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Thursday, August 07, 2008
Andrea Pininfarina...
Andrea Pininfarina dies in Vespa crash
Andrea Pininfarina, chairman and CEO of Italian design firm and contract manufacturer Pininfarina S.p.A., died Thursday morning in a motorcycle crash near Turin, Italy. Pininfarina, 51, was riding a motorcycle to the company design and R&D center in Cambiano, 12 km south of Turin, when the crash occurred about 8 a.m. A preliminary local police report says a car crashed into Pininfarina's Vespa ...

Infiniti adds G37 convertible, updates coupe and sedan
Infiniti is adding a convertible to its G series lineup and will unveil it in November at the Los Angeles auto show. For those who can't wait that long, Infiniti is doing a photo reveal on Aug. 16 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Here's what we know: It will be called the G37...
IndyCar moving to Versus network in 2009
IndyCar Series television broadcasts will move from ABC/ESPN to the Versus cable network next year. The series will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday to announce details of the deal. Versus reaches about 20 million fewer homes than ESPN, but sources say that the Indy Racing...
REVS: A home fit for a legend: Finally, Harley has a museum it can call its own
Harley-Davidson has been producing motorcycles and three-wheelers for 105 years, but until July 12, the iconic American brand never had a museum it could call its own. The more-than-a-century wait was well worth it. On a 20-acre downtown brownfield site along the Menominee River in the company's ...
TWO-WHEEL LOWDOWN: 2008 Harley-Davidson VRSCAW V-Rod
Harley's drag-style power cruiser, with more displacement and optional ABS. 1,250-cc, 121-hp, liquid-cooled, 60-degree V-twin; 637-lb dry weight; quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds @ 114 mph (est). COMPETITIVE SET: Honda VTX1800F, Moto Guzzi Griso 1100, Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Mean Streak, Star...
V-Rod Revolution Engine: Porsche and Harley make air and water mix
Motorcyclists often wave to one another in camaraderie. Many bikers greet all others, but some hard-core Harley-Davidson riders won't acknowledge another brand. Harley itself confused traditionalists when it introduced the V-Rod in 2002. Some Harley riders didn't know whether to wave or offer a...
DAILY GALLERY: Another serving of NOPI
NOPI may have canceled its events for the rest of this year, but we can still look back and remember the good times from the past. Here's a look back at a swimsuit competition from NOPI's past....
J.D. Power: vehicle dependability rises 4.6%
Vehicle dependability improved 4.6 percent across the auto industry in 2008, according to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates. The 38 brands included in the survey averaged 206 problems per 100 cars sold during the third year of ownership. That's 10 fewer problems than in 2007. Lexus led ...
Spurring on the competition: Soccer clubs get kick from racing
What do you get when you combine two of the largest spectator sports in the world? A group of investors hoping to capitalize on what should be a fan frenzy. A new open-wheel race series, the Superleague Formula, will combine soccer and racing, with soccer teams as sponsors. Those sports are...
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2009 Ford Edge to include blind-spot mirror
Ford Motor Co. said the 2009 Ford Edge crossover will go on sale this fall with a blind-spot mirror that will be standard for the upcoming model year--a year earlier than planned. The mirror has an added convex spotter mirror in the corner of the side-view mirror, which is designed to give a...
DAILY DOWNSHIFT: Supercar thrills on a tight budget
Wanna look like you have a million bucks, without spending that much? You can tool around in a supercar car for a fraction of the sticker price with a growing number of driving schools and clubs around the country. Motorsports editor Mac Morrison and editorial assistant Jonathan Wong talk about the ...







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