In-wheel electric motors, a full-hybrid drivetrain, and a Porsche logo: it sounds like a modern car, but it's 111 years old. It's the Porsche Semper Vivus, and it has been recreated in time for the Geneva Motor Show. Porsche says it was the first fully-functional full-hybrid car in the world, created and built by Ferdinand Porsche in 1900. Through...
With Saab in its fold for a little over a year, Spyker Cars as decided it's time to drop its own small-volume luxury brand, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to sell it to CPP Coachbuilders in Coventry, England. Spyker will continue to hold Saab. The move is a bit of a surprise, but on the other hand, is hardly surprising. Spyker is...
Bentley is expanding its range of exclusive collectibles at next week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, calling on luxury leather partner Ettinger to create a range of personal accessories using the same hand-crafted techniques applied to Bentley’s cars. Inspired by the Beluga and Hotspur interior trim colors of the Bentley Continental...
German engineering and design firm EDAG has rolled out the latest concept in a growing line of design studies based on its ‘Light Car’ philosophy, a fundamental design for cars that are able to communicate with one another via a system of organic LEDs. Back at 2009’s Geneva Motor Show EDAG unveiled the Light Car Open Source, a...
MINI's Countryman is currently alone in the tiny-crossover segment, but it may not be for long if these images of what appears to be a Ford Fiesta-based crossover foretell a coming production car. Riding high but wearing existing Fiesta sheetmetal, the car looks a bit awkward at this point in its development. As weird as a Fiesta-based crossover...
The new BMW 5-Series is no slouch even in 535i trim, as we learned last year at New Jersey Motorsports Park. But Alpina has a way of massaging BMW's cars into truly special bits of motoring pleasure, and we're looking forward to the B5 Touring--even though we probably won't be able to get it--eagerly. The latest from Germany says it will debut at...
This image may or may not be a teaser of the Tornante, Gumpert's second supercar and already shaping up to be much more aesthetically pleasing than its undoubtedly hard core but decidedly utilitarian Apollo. Part of the reason for the visual improvement is that the Tornante is penned by Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera. Regardless of...
Update: We just got our hands on a hot and fresh video of the car in testing. Unmarred by any annoying music or other frippery, it's a raw and heady mix of engine and exhaust sounds on top of a visual delight. Enjoy. Race cars are often exercises in function over form, forgoing the consumer niceties of appearance in the name of performance. The...
Size does matter. Sometimes, anyway. It definitely matters when you need to haul around six of your favorite people, and the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is one of the handful of ways to do it in luxury and style. That style is soon to get an update, as our spy photographers have snapped these images of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class in winter testing...
Racing video games are often a bit less than realistic. Why? Because racing is hard, and people play games for fun. But Need For Speed's Shift 2 Unleashed is working to mix in a little more of the gritty realism of life on the track. Input from racing drivers like Tommy Milner and Edwards Sandstrom and drifter Vaugn Gittin, Jr., plus real-time...
We've been hearing about the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package since last year, and we've been graced with a few images of it along the way. As the Geneva Motor Show approaches, Lexus is gearing up for the full monty with this new gallery of images. Revealing the bright-orange Nurburgring Package car in detail, the new gallery will certainly whet the...
Saab's split from GM has just passed one year, and to celebrate the brand's independence, as well as the 25th anniversary of the first Saab convertible, the brand is launching a limited-edition 2012 9-3 Convertible called the Independence Edition. Available only in Amber Orange metallic exterior paint, the Independence Edition features five-spoke...
Replacing the current Sport Sedan, SportCombi, Convertible, and 9-3X, the new 2012 Saab 9-3 Griffin range (still available in all of the familiar body styles) features updated engines, freshened exteriors, and upgraded interiors. The new 9-3 Griffin will make its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Just two trims will be available...
Power, efficiency, luxury--you can have it all, and the entry price is just $53,700. That's the price of the 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid, announced today ahead of the start of retail sales March 16. Infiniti bills the M Hybrid as the only car in America to offer 350 horsepower in combination with a 30-plus highway mpg rating, and it looks secure in...
With a pair of rather shapely Giugiaro-designed concepts on deck, Volkswagen was already headed for an appealing Geneva show stand. Now, it's going to be even better, as the new Golf Cabriolet shows the world how to make a drop-top small car that doesn't look like it was beaten by the neighborhood bully on the way to school. Keeping the familiar...
In-wheel electric motors, a full-hybrid drivetrain, and a Porsche logo: it sounds like a modern car, but it's 111 years old. It's the Porsche Semper Vivus, and it has been recreated in time for the Geneva Motor Show. Porsche says it was the first fully-functional full-hybrid car in the world, created and built by Ferdinand Porsche in 1900. Through...
With Saab in its fold for a little over a year, Spyker Cars as decided it's time to drop its own small-volume luxury brand, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to sell it to CPP Coachbuilders in Coventry, England. Spyker will continue to hold Saab. The move is a bit of a surprise, but on the other hand, is hardly surprising. Spyker is...
Bentley is expanding its range of exclusive collectibles at next week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, calling on luxury leather partner Ettinger to create a range of personal accessories using the same hand-crafted techniques applied to Bentley’s cars. Inspired by the Beluga and Hotspur interior trim colors of the Bentley Continental...
German engineering and design firm EDAG has rolled out the latest concept in a growing line of design studies based on its ‘Light Car’ philosophy, a fundamental design for cars that are able to communicate with one another via a system of organic LEDs. Back at 2009’s Geneva Motor Show EDAG unveiled the Light Car Open Source, a...
MINI's Countryman is currently alone in the tiny-crossover segment, but it may not be for long if these images of what appears to be a Ford Fiesta-based crossover foretell a coming production car. Riding high but wearing existing Fiesta sheetmetal, the car looks a bit awkward at this point in its development. As weird as a Fiesta-based crossover...
The new BMW 5-Series is no slouch even in 535i trim, as we learned last year at New Jersey Motorsports Park. But Alpina has a way of massaging BMW's cars into truly special bits of motoring pleasure, and we're looking forward to the B5 Touring--even though we probably won't be able to get it--eagerly. The latest from Germany says it will debut at...
This image may or may not be a teaser of the Tornante, Gumpert's second supercar and already shaping up to be much more aesthetically pleasing than its undoubtedly hard core but decidedly utilitarian Apollo. Part of the reason for the visual improvement is that the Tornante is penned by Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera. Regardless of...
Update: We just got our hands on a hot and fresh video of the car in testing. Unmarred by any annoying music or other frippery, it's a raw and heady mix of engine and exhaust sounds on top of a visual delight. Enjoy. Race cars are often exercises in function over form, forgoing the consumer niceties of appearance in the name of performance. The...
Size does matter. Sometimes, anyway. It definitely matters when you need to haul around six of your favorite people, and the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is one of the handful of ways to do it in luxury and style. That style is soon to get an update, as our spy photographers have snapped these images of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class in winter testing...
Racing video games are often a bit less than realistic. Why? Because racing is hard, and people play games for fun. But Need For Speed's Shift 2 Unleashed is working to mix in a little more of the gritty realism of life on the track. Input from racing drivers like Tommy Milner and Edwards Sandstrom and drifter Vaugn Gittin, Jr., plus real-time...
We've been hearing about the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package since last year, and we've been graced with a few images of it along the way. As the Geneva Motor Show approaches, Lexus is gearing up for the full monty with this new gallery of images. Revealing the bright-orange Nurburgring Package car in detail, the new gallery will certainly whet the...
Saab's split from GM has just passed one year, and to celebrate the brand's independence, as well as the 25th anniversary of the first Saab convertible, the brand is launching a limited-edition 2012 9-3 Convertible called the Independence Edition. Available only in Amber Orange metallic exterior paint, the Independence Edition features five-spoke...
Replacing the current Sport Sedan, SportCombi, Convertible, and 9-3X, the new 2012 Saab 9-3 Griffin range (still available in all of the familiar body styles) features updated engines, freshened exteriors, and upgraded interiors. The new 9-3 Griffin will make its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Just two trims will be available...
Power, efficiency, luxury--you can have it all, and the entry price is just $53,700. That's the price of the 2012 Infiniti M35 Hybrid, announced today ahead of the start of retail sales March 16. Infiniti bills the M Hybrid as the only car in America to offer 350 horsepower in combination with a 30-plus highway mpg rating, and it looks secure in...
With a pair of rather shapely Giugiaro-designed concepts on deck, Volkswagen was already headed for an appealing Geneva show stand. Now, it's going to be even better, as the new Golf Cabriolet shows the world how to make a drop-top small car that doesn't look like it was beaten by the neighborhood bully on the way to school. Keeping the familiar...
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