March 19, 2024
Chevrolet

Current Chevrolet Impala lives on unchanged

General Motors management might just be a fan of big leaps rather than small changes or anything in moderation. This is the lesson we have about the situation of the Impala. The current generation of the Chevrolet Impala is not exactly a flattering model. While some people have bought it for personal use, it was

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Lamborghini Supercars

Lamborghini Aventador gets recalled over headlight issue

Sometimes, people claim that it’s snowing in hell. Today however, it seems that it’s raining in paradise, given the newest of announcements. Those safety conscious folks over at the NHTSA have decided to rain on the parade of a bunch of Lamborghini Aventador owners by requesting a recall of their cars. The authority found that

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Audi Tuning

Senner Tuning creates new Audi S5 package

Though relatively new on the scene, the Germans at Senner Tuning have put their towel on what the world with their custom vehicle lineup. Here’s the latest one. It’s one of their favorite brands and possibly one of their favorite cars as well, Audi’s S5 Coupe. For Senner, the project was quite simple, turn it

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Nissan

2012-2013 Nissan Altima gets recalled

Somebody at the NHTSA must have heard our complaint about the way we don’t get too many recalls and how we weren’t exactly impressed with the Jeep Patriot’s investigation. They’ve responded by putting the 2012-2013 Nissan Altima through a recall. The matter is quite a serious one and there’s also quite a bad outcome if

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Jeep

Jeep Patriot under NHTSA investigation

There’s been quite some time since the NHTSA announced any sorts of recalls on new or older cars and we’re unsure about whether this is good or bad. Should we be glad that car makers are coming up with safer better built cars or should we worry that the American authority is slacking off? Unfortunately

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Dodge Muscle Cars

SEMA 2012: Mopar 2012 Dodge Charger Juiced Concept

SEMA, Las Vegas, glamour, money and cars. It can be a brilliant show but often it’s a festival of poor taste and overdone cars. Mopar have a special 2012 Dodge Charger they’re bringing to the show and this one fits into the category folks would describe as brilliant. The company’s in-house tuner messed around with

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Porsche Videos

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S goes round the Nurburgring

Jackie Stewart called it the Green Hell, James May wants to bomb it into oblivion and then there’s Bernie Ecclestone who wants to save it. It’s the infamous Nurburgring race track in Germany and it’s the place where most new sports cars are developed and get their final chassis tweaks. Porsche and BMW are among

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Hyundai

2012 Hyundai Veloster under NHTSA investigation

It’s not yet bad news, but it could very soon turn out to be for quite a few Hyundai Veloster owners. The 2012 modelyear version is now under NHTSA investigation. The unusually funky Hyundai Veloster comes with a very nice panoramic glass roof. The brochure calls it that but the American authority might not be

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Audi

2012 Audi Q5 gets recalled

You have yourself a relatively new Audi Q5, it’s a 2012 model, it comes with all the toys you want and it gives you the right feeling you need from it. There’s a luxurious feel to the interior and there’s a high driving position for you without needing to drive some enormous cumbersome SUV. According

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Audi

Audi R18 e-tron wins Le Mans 24 in 2012

Forget spoilers, the race has been over for several hours now and I’m fairly confident that nobody will be watching the whole thing once again on TiVo. The news is simple, the Audi R18 e-tron has won this weekend’s immensely important endurance race at the Le Mans 24 hour event. Actually, the whole event was

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Abarth Tuning

2012 Abarth Punto SuperSport details available

Fiat’s in-house tuner, Abarth, seems to have once again gone mental with the original crazy ideas they considered “tuning decisions” coming back. They’ve recently announced they’re going to update the Punto SuperSport for 2012, without too much fuss. Which is not something that can be said about the car. It may be based on the

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Buick

2012 Regal GS is the fastest Buick ever

Buick’s time down on their luck is now behind the brand. They’re not exactly killing the competition but at least they’re now a respectable brand. Further more, the performance oriented 2012 Buick Regal GS is now the holder of a special record within the company, one that’s of the exciting kind, for top speed. Having

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Hyundai

2012 Hyundai Azera’s safety is IIHS approved

The American authorities are well known for the amount of stress they can put on a car’s safety or fuel economy levels. This is actually a problem for some manufacturers. Not for the Koreans at Hyundai though. They’ve actually got some great news, their 2012 Azera sedan got its seal of approval from the IIHS.

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Hyundai

2012 Hyundai Elantra under investigation

Here’s something nasty and unexpected, the 2012 Hyundai Elantra has gone under investigation for some serious safety concerns. A recent accident involving one such car in the US had very unpleasant end for the driver. He wasn’t killed or seriously injured but there was a problem that could lead to both. The incident saw all

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Toyota

2012 Toyota Tacoma TRD TX Baja hits the market

Ford’s SVT Raptor F-150 stocks may not be the in the best of shapes but speed off-road enthusiasts need not worry, Toyota is here to give them their fix. The Toyota Tacoma TRD TX Baja isn’t as fast as the SVT, but it’s built at roughly the same toughness and similar off-road capabilities. The Japanese

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Land Rover

Range Rover Evoque sold out

Land Rover’s products are generally attractive but we never thought we’d hear anybody say one of them is sold out. This is mostly because they don’t do limited editions. The attractive crossover they’ve just come up with, the Range Rover Evoque now comes with that notice. It’s only temporary, but it’s still something. It seems

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Ford

2012 Ford Focus hits a recall

Ford sales statistics, particularly in the US are the envy of pretty much the entire automotive industry and they’re not exactly shy about showing it off. There’s another statistic about the Blue Oval that isn’t so showoff worthy and is, unfortunately, what we’re going to look into. Despite Toyota’s leading PR issues last year, Ford

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Ford Muscle Cars

2012 Shelby 1000 gets previewed

So Chevrolet thought they had Ford on the ropes. They even went on to invite the Blue Oval for a hit. Not only did they create the amazing Shelby GT500 but now there’s this. At the upcoming New York Motor Show Shelby will be unveiling the followup model to the 2011 SuperSnake tuned model but

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Saab

Saab 9-3 will race in STCC 2012

As I’m sure you’ve heard of by now, the Swedish company called Saab is so far down the financial decline route that just about everybody is declaring them permanently dead. But are they? Apart from living on forever in the company’s diehard fans, the Saab 9-3 will get to rumble again, as a racing car.

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Opel

2012 Opel Astra OPC officially unveiled in Geneva

The Germans at Opel aren’t seeing the best of financial times at the moment. Regardless of the situation on the books, they’ve kept their promise for the Geneva Motor Show. They’ve officially unveiled the 2012 Opel Astra OPC at the Swiss show in all its beauty and technical craziness together. As we’ve been getting used

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