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Audi R18 at Le Mans 2012
Audi

Audi R18 e-tron wins Le Mans 24 in 2012

Forget spoilers, the race has been over for several hours now and I'm fairly confident that nobody will be watching the whole thing once again on TiVo. The news is simple, the Audi R18 e-tron has won this weekend's immensely important endurance race at the Le Mans 24 hour event. Actually, the whole event was totally dominated by the Ingolstadt...

Nissan DeltaWing
Nissan

Nissan backs DeltaWing racer for Le Mans

The DeltaWing racer is an interesting concept for a motor sport presence except for a while now it's been regarded as a left field idea and few were interested. Things have changed today as Nissan have announced that they will be backing this new racing car in an effort that will ultimately bring them to Le Mans. Nissan is therefore...

Lotus F1 racer
Lotus

Lotus send Evora GTE and Exige racing

The British car makers don't seem to get the idea that motor racing costs money. They're all taking place in these sports and trying to get more customers in their showroom. Now, Aston Martin is doing well enough to afford it, Jaguar is backing off the efforts and the guys over at Lotus, starved of cash are just announcing two...

Lotus LMP2 car
Lotus

Lotus will take part in Le Mans 2012

In our modern times, I think there's plenty of stuff that died out about the motor industry and the personality of the car makers and the people who run them. At Lotus however we just keep finding that genuine example of British pluckiness. They just don't want to let go of their ambitions or, worse still, fall behind. Their latest...

Scion FR-S at Nurburgring
Scion

Scion FR-S completed Nurburgring endurance race

Just as promised, the Toyota FT-86 Scion FR-S took part in the infamous Nurburgring endurance race. The proceedings took place during the VLN event and the aforementioned two door coupe did well despite not being there for a genuine will to compete. Scion actually sent the FR-S, albeit with some Gazoo Racing updates to this particular event so that they...

Porsche 911 GT1
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Porsche 911 GT1 successor coming in 2014

With the R18 TDI winning the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race, the Germans at Audi clocked up 10 total victories at the famed French event. A state of general pride and joy went spiraling through most of the VW family. The only possible exception being the step sister company Porsche. Porsche hold several motorsport records, among which they...