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mardi 31 juillet 2012
Citroen Racing dans la poche du Qatar !
AUTOhebdo révèle cette semaine une information exclusive concernant le rachat de Citroën Racing par un fonds d'investissement du Qatar.
Rally Wartburg Historic
Ford Mustang Red Tails : 370 000 dollars
Comme chaque année, Ford divulgue un modèle unique destiné à rejoindre les salles de ventes lors du rassemblement aéronautique d'EAA AirVenture. Durant l'édition 2012 de cette grand-messe américaine, le constructeur de Dearborn a apporté une déclinaison spéciale de la Mustang : la Red Tails.
Vêtue d'une robe argentée et agrémentée de bandes noire et rouge, la Ford Mustang Red Tails rend hommage aux P-51 de la division des Tuskegee Airmen, composée de virtuoses pilotes afro-américains durant la seconde Guerre Mondiale. La sportive américaine s'équipe de nouvelles jantes Forgiato de 20 pouces et d'une calandre spécifique. A bord, les sièges Recaro s'habillent du logo Red Tails, de nouveaux tapis de sol font leur apparition et la banquette arrière est supprimée.
La cavalerie de son V8 5,0l compressé est également libérée à travers des sorties d'échappements latérales.
Le 26 juillet dernier, la Ford Mustang Red Tails a atteint la somme de 370 000 dollars, soit près de dix fois plus qu'une Ford Mustang acquise chez un revendeur américain (31 000 dollars). L'intégralité des fonds récoltés seront reversés au programme EAA Young Eagles qui permet à de jeunes Américains d'approcher le monde de l'aviation.
L'an dernier, la Ford Mustang Blue Angels avait rapporté 400 000 dollars.
Ducati Monster Bulgari by Vilner
Bulgaria’s Vilner (that we introced when we talked about their BMW F800 R ‘Predator’) is quickly becoming one of the brightest stars in the tuning world thanks to its extremely elegant creations on 2 and 4 wheels, and today we are about to introduce their own Ducati Bulgari, a classy rendition of the Monster 1100 Evo that doesn’t look too much different from an aesthetic point of view and yet it boasts a quite futuristic design as well as very eye-catching details.
Valentino Rossi talks about Ducati offer
After a horrible race that ended with a crash at the Corkscrew with two laps to go after cruising around in a lonely eighth, Valentino Rossi spoke to the usual Sportmediaset post-race show Fuori Giri, and he was asked again about his future and specifically about the offer that he received from Gabriele Del Torchio during this weekend’s Laguna Seca GP.
The Italian immediately shot down the rumors that the Italian manufacturer had offered him an absurd sum to stay on - the numbers ranged from 12 to 18 million euros - depending on which rumor you’ve read.
“Actually, Ducati has lowered their offer,” said Rossi. “The money is a lot less, but fortunately for me it isn’t important in deciding what will be my future. They told me that a lot of things will change now that there is Audi, and there is some great motivation, but to stay with Ducati is a bit of a gamble.”
“With Ducati I’d earn more money compared to the other offers but a lot of things will change, so it seems that Audi wants to do well. With Ducati it would be a long term bet, with a long contract because it could take six months or more to solve the bike’s problems.
“At the present it’s worrying that we’ve failed to improve: the problems are always the same, and it’s the front end. In Ducati there are a lot good people who know how to work, but there will be some changes … I’m going on vacation and I’ll think about it.”
The allure of bringing Ducati to the top would undoubtedly offer something more than other solutions and thinking of Ferrari, this year they’ve had some big problems, Fernando (Alonso) was champion to get the most out of the first difficult races, but they eventually managed to solve the problem: we still haven’t.
There is still this very big problem with the bike, so big, that I think that if we could fix it, the bike could quickly become competitive. I don’t know how to find a solution .. and Ducati still hasn’t succeeded.
However it’s just a little early to talk about a “project” a lot of things are changing, so we have to understand how much Audi is willing to work on this program, and how many people will be involved … You have to believe in it, but it’s still a little early to tell what will happen. Will Preziosi stay? I think so… ”
However it’s just a little early to talk about a “project” a lot of things are changing, so we have to understand how much Audi is willing to work on this program, and how many people will be involved … You have to believe in it, but it’s still a little early to tell what will happen. Will Preziosi stay? I think so… ”
Rossi’s other offer is from Yamaha (or maybe it’s the other way around), which has angered Yamaha factory seat contender Andrea Dovizioso, who had a few choice expeletives while talking about meritocracy as he is waiting for his fellow countryman to decide, but according to more recent rumors, if Rossi wants a Yamaha, he will have to take a massive paycut, bring a big sponsor and he could stand to lose his long standing pit crew including Jeremy Burgess.
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