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World’s cheapest car hits Nepali road

Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Considered the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, has arrived in Nepal and was expected to hit the streets Wednesday. Launched in January 2008 in India as the “people’s car, the 624 CC cars were initially priced at IRs 100,000 (US $2,200) as was touted read more »

Ohio State football investigated again; probe into players’ car deals

Jojo Doria – AHN Sports Contributor Columbus, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – In the wake of the controversy involving Buckeyes players who had accepted improper benefits from a tattoo parlor, the Ohio State football program is being investigated again, this time involving car deals. According to the Columbus Dispatch Saturday, Ohio State’s director of read more »

Mike Conway wins Grand Prix of Long Beach

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Long Beach, CA, United States (AHN Sports) – Mike Conway completed his comeback from a crash last year by passing Ryan Briscoe late in the race to win Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach IZOD IndyCar Series race. Conway, who sustained serious injuries in the 2010 Indianapolis 500, got read more »

Shooting leads to car-bus collision in Chicago, 11 hurt

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – Gunmen fired at a car in Chicago’s Englewood area on Tuesday forcing it to flee and crash into a bus. Eleven people were hurt in the collision and police are investigating the shooting incident. Witnesses said two men jumped out of a read more »

World’s cheapest car, Nano, ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – The world’s cheapest car is grabbing attention for all the wrong reasons. Nano, the entry level car manufactured by Indian automobile giant Tata Motors has been ranked last in the small cars category in terms of customer satisfaction, by market research company, TNS. TNS Automotive, in its read more »

Safety first: NASCAR aims to slow cars at superspeedways

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – NASCAR has a new kind of two-car racing at Daytona International Speedway this Speed Weeks but due to the speeds they produce the sanctioning body is adding a new wrinkle to slow the cars down in the interest of safety. A read more »

Away from the cities, Saudi Women take to the roads despit ban on women drivers

The Media Line Staff JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (TML) – Whenever Hawazen Ebrahim’s family spends an evening picnicking in the desert outside of Medina, it’s her job to jump into the car and drive to the nearest village to load up on extra supplies. During the week, she is responsible for taking the kids to school read more »

Jorg Bergmeister scores record pole for Rolex 24 At Daytona

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Jorg Bergmeister, a driver who has never qualified a car at Daytona International Speedway and who is with a team that plans to run only the Rolex 24 At Daytona, took the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche Riley to the pole read more »

NASCAR team owners Waltrip, Kauffman racing at Dubai

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Cornelius, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – Michael Waltrip Racing owners Michael Waltrip and Rob Kauffman started 22nd in class and 27th overall in thes Dubai 24 Hour sports car race at Dubai Autodrome. More than 80 cars from 30 countries made qualifying efforts and Waltrip and Kauffman, along read more »

Toyota settles with family in wrongful death suit for $10M

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor San Diego, CA, United States (AHN) – Automaker Toyota has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit of the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus for $10 million. The 2009 car crash that killed an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, his wife their daughter and read more »

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