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Audi dismisses F1 as “irrelevant” sticks with Le Mans:

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Audi R18 TDI Le Mans Race Car

Audi R18 TDI Le Mans Race Car

There have been many rumors circulating that Audi would be jumping into Formula 1. To set the record straight, Audi has come out to say that it isn’t, and won’t be considering such a move. According to the company’s motorsport boss, F1 bears “no relevance to the road.” The point has been made that in one 24 hour race, one car can cover as many miles as a car doing an entire F1 season. Le Mans, it seems, is the place to be for really developing technology for road cars in Audi’s eyes, and we don’t disagree. Not to mention that Audi is pretty dominant in La Mans racing.

[source: autoblog]

Panoz in 2010

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Panoz Rendering

Panoz Rendering

Panoz is by far one of my favorite car manufacturers, namely because of their contribution to motorsports – more over putting an American company into the list of great cars – but also because of their mission statement as a company. The whole point of Panoz is to build great, race ready, luxurious cars right here in America. It has been a while, though, since Panoz has come out with a new car. The Esperante, their only production car at the moment has gone essentially unchanged since it’s conception back in 2000.
A decade later, Panoz finally has come out with an updated design! Or at least a rendering of one. The new “Abruzzi” as Don Panoz calls it, will debute to the public at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June. No details are known for now but except a front engine, rear wheel drive, and a Ford sourced engine. Despite the rumors of Panoz moving to Chevy LS motors, we believe that they will stick with Ford into the future.
As we here more, we’ll let you know!