For the first time in years sales numbers for the major luxury marques in the U.S. are neck and neck, with Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW all in contention to be 2010’s sales leader in the luxury segment. How close? Well, around this time four years ago Lexus was ahead of Mercedes-Benz in sales by roughly 70,000 units and BMW was ahead by...
Underground Racing is an American tuning firm based just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina that specializes in twin-turbocharging kits for Italian exotica, namely Lamborghini’s Gallardo and Murcielago supercars. The firm has a reputation for building some of the most awesome power-up kits in the business, like this twin-turbocharged...
Plugging an existing hybrid system into an existing car isn't quite as easy as plugging into an outlet, but the team at BMW is making it look that way, with the recently-unveiled BMW ActiveHybrid 5 already moving from concept car to testing prototype. As these spy photos show, the car is not significantly different from its conventionally-powered...
The 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to take off into the new motorsport season with a number of extensive enhancements designed to ensure it continues a successful series run. The 2011 version of the world’s most successful GT race car celebrated its world debut at the “Night of Champions” party held at Porsche’s R&D...
Finally, almost six months after the covers first came off the new 2011 Ford Explorer, we get our first seat-time behind the wheel of the stylish SUV. High Gear Media’s own Marty Padgett was at the Explorer’s launch and has published his take on how the new Explorer looks, feels and drives on our sister site TheCarConnection. As most...
As we predicted last year 2010 has seen Rolls-Royce sales more than double on the back of sales of its second model, the higher volume Ghost, as well as strong demand in new markets such as China. In the first 10 months of the year Rolls-Royce managed to move over 2,000 units, with the new Ghost model accounting for almost three-quarters of that...
Can’t wait any longer for Chevrolet to release its new supercharged Z28 Camaro? Not to worry as you only have to flick through the latest 2011 GM Performance Parts catalog to satisfy all your performance and customization desires. It contains more than 300 pages of crate engines, parts and accessories for vehicles powered by GM’s LS...
It’s been a sad week in automotive world, with two of its legends, from very different fields, have passed away. Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan, one of GM’s most influential designers, died late on Thursday at the age of 83. Tom Walkinshaw, the founder of the TWR motorsports and engineering group, also died, passing away today...
For the first time in years sales numbers for the major luxury marques in the U.S. are neck and neck, with Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW all in contention to be 2010’s sales leader in the luxury segment. How close? Well, around this time four years ago Lexus was ahead of Mercedes-Benz in sales by roughly 70,000 units and BMW was ahead by...
Underground Racing is an American tuning firm based just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina that specializes in twin-turbocharging kits for Italian exotica, namely Lamborghini’s Gallardo and Murcielago supercars. The firm has a reputation for building some of the most awesome power-up kits in the business, like this twin-turbocharged...
Plugging an existing hybrid system into an existing car isn't quite as easy as plugging into an outlet, but the team at BMW is making it look that way, with the recently-unveiled BMW ActiveHybrid 5 already moving from concept car to testing prototype. As these spy photos show, the car is not significantly different from its conventionally-powered...
The 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to take off into the new motorsport season with a number of extensive enhancements designed to ensure it continues a successful series run. The 2011 version of the world’s most successful GT race car celebrated its world debut at the “Night of Champions” party held at Porsche’s R&D...
Finally, almost six months after the covers first came off the new 2011 Ford Explorer, we get our first seat-time behind the wheel of the stylish SUV. High Gear Media’s own Marty Padgett was at the Explorer’s launch and has published his take on how the new Explorer looks, feels and drives on our sister site TheCarConnection. As most...
As we predicted last year 2010 has seen Rolls-Royce sales more than double on the back of sales of its second model, the higher volume Ghost, as well as strong demand in new markets such as China. In the first 10 months of the year Rolls-Royce managed to move over 2,000 units, with the new Ghost model accounting for almost three-quarters of that...
Can’t wait any longer for Chevrolet to release its new supercharged Z28 Camaro? Not to worry as you only have to flick through the latest 2011 GM Performance Parts catalog to satisfy all your performance and customization desires. It contains more than 300 pages of crate engines, parts and accessories for vehicles powered by GM’s LS...
It’s been a sad week in automotive world, with two of its legends, from very different fields, have passed away. Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan, one of GM’s most influential designers, died late on Thursday at the age of 83. Tom Walkinshaw, the founder of the TWR motorsports and engineering group, also died, passing away today...
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