At the 2010 Paris Auto Show Lotus rolled out no less than six new concept cars ranging from high-end supercars to tiny urban runabouts. Along with the throng of concept reveals also came the ambitious promise that all six cars would enter production over the next five years or so. It’s safe to say that Lotus bit off a little more than it...
For a long time, we've been working with two earfuls of the Toyota FT-86 and hardly a peep about the Subaru version of the shared sports platform. The FT-86 has been around for more than a year and a half--three different versions, in fact--while all we've seen from Subaru is a very conceptual skeleton of a car with engine and accompanying...
Last year the Bentley Continental GT coupe underwent a major facelift (pictured below), receiving fresh new styling, a more powerful and flex-fuel capable W-12 engine and a fully revamped interior. Now it’s the more luxurious GTC convertible’s turn, a prototype of which we recently spotted conducting some high speed tests at the...
In previous years we’ve seen wild supercars like the BMW M1 Concept and Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta unveiled at Italy’s annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and this year will be no different. Kicking off this weekend at Lake Como in Italy, the event will see the unveiling of this coachbuilt Ferrari Superamerica 45...
There are numerous publications, organizations and companies that hand out awards to the automotive industry for its various technical and design achievements, but few are so lauded as the winner of the International Engine of the Year competition. Judged by a panel of 76 of the world's top automotive journalists, the engine that comes out on...
My odyssey to the Nevada high desert got in the way of our not-so-regularly scheduled Guilty Pleasure post last week, but we're back with an exceptionally shameful— yet compelling— European staple: the Fiat Ritmo aka Strada. No American car freak in his or her right mind would admit to wanting a Strada... and yet, the same...
Earlier this year we brought you the first spy shots of the 2012 C63 AMG Black Series, and today we have fresh images of a moderately disguised the coupe version of the car, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series--only this time it's at the notorious Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Like its four-door sibling, we expect the C63 AMG Coupe...
Simona de Silvestro exits the Indianapolis Motor Speedway pits during practice Photo: Anne Proffit INDYCAR's Swiss Miss, Simona de Silvestro is looking forward to her second stab at the Indianapolis 500 in this year's 100th anniversary race. After scoring Chase Rookie of the Race honors for her 14th place finish in the 2010 edition of this great...
The Ferrari 500 TRC (Testa Rossa Type-C) Spider is one of the last four-cylinder Ferraris, and one example is set for auction, where it could fetch $4 million. Only 19 of these cars were built, and the sixth one, chassis number 0670 MDTR, is hitting the auction block on Saturday, May 21 at RM Auctions. Powered by a 1.9-liter engine that makes 190...
We've already reported on the changes to the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 that allow the engine to drop 13 pounds and add 11 horsepower, bringing the total amount of ponies to 323. Now, for the more visual learners in the audience, there's video of Tom Sutter, the chief engineer, talking about the changes. A quick refresher: The exhaust manifold has...
Bertone, the Italian design shop behind some of the flashiest and rarest concepts of the past few decades, is currently undergoing court-supervised liquidation proceedings. Bad news for it, good news for wealthy exotic car collectors. A series of six Bertone concepts from the '60s, '70s and '80s are set to be auctioned off by RM Auctions at the...
All the details and images for the new 2012 Audi A6 have been out for a while now but there are still several variants apart from the regular sedan still in the works, though not all have been confirmed for sale in the U.S. These include the high-performance S6 and RS6 models, A6 Hybrid and possible all-electric 'e-tron' variants, as well as a...
It’s a bit odd seeing the names Hyundai and Prada in the same title but it’s certainly not the first time. About two years ago Hyundai first took the wraps off its Genesis Prada, a special edition of the then new luxury sedan designed and built in collaboration with Italian fashion label Prada. Now, with the unveiling of the facelifted...
At the 2010 Paris Auto Show Lotus rolled out no less than six new concept cars ranging from high-end supercars to tiny urban runabouts. Along with the throng of concept reveals also came the ambitious promise that all six cars would enter production over the next five years or so. It’s safe to say that Lotus bit off a little more than it...
For a long time, we've been working with two earfuls of the Toyota FT-86 and hardly a peep about the Subaru version of the shared sports platform. The FT-86 has been around for more than a year and a half--three different versions, in fact--while all we've seen from Subaru is a very conceptual skeleton of a car with engine and accompanying...
Last year the Bentley Continental GT coupe underwent a major facelift (pictured below), receiving fresh new styling, a more powerful and flex-fuel capable W-12 engine and a fully revamped interior. Now it’s the more luxurious GTC convertible’s turn, a prototype of which we recently spotted conducting some high speed tests at the...
In previous years we’ve seen wild supercars like the BMW M1 Concept and Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta unveiled at Italy’s annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and this year will be no different. Kicking off this weekend at Lake Como in Italy, the event will see the unveiling of this coachbuilt Ferrari Superamerica 45...
There are numerous publications, organizations and companies that hand out awards to the automotive industry for its various technical and design achievements, but few are so lauded as the winner of the International Engine of the Year competition. Judged by a panel of 76 of the world's top automotive journalists, the engine that comes out on...
My odyssey to the Nevada high desert got in the way of our not-so-regularly scheduled Guilty Pleasure post last week, but we're back with an exceptionally shameful— yet compelling— European staple: the Fiat Ritmo aka Strada. No American car freak in his or her right mind would admit to wanting a Strada... and yet, the same...
Earlier this year we brought you the first spy shots of the 2012 C63 AMG Black Series, and today we have fresh images of a moderately disguised the coupe version of the car, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series--only this time it's at the notorious Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Like its four-door sibling, we expect the C63 AMG Coupe...
Simona de Silvestro exits the Indianapolis Motor Speedway pits during practice Photo: Anne Proffit INDYCAR's Swiss Miss, Simona de Silvestro is looking forward to her second stab at the Indianapolis 500 in this year's 100th anniversary race. After scoring Chase Rookie of the Race honors for her 14th place finish in the 2010 edition of this great...
The Ferrari 500 TRC (Testa Rossa Type-C) Spider is one of the last four-cylinder Ferraris, and one example is set for auction, where it could fetch $4 million. Only 19 of these cars were built, and the sixth one, chassis number 0670 MDTR, is hitting the auction block on Saturday, May 21 at RM Auctions. Powered by a 1.9-liter engine that makes 190...
We've already reported on the changes to the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 that allow the engine to drop 13 pounds and add 11 horsepower, bringing the total amount of ponies to 323. Now, for the more visual learners in the audience, there's video of Tom Sutter, the chief engineer, talking about the changes. A quick refresher: The exhaust manifold has...
Bertone, the Italian design shop behind some of the flashiest and rarest concepts of the past few decades, is currently undergoing court-supervised liquidation proceedings. Bad news for it, good news for wealthy exotic car collectors. A series of six Bertone concepts from the '60s, '70s and '80s are set to be auctioned off by RM Auctions at the...
All the details and images for the new 2012 Audi A6 have been out for a while now but there are still several variants apart from the regular sedan still in the works, though not all have been confirmed for sale in the U.S. These include the high-performance S6 and RS6 models, A6 Hybrid and possible all-electric 'e-tron' variants, as well as a...
It’s a bit odd seeing the names Hyundai and Prada in the same title but it’s certainly not the first time. About two years ago Hyundai first took the wraps off its Genesis Prada, a special edition of the then new luxury sedan designed and built in collaboration with Italian fashion label Prada. Now, with the unveiling of the facelifted...
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