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RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT — After serving up live feeds from General Motors’ operations around the world, a celebration designed to show the company’s strength and diversity, Rick Wagoner, Bob Lutz and Fritz Henderson brought out the big present: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.

RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT — After serving up live feeds from General Motors’ operations around the world, a celebration designed to show the company’s strength and diversity, Rick Wagoner, Bob Lutz and Fritz Henderson brought out the big present: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.”The world has changed a lot in the last hundred years. Read the rest of this entry »

Jenson Button would prefer F1 added more horse power rather than switch to ‘green’ 4-cylinder engines in 2013.

Ross Brawn revealed last weekend that “a lot of debate” is raging behind the scenes at the moment as Bernie Ecclestone pushes to repeal the FIA’s incoming small turbo formula.

World champion Sebastian Vettel admitted recently that he would like to see KERS technology leave F1, to be replaced with the “brutal” V12 engines of the past.

“Most of us drivers would like the V10 engines back,” 2009 world champion Button told the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

“It was just so incredible to hear that roar of 20,000 rpm. In 2004 or 2005, the noise was really impressive. Read the rest of this entry »

Bentley’s iconic Turbo R moniker hasn’t been seen for nearly 15 years, but it’s set to return according to reports emerging from the luxury British car manufacturer’s Crewe HQ.

It is suggested that a 600bhp coupe version of the firm’s Mulsanne saloon could make its way to showrooms by 2013.

The standard Mulsanne saloon has a 6.75-litre twin-turbo V8 that produces 510bhp, but it is speculated that the high-performance coupe version would be uprated.

A tweaked chassis and careful use of weight-saving materials in the same vein as the Continental Supersports is also expected. Read the rest of this entry »