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- Monstrous Paramount Marauder Armored Vehicle to Star in First Episode of Top Gear Season 17
- F1: Sebastian Vettel takes his 6th Win in Valencia
- Aston Martin Rapide Auction Proceeds Given to Toyota to Aid Tsunami Victims
- F1 to Adopt Turbo 1.6-Litre V6s, not 4-Cylinders, from 2014
| Monstrous Paramount Marauder Armored Vehicle to Star in First Episode of Top Gear Season 17 Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT  In just a few hours from now, Top Gear will air the first episode of season 17 on BBC. During the past two weeks, we got a taste of what Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have in store for us this year through two teaser clips.
It turns out that the vehicle is a mine protected armored truck called Marauder from South African company Paramount Group and the driver behind the steering wheel is Richard Hammond. We were contacted by Paramount Group who told us that the Marauder will be featured in tonight's first episode of Top Gear Season 17. Read more »
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| F1: Sebastian Vettel takes his 6th Win in Valencia Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:25 AM PDT  Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011, where Vettel took his sixth win of the season. The German world champion started from the pole position and was never challenged during the race as he cruised to another win. The only driver to even come close was Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who started from fourth place and, like his team-mate Felipe Massa, made a terrific start. Alonso had a fight with the Red Bull of Mark Webber who, despite starting from the front row, eventually lost out to the Spaniard who finished the race second, more than 10 seconds behind Vettel. Read more »
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| Aston Martin Rapide Auction Proceeds Given to Toyota to Aid Tsunami Victims Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:17 AM PDT  Last month we reported that Aston Martin's CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, announced that he would auction off his company car, a fully-loaded 2009 "Concours Blue" Rapide, during this year's annual Bonhams event at Newport Pagnell on June 21. The buyer was furniture designer and Aston Martin enthusiast David Linley, who paid £100,000 ($160,000), which was handed over to Toyota which can better direct it to charities providing aid to victims of the recent earthquakes and Tsunami that devastated Japan. Read more »
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| F1 to Adopt Turbo 1.6-Litre V6s, not 4-Cylinders, from 2014 Posted: 26 Jun 2011 07:54 AM PDT  It seems that Formula 1's rules that were supposed to take effect from the 2013 season are being scrapped before they are even imposed. Those regulations called for the replacement of today's 2.4 V8 motors by 4-cylinder turbocharged 1.6 liter units, a proposal that had being strongly opposed by certain teams such as Ferrari. Now the sports' governing body, the FIA, has offered an alternative: 1.6-liter turbocharged V6s with hybrid Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), with the implementation of the new rules being pushed back one year, to 2014. Read more »
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