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The American pilot announced a little while ago that he will make a demonstration sponsored by Pirelli on the Italian track at Monza, but it appears they have some issues.Ken Block is really famous for his drifting shows called Gymkhana and for the fact that he races in the World Cup Rally.A little while ago he got the idea to announce that he'll drive a Toyota F1 car in a demonstration. The British publication Autosport tells that Block is to tall to fit in a F1 car.Ken went at Toyota's factory in Koln for the last preparations and a few laps in the simulator but when they tried to adapt the position of the seat they've noticed that Ken's feet are way to long to fit in the F1 car.Its not very likely that they will be able to modify the car in order to fit Ken so they'll probably use an older Toyota F1 car.
The pilot from Qatar,winner of the Dakar race,seemed to have decided to sign with Volkswagen for a complete WRC season.But VW wants to quit the program for Dakar, and Al-Attiyah is decided to quit VW and go to MINI.The pilot Nasser Al-Attiyah announced a few days ago that will sign a contract for 1 year with VW as official pilot at their debut in WRC in 2k13.It appears that the Dakar winner weighted again his options and decided to let go of the contract with VW according to Autosport. Al-Attiyah never had financial problems and for him is more important to do want he wants more and that is to participate in the Dakar rally so he'll join MINI. The differences between Al-Attiyah and the leadership of VW Motorsport appeared after the VW decision of not participating anymore in the Dakar race.Also VW want younger pilots for they're WRC team.Al-Attiyah which is 40 years old said that he wants to continue to participate in the Dakar race and this is also important for his sponsor, the Barwa company.Also in relating news VW will make its debut in WRC in 2k13 with the Polo R WRC model.The new model is ready for testing this year and next year will be heavily tested.
The new generation of american pick-up trucks made by Chevy named Colorado is prefigured by a new concept named Colorado Rally which is actually a preview of the double cab version of the production model shown at the Buenos Aires autoshow this week.In the making of this concept the engineers started a study to find out what would be the most useful accessories to be fitted on this model.I really like the 18 inch hightech wheels equipped with BF Goodrich tires , of 305/60 R 18. Ground clearance can vary with 2 inches thanks to the remotely controlled spring shocks.Another cool accessory of the car is a winch capable of pulling more than 4 tons having a 70 feet long cable and has also a special build frontal shield.
This concept is equipped with a 2,8 L engine for which there is no official information.The interior in conceived in a racing style having racing seats and the steering wheel is augmented with all kind of racing led lights.For the moment it is unknown the official launching date for Chevy Colorado but this concept shows how close they are to a production model so we can't wait to see it !
