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Volkswagen Dumps FIA World Rally Championship
Both FIA sanctioned racing series were ruinously expensive. Now VW is facing seemingly unending expenses in the dieselgate matter. More criminal charges are also under investigation. A proposed new customer racing program and the extension of existing ones will cut costs, and might even make money. Continue reading
Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Sets Land Speed Record
A highly-modified Hyundai Ioniq hybrid prototype, developed by Hyundai Motor America’s Engineering and Quality team, set an FIA-approved production-based hybrid vehicle land speed record of 157.825 mph. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Bonneville salt flats, fia, Ioniq, Ken Zino
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Porsche’s Mark Webber Says Racing Career Over
On the surface or rather the track surface, Webber has no reason to quit as his lap times often and consistently are in the top ten on timing sheets. However, going out on top, and not on top of a stretcher, is a strategy that AutoInformed endorses, though we will miss watching him slice and dice through and around competitive cars. MLB’s Big Papi comes to mind where he competes in an endurance contest of another sort, one that is no less demanding on reflexes, conditioning and smarts. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, fia, formula one, Ken Zino, le mans, Mark Webber, Porsche lmp1, wec
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FIA Endurance Cup Racing at Mount Fuji in Japan this Weekend
In endurance racing Porsche is holding a commanding LMP1 lead – the fastest, arguably most competitive class – in both the driver’s and manufacturer’s championships. Audi is second, and Toyota is third in the first of the three races that wrap up the 2016 Season. Continue reading
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Tagged Audi TDI, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, endurance racing, fia, Fuji Speedway, Japanese Alps, Ken Zino, lmp1, Porsche 919 Hybrid, Toyota TS050 Hybrid, world endurance cup
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Toyota Hybrid in First Win Beats Audi in Six Hours of Sao Paulo
A Toyota hybrid turned in a dominant performance at the Six Hours of Sao Paulo this weekend going from the pole to first place during the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the first overall win this year for the new hybrid racing team, which challenged Audi’s clear dominance in endurance racing by showing up at Le Mans last June, a year ahead of announced plans. Continue reading
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Toyota Returns to Le Mans in 2012 with Hybrid LMP1 Racecar
Toyota Motorsport’s high-performance technical center in Cologne, Germany, where the chassis has been designed, developed and produced, will be the base for the team. The Toyota LMP1 racecar will have a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain developed in Japan. Continue reading
