McLaren's F1 is approaching the venerable age (in the industry) of 20 this year or 18 if you consider its 1992 debut date, like most anoraks do and to celebrate, McLaren held a special celebratory dinner in Woking at its Technology Center. McLaren chairman, Ron Dennis reminded everybody there why the F1 was such an important technological tour-de-force and a...
Renault has confirmed pricing and specification for their all-new Megane Coupé-Cabriolet in one of the biggest markets in Europe for convertibles; the United Kingdom. The new the hardtop convertible models come in to offer a choice of two trim levels, Dynamique TomTom and GT with prices starting from £21,595. As far as engines and transmissions are concerned there will be...
Feeling like those car designers that are so famous and respected have no idea on what they're doing? Think you can do better? Well Citroen is here to let you prove this talent of yours in a design competition open to entrants around the world and focused on the French company's DS3. Should you feel talented enough to enter a...
The German Government has yet to produce a final decision on the plan of helping Opel's situation and this is creating quite a bit of tension as thousands of jobs at the GM unit remain attached to an uncertainty of the future. Opel has been loosing money for quite some time and is seeking Government aid in order to compete...
The title pretty much says it all as a recent report of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Toyota vehicles were involved in unintended acceleration accidents that have totalled 89 deaths since 2000. This figure is a worryingly increase compared to the previously reported figure of 52 fatalities due to the issue. The NHTSA issued a report which confirmed the...
The sad day has ended, General Motor's Hummer brand has finally closed up shop and turned off the lights for the last time. You may recall that GM actually closed down the plant before but resumed activities in order to complete a special order of 849 Hummer H3's. The last production moment for the Hummer brand was recorded yesterday, Monday...
Transonic Combustion is a fuel-injection systems startup company that has announced today that Bob Lutz has joined the company’s board of directors. Bob Lutz recently retired from his nine year position as vice chairman of General Motors and, according to Transonic Combustion's spokesman, will be bringing the company's leadership the experience of a career in the automotive industry that is...
The Subaru Impreza WRX STI has always been a darling of the tuning scene but this is different, this is in a different league all together. I'm making such a fuss because Cosworth isn't the sort of company that got famous by hitting the cover of some tuning magazine sold to teens a couple of times. Oh no, Cosworth is...
You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company. Volkswagen Group have will be...
This is something the nostalgic would dread, an iconic Italian supercar manufacturer recalling vehicles because some problems with them has cropped up. Well, maybe it's not snowing in hell yet but Lamborghini are recalling a total of 428 examples of the 2007-2008 model year Murcielago Coupe and Roadster models in the United States. The reason behind this is that the...
