Filed under: Motorsports Pirelli may be used to sticking to its territory, but the latest development has the Italian rubber company voluntarily ceding ground to its rivals. After having secured the exclusive contract to provide tires to Formula One, Pirelli has announced that it’s withdrawing from the World Rally Championship. Pirelli had been the official [...]

Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Earnings/Financials With National Childhood Cancer Awareness month underway, Hyundai Motor America has announced plans to donate $100,000 to 68 hospitals and non-profit organizations ($6.8 million total) in the form of “Hope Grants.” The bulk of the money will be raised by Hyundai’s U.S. sales network, now more than 800 dealers strong, [...]

Filed under: Motorsports, Honda, Racing 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 from Kentucky Speedway – Click above for high-res image gallery For the IRL IndyCar Series, the 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 was all about the number “200.” It was the 200th race in IRL history. The drivers would be running 200 laps around the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. [...]

Filed under: Aftermarket, Concept Cars, Coupe, Budget, Hybrid, Japan, Hatchback, Toyota Toyota MR2 Sports Hybrid Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Akio Toyoda may want to bring driving excitement back to Toyota, but he and his team have two major hurdles to overcome: The brands’s limited enthusiast base and the fact that Japan’s [...]

Since it was first published in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Hugo- and Nebula-Award winning science fiction novel, Dune, has spawned six direct sequels penned in Herbert’s lifetime, a still ongoing series of prequels and sequels written by his son, Brian, with Kevin Anderson, a commercially unsuccessful 1984 big-screen adaptation directed by David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Blue [...]