The miss was a V8-powered Alvis with rubber suspension ... and built on the innovations of the smaller 1100. But the new Austin 1800 was not undone by these features, but that pesky dipstick ...

V8 Supercars star Mark Winterbottom gave the almost-completed Circuit of the Americas race track his stamp of approval Tuesday when he visited Austin to test the ...

So the accountants told the engineers to design a car using the doors and other bits from the ungainly Austin 1800 model, which was introduced a few years earlier and was nicknamed the "land crab".

The Australian V8 Supercars series invaded the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX over the weekend, marking the first time the series has raced in the United States since its inaugural season ...