As the Goodwood festival of speed approaches, manufacturers are beginning to tempt us with the kind of toys they plan to bring to the party. Porsche has announced its bringing along a handful of 917s to play with, and some of the cars legendary pilots like Richard Attwood, Brian Redman and David piper will be [...]

I. The FIA’s decision to implement a budget-capped class to F1 is likely to meet a significant challenge in the near future. The new measure would introduce a separate class of teams whose annual budget could not exceed $60 million. Teams that chose to run under those rules would be given aerodynamic advantages and would [...]

So long as the bankruptcy courts OK Chrysler’s plan for solvency, it looks like we may have our first shot at Fiat’s loveable 500 as soon as 18 months from now. The big C’s plans so far as which Italian models would get the rebadge treatment showed up in court recently and Edmunds was on [...]

I. Prodrive is stepping in to put Subaru back in its rightful place: WRC. The Prodrive Subaru Impreza STi WRC2008 will compete starting at the Rally Portugal with Marcus Gronholm at the helm. If anyone can give Sebastien Loeb a good run for his money, its Gronholm. And Subaru. [Source: 0-60]

I. Maserati added an all-new ZF automatic to the option list for the Gran Turismo S. The tranny was released in the flagship coupe at Geneva, the same venue Maser used to debut the car itself last year. The new six-cog ‘box should solve some gripes that the old manual-based paddle shift trans was too [...]

I. GM disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations today and re-dispersed the engineers to work on more practical things until the company gets its act together. Officially, the projects are on “indefinite hold,” but we get the idea that “indefinite” translates to “forever.” So it goes. [Source: Autoweek]

I. Dutch bank ING are slashing millions from their F1 budget this year. This year marks the end of their sponsorship deal with Renault, a contact that will be reviewed this year. The budget slashing will be mostly from F1 advertising, and is projected to save between $66 and $123 million. Great Depression 2.0 strikes [...]

You know I must say, this Chrysler-Fiat deal is looking better all the time. Long story real short, through platform swappage and localized manufacturing, Chrysler’s relationship with Fiat should yield seven — count ‘em – seven new cars for us Yanks here in America. Most importantly (to me) is Fiat’s scrappy little 500. If you dig [...]

We love good news. Especially good Italian news. And when that good Italian news is not only affordable but possibly coming to America, we smile double. You’ve heard rumors of the Alfa MiTo GTA and it’s turbocharged 230 hp 1.75-liter mill for some time. And now we can happily report it’s all true! Coming in [...]

I. Hot on Ferrari’s heels, Toyota released their new F1 car, the TF109. To make the debut more exciting, Toyota made a sweet big-screen style movie trailer to debut the car. Hit the link to see it. Like the F60, it’s had to undergo some fairly hideous aero mods, including a wider front wing and [...]