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iPhone app controls tiny Hot Wheels car
Hot Wheels' iPhone app controls the little Ken Block Fiesta radio controlled car. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Most remote control cars come with dual stick controllers, but Hot Wheels opens up many more driving options with its iPhone controller app. Although a little clunky to set up, Hot Wheel's iNitro Speeders gives the option of using an iPhone to control its little remote control cars. The ...

Hot on his idol's wheels
MATTHEW Whitsitt is on track to follow in his idol's tyre marks.

These Hot Wheels can be controlled with your iPhone or iPad
As a child, there’s nothing quite like playing with a remote-controlled car. Sure, the novelty may wear off a bit when you grow up and get an actual automobile, but there’s still something cool about being able to wirelessly control a toy car. Mattel’s Hot Wheels, which has long been king of toy cars, has [...]

Gianpiero Moretti, Modernizer of Racecar Steering Wheels, Dies at 71
Mr. Moretti started his automotive accessories company Momo in 1966, and it expanded to make an array of racing products.

Motor racing-Raikkonen fastest on first day of F1 testing
JEREZ, Spain, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen rolledback the years with the fastest lap for Lotus on the first dayof Formula One testing on Tuesday. The 2007 champion, making his comeback after two years inthe world rally championship, looked at home right from thestart of a chilly morning in southern Spain and completed 73laps. His best time of one minute 19.670 seconds was quicker thanany lap ...

2013 Nissan 370Z Previewed at Chicago Auto Show - New Front Fascia and New Wheels Lead Enhancements
CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- If it's February in Chicago, it's time for one thing – sports cars.  Bringing a taste of hot performance to the Windy City winter, Nissan today debuted the revised ...

Racing on a bicycle going nowhere
Roller racing features bicyclists pedaling on real bikes, but they are going nowhere.

ORIGINAL COOL: HRE Unveils Vintage, Iconic Wheel Designs Reimagined and Engineered for Today's Modern Super Cars
SAN DIEGO -- The creative team at HRE Performance Wheels understands that certain items share a timeless beauty that grows with age; for example the original Gibson Les Paul Custom, a 1988 Ferrari F40 ...

Motor racing-Button gives new McLaren an early thumbs-up
JEREZ, Spain, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Jenson Button's bodylanguage after the first day of Formula One testing on Tuesdayspoke happily of a new McLaren that was everything last year'scar was not. A year ago, McLaren turned up at Jerez to give their newMP4-26 its first test run. It proved barely capable of stringingany laps together as well as being way off the pace, with acomplicated 'octopus-like ...