LeMons Heaps In the Heart of Texas Inspections: A Harley-Powered Prius… and Some Other Stuff We Didn’t Really Notice

The 24 Hours of LeMons traveling circus is wrapping up a great 20-race 2012 season at Eagles Canyon Raceway in Texas, and the LeMons Supreme Court and the tech inspectors did their customary scrutiny of the 38 teams that were hardcore enough to spend New Year’s weekend in freezing-cold Decatur, Texas. Your LeMons correspondent is taking a vacation from his duties as Chief Justice of the LeMons Supreme Court, so these photographs come to us courtesy of Speedycop Gang of Outlaws member Ron Vickers.

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Behind the Wheel /2012 Bmw 528i Xdrive: BMW 528i: Fewer Cylinders, Not That You’ll Notice

A turbocharged four-cylinder engine helps the new 528i achieve better performance and higher fuel economy than its predecessor.

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F1 drivers on notice about cutting corners

Jul.29 (GMM) Charlie Whiting has briefed the stewards, including former American F1 driver Danny Sullivan, to be on alert during the Hungarian grand prix, as the FIA clamps down on drivers sneaking an off-track advantage.Last weekend at Hockenheim, world champion Sebastian Vettel was demoted from second at the flag to fifth in the classification, for passing Jenson Button late in the race whilst off the track.Whiting, the highest-ranking FIA official at grands prix, has reportedly warned he will be just …

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If The Lexus HS250h Dies In Obscurity, Does Anybody Notice?

Well, it was bound to happen. The ugly step-child of the Lexus lineup, the HS250h, is dead. And the too-tall corpse has been decomposing for quite some time.

Toyota told Inside Line
“Production of the HS 250h ceased in January, 2012. Lexus continues to monitor sales for each product and we make adjustments to make sure that we meet market demand, and the discontinuation of HS was part of that adjustment. The ES 300h is not replacing HS in our lineup. It’s merely part of the hybridization of…

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