Here is yet another model scheduled to enter the market this summer, namely the five-door Seat Mii. The Spanish model is 1,64 meters long and is nothing but a larger version of the three-door variant with no other major difference. Under the bonnet sits a 1.0-liter three-cylinder petrol unit delivering 59 horses and a more powerful variant with 74 horsepower....
Even the mighty fall sometimes. Maserati is a name that has managed to quite nicely avoid sending their customers recall notices but not even they are immune. Today however we've received word on how the NHTSA has a bit of a complaint about the Maserati GranTurismo supercar, particularly its tail lamp assembly. According to the authority, they may have been...
The hybrid version of the new Volkswagen Jetta has been spied during winter tests at very low temperatures. This is not the first contact with the German model as the Jetta hybrid debuted in front of the audience at the Detroit Auto Show but these are the first shots with the model on the road. The hybrid powertrain consists of...
Large car making groups tend to share bits and pieces, borrow one another's ideas and so on but what we're looking at is a first time deal for Fiat and Chrysler. Chrysler plan saw Jeep pushing for the development of a new smaller SUV soon but that's not really going to happen. The Italian overlords at Fiat have decided there's...
With this weekend we see the end of another leg of the Andros Trophy. The French ice racing series held in the Alps has titled a new player to the game. That'll be the Dacia Lodgy Glace, an ice racing version of the recently unveiled Romanian low budget MPV solution. The man behind the wheel isn't new to the game...
Honda has been getting a bit of heated action in the U.S. lately after a plaintiff won a suit against them in a small-claims court in California. The lawsuit was regarding fuel economy figures. It seems that Heather Peters (plaintiff) felt she was mislead by Honda since her 2006 Civic Hybrid never managed the fuel economy figures that were advertised....
As some of you already know, the next version of the Mercedes CLS to be unveiled will not be the same coupe-looking four door saloon we've gotten used to. That new version will be a cool excuse for an estate called a shooting brake. This "special version" of the Mercedes CLS was recently spied while it was getting its shoes...
The new Porsche Panamera Turbo S gets yet another tuning kit from edo competition, a well-known German tuning house. In terms of power, the German model gets a power boost to 700 horsepower and 880 Nm of torque. This is a significant upgrade from the standard Panamera Turbo S which offers 550 horses and 800 Nm of torque. Edo competition...
The Germans from Volkswagen have some good news for the American customers looking forward for a diesel version of the new Beetle. To be more precise, the German car maker will introduce a new 2.0-liter diesel engine able to deliver 140 horsepower and 236 lb-ft of peak torque at the upcoming Chicago Motor Show. The new four-cylinder TDI engine is...
The all-new Mercedes A-Class hatchback was caught on film by a bicyclist who happened to be in the right place at the right moment. The Germans from Mercedes were shooting a promotional video of the new model on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, somewhere in the Canary Islands. Mercedes plans to offer the new A-Class in two different variants: three-...
