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Entries from November 2008

New BMW Z4 to debut January ‘09?

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Rumors about the arrival of a new BMW Z$ in 2009 have been buzzing for months. The rumors might just be true.

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BMW Motorsport Party in Munich

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

he BMW Motorsport squad of Formula One drivers (Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien), FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) works drivers and the junior racers from Formula BMW were joined by over 500 guests at the Postpalast venue in central Munich on Saturday evening for the end-of-year party and Sports Trophy presentation.

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Tags: BMW Sauber F1

2008 Races Review: Kubica makes history in Bahrain

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The third race of the 2008 Formula One season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, will forever be allocated a very special place in the still-young history of the BMW Sauber F1 Team: the team’s first-ever pole position, and the lead in the constructors’ championship were the result of a superb weekend. Part three of our race-by-race […]

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Barrichello wins Massa kart race

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Rubens Barrichello may be waiting to hear about his future in F1, but he showed he has lost no speed by winning the annual International Go-kart Champions Challenge race at Florianopolis, Brazil.

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Texas Court Considers Insurer’s Liability

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether an insurance company must pay for a child’s injuries even though the insurer says a driver violated the policy.The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman repo…

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Di Resta happy to start in midfield team

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

McLaren’s next protégé Paul di Resta has added fuel to the fire that he will end up racing at Force India next season by saying that he would have no problem joining a midfield F1 team if the opportunity was there.

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Top ten F1 drivers: Sebastian Vettel 1.

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

… first full season in the top flight, having made his grand prix debut with BMW-Sauber in place of the convalescing at Indianapolis last year. Even then, however, there had …

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BMW riding high after success at Motor Cycle News Awards

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

It was another successful evening for BMW Motorrad UK at this years Motor Cycle News Awards, as Europes largest and most successful motorcycle manufacturer scooped a brace of honours.

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A.M. Best Removes From Under Review and Affirms Ratings of Palisades Group

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negativeimplications and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++(Good) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “bbb” of the PalisadesGroup (…

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AIG to Rebrand US Auto Insurance Unit to 21st Century Insurance, and Cut Jobs

November 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

American International Group, which has been bailed out by the US government, plans to remove AIG from the name of its US auto insurance unit, aigdirect.com, and rebrand it as 21st Century Insurance i…

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