Despite recent situations telling us that the Japanese at Lexus are headed in no other direction than away from gas guzzlers, there's still a small rumor that won't let us be. It's the one where Toyota's luxury division is considerably at work on a Lexus GS version that's powered by their LFA supercar's V10 engine. Naturally aimed at the BMW...
Having been one of the stars of the 2011 automotive world, the 991 generation of the Porsche 911 has been the talk of everybody. The model was unveiled in Frankfurt and it featured some tasty specs, a brand new seven speed manual gearbox and plenty of new interesting stuff. As ever before, the newest 2012 Porsche 911 is the finest...
CoverEFX is a well-known company which manufactures special exterior vinyl for a variety of models. This time, the Mini John Cooper Works R53 gets two special exterior finishes from the people at CoverEFX. To be more precise, we talk about a yellow vinyl wrap along with gloss black surroundings for the grille and headlamps but also 17-inch OZ Racing alloy...
Dodge, actually Chrysler altogether, is hard at work on rebuilding a proper empire to snap at the other two of Detroit's big three and, in doing so, they've made a bit of a discovery. Of all their issues with products lineup and the pipeline backing it up, the biggest is the fact that they don't have a proper compact. They've...
The Ingolstadt based manufacturer may not have shined at the Los Angeles Motor Show but they certainly have got it in for us as soon as the ribbon is cut on the Tokyo Motor Show. Reports are flooding in about how the four ringed company will unveil the Audi TT Concept at the Japanese show. It sounds like no reason...
We got some fresh news from the China International Automobile Exhibition, an automotive event which is held in Guangzhou from November 22 to 28. The Japanese people from Lexus unveiled the GS 250, a more affordable model within the GS range. The new Lexus GS 250 features a 2.5-liter V6 able to deliver 209 horsepower at 6,400rpm and 253 Nm...
The U.S. division of Mini officially revealed the Mini Cooper racing car which will compete in the B-Spec series in the 2012 season. The new model is the result of the partnership between Mini USA and Mini of Charleston, a car "developed with racing heritage in mind", as the company says in the press release. The sporty model packs a...
The VW Beetle R concept it is not a novelty for us as the German company already introduced the sporty model at the Frankfurt Motor Show earlier this year. However, we got some cheering news from Volkswagen as they declared at Los Angeles that the Beetle R concept may enter the series production, great news indeed. Under the bonnet, the...
The Japanese people from Nissan thought that they teased enough the Juke-R study and finally revealed the full list of features and photos. From the beginning we know that the vehicle is based on the standard Nissan Juke but however we won't see this extreme version on the market soon. The company says that the Nissan Juke-R will be built,...
Volkswagen is doing great pretty much all over the world, but the U.S. market is rather trickier than predicted and their Achilles' heel for a number of reasons. One of these seems to be an issue with fuel economy. Despite plenty of efforts with clean diesel, gasoline powered models are still most popular in North America. Though they make some...
