The 2012 Porsche 911 shows off some seven-speed manual action in this video. [MotorAuthority] Take a look at what's coming to the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. [MotorAuthority] Wonder what a Formula E electric race car might look like? Check out this video. [GreenCarReports] The 2012 Volvo XC90 is making its first steps onto the Web. [MotorAuthority]...
Remember Lexus’ ‘The Hard Way’ campaign that showed off the lengths that the automaker would go to in order to achieve the high levels of refinement found in each of its cars? Well, Lexus soon followed it up with another boastful video campaign: Lexus Engineering Amazing. The initial two videos from the campaign touted the...
Summer is officially over, and those of us lucky to have had some time off are most likely back at the office now. However, with the end of summer also comes the first major auto show of the new model year, in this case, the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, press days for which kick off on September 13. Once again, the MotorAuthority team will be on hand...
Having first been launched back in 2002, the Volvo XC90 is now one of the oldest models currently in production. Nevertheless, the mid-size luxury crossover will have to soldier on for at least another year, possibly more, though at least it’s receiving some updates along the way. The changes to the 2012 Volvo XC90 include subtle refinements...
It's been a week of recognizing past history and making way for the future of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series competition. The 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals--also known as The Big Go--has been a five-day drag racing orgy of nitromethane and tire burning with twists and turns at every hit of the accelerator. Even as the prime...
Czech brand Skoda is unveiling a new concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13 previewing a new compact sedan model. Called the MissionL Concept, Skoda describes its concept as close to the final production-ready design and the first in a wave of new models that will help the Volkswagen Group subsidiary achieve annual sales of 1.5...
If racing improves the breed, will it do the same for a new species? The Italian aerodynamic engineering group FondTech believes so. The E-11 electric race car prototype is the firm's interpretation of a Formula E racer. As we reported earlier, the FIA plans to debut Formula E electric car racing in 2013. And make no mistake, the racing will be...
The demise of the horsepower wars, predicted for years now, still hasn't come, but a new rival is rapidly gaining ground: the transmission wars. Once it was dual clutch proliferation, but now Porsche looks to be taking it in a different direction for its new ‘991’ series 2012 Porsche 911: stick-shift gear count. Seven-speed layouts are...
Unlike Kobe Bryant's fake ‘jump’ over an Aston Martin, or fellow NBA star Blake Griffin’s dunk over a Kia Optima, wait, over the bonnet of a Kia Optima, a man has now managed to not only jump, but complete a full flip over a moving Acura NSX. In the video below, taken at the 2nd Street Certified Car Show in Milwaukee, we see him...
With 691 horsepower (700 if you’re into metric figures) coming from a 6.5-liter V-12, and all the ego-boosted confidence that goes with it, it was only a matter of time until we had to report on the first crashed example of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. The particular Aventador, finished in Bianco Isis, crashed on a highway near Padua...
The 2012 Porsche 911 shows off some seven-speed manual action in this video. [MotorAuthority] Take a look at what's coming to the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. [MotorAuthority] Wonder what a Formula E electric race car might look like? Check out this video. [GreenCarReports] The 2012 Volvo XC90 is making its first steps onto the Web. [MotorAuthority]...
Remember Lexus’ ‘The Hard Way’ campaign that showed off the lengths that the automaker would go to in order to achieve the high levels of refinement found in each of its cars? Well, Lexus soon followed it up with another boastful video campaign: Lexus Engineering Amazing. The initial two videos from the campaign touted the...
Summer is officially over, and those of us lucky to have had some time off are most likely back at the office now. However, with the end of summer also comes the first major auto show of the new model year, in this case, the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, press days for which kick off on September 13. Once again, the MotorAuthority team will be on hand...
Having first been launched back in 2002, the Volvo XC90 is now one of the oldest models currently in production. Nevertheless, the mid-size luxury crossover will have to soldier on for at least another year, possibly more, though at least it’s receiving some updates along the way. The changes to the 2012 Volvo XC90 include subtle refinements...
It's been a week of recognizing past history and making way for the future of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series competition. The 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals--also known as The Big Go--has been a five-day drag racing orgy of nitromethane and tire burning with twists and turns at every hit of the accelerator. Even as the prime...
Czech brand Skoda is unveiling a new concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13 previewing a new compact sedan model. Called the MissionL Concept, Skoda describes its concept as close to the final production-ready design and the first in a wave of new models that will help the Volkswagen Group subsidiary achieve annual sales of 1.5...
If racing improves the breed, will it do the same for a new species? The Italian aerodynamic engineering group FondTech believes so. The E-11 electric race car prototype is the firm's interpretation of a Formula E racer. As we reported earlier, the FIA plans to debut Formula E electric car racing in 2013. And make no mistake, the racing will be...
The demise of the horsepower wars, predicted for years now, still hasn't come, but a new rival is rapidly gaining ground: the transmission wars. Once it was dual clutch proliferation, but now Porsche looks to be taking it in a different direction for its new ‘991’ series 2012 Porsche 911: stick-shift gear count. Seven-speed layouts are...
Unlike Kobe Bryant's fake ‘jump’ over an Aston Martin, or fellow NBA star Blake Griffin’s dunk over a Kia Optima, wait, over the bonnet of a Kia Optima, a man has now managed to not only jump, but complete a full flip over a moving Acura NSX. In the video below, taken at the 2nd Street Certified Car Show in Milwaukee, we see him...
With 691 horsepower (700 if you’re into metric figures) coming from a 6.5-liter V-12, and all the ego-boosted confidence that goes with it, it was only a matter of time until we had to report on the first crashed example of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. The particular Aventador, finished in Bianco Isis, crashed on a highway near Padua...
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