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Mazda outlines weight-loss program

Mazda Motor Corp. will reduce its vehicle weights by at least 220 pounds beginning in 2011, with a combination of lighter-weight materials, smaller vehicle footprints and new engineering processes, a top executive says. The typical Mazda vehicle has gained 80 pounds with each successive redesign, “mostly in larger tires and wheels, and safety equipment,” said Robert Davis, senior vice president of product development and quality for Mazda North American Operations.

Goodwood Revival 2008 hosts £85m historic grid

By Ben Whitworth Motor Shows 15 September 2008 12:14 This weekend’s Goodwood Revival 2008 is set to be the most expensive yet – the grid for the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration race has been independently valued by Bonhams automotive auction house at an eye-watering £85 million. The valuation for the one-hour, two-driver race closed-cockpit GT cars – which originally took place at Goodwood between 1960 and 1964 – makes it the most expensive grid of historic racing cars ever to appear together in one race. Goodwood Revival 2008: the drivers' list Derek Bell, Martin Brundle, Patrick Tambay, Jean-Marc Gounon, Christian Horner, Richard Attwood and Jackie Oliver will take to the fast and tight circuit in some of the finest and most valuable GT racers ever produced.The list of entrants reads like a Who's Who of schoolboy fantasy garages, including the Ferrari 250 GT SWB, GTO and 330 LMB, AC Cobra and two original Shelby American Cobra Daytonas, an Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato and Project 214, plus the Lightweight Jaguar E-types.

Town/country fuel price gap closes

THE PETROL PUMP postcode lottery, meaning rural drivers lose out to town motorists on price, appears to be coming to an end. The gap between prices in country districts compared with urban areas has closed from around 5p a litre to as low as 2p, according to the AA. This dip in rural prices has contributed to a general nationwide fall in the cost of petrol, which now averages 129.63p a litre compared with 130.46p in mid-January.