Posts Tagged ‘austin’
Texas welcomes Formula One
Formula One is coming to Texas. You may have already heard that after some commercial tussle, the US Grand Prix has found it’s new home at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, with the signing of a ten-year agreement last December between COTA owners and the Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Although F1 [...] read_more»
Austin F1 and the U.S. Grand Prix is still alive:
That’s right. All the news we are getting now confirms that the track in Austin and the race will happen. If you have been following along, construction of the 3.4-mile track was halted when the Texas comptroller’s office refused to put up the $25 million it pledged to pay for the F1 sanctioning fee. It seems now that an agreement between read_more»
Jesse James Wrecks Supercar in Austin
A few days ago we saw the headline of a Ford GT crashed into the backyard of a residence in in Austin. Jalopnik has done some digging and has all but confirmed that this Ford GT is Jesse James’ 1000 hp Hennessey GT. They have recently got a quote from the Hennessey shop saying, “We’ve built a couple of vehicle read_more»
Austin, TX Hidden 1,000-vehicle junkyard
The other day Jalopnik posted on a junk yard of 1,054 old American cars from the '40s, '50s and '60s, decaying just east of Austin, Texas. They even went as far as to pull up Google maps and checked it out.
Take a look at their post: read_more»
The Hyundai Genesis Coupe – the New Grand Touring
The Genesis coupe hit the enthusiast world with no real warning. Not only did people not think that Hyundai could make a sporty car, but to produce one with as much potential as the new coupe seemed to be a shock. Then it hit the streets, and even more so, the community was blown away. This coupe was well priced, read_more»
First Drive: the All New Scion tC
Scion has been in the US since 2002, introduced as a sub-brand to Toyota aimed at younger buyers. Lots of companies try to target the youth with marketing schemes and clever advertising, and most of the time they fail. Younger Americans know a thing or two about marketing and advertising as they have been pursued since they were in dipers read_more»
Is Austin, TX the new "Speed City"?
People of Travis County, Texas, it's time to let out that breath you began holding so long ago, you've probably forgotten about it. Austin, Texas has come together with the Formula One Group and announced that a stop in Austin would you be added to the Formula One circuit for the next decade! read_more»
Volt to hit the Streets of Austin First
That's right, GM chose Austin Texas as one of the three cities to launch it's all new Volt into the marketplace. The Electric car, with a small gas engine designed to only recharge the batteries, will hit the streets of Austin first. Their has been lots of hype surrounding the Volt and we cant wait to get our hands on read_more»
Disgruntled Employee Hacked Austin Car Buyers:
Austin Police arrested a 20 year old male on charges of breach of computer security. Omar Ramos-Lopez was fired from a local car dealer in Austin Texas, yet instead of using his skills to find new work he decided to hack the employer's computer system. The Car dealer was bombarded with calls from 80 customers that complained about their car read_more»
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