Citroen DS3 Racing – the Video

Citroen DS3 Racing - video below Earlier on today we reported that Citroen is launching the DS3 Racing, a hot-hatch version of the new DS3. And whenever we report on a new car it’s always nice to have a video to go with it. But the one we got from Citroen has the perceptive all screwed up so we’ve had a play and a tweak and managed to fix it.

Fewer people being killed in car-truck collisions, study finds

Death rates in crashes between big trucks and cars dropped 64 percent in 2008-09 compared with 2000-01, according to an insurance-industry study of government data. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety cited changes in vehicle design, particularly for SUVs and pickups, as a key factor in the decline. The number of deaths for car and minivan passengers involved in crashes with larger vehicles fell from 44 per million in 2000-01 to 16 deaths per million in 2008-09, the study found.

Hungarian Grand Prix 2012: Hamilton on pole for McLaren

In a dominant display at the Hungaroring. Lewis Hamilton has put McLaren on pole for tommorow’s Hungarian Grand Prix. We said after last week’s German Grand Prix that it looks like McLaren has found the speed that’s been eluding them lately, and if Hamilton’s qualifying for tomorrow’s Grand Prix at the Hungaroring is anything to go by they’ve not only found the speed they’d lost but a bit more too.