Emerging markets are always a great target for every sort of production company and nowadays even luxury car makers want a piece of them. One of the clearest of examples is Ferrari's new dealership, the one they opened today in India. As one of these emerging India has quite the market potential on a short to medium term scale. Things...
Hyundai decided to release pricing details on the facelift version of Genesis sedan, a model that has been revealed last year at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2012 Hyundai Genesis brings significant styling updates but also some new goodies under the bonnet as it follows. The entry-level unit of the new Genesis is a 3.8-liter unit able to deliver 333...
Ah Bavaria, the land of various boring stuff in Germany and BMW. This is where we get the really good stuff from and the latest in a long line of such things is the hope of a new M1. It seems like some rumors have started circulating around about how BMW may be working on a true successor to their...
The Nurburgring circuit is a place of total fascination for everybody who has that car nut gene in them. For manufacturers on the other hand, it is a proving ground, a battle ground and a catwalk all rolled in to one. One of these manufacturers, particularly the British McLaren, had a bit of an incident on it yesterday which could...
We have some good news for people owning a Toyota Corolla manufactured between 2009 and 2010 and being worried about possible steering problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that the steering wheel of the Japanese model has no problems and confirms it works properly. More than one year ago, the American organization started an investigation as people...
It's been a while since we talked about a new tuning package specially developed for a model bearing Porsche's badge. The second generation Cayenne was the model which has passed in the spotlight, almost of the tuning packages being designed for the new German SUV. However, the Russians from TOPCAR decided to create a new package for the current Porsche...
The Germans from Porsche are currently testing the practicality of full electric models, the final results representing, or not, the basis of developing zero-emission versions of the current models in range. Porsche decided to reveal three electric prototypes of the current Boxster, two of them benefiting from a rear-wheel drive system while the last is an all-wheel drive model. Called...
Toyota just came forward with quite the surprising announcement, the Japanese company has launched its very own social network, a service called Toyota Friend. Deemed to be the perfect online hang-out place for people who are fans or, more importantly, owners of Toyota vehicles, Toyota Friend is the result of quite the partnership. The partnership Toyota signed with Microsoft would...
When do you realize just how much you love your favorite Italian supercar maker? Couldn't come up with a general formula but in my case and regarding Lamborghini, it was when their CEO came forward and announced how they are planning to make a new model, one destined for every day use. That sounds like the exact opposite sort of...
Aston Martin's partnership with the Italian renown design house that is Zagato may turn up to be even more profitable than ever before for the British company. The collaboration between these two well known torch bearers for modern car design finally lead to both of them receiving an award which certifies what they can do. This is because Aston's celebratory...
