Volkswagen's 1-Liter car may live on as an Audi e-Tron concept. [MotorAuthority] The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 is due next month in Frankfurt. [MotorAuthority] Bernie Ecclestone gets a bit hysterical over "lethal" F1 hybrids. [GreenCarReports] Australia's FPV tweaks a sedan into GT Concept--and it's going to production...
Recently, news broke that Lexus had established a crack team of flying doctors to respond to its European LFA owners whenever something went wrong with their expensive machinery. On hand 24/7, these so called flying doctors would fly out and fix the stranded LFAs or put the owner up in a five-star hotel (or provide an interim GS 450h if they were...
A rare Ferrari once belonging to legendary entertainer Fred Astaire is scheduled to go under the hammer on August 20 at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It’s one of only 35 ever built and appeared on screen with Astaire in the movie On the Beach, alongside fellow actors Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. It’s also been involved in...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced it will be investigating manual transmissions on 2011 and 2012 Ford Mustangs due to a number of owner complaints. The issue concerning the Mustangs’ transmissions is their erratic nature, with 32 customers complaining of binding gears, difficulty engaging in shifts and...
With Lotus recently announcing its Elise and Exige ‘Final Edition’ models for the U.S., the automaker from Hethel will soon have only the Evora in its lineup. That situation won’t last for long, however, as Lotus is working on a completely revamped Exige for 2012, and possibly the Elise too. The biggest change will be the...
Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), the official in-house tuner of Ford’s Aussie division, has given the production green light for its sinister GT Concept that was unveiled last month at the 2011 Australian Motor Show. In case you missed our previous post, the concept is based on FPV’s existing GT muscle sedan, which itself is based on...
The 2012 Porsche 911 is scheduled for its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this September but barely disguised prototypes are currently running around the south of Germany as this latest video reveals. It shows one of the prototypes, a base Carrera model, on some roads near the automaker’s manufacturing facility in Zuffenhausen. A...
The next couple of years are going to be tremendously busy for Ferrari as the automaker, already at record sales levels, prepares for the launch of a raft of new models. The first of these will be the long-awaited 458 Spider, the convertible version of the stunning 458 Italia supercar and most likely the hotter of the two. That’s because the...
Audi has developed a brand new eco-focused concept car falling under its e-tron umbrella of electrified vehicles; this compact two-seater pod car that was spotted recently on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The new concept, which is believed to preview the smallest of Audi’s future e-tron electrified vehicles, the rumored ‘E1’...
It's been a long, 29-race drought for Scott Dixon, who earned his last IZOD IndyCar Series pole since September of 2009 on the Twin Ring Motegi oval circuit. Today he earned top starting spot (his 16th pole) for the Honda Indy 200 on the 2.258-mile, 13-corner Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, an undulating road circuit near Mansfield, OH. Dixon's...
Prognostications surrounding the future of NASCAR Sprint Cup star and backflip expert Carl Edwards have been swirling since his contract negotiations with Roush Fenway Racing began earlier this season. As Edwards assumed the lead in Sprint Cup standings and kept a firm grip on the regular season point tally leading into the ten-race Chase for the...
Volkswagen's 1-Liter car may live on as an Audi e-Tron concept. [MotorAuthority] The convertible version of the Ferrari 458 is due next month in Frankfurt. [MotorAuthority] Bernie Ecclestone gets a bit hysterical over "lethal" F1 hybrids. [GreenCarReports] Australia's FPV tweaks a sedan into GT Concept--and it's going to production...
Recently, news broke that Lexus had established a crack team of flying doctors to respond to its European LFA owners whenever something went wrong with their expensive machinery. On hand 24/7, these so called flying doctors would fly out and fix the stranded LFAs or put the owner up in a five-star hotel (or provide an interim GS 450h if they were...
A rare Ferrari once belonging to legendary entertainer Fred Astaire is scheduled to go under the hammer on August 20 at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It’s one of only 35 ever built and appeared on screen with Astaire in the movie On the Beach, alongside fellow actors Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. It’s also been involved in...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced it will be investigating manual transmissions on 2011 and 2012 Ford Mustangs due to a number of owner complaints. The issue concerning the Mustangs’ transmissions is their erratic nature, with 32 customers complaining of binding gears, difficulty engaging in shifts and...
With Lotus recently announcing its Elise and Exige ‘Final Edition’ models for the U.S., the automaker from Hethel will soon have only the Evora in its lineup. That situation won’t last for long, however, as Lotus is working on a completely revamped Exige for 2012, and possibly the Elise too. The biggest change will be the...
Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), the official in-house tuner of Ford’s Aussie division, has given the production green light for its sinister GT Concept that was unveiled last month at the 2011 Australian Motor Show. In case you missed our previous post, the concept is based on FPV’s existing GT muscle sedan, which itself is based on...
The 2012 Porsche 911 is scheduled for its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this September but barely disguised prototypes are currently running around the south of Germany as this latest video reveals. It shows one of the prototypes, a base Carrera model, on some roads near the automaker’s manufacturing facility in Zuffenhausen. A...
The next couple of years are going to be tremendously busy for Ferrari as the automaker, already at record sales levels, prepares for the launch of a raft of new models. The first of these will be the long-awaited 458 Spider, the convertible version of the stunning 458 Italia supercar and most likely the hotter of the two. That’s because the...
Audi has developed a brand new eco-focused concept car falling under its e-tron umbrella of electrified vehicles; this compact two-seater pod car that was spotted recently on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The new concept, which is believed to preview the smallest of Audi’s future e-tron electrified vehicles, the rumored ‘E1’...
It's been a long, 29-race drought for Scott Dixon, who earned his last IZOD IndyCar Series pole since September of 2009 on the Twin Ring Motegi oval circuit. Today he earned top starting spot (his 16th pole) for the Honda Indy 200 on the 2.258-mile, 13-corner Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, an undulating road circuit near Mansfield, OH. Dixon's...
Prognostications surrounding the future of NASCAR Sprint Cup star and backflip expert Carl Edwards have been swirling since his contract negotiations with Roush Fenway Racing began earlier this season. As Edwards assumed the lead in Sprint Cup standings and kept a firm grip on the regular season point tally leading into the ten-race Chase for the...
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