Wow, is the simplest way to describe the way Maserati’s surprising us these days with a new announcement about their development plans. Having gotten the new Quattroporte off their plate and the Ghibli and Kubang being pretty much sorted out, the Italians are ready to shock us. Insider sources from the Trident brand are saying
As promised, the Swedes have brought their most interesting concept to date over to the American automotive event that’s got the world’s eyes focused around it. For a city like Los Angeles, this isn’t exactly a new feeling but the car, the direction, the possibilities and the package is – for lack of a better
Having dropped the Passat name from its title, Volkswagen realized that their sporty looking four door sedan could actually attract a new market. The plan payed off. While most archaic thinking folk such as myself are not impressed, there’s plenty of new buyers who don’t care about the previous branding that much. Not only are
The DeltaWing race car, currently teamed up to the Japanese at Nissan got of to an interesting start in motorsport, managing to fight off giants for quite a while at Le Mans. Unfortunately, after a while though, the race ended in tears at the side of a track, hours before the end would be coming
Volkswagen’s decision to slow down development of new high end cars has hit our hearts this time. After the SUV announcement came in, we were pretty chuffed, now though… The news isn’t as fun as before. It seems that this economical crisis or whatever it’s called is going to delay a car that we were
Caterham must have taken a look at the whole of the British car industry and they will undoubtedly have noticed the changes. Everybody is going for sharp modern designs, all sorts of new technologies, improved interior quality and quite the focus on fuel economy. Caterham were quite impressed so they decided to completely ignore the
The dust has pretty much settled over the Paris Motor Show stands so we can talks about some of the less expensive and concept-like cars that were there. The Peugeot 301 is a classic example of the situation. It’s far from the RCZ-R sports car and on a different level from the Onyx supercar. Despite
In typical Honda style, the CR-Z hybrid has slowly faded away from the public attention. Just about nobody knows what it is if they see it on the street. That’s a shame, especially given Honda’s efforts to make it as good as the car can be with both fuel economy, a bit of a sporty
If the world of small cars with more than enough performance pleases you, then the Audi A1 Quattro is the car for you. There are a few other options out there, but few lack the completeness of this micro hatchback. What happens when you want a car like this but also crave some tuning? If
There was a bit of a concern over the way the Japanese unveiled the 2014 Mazda6 in at Russia’s Motor Show but there’s no need to worry. It seems that the formerly “zoom zoom” company has big plans for their new and stunning sedan model. There’s talk of several derivatives. First of all, there’s a
Ostentatious, over-priced and a generally considered failure of a brand, Maybach has been consigned to the history books by their owners at Mercedes. Some, possibly me included, actually loved the idea of a Maybach but unfortunately they weren’t anywhere near enough to keep the company afloat. What is a little concerning is the fact that
China is often criticized for its forays into the world of the automotive enthusiast. Scratch that, China is only mentioned with a critical claim. So let’s try and make things feel a little different and talk about how something labeled “Made in China” can actually be quite interesting. This is the RevoZport Mini Coupe, a
Let the tuning games begin. That’s how the newest generation of the Volkswagen Beetle seems to have started its life as tuners were having kits ready even before it went on sale. Even ABT Sportsline, the headline holders of this story have made a previous attempt at tuning the Beetle that was made for the
British performance tuner Superchips is well known for tweaking various engines but unlike most such tunes, they don’t focus on high end stuff. Superchips offer tuning packages for what most of us would refer to as under-powered cars. Which makes it easy to understand why they chose this car to go with now. It’s the
As Porsche keeps toiling away at the upcoming flagship supercar, they are kind enough to share some of the details of the affair. At the moment, they are working on performance and plan to cut down on the lap times around the Nurburgring until they reach the 7.22 mark. The idea for such a specific
There’s a lot riding on Buick as a company and there’s quite a lot of interest in the way the 2013 Verano Turbo is going to shape up. As the final bits of interest with the sedan get sorted, there’s now a fuel economy sticker available for it. The EPA finally got round to testing
It seems the Swedish at Volvo are starting to let their hair down. Somewhat. They’re sticking to familiar territory but they’re planing to install a flamethrower in the kitchen. Why? Who cares, that sounds as fun as it sounds dangerous. I’m not talking non-sense either, it seems that Volvo is actually interested in sending the
Good news from Japan, the engineers at Nissan want to make the next Z car even lighter, leaner and more aggressive. With the current generation of the Z Car, the 370 model, being considerably sharper and more responsive than the competition, that seems interesting. The weight loss that seems to be a focus for most
It’s the British again, the company with the most aggressive in their development and the one that is simply anal about attention to detail that come forward with the promised Holy Grail. The new product is called the McLaren MP4-12C Spider and it’s supposed to be one of the convertible supercars where nobody is able
The Swedish at Volvo have decided to take a swing at the BMW M3’s sheer leadership of the small sports sedan market. Their fighter is called the Volvo S60 Polestar. At the moment it’s still a concept and there are plenty of things to sort out before there’s even a chance of it entering production
