In what’s something rather unexpected from McLaren, the high performance British company has turned its attention towards Nascar. They’ve done so that much that starting Nascar’s 2012 season, the brits at McLaren will be seen on the supplier lists.
With the Detroit Motor Show, we saw Audi’s 2012 A6 show us a very nice trick from up its sleeve. A hybrid version. It’s difficult to be the star of a show where Porsche unveiled the 918 Hybrid Racer, but the Audi A6 hybrid did attract a fair amount of attention.
After having a stab at the Fiat 500, the British at Mini have quite a few promises made for the U.S. market. In an ever expanding lineup the diminutive brand plans to bring quite the promise to the Americans in terms of engine power but especially in the torque department.
Ah, long gone are the days when Alfa Romeo would tear up race tracks and make legends out of racing drivers. Nowadays we only hear about the company’s possible sale or fuel economy. You can’t blame Fiat, or anybody else for that matter, but it is a sad moment. The latest we have from Alfa
Let’s be honest about this, even though we’ve just started a new year, the economic crisis is still shadowing us. With times like these on hand it’s inevitable that GM can’t afford to waste money. The Cadillac SRX Turbo never really sold enough cars to make it worth while so it’s now being killed off.
I’ve always been a fan of technology. I loved it in pretty much whatever way it came. The Stop-Start tech however didn’t somehow strike me as particularly important but Ford reckon it’s vital.
Let’s face it, when it comes to supercars, even today in the aftermath of a deep economical crisis there’s no shortage of choice. This means that BMW’s new supercar may have to claw its way through the market. Will it be able to cut the mustard?
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta has been around for a while now yet tuning for it hasn’t been what you’d call revolutionary. Until now, as things are about to change because Maragoni and TRC Italia have big plans for the beautiful Italian saloon.
I don’t think there’s a better way of putting it. Actually if there was a better way of highlighting the way Kia refreshed the Sedona for 2011 I would’ve probably stuck it to the title. In truth, the Korean family carriers does have quite a few changes. Subtle they may be but they’re there.
Ok, so there’s this thing called the United States Environmental Protection Agency and it got together with this other thing called the Department of Energy. When they got together they came up with something called the Fuel Economy Guide for 2011. And apparently the highlight of this here guide is the 2011 version of the
The perky French marketers and engineers working over at Citroen are really going to war with their DS branded projects. Their latest creation within the DS range is a hybrid version of the Citroen DS4. That seems to be a mouthful but when you see what Citroen are trying to make it bite off you’ll
The current version of the Mazda 2, the 2010 model year has been around with us for quite a few years now and while it has what it takes in just about every segment it fails to provide one relatively important thing. That’s economy. The Mazda 2 has some decent economy figures but none of
When BMW brought the Mini back to life, people took notice, when Fiat brought the 500 back manufacturers took notice. However, when Audi joined the game it sparked quite a bit more interest from GM’s Opel brand. The sketch above is not of the actual car but the Opel Trixx concept does seem to be
For the 2011 model year Chrysler have big plans for the Dodge Challenger and they all sum up in not showing much difference. The 2011 Dodge Challenger will see very few styling tweaks, and why not, it is a gorgeous looking muscle car.
Ford’s global EcoBoost petrol engine technology is now available with a two liter engine that will find housing in the new Ford Mondeo and will be developing 203 horsepower at 5,500 rpm. The exact same engine variant will be available on the new incarnations of the S-Max and the Galaxy.
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
Yes, I am aware of how weird it sounds, after all a diesel commercial vehicle isn’t the primary target for tuning companies is it? In fact, there is quite a bit of sense and logic behind it when you consider that the “tuning” is only limited to a new map for the car’s ECU.
Due to tightening emissions legislation, to political climate and to overall economics situations it is becoming harder and harder for traditional sports cars manufacturers to keep producing at their best focused capacity. These are the issues that are becoming an ever more problematic situation for manufacturers such as Ferrari.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed testing the 2011 Ford Fiesta and has officially announced that the new compact Ford Motor Company will be selling in the U.S. after amazing success in Europe will hit 40 mpg highway, making it the most fuel-efficient car in its class. With this in mind, and with the
