...starting next year at least. With all the excitement of today being the opening day of the North American International Auto Show, or the Detroit Motor Show, Nissan could miss out. This is why their American Chairman, Carlos Tavares said that the automaker will return to Detroit for the 2012 edition pending 3 years of skipping class. As to be...
The 2011 NAIAS revealed the mysterious model teased by the Germans from Porsche, namely the 918 RSR Coupe. However, as the officials recently stated, this is just a concept model based on the current 918 Spyder. The Stuttgart-based model offers great performance for the circuit but also hides under the bonnet a hybrid powertrain. The new Porsche 918 RSR concept...
Prodrive, as I'm sure many of you know, is a motoring technology institute. Being the force behind Subaru's WRC cars, they do tend to go along for other contracts. Such as their latest thing with the Ford Falcon FPV. As we've first read quite a few days back, Ford's "standard" FPV Boss 335 GT Falcon is powered by a 5.0...
After cherishing the recent sales success of the Toyota Prius, the Japanese have just announced that they think their hybrid synergy drive vehicle can make it to first place. That's right, Toyota consider that their hybrid will be its top-selling U.S. vehicle sometime soon. Wait, did I say soon? I meant to say that Toyota reckon the Prius will be...
Here is the new Chevrolet Sonic sedan, a new model designed for the US market which actually will be the current Aveo's replace in Europe. We can see that the new Aveo is slightly inspired from the current Chevrolet Cruze but also the new American model comes with few original features. In order to find more details about the new...
In the first day of the Detroit Auto Show, the Americans from Ford decided to reveal one more electric model to join the new Focus EV earlier revealed at 2011 CES. We can't talk to much about the new C-Max Energi as they didn't revealed too many details in this regard but however we know that the new electric vehicle...
Ferrari's 599 GTB Fiorano benefits from a new tuning kit developed this time by the German tuners from Graf Weckerle. As mentioned in the title, the tuning kit is called Comte Noir and brings both mechanical and aesthetic improvements. Under the bonnet the Italian model gets significant improvements, the 6.0-liter V12 engine developing now a stunning amount of 835 horsepower....
The new Volkswagen Passat sedan for the US market has been revealed in the first day of the Detroit Auto Show. The German model received few changes compared to the European version, its dimensions being increased by 10 cm in lenght. The interior gets also few modifications together with the revised front grille and new taillights. The new Volkswagen Passat...
If you already watched the official video recently revealed for the new Ford Focus EV you noticed the phone app which helps the driver to get all the information about his car very fast and easy. We talk about MyFord Mobile, an application revealed in the same time with the new Ford Focus EV at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show....
Three things you need to make one heck of a novel or movie. Probably a best seller or a block buster situation too. However, during the time you're dreaming about cashing in on that success, out in the real world something has really happened at Renault. Earlier this week, the French company had announced its suspicion of industrial espionage on...
