Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings, Japan, Toyota Any way you look at it, Toyota’s foray into Formula 1 has not yielded positive results. Despite throwing unprecedented amounts of money at the effort, their F1 team has not produced the kind of results to which the automotive giant has become accustomed. So they’ve apparently decided that it was time for a change in management. Tsutomu Tomita, who saw the program through from conception to fruition, will be yielding to corporate vice-chairman Tadashi Yamashina at the end of June. Toyota has yet to announce what role Tomita will assume upon his return to corporate headquarters, but you can bet it won’t be as exciting as the fast-paced world of F1 racing. Toyota is spinning the shift as an ordinary shuffle in management, but when their F1 team has been rumored to benefit from the largest budget on the grid and has still yet to win a single race, it becomes clear that Toyota is hoping a new boss at their racing headquarters in Cologne will change their fortunes. [Source: TSN] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
VIDEO: My gearbox is better than yours
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Tech, Videos, Volkswagen This ad takes us back to our childhood, when transmissions came in manual and automatic. That was it. Today’s kids have sequentials, continuously variable ratios, dual clutches, paddle shifters, manually-shifted automatics, automatic-shifting manuals and a gazillion other variations to confuse them when pretending to drive. We could try to explain the technology behind Volkswagen’s DSG transmission until we’re blue in the face, or you could simply follow the jump to watch a couple of kids do it for us. It’s so simple, it’s child’s play. Disclaimer: No actual children were harmed by autoblog or by Volkswagen in the presentation of this video. [Source: German car Scene via carscoop]Continue reading VIDEO: My gearbox is better than yours Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Super-safe Caltex trucks
Caltex is taking no risks, reports GRAHAM SMITH
VIDEO: carrera GT, MC12, SLR in Italy - what’s not to like?
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Videos, Supercars, DaimlerChrysler, Maserati, Mercedes Benz, Porsche We’ll keep this simple: three of the world’s finest supercars in one of the world’s best supercar playgrounds. The hardcore action doesn’t go much beyond each car getting a solo peelout. However, each machine does get plenty of individual, loving, lifestyle-themed attention. And the sights and sounds — ah, sehr gut and che bella. Enjoy the video after the jump. [Source: You Tube]Continue reading VIDEO: carrera GT, MC12, SLR in Italy - what’s not to like? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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