We love it when manufacturers come up with cars that are aimed at the enthusiast. We also love it when the enthusiast takes on making cars. In this situation however we're faced with a weird mix. It's the automotive enthusiast building a very advanced toy. Using nothing but LEGO, the creator has built a replica Land Rover Defender 110. Due...
The French car maker unveiled the Rolland Garros special edition dedicated to the CC versions of the 207 and 308 models. Peugeot is the official sponsor of Roland Garros and this is the main reason it revealed these special models. To begin with, the Peugeot 207 CC Roland Garros benefits from a 1.6-liter VTi unit with 120 horses but also...
Suzuki unveiled today a special edition of the Swift model called X-ITE, a model which will be available in Germany. Under the bonnet we find the same 1.2-liter petrol unit delivering 93 horsepower with a combined fuel economy of 5 liters/100km and CO2 emissions of 116 g/km. At the exterior, the Swift X-ITE special edition features redesigned front and rear...
The news these days, they travel around the world in seconds. And it's not just the news, the same can be said about the rumors and worries of regular folk. Stuff like this makes it remarkable to find out that the Lexus HS 250h sedan has been dropped. Not only that, the event happened in January of this year. So...
Ford released today pricing figures for the new C-Max hybrid, a brave competitor of the Toyota Prius V, mainly considering the smaller starting price. The American model is priced from $25,955 (not including the destination fee), Ford announcing that if you opt for the C-Max hybrid you will extra $555 in your pocket comparing to the Prius V. The details...
Volkswagen unveiled the new Golf GTI Black Dynamic Concept at the Wörthersee GTI event which takes places this week in Austria. The model receives a power boost as the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine delivers now 355 horsepower, significant improvements over the stock 207 horses. A new high-performance braking system with eight pistons along with a revised exhaust system complete the performance...
This weekend motoring enthusiasts are going to flock to a few small villages in Germany so they can sit around and watch the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. If the fans are a little excited, that's nothing compared to the roller coaster of joy, pain, agony and exhaustion the manufacturers are going through. Take Toyota for example, they just announced the...
BMW released details and photos for the five-door versions of the new 114i and M135i. The first one is powered by a 1.6-liter petrol unit able to produce 101 horsepower and 180 Nm of torque for a 0-100 km/h acceleration in 11,2 seconds. The top speed of the model is rated at 195 km/h with fuel consumption figures of 5,5...
There are still several months until the beginning of the 2012 Paris Motor Show but this doesn't seem to ring any bell with the Americans at Chevrolet. They've just announced that the 2013 Chevrolet Trax will be one of their stars at the French event. If this seems a little out of the blue to you, it's because it is....
Here's something nasty and unexpected, the 2012 Hyundai Elantra has gone under investigation for some serious safety concerns. A recent accident involving one such car in the US had very unpleasant end for the driver. He wasn't killed or seriously injured but there was a problem that could lead to both. The incident saw all the airbags deploy properly and...
