The Jeep Wrangler is to adults what GI Joe or Barbie dolls are to kids; buy one, and you’re never really done accessorizing it. The 2012 Jeep Wrangler is no exception to this rule, and Mopar wants you to know that its current catalog has some 250 ways for you to make a new Wrangler uniquely your own. As you’d expect, there are plenty...
New and future cars reign today: Lamborghini is working on its third model, and will reveal which will get the nod in about three weeks. The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has been spied by our photogs, in test-mule form. And the Tesla Model X is set for a debut later this year before entering production in 2012. Lamborghini to confirm third model...
The Ferrari Pinin concept was introduced at the 1980 Turin Motor Show, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Italian design company Pininfarina. Named for Battista Farina, who went by the nickname of “Pinin,” the car represented the first official four-door sedan even built by Ferrari. Although built as a static display model without...
Michael Waltrip Racing was one of three teams testing electronic fuel injection on the reconfigured Phoenix International Raceway one-mile oval Photo courtesy NASCAR NASCAR took to the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) oval today for the first full test of the circuit since its repaving job this year, following a five-car Goodyear tire...
Mazda is introducing a revamped Mazda3 for 2012 and this week announced pricing details for the range, which goes on sale over the coming months. The model we’re most interested in is the 2012 Mazda Mazdaspeed3, which is priced at $24,795 including destination, up just $300 on the outgoing 2011 model pictured above (Mazda is yet to release...
Coming as no surprise, Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SUV is reportedly next in line to receive the smooth shifting--and fuel saving--ZF eight-speed automatic transmission filtering its way across Chrysler’s lineup. Already finding a home in the Chrysler 300, as well as some Audi and BMW models, the ZF unit has been confirmed for the Dodge...
Just a day after Mazda announced that its new 2012 Mazda CX-5 would feature ultra-high tensile steel in its construction, Nissan has followed suit with an announcement that its cars will as well but only from 2013. Additionally, Nissan’s cars will only use 1,200 megapascal (approximately 174,000 psi) ultra-high tensile steel versus...
In just a few short years Maserati’s lineup will spawn two brand new models, a sporty sedan similar in size to the BMW 5-Series and a luxurious SUV previewed by the latest Kubang concept car and based on Jeep Grand Cherokee running gear. However, the automaker’s current lineup is also due to be updated, with a brand new Quattroporte...
The very slow trickle of McLaren MP4-12C deliveries to customers all around the world has just begun but already we have images of two crashed examples, one of which reportedly took place near the McLaren Technical Center in Woking, UK. The black example you see above, first picked up by Wrecked Exotics, shows one sorry looking MP4-12C after it...
It may have taken Tesla four years to bring out its first new model since the launch of the Roadster back in 2008 but the same won’t occur for the electric car startup’s third model, the long-rumored Model X crossover due out in time for the 2013 or 2014 model year. Tesla’s current focus is on the Model S electric sedan due next...
Last month a mysterious Acura concept sporting a similar shape to the mid-engine Audi R8 supercar was spotted on the set of the upcoming The Avengers movie. In the movie, the Acura concept will serve as the personal ride of Robert Downey Jr.’s character Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. You may recall that Stark previously rode around in an Audi...
Just one day after we revealed the nominees for the 2012 European Car Of The Year awards comes the shortlist of cars picked for the 2012 North American Car And Truck Of The Year awards. The final winner for each of the “Car” and “Truck” categories will be announced at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show this coming January. And once...
The UAW and Ford reached a contract agreement today that secures 12,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2015, brings back into the U.S. previously outsourced work, and guarantees $16 billion in investments and upgrades to U.S.-based manufacturing. It also contains a small nugget about the upcoming 2013 Shelby Mustang GT500: a 5.8-liter supercharged...
The 2012 Porsche 911 made its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. The exterior received some modifications like a longer, lower stance and redesigned mirrors, but overall it looks about the same as the outgoing 911. The interior, on the other hand, brings a few notable changes. Porsche has highlighted the 2012 911's interior in a...
As we reported late last year, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be headed to the U.S., and it should arrive sometime early in 2012. Today, VW released the official U.S. pricing and specs for the car. Power, previously expected to reach as high as 266 horsepower, has settled for production in American trim at 256 hp, arriving at 6,000 rpm. Torque is...
The Jeep Wrangler is to adults what GI Joe or Barbie dolls are to kids; buy one, and you’re never really done accessorizing it. The 2012 Jeep Wrangler is no exception to this rule, and Mopar wants you to know that its current catalog has some 250 ways for you to make a new Wrangler uniquely your own. As you’d expect, there are plenty...
New and future cars reign today: Lamborghini is working on its third model, and will reveal which will get the nod in about three weeks. The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has been spied by our photogs, in test-mule form. And the Tesla Model X is set for a debut later this year before entering production in 2012. Lamborghini to confirm third model...
The Ferrari Pinin concept was introduced at the 1980 Turin Motor Show, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Italian design company Pininfarina. Named for Battista Farina, who went by the nickname of “Pinin,” the car represented the first official four-door sedan even built by Ferrari. Although built as a static display model without...
Michael Waltrip Racing was one of three teams testing electronic fuel injection on the reconfigured Phoenix International Raceway one-mile oval Photo courtesy NASCAR NASCAR took to the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) oval today for the first full test of the circuit since its repaving job this year, following a five-car Goodyear tire...
Mazda is introducing a revamped Mazda3 for 2012 and this week announced pricing details for the range, which goes on sale over the coming months. The model we’re most interested in is the 2012 Mazda Mazdaspeed3, which is priced at $24,795 including destination, up just $300 on the outgoing 2011 model pictured above (Mazda is yet to release...
Coming as no surprise, Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SUV is reportedly next in line to receive the smooth shifting--and fuel saving--ZF eight-speed automatic transmission filtering its way across Chrysler’s lineup. Already finding a home in the Chrysler 300, as well as some Audi and BMW models, the ZF unit has been confirmed for the Dodge...
Just a day after Mazda announced that its new 2012 Mazda CX-5 would feature ultra-high tensile steel in its construction, Nissan has followed suit with an announcement that its cars will as well but only from 2013. Additionally, Nissan’s cars will only use 1,200 megapascal (approximately 174,000 psi) ultra-high tensile steel versus...
In just a few short years Maserati’s lineup will spawn two brand new models, a sporty sedan similar in size to the BMW 5-Series and a luxurious SUV previewed by the latest Kubang concept car and based on Jeep Grand Cherokee running gear. However, the automaker’s current lineup is also due to be updated, with a brand new Quattroporte...
The very slow trickle of McLaren MP4-12C deliveries to customers all around the world has just begun but already we have images of two crashed examples, one of which reportedly took place near the McLaren Technical Center in Woking, UK. The black example you see above, first picked up by Wrecked Exotics, shows one sorry looking MP4-12C after it...
It may have taken Tesla four years to bring out its first new model since the launch of the Roadster back in 2008 but the same won’t occur for the electric car startup’s third model, the long-rumored Model X crossover due out in time for the 2013 or 2014 model year. Tesla’s current focus is on the Model S electric sedan due next...
Last month a mysterious Acura concept sporting a similar shape to the mid-engine Audi R8 supercar was spotted on the set of the upcoming The Avengers movie. In the movie, the Acura concept will serve as the personal ride of Robert Downey Jr.’s character Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. You may recall that Stark previously rode around in an Audi...
Just one day after we revealed the nominees for the 2012 European Car Of The Year awards comes the shortlist of cars picked for the 2012 North American Car And Truck Of The Year awards. The final winner for each of the “Car” and “Truck” categories will be announced at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show this coming January. And once...
The UAW and Ford reached a contract agreement today that secures 12,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2015, brings back into the U.S. previously outsourced work, and guarantees $16 billion in investments and upgrades to U.S.-based manufacturing. It also contains a small nugget about the upcoming 2013 Shelby Mustang GT500: a 5.8-liter supercharged...
The 2012 Porsche 911 made its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. The exterior received some modifications like a longer, lower stance and redesigned mirrors, but overall it looks about the same as the outgoing 911. The interior, on the other hand, brings a few notable changes. Porsche has highlighted the 2012 911's interior in a...
As we reported late last year, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be headed to the U.S., and it should arrive sometime early in 2012. Today, VW released the official U.S. pricing and specs for the car. Power, previously expected to reach as high as 266 horsepower, has settled for production in American trim at 256 hp, arriving at 6,000 rpm. Torque is...
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