Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi

Filed under: Audi , Lifestyle , UK Goodwood Festival of Speed Audi Sculpture - Click above for image gallery of more GFoS sculptures The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring that year’s featured marque. Audi is the featured marque this year, which is timely since the Ingolstadt-based automaker is also celebrating its centennial

VIDEO: Norton Commando Transformer is more than meets the eye

Filed under: Time Warp , Videos , Lifestyle , Motorcycles Click above to watch video after the break We didn’t much care for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen when we went out and saw it on opening night, but we’re still smitten by the concept of robots that transform into all manner of vehicular machinery.

Artist creates full scale F1 car from recycled styrofoam

Filed under: Etc. , Lifestyle We have no idea why Michael A. Salter wanted to create a race car out of polystyrene packing waste, and we guess it doesn’t matter — he did, and this is the result

Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3

Filed under: Audi , Toys , Lifestyle Forza Motorsport 3 - Click above for new high-res image gallery Autoblog visited the official unveiling of Forza Motorsport 3, Microsoft’s latest racing title for the XBox, at the E3 expo. With graphics playing on numerous flat screens that, to borrow the phrase, moved the game on, and with the backing of an Audi partnership and a gleaming red R8 V10 on a plinth among the crowd, everyone involved was bullish enough on FM3 to make an actual bull think “Better watch out for those guys…” In fact, said Dan Greenwalt, the lead developer at Microsoft’s Turn 10 Studios, said “We already made the best racing game the last time, with Forza Motorsport 2.” Forza Motorsport 3, he said, signaled that “We were out to make the best game.” Follow the jump for the story. Gallery: Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 Continue reading Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 Sneak Peek: Forza Motorsport 3 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:57:00 EST.

And they’re off! Gumballers head out of Los Angeles on first leg of rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Gumball 3000 start in Santa Monica, CA Entrants of the 11th running of the Gumball 3000 started their cross-country rally Friday afternoon, cheered on by hundreds of fans as the cars began their journey at the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles. The rally will also stop in Las Vegas, Sante Fe, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Orlando before finishing in Miami. Judging from the selection of vehicles, supercars were most definitely the rides of choice this year.

Gumball 3000 set for 11th running with Los Angeles to Miami rally

Filed under: Supercars , Lifestyle 2009 Gumball 3000 - Click above for a high-res image gallery The infamous Gumball Rally is scheduled to start this weekend, and participants have started to gather in the Los Angeles area for the start of the race tomorrow. We caught up with several of the cars in Santa Monica this afternoon, already prepped with their unique liveries and vinyl wraps. The rally will officially start at 1:00pm on Saturday at the Santa Monica pier, so if you are in the Southern California area you can head down to check out all the cars and celebrities

Geneva Motor Show 2009: Fioravanti LF1 design a study for cost-cutting and clipping apexes

Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Geneva Motor Show Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fioravanti LF1 Cost cutting is the driving force behind…well, everything these days, but Formula One especially. Several of the automakers still in F1 raced into the Geneva Motor Show with their latest single-seaters, more of which we’ll have for you tomorrow and which all look more or less the same thanks to tight new regs that seek to reduce both expenses and aero downforce.

First pic of Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire emerges from Geneva

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Supercars , Bugatti Put one in the win column for Twitter as the first image of the special edition Bugatti Veyron being unveiled tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show has just been uploaded.

AMS |Geneva Preview: Ford iosis MAX concept previews next-gen Focus

Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show , Hatchbacks , Ford Click above for image gallery of the Ford Iosis Max concept Take note North Americans: The Ford iosis MAX concept that will debut tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show features the evolution of Ford Europe’s Kinetic styling language that will be featured on the next-gen Focus. Why should you care? Because Ford has officially stated that North America and Europe will once again be sold the same Focus when the next model debuts

Geneva Preview: Kia spills more details on the No 3 concept

Filed under: Concept Cars , Geneva Motor Show , Kia Click above for a high-res gallery of the Kia No 3 concept Kia has released additional photos and information on its No 3 concept that will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow. The 13.27-ft long MPV is two inches shorter than the Honda Fit but three inches taller. It also shares design details first seen on other recent Kia concepts starting with the 2007 Kia Kue

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