If you know racing, then you know Mario Andretti. Andretti was the only race car driver ever to win all professional race car events: the Indy 500, the Daytona 500, and the Formula One Driver’s Championship. On November 12th, he was honored for his incredible achievements at the location of a brand new race-car museum in Philadelphia. On the that same day Andretti also was awarded the first ever “Spirit of Competition” award, which included a plaque adorned with a complete replica of a competition driving license of Andretti’s ultimate idol, Alberto Ascari. The museum, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, features an...

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Here’s a big tidbit of news that is somewhat promising to you consumers out there. Nissan is currently producing and planning to release a completely electricity operated automobile by 2010. The auto will be powered completely by lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (24 cells; 4 batteries each), and will take about eight hours total for a complete recharge. The auto is speculated to have a daily mileage range of 100 miles and a top speed of 75 miles per hour.

The only drawback, however, is that it will be in the same design as the Scion XB, a squared off and...

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The Sims is a famous computer game that was later ported to many consoles. It was created by a gaming company known as Maxis. What does this game have to do with autos and racing however? The game’s creator Will Wright was once a street racer himself and participated in one of the largest organized illegal street racing events of all time, The U.S. Express. The U.S. Express is the successor to the great Cannonball Run, a race across the US continent that took place in the 1970’s. The Cannonball Run later had a movie created in its name, as most...

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As the economy drops lower and lower, manufacturers of many different kinds of products have begun to cut budgets and stop production on some of the lesser, non-selling models they release. This especially includes the automotive industry, which has lost a considerable amount of its sales and profit due to the falling economy. Some auto companies are even preparing to file for bankruptcy or sell themselves out (See  “Chrysler Going Down”). This means auto companies are starting to phase out many models which stray from the norm, in order to cut cost. Does this mean the auto industry will...

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