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Ford Ka II: production commences

15 March, 2020
From the Polish facility at Tychy, where the Fiat Panda and Fiat 500 are manufactured, the first example of the second generation of the Ford Ka has emerged (seen here with the lovely Olga Kuruylenko). With the new small car,…

Casey Stoner: I had to disconnect from racing

15 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s decision not to contest three races left fans not only wondering when he would be back and as speculation ran wild like bush fire, if he would be pulling out of racing altogether, but everyone close to the…

Roman summer: events in Rome for summer 2010

15 March, 2020
In this hot Italian summer we’re having, if you find yourself stuck in Rome and not at the beach there are plenty of things to do and see in the world of art and culture, some of which provide air…

Kawasaki WSBK team to test at Almeria

15 March, 2020
With the official winter testing ban now finally over - it ended January 15th - three World Superbike teams (Kawasaki, Fixi Crescent Suzuki and Althea Aprilia) will be heading to the Almeria circuit in Spain tomorrow for two-days of private…

Gennaro Pelliccia insures tongue for ten million pounds

15 March, 2020
Gennaro Pelliccia is an Italian coffee taster who works for the UK’s coffee chain company, la Costa, and who has recently had his tongue insured for the sum of ten million pounds.Whether for a publicity stunt or not, Gennaro’s tongue…

Casey Stoner sets blistering pace in FP3 at Phillip Island

15 March, 2020
Stoner’s Corner? They should change Phillip Island’s entire name to Casey Stoner’s Island - at least when MotoGP is in town - as the Repsol Honda rider again utterly dominated the session during this morning’s third and final practice. Stoner…

John Hopkins has ring finger amputated

15 March, 2020
John Hopkins MotoGP free practice crash at Brno last August has ultimately cost him his ring finger. The Crescent Suzuki rider who has suffered through six surgeries and months of rehab to cure the damaged finger had to capitulate and…

Marc Marquez discharged from hospital, Valencia in doubt?

15 March, 2020
Marc Marquez was not able to compete in last Sunday’s Moto2 race at Sepang after being judged unfit following his highside during the first free practice, which was caused by a wet patch at turn 10 that the marshals failed…

Miu Miu mulitcoloured suede platform pumps

15 March, 2020
Miu Miu multicoloured suede platform pumps are really gorgeous; they will add a dash of quirky chic to your appearance; no man will ever be able to resist you. Put on these shoes and the world will be yours. Price:…

Bill Gates invests in two-stroke engines

15 March, 2020
Microsoft head Bill Gates has invested a whopping $23.5 million US in engine producer EcoMotors International. The company is a start-up company who is working on research and development of environmentally-friendly engine technology. One of EcoMotors main projects is the…

Coriano to erect a statue in honor of Marco Simoncelli

15 March, 2020
Coriano, Marco Simoncelli’s small home town has decided to dedicate a statue to the late GP rider “to keep alive the memory of the great motorcycle champion who died tragically on Sunday October 23rd during the Malaysian GP, a memorial…

Nicky Hayden Shows Us the Ducati GP10

15 March, 2020
You’ve just got to love the innocence of Nicky Hayden, most manufacturers try to keep, be it new models of cars or motorcycles, under tight wraps until the official unveiling where they can get oohs and ahhs of the press…

General Motors EN-V electric urban vehicles pics and video

15 March, 2020
We’re going to call these General Motors EN-V concepts scooters, for want of a better word. Developed in collaboration with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, the concepts are a vision for new urban mobility vehicles, which were developed with help…

More Photos from MotoGP test at Valencia

15 March, 2020
After yesterday’s small gallery of photos from the MotoGP Valencia test, with Valentino Rossi’s photos dominating the day, we’ve got another gallery from yesterday’s first day of testing but this time we’ve got pics of Ben Spies on the 2011…

World Superbikes to head to Russia

15 March, 2020
Infront Motor Sport just one upped Dorna as they have announced that the World Superbike Championship will be heading to Russia as soon as 2012.The partnership agreement was reached between Paolo Flamini’s Infront Motor Sports and Yakhnich Motorsport who is…

WSBK Aragon: FP1 goes to Marco Melandri

15 March, 2020
The World Superbike championship is debuting for the first time at the Motorland Aragon circuit for its seventh round and during the first free practice the fastest rider on the circuit wasn’t Carlos Checa as we expected, but Marco Melandri.Melandri…

Milan: music in the suburbs

15 March, 2020
This is a very interesting song and clip from Italy and I can’t recall ever seeing such melancholy from what is usually a sunny country. The clip is of “Moriamo quotidianamente” (We die daily) from the Milan group “NonMiPiaceIlCirco!” (I…

Bajaj raises stake in KTM

15 March, 2020
The KTM-Bajaj project has seen the Indian company slowly acquire more KTM stock over time, with a recent 1.21 percent acquisition taking it to a total of 39.3 percent ownership of KTM stock. Majority shareholder CROSS has a 50.1 percent…

HIRP 2008: Starting 25 April

15 March, 2020
After 150 applications and 90 riders on the track, only 24 made it. With trials having been conducted on the Aprilia track on the 12th and 13th of March, the Honda Italia Racing Project 2008 is officially taking shape. The…

GSR Kawasaki Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans

15 March, 2020
It took them eleven long years but Kawasaki finally got back on the top of the podium in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with Julien da Costa, Olivier Four and GrĂ©gory Leblanc of GSR Kawasaki taking the first…