, but if necessary, also activate a fuel saving mode at high speed disconnects the internal combustion engine at speeds of up to 165 km / h. Changes are made from a box of eight-speed Tiptronic S.

With all this (and the help of new low rolling resistance), the Porsche sedan says consumption of 6.8 L/100 km in combined cycle (7.1 L with rubber "normal"), acceleration from 0 to 100 in 6.0 seconds and a top speed of 270 km / h, for performance, well located between the S Panamera Panamera and conventional, but with much more bearable consumption than those approved by any of his brothers.

Land Rover hybrid prototype displays - Range_e

Range_e blend with diesel electric propulsion and emits only 89 g / km CO2

Land Rover showed on Wednesday a prototype plug-in hybrid Range Rover diesel, which will be present in Geneva, Switzerland, between 3-13 March. Called Range_e, the model has the 3.0 TDV6 engine, automatic transmission with 8 speeds and is capable of delivering up to 89g / km CO2 and travel 1,112 km on a tank of fuel.

2011 Subaru Forester Commercial Ad Canada - Sexy Sumo Video

2011 Subaru Forester, the sumos are once again put front and center, striking poses at the gas station, the beach and – of course – the car wash. Subaru says that with the Forester, sexy comes standard, and if this is the automaker's definition of what's attractive, then, well, so be it. Still, these Japanese wrestlers don't hold a candle to Tawny Kitaen.

Rémi Gaillard, bringing Mario Kart into the real world - Video

Rémi Gaillard is at it again. You can remember the last time the French took to local streets in a go-kart, because he did, while dressed like the Nintendo character Mario. Gaillard has supplied more bananas and turtle shells in a new video in which real world gives an idea of Mario Kart.

Because the banana is an important tool on both the offensive and defensive tactics Mario Kart driving, Gaillard need to keep some at hand. When he runs out he simply goes to the nearest store ... and proceeded to drive to the produce section.

His original video, posted after the jump, has been viewed more than 35 million times, and the sequel is already rising in several millions of points of view as well. Click past the jump and keep an eye out for green shells and banana peels to see Rémi Gaillard clips bring to life of Mario Kart.

Nissan four-door Smart based on scrapping

Hot on the heels of news that intelligent Pesnke have split comes word that the intelligent collaboration between Nissan's dead. Automotive News reports that the project, which was intended to produce a four-door model built from a platform of Nissan and sold under the banner smart, not going to happen. The reason is quite simple, if smart has gone his own way here in the U.S. fire, it would have needed at least one additional model to stay. Now that the network is part of Mercedes-Benz, that need has diminished significantly.

Meanwhile, there is some concern that a separate nissan Renault collaborative project called Quattro can be dismissed as well. With the slaughter of several projects and Penske walk more than a few minds have begun to wonder if this is the smart end of the Land of the Free. According to the Automotive News report, however, Roger Penske says he is not the case.

Penske said the fact that it is smart to be delivered to Mercedes-Benz is nothing compared to the Hummer or Mercury's death, and that his company simply did not have the strength of volume or clever marketing to push effectively.

Either way, AN, says the transition to the Benz dealer means that the smart grid will be reduced significantly, leaving only 58 dealers across the country. This is smart a21 showrooms that are paired with Mercedes models do not get to keep their franchises.

For 30 years, Paris Hilton was given a Lexus LFA to $ 375 000

There will be a total of only 500 copies of the Lexus LFA in the world. One of 500 copies has just fallen into the hands of Paris Hilton, known for a certain amount of eccentricity in a car.

Paris Hilton just falling into the category of thirtysomethings. To celebrate, her boyfriend Cy Waits decided to give him a big surprise to 375,000 dollars by offering a Lexus LFA in yellow. In view photos, Paris Hilton seems to be filled even if the car is not pink like her Bentley Continental GT.

FAIL it wants to do the stunt with his Chevy Silverado video - Truck Jump Fail

Here's a nice little video of an apprentice stuntman (or stunt Sunday, cross as appropriate) who wants to make the chick with its Chevrolet Silverado and, you guessed it, it ends in a rather comical. You'll notice here that if there are concerns for the driver, we also hear people laugh.

2012 Ram 1500 Code Name: Adventurer, style for cheap

Ram launches new version of its light duty pickup, the 1500 Code Name: The Adventurer. This model is distinguished by its sporty (grille honeycomb, this cross grille and shields the body color, 20-inch alloy wheels, chrome exhaust tips, etc. ...) while the interior receives air conditioning and audio system with 6 speakers and MP3 CD players. For safety, front airbags, side and curtain at the front, ABS or ESP as standard equipment. Under the hood lies the 5.7-liter V8 Hemi 390 horsepower and 552 Nm of torque. This Code Name: The Adventurer is available in 4x2 and 4x4 and regular cab with the body and short-bed. This proposal is attractive does not slaughter your portfolio (at least for purchase) since the Ram is offered in the U.S. from $ 23,830, including delivery costs. It will sell in the second quarter of 2011.

Honda launches special short series of Civic Ti - BTCC

Honda launches special short series of Civic, inspired by the racing series BTCC.

This is a Honda Civic Ti, as was established on the basis of models with engines of 1.4 and 1.8 i-VTEC SE, while is much richer than standard equipment modeli.Kolata with matt black alloy wheels Team Dynamics by Size 17 inches spetsialenbody kit, called Crystal Black GP. It includes new thresholds and protective plates from the rear, new front spoiler, rear spoiler in white. All Civic produced by passing a series of Ti in white (Premium White Pearl) and now will only be available on the market in Velikobritaniya.V interior is fitted with high quality entertainment system from Pioneer, with satellite navigation option to include the iPod, USB connectivity and 3D touch screen, also from Pioneer, which is a major sponsor of the Honda Racing Team in 2011 godina.Zasega plans are to be produced only 500 cars from this series, the price starts at 16,000 pounds (about 37 000) for the model with 1.4 engine and 17,000 pounds (about 39,300 euro) for the version with the larger engine volume 1.8 liters.