http://www.motordaily.co.uk Motoring news, reviews, and forums. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:10:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Athletes need something extra to drive them to succeed to the level of all time greats and Michael Schumacher, seven times World F1 Champion, knows this better than any one else. The drive inside a driver comes from passion and success, something Hamilton lacked in 2007 after being piped at ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090106-hamilton%e2%80%99s-title-win-was-essential/ The Audi R8 has been a true success for Audi, especially in the UK where the V8 version was lapped up by super car lovers. The recently announced V10 powered version of the popular R8 is likely to be no different, with low supply and high demand, and that’s no ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090106-audi-goes-led/ Rumours regarding the potential departure of Alonso to Scuderia Ferrari for the 2009 Formula One season have recently resurfaced. The new rumours suggest that the Renault based driver was actually offered a position on the 2009 squad, but turned it down to stay with his current outfit over at the ING ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090106-alonso-loyalty-kept-him-at-renault-for-2009/ It looked like success was set in stone for Chris Atkinson, who has tons of talent and had huge backing in the form of Subaru on the World Rally Championship circuit. Well, reality and dreams for the future were smashed to pieces when Subaru announced their departure from the WRC ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090106-citroen-lifeline-for-chris-atkinson/ Not to be outdone by the crisis in the world wide motor industry, thanks to the dreaded credit crunch the Spanish Motor Industry has announcement some of its worst figures to date. Sales of new cars in Spain dropped by around 28 percent compared to 2007 figures, with December showing one ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090106-spanish-car-sales-down/ The last few weeks have been very turbulent times for General Motors and indeed the sub section of their company, Cadillac. Within the last few days General Motors has finally established a deal with the US Government for huge loans to keep them afloat through the recession period. General Motors ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090105-cadillac-launch-at-detroit-show/ The downturn in the worldwide economy is causing some of the bigger companies to adapt their current strategies, or even diversify into other horizontal markets to try and keep themselves afloat. If any company has managed to do that successfully it has to be Aston Martin, who has come joint first, ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090105-aston-martin-bus/ Imagine the surprise on relatives' faces, when one of their loved one's vehicles was found after 40 years, all dusty and so lonely. Then imagine the surprise on their faces when they were told that something they thought had only sentimental value, actually had a value of up to £6 million ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090105-bugatti-discovery/ Shelby obviously thought that their previous Ultimate Aero just wasn’t enough for their consumers to get excited about, so have gone about adding a few improvements. They were completely wrong of course, as the power from this ‘beast’ is like nothing else available to date. The twin-turbo Ultimate Aero, in 2009 ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090105-shelby-supercar-record/ Around June and July the UK saw one of the biggest and fastest increase in fuel prices since the 90s, which sent drivers nationwide into a frenzy about how they would cope in the long term if fuel prices continued to move in an upward direction. This led to the trading ... http://www.motordaily.co.uk/20090105-low-fuel-prices-low-hybrid-sales/