Filed under: Motorsports
2009 Formula Drift Championship Round – Click above for high-res image gallery
The sixth season of the Formula Drift series wound to a close in Irwindale, California this weekend, and the finale certainly lived up to the host venue’s ‘House of Drift’ reputation. The high speeds and excessive angle required to navigate the speedway’s [...]
Filed under: Motorsports
On the morning of October 4, the world lost an innovator in sport compact racing, Shaun Carlson. The NuFormz owner and fabricator extraordinaire had a genetic heart condition – however, it is unknown if the defect contributed to his death.
In more recent years, Carlson, 35, had been known for his lead on [...]
Filed under: Performance, Etc., Government/Legal, Nissan
The importation of the Nissan Skyline GT-R to the United States has been a Hollywood-sized epic spanning ten years. For a while, the only game in town was to go through Motorex for a crash-tested, USDOT and EPA-approved Godzilla. Unfortunately, the company owner let his fondness of Japanese hostess clubs [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Trucks/Pickups, Plants/Manufacturing
In addition to the planned Alias from ZAP, the electric vehicle company wants to branch into the electric pickup truck market as well. According to the latest in a long line of press releases from ZAP, the company has completed the engineering stage of a project to develop a four-wheel electric [...]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedans/Saloons, Suzuki
2010 Suzuki Kizashi – Click either image for a high-res gallery
Spy shots of the upcoming Suzuki Kizashi are becoming rather common as the mid-size sedan gets ready to launch later this year, but what we’ve yet to see – what we’ve needed to see – is a shot of what’s [...]
