Try though we might, we can never get our significant others to let us park cars and motorcycles in the house. Now matter how many times we plead that the lines of a Datsun 240Z, or a BMW R1100S, are pure sculpture deserving of a place of honor in the living room, we’re met with blank stares and terse denials. Up for grabs at next...
Today's mix of news is a bit of a mish-mash, with Nissan the unlikely purveyor of nascent mind-reading technology for future cars, Bentley eyeballing a return to Le Mans LMP1 competition next year, and Spyker selling to a firm that isn't CPP. Oh, and the president of Equitorial Guinea had his supercar fleet seized--in Paris. Strange days. Nissan...
It wasn't so long ago that talk of Spyker buying, and thereby saving, Saab was the hot news. Since then, the Dutch supercar company has reorganized things, keeping Saab and Spyker separate, while setting the whole thing up under the umbrella of Swedish Automobile. Things haven't gone all that well for any of them, however, with Saab leading the...
Vitor Meira at his "day" job Photo: Anne Proffit INDYCAR drivers are amongst the most fit athletes in the world of motorsports, having to endure tremendous G-forces on oval, road and street courses, often for hours on end. There's little respite--other than caution periods--and the stress mandates these drivers be in exceptional physical...
Most readers won’t be very familiar with the Ginetta name but that may change in the near future. Ginetta is a British sports car and engineering firm specializing in kit cars and dedicated track cars In March of last year it acquired fellow British sports car manufacturer Farbio, which at the time was on the verge of launching a new...
While Formula 1 is still the top echelon for motorsports, Le Mans endurance racing looks to be more and more exciting for the major automakers. Porsche recently confirmed its return to the top level LMP1 class in 2014 and Lexus, too, is rumored to be preparing an LFA race car for the GTE class. Now Bentley is reported to be joining the sport, with...
While the idea of implementing mind reading technology in an automotive application is nothing new, in fact, it’s something Ferrari has previously been reported as dabbling in, this is the first time that we’ve seen an automaker actually confirm an interest in the field. Nissan is undertaking this pioneering work in collaboration with...
A total of 11 supercars owned by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea, were seized in Paris, France yesterday. The lineup consisted of a who’s who of the latest supercars including no less than two Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari Enzo, a Maserati MC12, a Porsche Carrera GT, a Ferrari 599...
Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has joined the likes of fellow entertainers Justin Timberlake, Naomi Watts, and Lang Lang as the latest brand ambassador for Audi. The announcement was made during the Australian premiere of Disney’s latest action movie, Real Steel, where Jackman rolled up to the event in an Audi R8 Spyder supercar. Audi’s...
Just days after news broke that Nissan was working on a more powerful GT-R for the 2013 model year, a mysterious prototype sporting new performance upgrades has been spotted running up some quick laps at the Nurburgring. A host of new aero accessories, including an aggressive front lip spoiler, side skirts, bootlid spoiler and revised rear wing...
Ford’s toughened up F-150 SVT Raptor has been a hot-seller since its launch back in 2009 and to keep things bubbling along we’ve seen a few major updates made in the meantime, although the winning formula of a purpose-built off-road performance pickup has stayed true. We now have a new 2012 Ford F-150 Raptor, once again demonstrating...
MINI has never been embarrassed about expressing a little national pride. So it comes as no surprise that the automaker wants to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games with a special edition car. The MINI Cooper London 2012 special edition mixes its automotive and athletic origins seamlessly. The London 2012 Edition will be offered in Cooper...
This series has honored, if that's the word, one product apiece from AMC and Renault, but things really get interesting when you combine the two companies. Adding the troublesome PRV engine just makes it that much better! The Eagle Premier was more or less AMC's last gasp, although most of the cars were sold after Chrysler took over George...
If you're a fan of driving fast (legally) on the interstate, you're generally going to prefer states west of the Mississippi--except, now, for one small part of Maine. Why? Because a section of Interstate 95 in the northeastern corner of the state today bumped up the limit from 65 mph to 75 mph. That's still nothing like the super-speeder...
When it comes to automakers, few are more traditional than Morgan, which still builds vehicles by hand, using hardwood frames, in Malvern Link, Worchestershire, England. In fact, Morgan’s latest creation is a reproduction of a V-twin powered three-wheeler that the company built from 1911 to 1939. If you guessed that Morgan isn’t hard...
Try though we might, we can never get our significant others to let us park cars and motorcycles in the house. Now matter how many times we plead that the lines of a Datsun 240Z, or a BMW R1100S, are pure sculpture deserving of a place of honor in the living room, we’re met with blank stares and terse denials. Up for grabs at next...
Today's mix of news is a bit of a mish-mash, with Nissan the unlikely purveyor of nascent mind-reading technology for future cars, Bentley eyeballing a return to Le Mans LMP1 competition next year, and Spyker selling to a firm that isn't CPP. Oh, and the president of Equitorial Guinea had his supercar fleet seized--in Paris. Strange days. Nissan...
It wasn't so long ago that talk of Spyker buying, and thereby saving, Saab was the hot news. Since then, the Dutch supercar company has reorganized things, keeping Saab and Spyker separate, while setting the whole thing up under the umbrella of Swedish Automobile. Things haven't gone all that well for any of them, however, with Saab leading the...
Vitor Meira at his "day" job Photo: Anne Proffit INDYCAR drivers are amongst the most fit athletes in the world of motorsports, having to endure tremendous G-forces on oval, road and street courses, often for hours on end. There's little respite--other than caution periods--and the stress mandates these drivers be in exceptional physical...
Most readers won’t be very familiar with the Ginetta name but that may change in the near future. Ginetta is a British sports car and engineering firm specializing in kit cars and dedicated track cars In March of last year it acquired fellow British sports car manufacturer Farbio, which at the time was on the verge of launching a new...
While the idea of implementing mind reading technology in an automotive application is nothing new, in fact, it’s something Ferrari has previously been reported as dabbling in, this is the first time that we’ve seen an automaker actually confirm an interest in the field. Nissan is undertaking this pioneering work in collaboration with...
A total of 11 supercars owned by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea, were seized in Paris, France yesterday. The lineup consisted of a who’s who of the latest supercars including no less than two Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari Enzo, a Maserati MC12, a Porsche Carrera GT, a Ferrari 599...
Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has joined the likes of fellow entertainers Justin Timberlake, Naomi Watts, and Lang Lang as the latest brand ambassador for Audi. The announcement was made during the Australian premiere of Disney’s latest action movie, Real Steel, where Jackman rolled up to the event in an Audi R8 Spyder supercar. Audi’s...
Just days after news broke that Nissan was working on a more powerful GT-R for the 2013 model year, a mysterious prototype sporting new performance upgrades has been spotted running up some quick laps at the Nurburgring. A host of new aero accessories, including an aggressive front lip spoiler, side skirts, bootlid spoiler and revised rear wing...
Ford’s toughened up F-150 SVT Raptor has been a hot-seller since its launch back in 2009 and to keep things bubbling along we’ve seen a few major updates made in the meantime, although the winning formula of a purpose-built off-road performance pickup has stayed true. We now have a new 2012 Ford F-150 Raptor, once again demonstrating...
MINI has never been embarrassed about expressing a little national pride. So it comes as no surprise that the automaker wants to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games with a special edition car. The MINI Cooper London 2012 special edition mixes its automotive and athletic origins seamlessly. The London 2012 Edition will be offered in Cooper...
This series has honored, if that's the word, one product apiece from AMC and Renault, but things really get interesting when you combine the two companies. Adding the troublesome PRV engine just makes it that much better! The Eagle Premier was more or less AMC's last gasp, although most of the cars were sold after Chrysler took over George...
If you're a fan of driving fast (legally) on the interstate, you're generally going to prefer states west of the Mississippi--except, now, for one small part of Maine. Why? Because a section of Interstate 95 in the northeastern corner of the state today bumped up the limit from 65 mph to 75 mph. That's still nothing like the super-speeder...
When it comes to automakers, few are more traditional than Morgan, which still builds vehicles by hand, using hardwood frames, in Malvern Link, Worchestershire, England. In fact, Morgan’s latest creation is a reproduction of a V-twin powered three-wheeler that the company built from 1911 to 1939. If you guessed that Morgan isn’t hard...
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