The battle for attention is heating up just as we’re entering the home stretch for the opening days of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Nissan’s Infiniti is making their final move as we speak, they are beyond flooring it and giving us more details on their special edition version of the FX50. That is, the
Since there’s a lot of talking going on about hurricanes and stuff lately, German tuner G-Power thinks there’s some marketing capital out there for one of their cars. That’ll be the 2011 BMW X5 Typhoon body kit. The only difference is that this time, G-Power went for some changes that aren’t purely cosmetic. Under that
A leaked imagine ended up stirring quite a few souls that belong to those who have heads of petrol. It’s part of a rumor regarding Lamborghini’s newest creation, the Aventador. It seems like the hot headed Italians are working on something very special for the bloodlines of the big V12 supercar, it should be an
The Frankfurt Motor Show isn’t going to be all about the massive manufacturers having an opportunity to show off. It’s going to be pretty big an occasion for the smaller guys to do the same thing. Tuners are becoming more and more present on this sort of scene and at this particular event the Mercedes-Benz
Germany, the place where every complete speed freak feels the need to go at least once in their life and experience the thrills of the Autobahn. It’s also the place where the Koreans at Hyundai decided to launch a new limited edition of their Genesis Coupe which is supposed to be a GT, something fitting
Volkswagen’s Tiguan is definitely not one of the “people car maker’s” finest looking models but it does deliver a nice and handy set of features for a nice and handy price. In the world of tuning, particularly specialist one like ABT Sportsline tends to do, “nice and handy” just doesn’t cut it. This is why,
I think we may just be at a point where the Fiat 500 Abarth has gotten too popular for its own sake and Fiat is looking for alternative ways of delivering Abarth performance to the fans. The good looking Fiat Punto is one excellent starting plate but the Evo version it already has is a
Seat’s performance oriented lineup is about to get one new entry and it’s going to be a hot(ter) version of their small Ibiza. Small is becoming a relative term when referring to cars these days because the 2012 Seat Ibiza ST FR is now a mini estate. The new hotted up small estates was spotted
Having BMW as an adoptive parent is not the sort of thing that washes off the company by simply bringing success, there are some new standards to be met. Mini remained of the list of manufacturers that create well handling cars, but has recently joined a list which includes those whose cars retain a mastering
Yeah sure, there’s a financial crisis aftermath out in the world and much of the population is still going through it. In the luckier corner of the world however, people are ordering McLaren MP4-12Cs. According to a recent report, there’s so many of these lucky types that are interested in supercars that McLaren’s new MP4-12C
We’ve known for quite some time that the Volkswagen Group won’t let the opportunity of selling small SUVs go without draining every last bit of money there is out of it. The arrival of the Audi Q5 was so well received that rumors about a Porsche spin-off appeared nearly instantly. A while after that, we’ve
We’ve been hearing a lot about the Volkswagen Beetle lately and even though it’s not the most summer oriented of vehicles, it still has some news to share with us. The latest of which is possibly the best for the performance enthusiast within each and every one of them, it is an “R” version of
2012 is getting off to quite the start in terms of muscle car appearances because General Motors just confirmed the additions they’ll be making to the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The ZL1 moniker was always going to be the hardcore version of the car but you can’t truly expect a revolution to happen since it
Ever since they dropped their Formula 1 effort, Renault’s appearance in high profile motor sports has been greatly diminished and that’s a bit of a problem when trying to please fans. Happily though, Renault went the other route, of making very interesting road-legal cars and selling them to whatever adrenaline junkie wants one. The most
Honda just announced that they plan to make a special appearance at the famous Le Mans race, with a CR-Z. This particular Honda CR-Z was “adopted” by the very capable Honda Performance Development team and managed to get itself a different sort of life from the standard version. The race prepared Honda Performance Development CR-Z
We’ve seen news and advertising stuff from about the 2012 Ford Focus for a reasonable amount of time now yet the number of them that’s actually on the street is still pretty limited. To be fair, the Mark III Ford Focus has only been launched on the market at the beginning of last month, so
Lamborghini has been considerably full of surprises lately so they decided to cool things off and refrain from announcing anything new for a while. While the Italians were putting away the plans and hints for a new “every day” model in the form of the Estoque and readying themselves for a vacation people elsewhere had
GM and Cadillac have given us so many ups and downs over the years it’s almost difficult to trust everything they say but with this one there’s that good feeling. It seems like Cadillac’s latest creation, the ATS will get something very special added to the mix, a “V” version, and the company is so
When BMW launched the 1 Series M Coupe lots of people complained about it being watered down by the Bavarians so that it wouldn’t be faster than the bigger brother M3 but there’s an update on it now. After being taken for a really rigorous track day by German magazine Sport Auto at the infamous
Before purists and //M fanatics start carpet bombing my house, do note that the title is not a definite. It seems like the Bavarians have another surprise in store for those who are interested in the 2012 BMW M5, they are working on a special drivetrain option.
