There's slow-selling and then there's Maybach. With sales numbers for the year hovering around the low hundreds, the Maybach brand is still failing to achieve the reach and appeal of the established classic ultra-luxury brands Bentley and Rolls-Royce. The truth remains that Maybach’s sales are far below capacity, as the company’s...
We’ve already seen a number of variants spun of Ford’s global C-segment platform, aptly named the C-platform and underpinning cars like the new 2012 Ford Focus hatchback and sedan, as well as the U.S. bound C-Max MPV. And at next month’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show we’ll see yet another variant, a new crossover model to replace...
If the new 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe tickled your fancy, perhaps even enough to make you want to head to your nearest BMW showroom, then you better act fast as only 1,000 units, possibly less, are reportedly headed for the U.S. The information was revealed by BMW exec Thomas Plucinsky, who spoke recently with Inside Line. Plucinsky also revealed...
It wasn’t that long ago that we first reported on Project Kahn’s RS600 package for the supercharged Range Rover Sport from Land Rover. Starting with a custom exhaust system tuned for a powerful yet refined sound, the RS600 treatment tweaks the SUV's engine to deliver a supercar-like 600 horsepower. Ridiculous? Yes, but also sure to be...
Volkswagen has announced that it has joined forces with a legend in the audio industry, Fender, with which it plans to launch a premium audio system for select 2012 models. The first model to be equipped with the Fender audio system will be the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta in GLI trim, and will be available this spring. Other models within the Volkswagen...
The 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe has been BMW's worst-kept secret of the past year, with official "spy" photos and even a video preview of the car in its entirety spoiling some of the fun of today's official unveiling. The fun of the car, however, is sure to remain intact. Packing a now-familiar 335-horsepower, twin-turbo variant of BMW's venerable...
As we first reported just a few days ago, the Aveo name is being phased out for Chevrolet’s next-generation small car, which we can confirm today will be called the Sonic. Production is to begin in early 2011 at GM’s Orion Assembly Center in Michigan, which is receiving a $545 million investment in upgrades and retooling to accommodate...
We finally have the first solid details on the next installment of the Transformers movies, Transformers 3 - Dark Of The Moon. Below is the first official trailer, which like any decent trailer doesn’t reveal much but does show that the third movie promises to be just as spectacular as the first two. The plot centers around the discovery of...
Just as we promised you a little over a week ago, Ford Racing has developed its track-only hardcore 2012 Mustang BOSS 302S. The official details released today read like a solid-axle track addict's dream. Based on the same basic set of features as the 2012 Mustang BOSS 302 production car, the 302S adds some highly effective and equally impractical...
The Dodge Viper may be due for a return in 2012, but it won't be the same Viper we grew to know, love, and fear. For that, you'll either have to find someone willing to let go of their car, or find a way to get a seat in the still-cranking Dodge Viper Cup Series, which today announced it will return for a second season in 2011. Sebring...
The rumors have proved true: the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be making its way to America in late 2011 or early 2012, according to Volkwagen of America CEO Johnathan Browning at an International Motor Press Association meeting today. So what can we expect? According to Browning, the U.S. version of the car will get the same 2.0-liter turbocharged...
So you wanna go drag racing, and you're a die-hard Blue Oval fan? It'll be hard to beat the factory-built Ford Racing 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang (2010 model pictured), though you'll have to be quick to get one of the 50 examples planned for construction. Revealed today at the Performance Racing Industry show in Orlando, the new Cobra Jet promises...
The current Ford Escape (pictured) has lived an abnormally long life, still based, albeit distantly, on the Mazda 626. But that's about to change with a new concept slated for introduction next month at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Details on the vehicle itself remain hazy, as Ford announced the concept as part of an upgrade and hiring program...
These are the first spy shots of the internal control and power electronics of the BMW ActiveE 1-Series Coupe, due for limited leasing and field trials next summer. The markets for the initial roll-out have already been named. First shown as a concept at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, the ActiveE 1-Series uses a lithium-ion battery co-developed with...
There's slow-selling and then there's Maybach. With sales numbers for the year hovering around the low hundreds, the Maybach brand is still failing to achieve the reach and appeal of the established classic ultra-luxury brands Bentley and Rolls-Royce. The truth remains that Maybach’s sales are far below capacity, as the company’s...
We’ve already seen a number of variants spun of Ford’s global C-segment platform, aptly named the C-platform and underpinning cars like the new 2012 Ford Focus hatchback and sedan, as well as the U.S. bound C-Max MPV. And at next month’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show we’ll see yet another variant, a new crossover model to replace...
If the new 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe tickled your fancy, perhaps even enough to make you want to head to your nearest BMW showroom, then you better act fast as only 1,000 units, possibly less, are reportedly headed for the U.S. The information was revealed by BMW exec Thomas Plucinsky, who spoke recently with Inside Line. Plucinsky also revealed...
It wasn’t that long ago that we first reported on Project Kahn’s RS600 package for the supercharged Range Rover Sport from Land Rover. Starting with a custom exhaust system tuned for a powerful yet refined sound, the RS600 treatment tweaks the SUV's engine to deliver a supercar-like 600 horsepower. Ridiculous? Yes, but also sure to be...
Volkswagen has announced that it has joined forces with a legend in the audio industry, Fender, with which it plans to launch a premium audio system for select 2012 models. The first model to be equipped with the Fender audio system will be the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta in GLI trim, and will be available this spring. Other models within the Volkswagen...
The 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe has been BMW's worst-kept secret of the past year, with official "spy" photos and even a video preview of the car in its entirety spoiling some of the fun of today's official unveiling. The fun of the car, however, is sure to remain intact. Packing a now-familiar 335-horsepower, twin-turbo variant of BMW's venerable...
As we first reported just a few days ago, the Aveo name is being phased out for Chevrolet’s next-generation small car, which we can confirm today will be called the Sonic. Production is to begin in early 2011 at GM’s Orion Assembly Center in Michigan, which is receiving a $545 million investment in upgrades and retooling to accommodate...
We finally have the first solid details on the next installment of the Transformers movies, Transformers 3 - Dark Of The Moon. Below is the first official trailer, which like any decent trailer doesn’t reveal much but does show that the third movie promises to be just as spectacular as the first two. The plot centers around the discovery of...
Just as we promised you a little over a week ago, Ford Racing has developed its track-only hardcore 2012 Mustang BOSS 302S. The official details released today read like a solid-axle track addict's dream. Based on the same basic set of features as the 2012 Mustang BOSS 302 production car, the 302S adds some highly effective and equally impractical...
The Dodge Viper may be due for a return in 2012, but it won't be the same Viper we grew to know, love, and fear. For that, you'll either have to find someone willing to let go of their car, or find a way to get a seat in the still-cranking Dodge Viper Cup Series, which today announced it will return for a second season in 2011. Sebring...
The rumors have proved true: the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be making its way to America in late 2011 or early 2012, according to Volkwagen of America CEO Johnathan Browning at an International Motor Press Association meeting today. So what can we expect? According to Browning, the U.S. version of the car will get the same 2.0-liter turbocharged...
So you wanna go drag racing, and you're a die-hard Blue Oval fan? It'll be hard to beat the factory-built Ford Racing 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang (2010 model pictured), though you'll have to be quick to get one of the 50 examples planned for construction. Revealed today at the Performance Racing Industry show in Orlando, the new Cobra Jet promises...
The current Ford Escape (pictured) has lived an abnormally long life, still based, albeit distantly, on the Mazda 626. But that's about to change with a new concept slated for introduction next month at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Details on the vehicle itself remain hazy, as Ford announced the concept as part of an upgrade and hiring program...
These are the first spy shots of the internal control and power electronics of the BMW ActiveE 1-Series Coupe, due for limited leasing and field trials next summer. The markets for the initial roll-out have already been named. First shown as a concept at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, the ActiveE 1-Series uses a lithium-ion battery co-developed with...
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