Hopkins and Vermeulen with the Rizla Racing Day

The two MotoGP star John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen will the fans with the Rizla Racing Day on the steeped in tradition course in the Netherlands ate with their Suzuki GSV r motorcycles to heat.The duo will drive twice five demonstration rounds and will give in the connection also autographs. “That is a mad Event, to which I look forward much. It will be interesting also for us both to look at different running classes. In addition it is a good opportunity for the MotoGP series to win new fans. We will offer surely a good show to them”, so Hopkins.

Bahrain will form the prelude for 2008 to the new Formel-1-Saison

Over the calendar of the Formel-1-Saison 2008 became now first details admits. As the first the Formel-1-Zirkus travels to the Principality of Bahrain. The desert Grand Prix becomes the new Season Opener, not least because of rising TV-ratios and better transmitting time. The second season run takes place then in the Australian Melbourne to 16. March.If long time was considered to organize the australia GP as night running but “it resulted in our investigations that at present from it more disadvantages than advantages would result”, meant Ron Walker, chairman of the Australian Grand Prix corporation. Instead one decided to shift the start on 15:30 clock local time.

SSC Ultimate aero TT

New competition for the Bugatti Veyron! The American Selfmade Supercar SCC Ultimate aero TT presses 1183 HP and 1483 Nm from a Twin-Turbo-V8, sprintet in 2.8 seconds on speed 100 and reached during first test travels a maximum speed of 388 km/h. If one believes the small Manufaktur Shelby SuperCars from the US Federal State Washington, not only the magic 400-km/h-Grenze, but also the past speed world record for series sports cars could fall with a forthcoming Highspeed test.Already in May the extreme haven car with modified Corvette-V8 had been submitted to an extensive safety and long-distance test. In the Windtunnel of NASA in Langley, Virginia the SCC Ultimate aero TT had achieved straight once 71 per cent with pressure on the accelerotor pedal a speed of 388,5 km/h.

Supercars at the Tegernsee

Since 1993 organize Harry van Deyk the international sports car meeting. This year finds the large HP party, to which over 100 sports cars from five nations are expected, from 31 August to 2 September at the Tegernsee instead of.Already in the last year counted the organizer 70 Boliden, which near-rolled to the Exoten meeting 2006 in Kitzbühel. In this year it is to become still clearly more. The largest part of the participants comes thereby from Germany, followed from guests from Austria and Switzerland.The meeting place is the hotel Bachmair at the lake in rot oh Egern, which aligns different Galas with live music and Show inserts, like enormous fireworks directly over the lake, in the context of the meeting.

Supercars: Are we well

Robert Engstler has the Statur of a man, at whose wrist a Breitling clock does not look ridiculous. A Swatch was turned around perhaps somewhat lost to work, but the clock from elm of Bentley Breitling and Swatch is, does not place themselves the question there anyway not. Engstler is a boss of exclusive Cars, a subsidiary of the largest domestic autoimporter Porsche Austria, and as such he manages Bentley and Lamborghini. Both marks collected a straight half dozen of model rows, and these, to a certain extent the opposite of probably, enjoy of up-to-date active demand.

Spa 24h: Wendlinger and Bruni are the fastest ones in the first Qualifying

The times lay together however all very closely, because the first nine straight once by 8 tenth ofs a second separately. Wendlinger explained after the qualification training, which was more ser absolute at the limit and will not be able itself in the second session probably not to improve. That means thus that we may be strained on the fight between four Maserate MC12, three Corvettes a Lamborghini Murciélago and the Aston Martin DBR 9 around the poles position. The second fastest car was the Carsport Holland Corvette (Nr.5) with Hezemans, the long time the provisional poles had and third is the Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette (No. 3). The best Maserati at place 4 is the car of the Scuderia Playteam Sarafree.

PLM mix: France, Canada, Malaysia, Sweden, UK, the USA

The British GT championship gastierte on the tradition course in fire Hatch.brdc_7.jpg to free training began 26 vehicles, 19 GT3 and 7 GTC of vehicles. Among them also a new acquisition, the Aston Martin DBRS9 von Lotus sport Cadena used for Amanda Stretton and Paul Wight. With the DBRS9 it concerns the newest of the 21 Aston Martin GT3 of vehicles.
With it the APEX was not engine haven Jaguar. Allegedly financial reasons are to retard the Homologation at present.
The poles position for the two running divided Alex Mortimer/Bradley Ellis in that team of RPM viper and Allan Simonsen/Hector Lester in the Ferrari F430 CHallenge GT3.
If the Dodge viper Coupes fights in other championships this year for the connection, the viper crew Mortimer/Ellis could bring a magnifying glass-pure double victory in in Südengland in Great Britain.

Classic Driver dealer: The Chiltern Aston Centre

As soon as someone removes the telephone in the Chiltern Aston Centre, one feels well waived. The sound of the telephone voice does not have anything put on or cool--professional, but one has the feeling, as maintenance one itself with a friend. That is not to obtain however the impression that this Aston Martin specialist does not understand its handicraft. Completely on the contrary: the company from Hemel Hempsted was distinguished in the year 2004 with the desired „Heritage descriptor “. Thus it is one of only eleven Aston Martin dealers world-wide, who received honor for their classical author department.

Aston Martin closes work

Its work in new haven Pagnell closed now the car manufacturer Aston Martin after more than 50 years. As last vehicle a black Vanquish S Ultimate of the volume rolled. In the future the British sportscar manufacturer in 80 kilometers the Gaydon lain more west will produce. In the year 2006 loud “automotives news Europe” already 6,744 cars were manufactured there, while in new haven Pagnell were manufactured in 54 years only 13,000 cars.

Aston Martin with car radios - under contract

In the models “V8 Vantage” and “DB9” of the manufacturer are available the models as special equipment, communicated Sirius on Wednesday evening (local time) in New York. The vehicles can be delivered for the first time in August with the satellite radios. A lifelong subscription approximately 13 US Dollar of the expensive monthly offer is contained. The enterprise radiates 130 usually advertising-free digital channels.The Chrysler Group announced meanwhile that approximately 70 per cent for model year 2008 of the planned passenger cars with a satellite radio are to be delivered. There the devices are in the models Chrysler, Dodge and jeep blocked - partly ex factory. With these motor vehicle types only one year free subscription is contained. In Germany the mobile wireless reception does not play a role by satellite.

Aston Martin Vanquish S: Finalist

More than 13,000 Aston Martin were manufactured in the famous workshops in new haven Pagnell. Yesterday one era went into the Aston Martin history to end, as the work workers Kenny Clarke to the last car, which was produced here, from resounds to driving a Aston Martin Vanquish S Ultimate edition.It was a very emotional parting. Aston Martin invited many former coworkers, of whom many saw the good ones, in addition, the critical times of the mark. Exemplary for the history of the workshops, models were issued from the DB4 to the Vanquish S before the manufacturing plant.

Eibach Aston Martin: Fast hearing benefit

High point of the change surely represents the noble HiFi and Multi Media plant of the Japanese manufacturer alpine one. Steuerzentrale of the installation is eight tariff of large Touchscreen monitor, which inserts itself perfectly into the center console. Over it navigation maps, DVD films of the 6-fach-DVD-Wechsler or the picture of the back driving camera can be regarded. To the rendition of stereo and 5.1-Surround-Sound altogether 12 loudspeakers in acoustically favorable places in the interior were blocked. A Subwoofer in the trunk worries besides about the completely deep tones. Are propelled the many chassis of three output stages, which are let in into the baggage compartment floor with a hand-made aluminum carrier.

Aston Martin closes tradition work in England

Aston Martin work closed its work in new haven Pagnell past week. On Thursday a black Vanquish S Ultimate edition rolled there as last vehicle of the volume.In Pagnell, which is for 50 years the company headquarters of Aston Martin, altogether only 13,000 cars were built, reported “automotives news Europe”.In the future the company from the removed Gaydon will operate 80 kilometers. The 2003 opened work the fate of the company already positively affected: After numbers of J.D. Power of automotives Forecasting were produced alone in the past year in Gaydon 6744 cars.

Jaguar XKR: The fair weather compressor

Jaguar fans, thus it on historical equipment are limited, do not meet these days earliest with the sports car. Where over the sedans already a certain weight rests and for the momentum of the renewal (the S-type-successor XF makes the beginning for 2008), are the current XK-series wait everything tendentious the most in demand. Their Design points into a direction, which does not lie backwards, and technically was a great deal entstaubt. At the more herrschaftlichen than sporty natures one did not shake; invariably one does not put a schmalspurigen appearance down in the XK, and to the Strassenaristokraten to tax Matches with Porsche are and such only no thoughts worth.

Ford sells Aston Martin nevertheless completely

Ford engine CO from its former sports car daughter Aston Martin withdrew itself nevertheless completely, after the US automobile producer wanted to keep first a small portion. For the sales of 100% of the portions the enterprise received gross proceeds from 931 millions USD, communicated Ford on Tuesday. Originally the US company with the sales wanted to release 848 millions USD and to keep a participation in the value of 77 millions USD.By the sales of Aston Martin Ford will book a vat gain of 187 millions USD in the second quarter. Aston Martin had been sold in March to a group under guidance of the engine haven entrepreneur David Richards.