Rob Bell and Alexander Sims join Alvaro Parente in McLaren GT customer team driver line-up for 2012 Three examples of the MP4-12C GT3 race car and one MP4-12C road car to be presented at Autosport International 25 Mclaren MP4-12C GT3’s to race in Europe in 2012 McLaren GT is building on its successful 2011 development [...]
Archive for Category: "Le Mans"
Toyota Plots Return to Le Mans With 2012 LMP1 Hybrid Car
Toyota will compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2012 with a new hybrid power sports car. Its return to the world’s most famous endurance race will be with a new LMP1 chassis designed, developed and produced by Toyota Motorsport in Germany, equipped with a hybrid petrol powertrain engineered by Toyota in Japan. Participation [...]
ALMS Champion Dyson Racing Named US Distributor for Caterham-Lola SP/300.R
Dyson Racing, will act as US distributor for the new Caterham-Lola SP/300.R sports prototype when the first of the brand new race and trackday cars lands in the States early next year. Caterham Cars appointed the newly-crowned American Le Mans Series (ALMS) LMP1 champion team as its official US distributor. The two companies share a [...]
Motor City Archives: Ford GT70 Rally Concept
Ford has enjoyed many successes in motorsport but one of its rarest creations came about thanks to a failure. In 1970 after Ford pulled the plug on its successful GT40 Le Mans program, Ford toyed with creating a successor to the GT throne: the GT70. On the way back from an unsuccessful Monte Carlo Rally, Ford’s [...]
A Trio of McLaren MP4-12C GT3s Prep for The 24 Hours of Spa
It has been over 16 years since the Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing Mc Laren F1 speed through the night to emerge in the victor’s circle in the early morning mist at LeMans. The McLaren F1 became the first road car since the Ford GT40 captured the checkered flag at LeMans four times from 1966-1969. However, the [...]
Looking For a Family Car?
The family car. Few combinations of words evoke fear like the words “the family car.” For so many of us, the family car means trading in a fun car for a minivan. I know my husband hates the thought of a minivan, and I don’t really want to be a soccer mom. Finding a car [...]
Porsche Readies For a Return To Le Mans In 2014
Porsche today announces its return to Le Mans with a works-run sports prototype race car in the top LMP1 category. The first outing of the completely newly-developed car is planned for the year 2014. “Motorsport was always an essential part of the Porsche brand,” emphasizes Matthias Müller, President of the Executive Board at Porsche AG. [...]
