The Germans from VW decided to reveal the five-door version of the Up! city car, a model which is scheduled to arrive in the European dealerships this summer. According to the manufacturer, the five-door Up! uses a similar 2.42 m long wheelbase which assures legroom of 789 mm for the rear passengers. Under the bonnet, the tiny model will receive...
The Bugatti Veyron is a modern marvel of engineering and truly one of the finest cars ever built. Naturally, this sort of vehicle demands quite the price. This, in turn, makes it a car few can afford and therefore a very rare model. Even in these conditions, it seems that the exclusivity of the hypercar just isn't enough. That's why,...
We all know the sort of cars that are built in Germany, just as well as we know the sort of over-powered vehicles that are part of their Autobahn police force. What most people don't know is that Germany is really into this green and eco-stuff, with the latest announcement from their police proving it. Instead of the usual Porsche...
Since the Germans introduced the newest edition of the 2013 Porsche Boxster roadster, there's now a lot of interest in its more hardcore relative with a fixed roof. The guys at Porsche are still holding their Cayman cards pretty close to their chest so the only chance we have right now at seeing one is limited to fan art renderings....
The recently unveiled 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has simply shocked us all with its stats, its looks and its value for money. Before all of that was to ever matter, the Blue Oval worked on developing it using a handful of prototypes, test beds and so on. The very first such vehicle was put up for auction this past...
Nissan announced the official pricing for the 2013 GT-R, a model which is on sale at Nissan dealers nationwide and gets a starting price tag of $96,820. "The 2013 Nissan GT-R continues to be an incredible value, rivaling the fastest production supercars at a fraction of the price. The 2013 Nissan GT-R is available in two well-equipped models: GT-R Premium...
TIKT is a German tuning house which offers a variety of performance parts for different models on the market. This time, the company unveiled the Triple X tuning kit for the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, a package which improves both the styling and performance of the American model. The performance package adds about 120 horses and 90 Nm of torque to...
"Based on the available data, NHTSA does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles," says NHTSA. This is the final conclusion of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which investigated the potential fire risk of Chevrolet Volt. Two months ago, NHTSA started investigating a possible major issue of the...
Roush is the sort of tuner that you pretty much naturally associate with Ford and their sporty models like the Mustang or, a long time ago, the GT supercar. With that in mind, when they announce some tweaking of one Blue Oval product it's not that big a deal or surprise. This announcement however is a little different. That's because...
Porsche makes very capable cars but they're not perfect. There's plenty of aspects they get a lot of stick for and the Panamera is certainly one of those models. Most of the negative attention of this situation is generated by the awful way the Porsche four door super sedan looks. It really is hard to describe as decent to look...
