by Fast Machines | Sep 29, 2012 | Formula One Blog
Then came Mercedes. By his own admission, it hasn’t been a huge success but then again Brawn hasn’t sat on his hands either; he has been amassing an engineering army at Brackley. So many big names have arrived that some believe it may be a case of too many tech-geeks...
by Fast Machines | Sep 29, 2012 | Formula One Blog
The provisional calendar for the 2013 Formula 1 season has finally been released by the FIA. There are no real surprises on it, but some good news in that the second race in the U.S., the one in New Jersey, is still on the calendar – coupled with the Canadian...
by Fast Machines | Sep 29, 2012 | Spares
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — General Motors is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles, citing concerns that a fuel pump module could crack and cause a fire in the event of a fuel leak. The recall, disclosed in a letter by GM (GM, Fortune 500) to the National Highway...
by Fast Machines | Sep 29, 2012 | Exterior
Diesel engines are well known to deliver great fuel economy and gobs of torque, but the sparkless powerplant is not known for great responsiveness. Audi hopes to change that with a new development we saw at the carmaker’s Future Mobility workshop in the days preceding...
by Fast Machines | Sep 29, 2012 | Auto News
Despite beliefs by transmission manufacturer ZF’s president that the race to add transmission gears is close to the limit, General Motors and Ford are teaming up to jointly develop new nine-speed and 10-speed transmissions. The partnership between two of America’s...