The current Maserati GranCabrio will come to the Frankfurt Auto Show with a new special edition developed in partnership with the Italians from Fendi fashion house. As expected, there are no technical improvements, the Italian supercar being powered by the same 4.7-liter V8 engine along with an automatic transmission. On the other hand, the GranCabrio special edition brings significant styling...
As a general rule, if you wanted to go trekking somewhere and you wanted to do with in luxury in style, you bought a Range Rover. If however you wanted to climb the steepest of hills, explore the furthest rain forest possible you were most likely going to buy a Land Rover Defender, do away with the unnecessary luxury and...
Mazda has long stood by RX lineup. The RX-7 barely barely held a candle against the likes of the 911 and other such rivals. The RX-8 however got a bit more of a break, it came with a better price, a lot more practicality and considerably better reviews. Despite this, Mazda never really managed to sell many RX-8s and recently,...
Maybe I'm not the person to talk to on this sort of issues, but the Pebble Beach auction just had another record setting overpriced Ferrari shifted. It was a 1957 250 TR Prototype and courtesy of some alcohol and a lot of fanboysm it managed to fetch an incredible $16.39 million US. My guess is that the auctioneers working for...
The Italians from Ferrari decided to smash any rumors and reveal all the important details of the new Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, a model which will debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show. As we previously said, the Italian supercar gets a single-piece aluminum hardtop. Ferrari decided to quit using the soft-top because the new hardtop offers a deployment time of...
Boneville is "open for business" for a relatively short time every year, it is an event just for fanatics and the auxiliary facilities are almost rubbish, literally. Despite this, almost everytime people go out there, news comes back of something incredible having occured and 2011 is no exception, particularly if you're a pickup fan. This year a team called Hajek...
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is the latest creation of the German specialists from Gemballa, a model which is designed to bring the victory in the motorsport competitions where Gemballa will race. According to Gemballa Racing, the team will use two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 vehicles in the 2012 season, this being the debut of the Germans in this kind of competition. Under...
The American people from Jeep unveiled more details about the 2012 model year Wrangler, a model which comes in 2012 with few minor improvements, the new 3.6-liter unit being the most important addition. Besides the engine range improvements, the Wrangler Rubicon will be available with the same body-color hardtop with the Sahara version while Jeep will continue to offer the...
Scheduled to go on sale starting September this year, the new Kia Rio comes to the UK customers with an OTR price of £10,595 and a total of four engine choices. Under the bonnet, the new Kia Rio is powered by a 1.25-liter Kappa engine able to deliver 83 horses and 121 Nm of torque. Secondly, there is a more...
The Germans from Volkswagen decided to reveal all the details and photos for the new Up! city car, a model which will be presented in front of the audience next month at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Firstly introduced as a concept, the German small model will enter production and will go on sale somewhere next year. Comparing to the concept...
