Motorsports/Performance
The Latest...Abarth adds power17-Nov-2008 01:22 GMT
The 500 Abarth, which was launched earlier this year, has proved a significant model in its own right, and now the range has been further extended. The 2008 Paris Motor Show saw the presentation of the 500 Abarth Assetto Corse for track racing and of the "esseesse" tuning kit for 500 Abarth road cars.
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Oaktec readies Honda hybrid for the racetrack
17-Nov-2008 00:19 GMT
The development of hybrid race and rally cars is a relatively new area of motorsports technology that is bringing particular challenges and opportunities for specialist companies. With its extensive knowledge and experience in hybrid and electric vehicle R&D, Lotus Engineering is one of them.
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Hybrid rally car a first for Citroën
13-Oct-2008 20:07 GMT
Hybrid was a powerful theme at the Citroën booth at the Paris Motor Show, featuring a range of technologies from micro-hybrid stop/start in the C3 Picasso to the concept hybrid rally car of the C4 WRC HYmotion4. The C3 Picasso made its public debut at the show, and the company used its latest model to showcase the next step in its stop/start micro-hybrid technology.
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Corvette Racing laps up E85
18-Sep-2008 18:26 GMT
The crew had a challenge: make sure that one of the most technically advanced sports cars ever developed by General Motors could flat-out race on ethanol fuel. Developed to compete in ALMS races on E85 racing fuel, GM's LS7.R engines were modified from the E10 specifications of the 2007 race season.
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Composites facility to benefit motorsports
03-Sep-2008 19:01 GMT
BERU f1systems has opened a new composites facility that will offer motorsport companies a high-temperature, high-pressure autoclave to develop advanced, complex, and high-quality prototype and production composite components.
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