Bentley is now attending to the downsize trend and is developing a new V8 unit which follows to debut on the Continental GT, according to the first details. The new V8 engine now under development will benefit from a 4.0-liter displacement and is rumored to be available in two power versions. The new V8 unit may be shared with some...
A quite strange situation happened in US as the Germans from Volkswagen are forced to recall 27 New Beetle vehicles because they don't meet the NHTSA requirments which lead to another strange decision. Volkswagen decided to replace the units with vehicles manufactured before September 1st, 2010. Why this kind of decision? Well, the replacement vehicles also don't meet the NHTSA...
The third generation of the boxer engines developed by the Japanese from Subaru is here. The people from Subaru released the details on the new generation of the boxer engines which come in two power versions and will debut on the new Subaru Forester but will be available lately on other models in the range such as Legacy and Impreza....
Here is another initiative started by the Germans from Mercedes in order to celebrate 125 years since Carl Benz invented the first automobile. Recently we talked about the Mercedes' Aesthetics 125 sculpture, an anniversary piece of art designed to celebrate the same historical event happened 125 years ago. Three Mercedes B-Klasse F-Cell unit will start a 125-day journey around the...
Priced at around €2,000, the new R-Line and R-Line Plus packages come to improve the appearance of the Wolfsburg-based SUV, in all its engine versions. The Germans from Volkswagen announced the new Touareg R-Line which bring just aesthetic touches and offers 20-inch alloy wheels, revised front and rear bumpers, a two-pipe exhaust system and a new air deflector in the...
People from Chevrolet officially confirmed that the production version of the new Cruze hatchback will debut at the Geneva Motor Show while previous year, the Americans revealed a pre-production version of the model at Paris. The first derived version of Cruze sedan is expected to debut in Europe in the coming months and it plays a very important role in...
Renault has recently unveiled the new Wind, the newest member of the Gordini family. The two-seat convertible model gets the traditional Malte Blue exterior and two white stripes as the other models in the range that received the Gordini badge, Twingo RS, Clio RS but also Twingo. The new Renault Wind Gordini is set to debut at the Geneva Motor...
Mark Anthony Riccobono, a blind man, managed to go through the entire Daytona circuit behind the steering wheel of a Ford Escape hybrid without any support from anyone. However, the people from Virginia Tech developed a special system which helped Mark to drive safely the American model on the circuit. Even the model has been fitted with various systems and...
The Japanese people from Toyota decided to celebrate 60 years since the first Land Cruiser generation has been introduced with an anniversary edition. Back in 1951, Toyota introduced the Land Cruiser, a model able to develop 85 horsepower thanks to a 3.4-liter six-cylinder engine but at that time the model was launched mainly due to the big military vehicle demand....
Formula 1 is getting tougher and tougher to understand these days but this bit of news does feature quite a reasonable translation possibility. Lotus-Renault is the team that's actually helped along by the actual British manufacturer at Lotus and not just another team with legal rights of a name. It's this particular team that plans to employ the services of...
