Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive after setting world records in the 100 and 200 meter sprints at last summer’s Olympics in Beijing, fulfilled his dream driving a F430 Spider at Monte Carlo, on a section of the Formula One city circuit. Bolt is in Monaco for the IAAF awards, where he will receive the “Athlete of the Year” award.
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Yes, you’ve read it well. Honda will cancel all of its press events at the North American auto show in January. The company says it will forgo traditional product unveilings because of depressed business conditions.
“Normally we have a great TV moment with special effects to reveal a new model,” says Chris Martin, a spokesman for American Honda. “That’s a very expensive prospect. Given the economic times, we just didn’t see that as appropriate this year.”
The study in which Ford Motor Co. leads all automakers with 16 “top safety picks” among 2009 cars and trucks, is made by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an institute that works for auto insurers.
Among the factors accounting for the increase: greater use by automakers of seats and head restraints that meet the institute’s safety criteria, wider availability of electronic stability control and expanded installation of side airbags that offer head protection in collisions. Read more…
To be honest, I am very happy that Barrack Obama was elected the President of the USA, and i’m sure he will do a great job in this position. Today, he declared that he - and the members of Congress - was very suprised that the Detroit 3 CEOs were so ill-prepared for their crucial hearings last week on federal aid to the industry. Read more…
