SEMA has launched a new web site: www.RASR.org. The goal of RASR is to educate drivers about the dangers of street racing and aggressive driving stunts that put them — and others — at risk of serious injury and death. The new site features tools that evoke engagement from site visitors. It also provides individuals… Continue Reading
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Pit Notes: Stuff Happens
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is a” – caustic colleague. When Toronto’s Globe and Mail auto writer Peter Cheney recounted in 2300 words and 10 photos how a $180,000 Porsche 970 Turbo test car burst through the garage door at his home with his 14-year-old son behind the wheel, he probably thought he had… Continue Reading
Pit Notes May 2010
Some one picked the wrong Ann Job to job with a fake message using her name and email address to appeal for urgently needed funds because she and her family had been robbed at gun point in London and were stranded there without cash or credit cards to get them home. The giveaway was the… Continue Reading
Pit Notes – April 2010
BMW‘s “Historic Workshop in Germany, once reserved for company-owned vehicles now takes in customer cars. Two other similar company-run Classic Car centers have been opened in Europe and a Classic Center will be opened in the U.S. States as soon as a suitable partner can be found,” according to Ralf Vierlein, head of sales and… Continue Reading
Pit Notes March 2010
Appropriate to the Easter season, Motor Trend Classic has been reborn. Source Interlink has re-launched the previously bimonthly magazine as a quarterly to the delight of many fans who thought it was the death knell for the up market title when it was shuttered three years ago . . . . Also re-launched, Wooden Horse… Continue Reading