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24 Hours of Lemans

Peugeot Diesels Win 24 Hours of LeMans

Steve Parker | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Indy Racing League, 24 Hours of LeMans, Aston Martin, Audi, Chevrolet Corvette, Turbodiesel, Peugeot, Cars, Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, Corvette C6R, AJ Foyt, Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Nascar, SPEED TV, Greg Biffle, Bob Varsha, Mark Martin, Sprint Cup, David Hobbs, Rick Hendrick, Living News
Steve Parker

Peugeot broke Audi's five-year domination at the 24 hours of LeMans this weekend, winning the overall victory of the world's most important sports car race for the first time in 16 years.

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This Weekend's TalkRadioOne.com Automotive Shows

Steve Parker | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Nhra, The Car Nut Show, 24 Hours of LeMans, Www.TalkRadioOne.Com, Jim Press, Chrysler, Pebble Beach, Www.SteveParker.Com, Nascar, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Rodeo Drive, Peugeot, Fiat, Cars, Beverly Hills, Honda Fit, Ford, Grand Prix, Nissan Versa, General Motors, World Racing Roundup, Audi, Toyota Yaris, Turbodiesel, Formula 1, Detroit, Alfa Romeo, Indycar, Business News
Steve Parker

The US is "churning" the vast government fleet, and buying more cars and trucks from Ford than GM or Chrysler.

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Motor Racing Reacts to Worldwide Recession

Steve Parker | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Porsche, White House, 24 Hours of LeMans, Daytona International Speedway, 12 Hours of Sebring, NASCAR Drivers, Bobby Labonte, Cars, Daytona Prototype, Xtrac, Soap Box Derby, Chip Ganassi, Petty Enterprises, Irs, Formula 1, Felix Sabates, Soap Box Derbies, Richard Petty, Indy Racing League, New Hampshire Speedway, Detroit Three, Nascar, Chevrolet, Gm, Washington DC, Tony Stewart, Kyle Petty, Alms, Dodge, Monaco Grand Prix, NASCAR Money, Turbodiesel, Alfa Romeo, Tarp Bailout Bill, Gran-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Joe Gibbs Racing, Chrysler, Honda, Ford, Audi Clean Diesel, Volkswagen, Mazda, General Motors, Indycar Racing, Detroit, Detroit Bailout, Indycar, Adam Petty, Uaw, Toyota, American Lemans Series, Ricardo, NASCAR Support, Cosworth, Porsche Rs Spyder, Sprint Cup, Ferrari, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Formula One, TARP and Auto Bailout, Daytona 500, Audi, Roger Penske, Bmw, New York Times, Super Bowl Commercials, Business News
Steve Parker

With car sales suffering worldwide, the marketing and advertising budgets, where many companies keep their racing dollars, are often the first budgets to be trimmed.

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2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas -- Last Gasp for High-Performance Cars? SEMA photo album now available, too

Steve Parker | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Integrated Powertrain, SEMA Show, Gm, Chrysler, General Motors, Auto Club of Southern California, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Detroit Three, $25 Billion Bailout, Fuel Economy Challenge, Cars, Ford, Snow Performance, Las Vegas, Barack Obama, 24 Hours of LeMans, 12 Hours of Sebring, Nascar, Ron Fellows, Corvette C6R, Clean Diesel, 24 Hours of Daytona, Nissan GTR, Chevrolet Corvette, Volkswagen CC, Business News
Steve Parker

Many of the people and companies we saw at SEMA last week may very well be out of a job or out of business by next year's show.

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EPA's 2009 Top Ten; Dodge's Hemi Hybrids Tout mpg; New Corvette "on Indefinite Hold"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, 24 Hours of LeMans, Hemi Hybrids, 12 Hours of Sebring, Epa, Dodge Viper, Cars, Nurburgring, Gas/Electric Hybrid, CAFE Standards, Supercharger, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Ford Escape Hybrid, General Motors, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Prius, Hybrid SUVs, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Gm, Detroit Three, Lamborghini Estoque Hyrbid, Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Green Car of the Year, Smart ForTwo, Chrysler Suv, Bmw, Jetta SportWagen Diesel, Chevrolet Corvette, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Kumon, Murcielago, Green News
Steve Parker

How serious are the problems facing the Detroit Three? This serious: General Motors' Chevrolet Division has put the next-generation Corvette, the C7, on indefinite hold.

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Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find

Steve Parker | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references ......

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Paul Newman, Race Car Driver, 83

Steve Parker | Posted 10.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Championship Auto Racing Teams, 24 Hours of LeMans, Cart, Sebastien Bourdais, Carl Haas, Michael Andretti, Nascar, Indycar, Victory Junction Gang, Porsche, Paul Newman, Dick Barbour Racing, 24 Hours of Daytona, Cars, Bob Sharp Racing, Nissan, Formula One, Roger Penske, Connecticut, Winston Cup, Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti, Baja 1000, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Joanne Woodward, Datsun, Z-Car, Entertainment News
Steve Parker

His movie bosses were never happy with his racing; it's not easy to get insurance on a production with a star who spends his weekends racing.

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PHIL HILL DIES AT 81; ONLY AMERICAN-BORN "WORLD CHAMPION OF DRIVING"

Steve Parker | Posted 09.29.2008 | Style

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Steve Parker

America's only US-born Formula One World Champion of Driving, Phil Hill, died August 28th in a Salinas, CA, hospital as a result of respiratory proble...

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Clean Diesels- The Line-Up So Far

Steve Parker | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.

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Solar Cells, Turbo-Diesels Spell Future For Cars

Steve Parker | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: 24 Hours of LeMans, Photovoltaic, Suv, Miller Cycle Engine, Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Fields, Mississippi, Prius, Oxnard, Richard Nixon, Pacific Ocean, Mazda, Ford, Toyota, Los Angeles, Epa, Bmw, Pacific Coast Highway, Orange County, Audi, Solar Cells, Eunos, Highlander, Peugeot, Saabs, x5, Lemans, Millenia, Xedos, Subarus, Rx7, r10, Environment, Green News
Steve Parker

Many news reports the past two days have been about Toyota's intention to build the next-generation gas/electric hybrid Prius at a factory now under c...

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