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One Lap of the Web: Indy 500 memories

-- In 1995, Jacques Villeneuve won the 79th Indy 500 and went on to the CART Championship. Viewers who tuned into ABC and saw the introduction to its Indy 500 broadcast, a five-minute rundown the entire history of American motorsport, were hyped up beyond belief to watch some cool-as-hell racing. Nineteen years later, the video can still get race fans PUMPED UP.

Dodge Dart

These teaser images preview the 2012 Dodge Dart. Set to debut at next year's Detroit Auto Show, the Dart packs a European heart. Based upon a stretched and widened Alfa Romeo Giulietta chassis and using Fiat's multi award-winning Multiair engine, the Dart aims to put Dodge firmly in the compact sedan sector.

2012 Mercedes A-Class: First Sketch

Mercedes A-Class - First Sketch This may well be the first sketch of the 2012 Mercedes A-Class, but with the 2012 A-Class likely to surface at the Shanghai Motor Show next month it seems highly likely we’re in for a run of ‘leaked’ information on the new baby Mercedes. This sketch of the 2012 A-Class is supposed to have ‘leaked’ from Mercedes, but we rather sense the antics of Mercedes PR. Which is exactly what you’d expect with a major launch at a major motor show looming.