Jaguar officially announces XKR Goodwood Special… in lime green

Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Jaguar, Misc. Auto Shows, Special/Limited Editions

2010 Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special — Click above to enlarge

In a press release announcing the cars it would be taking to this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jaguar’s own Mike Cross has officially confirmed the coming of the Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special. We noted before that [...]

BREAKING: Indy chief Tony George reportedly resigns

Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs

It’s the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and [...]

BREAKING: Indy chief Tony George resigns

Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs

It’s the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and [...]

Findings from inquiry into demise of MG Rover finished… only took 4 years and $26M

Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials, UK

The final days of MG were disastrous and disastrously expensive. The British government finally has an accounting of what happened, but it only adds to both sides of the disaster: the report took four years and

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Audi updates MMI system for 2010 A3, TT and R8

Filed under: Tech, Audi

Audi’s Multi-Media Interface, which is arguably the best of the various all-in-one graphical user interface systems favored, has just got better.
According to Audi, resolution on the system’s 6.5-inch screen is getting bumped up to 800 x 400, route calculation will happen faster with a 600 MHz processor, and you can scroll [...]