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Audi to supply TT roads-open cars
By Roger Willis on 08/04/2008 12:12:20
Local Manx firm dumped in sponsorship cash grab
AUDI TT sports cars will act as roads-open and course inspection vehicles at the 2008 Isle of Man TT as part of a two-year sponsorship package. The German brand is also supporting the event with cash and as ‘vehicle partner’ will supply eight of its
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No hiding place for traffic offenders
By Roger Willis on 21/03/2008 12:08:59
New EU plans allow cross-border pursuit of road traffic offenders
EUROPEAN UNION transport commissioner Jacques Barrot has unveiled plans to allow for the cross-border pursuit of foreign car drivers and motorcyclists who flount traffic laws in other European countries. Barrot wants to put a Europe-wide information
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Nau display lid stolen from motorcycle show
By Roger Willis on 12/12/2007 17:52:44
Malcolm Rathmell's one-off helmet goes AWOL
for the thieves it is the only one of it's kind in the UK,' says company spokesdaughter Carly Rathmell. 'We think it was a group of Welshmen and the person in question is around 35-ish. There is a reward for anyone who has information on this helmet or maybe
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Industry Eye: Dakar Rally under threat
By Roger Willis on 04/01/2008 10:46:56
French Government voices concerns following massacre
, who Mauritanian authorities say may have links to the Islamic terrost organisation al-Qaeda, escaped but five other people have been arrested.Eight stages of the car, bike and truck rally, which was planned to finish in the Senegalese capital on 20
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IOM TT: Government secure new TV coverage provider
By Roger Willis on 10/09/2008 14:06:17
New rights holder set to “revolutionise” TV coverage of TT until 2013
.This company is best-known for providing the majority of F1 car racing coverage for ITV Sport (not a good omen?) and its International Sportsworld Communications arm has owned the commercial and TV rights for the World Rally Championship since October 2007
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Honda India to develop gas-powered motorbikes
By Roger Willis on 25/03/2008 10:15:14
Warning: This is NOT an early April Fool story about fart-powered motorbikes. Honest.
HONDA INDIA along with other motorcycle and scooter manufacturers Bajaj and Kinetic are considering the development of gas-powered bikes.In a country where buses, cars and auto-rickshaws already widely use LPG - a clean-burning and high
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