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Bailey Uncut: Complete GT-R Interview(View Comments)
The complete, uncut, 10-minute interview with Cobb’s scientist of speed, Tim Bailey. In it, he talks in greater detail about his development Nissan R35 GT-R, the experience of drag racing and how his bird likes the car. To see the car in action, see the feature “Bailey’s Beast.”
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Mazda to Debut 2011 Mazda2 at L.A. Auto Show
Mazda announced today that it will debut the long-anticipated 2011 Mazda2 at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show during the first week of December.
The Mazda2 has been for sale around the world for years, and is already an award-winner in several countries. And now we in the U.S. can enjoy the diminutive yet sporty Mazda [...]
DS Now Fully iPhone-ified (G1, too)
Some exciting news for our iPhone and “Google Phone” (G1) readers: the Driving Sports web site is now fully-optimized for your mobile device. Now you can navigate, flick, click and even play our videos in H.264 format right on your phone. To try it out, simply visit www.drivingsports.com with your device. It will load the [...]
Trapster Helps You Avoid Tickets
Last week we published a story about EyeKiwi – a service that uses your 3G phone or Blackberry to alert you to known speed traps and traffic cameras. Now today we’ve learned about Trapster, a similar service that already covers much of North America.
Trapster describes their service like this: “When you see a trap, report [...]
Nominate DSTV for a Streamy Award
The Streamy Awards celebrates and honors excellence in web television. Nominations close tonight (Friday 1-23-09) at midnight (pst). If you don’t vote, you just know some show talking about diet or how to do your nails will win. So, even if you don’t vote for any of the other categories, we ask for your help [...]
France Gets It Right With Bailouts
Reuters is reporting that the French economic minister Christine Lagarde has said that in exchange for any bailout money from the French government, their automaker executives must forfeit their bonus checks this year. The French government also attached a requirement that automakers who receive bailouts must safeguard jobs in France if they take the money. [...]
DSTV Live – Upcoming Show: 1-21-09
We’re continuing to knock the bugs out of the live webcast. We have a new sound guy joining us, and we’re continuing to tweak the show format. I’m sure it will still be a mess, but it will at least be a mess with audio this time around! Be sure to visit our streaming site [...]
Driving Sports Live via iPhone
Thanks to the newly developed iPhone app from UStream.tv (our webcasting partner), soon you’ll be able to enjoy Driving Sports TV Live from your iPhone (3G to start, and later iPod Touch and classic iPhone.) Not only will you be able to watch the stream live, you’ll also be able to interact via the integrated [...]
Video Comments Added
Courtesy of the wonders of science, you too can add your voice to drivingsports.com. At the bottom of every post is a new “add comment using Seesmic” link. That little button will let you record and post a clip from any camera-equipped computer. If you don’t already have a Seesmic account, it will prompt you [...]
GM to cut Hummer, Saturn, Saab
At this week’s Detroit Auto Show, the buzz on GM is the planned termination (or sale, if a buyer can be found) of the Saturn, Saab, and Hummer brands. We already knew Hummer was headed for the exit, but the question was how many other nameplates would go with it? Saturn and Saab are GM’s [...]
