Abarth Archive

  • Automotive Testing Company of the Year: Applus IDIADA

    Automotive Testing Company of the Year: Applus IDIADA

    Posted on May 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Applus IDIADA Automotive Technology SA won the Automotive Testing  Company of the Year awarded by Automotive Testing Technology International Magazine. The following lines describe the Applus IDIADA company , (extracted from FISITA website): Applus IDIADA, as a global partner to the automotive industry worldwide, supports...

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  • Photographing the oil impact

    Photographing the oil impact

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Edward Burtynsky 2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life’s work to document humanity’s impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind. In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows...

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  • Nürburgring fastest lap times

    Nürburgring fastest lap times

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments
    The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg...

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  • It is not only about being green

    It is not only about being green

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Only a bit of into Road vehicles are responsible for a more that 20% of the total emissions of greenhouse gases. As everyone knows, the increasing concentration of those in the atmosphere is leading to climate change. The mainly emitted greenhouse gases by cars are...

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  • Why some people love the smell of petrol?

    Why some people love the smell of petrol?

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Why some people love the smell of petrol? The smell of petrol likes to lots of people, there is something that gives its distinctive odour that some of us love. However, don’t spend too much time sniffing petrol since it is  highly toxic. It is...

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  • Petrol Smell, a presentation

    Petrol Smell, a presentation

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Petrol Smell, a presentation www.petrolsmell.com wants to be a technical but at the same time interesting automotive blog. We will not be covering the news in the automotive world, there are plenty of other bloggers who do that. Our challenge is to learn, yes LEARN....

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  • Abarth

    Abarth

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
    History: Abarth was founded the 15th April of 1949 in Turin (Italy) by Karl Abarth. In the 1960s, Abarth & C. S.r.l was quite successful in hillclimbing and sports car racing, mainly in classes from 850cc up to 2000cc, competing with Porsche 904 and Ferrari...

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