Dick Van Dyke, famous for his roles in the Mary Poppins movie as well as television series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder, had to pull over when a Jaguar XJ he was driving down a Los Angeles highway yesterday caught fire. A passerby, seeing the 87-year-old actor still in the car with smoke emerging from under the hood, pulled Van...
Ferrari’s hardcore 458 Italia has been revealed as the new 458 Speciale. The car is outmatched by only the LaFerrari and F12 Berlinetta in Ferrari’s road car lineup and should prove quite the challenge for McLaren’s MP4-12C and Lamborghini’s upcoming Gallardo successor. Mercedes-Benz today revealed its S500 Plug-In Hybrid...
Volkswagen has revealed its 2015 Golf R ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car is the high-performance variant of the latest MkVII Golf family and should arrive in showrooms next spring. We can confirm that power will come from a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine shared with the 2015 Audi S3. The...
Land Rover’s Range Rover Evoque has received a few minor updates to help keep the vehicle’s sales momentum bubbling along. With global sales of more than 170,000 vehicles in just 18 months, the stylish crossover has proven to be hugely successful and the 2014 model is destined to have even greater appeal. Key among the updates is a new...
It's one of Volkswagen's most iconic models--but was neither designed nor built by Volkswagen itself. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first Karmann Ghia prototype--a model integral to Volkswagen's history, and desired by drivers and collectors the world over. As the name suggests, the first Karmann Ghia model was the work of...
Ferrari’s hardcore 458 Italia, the successor to the 430 Scuderia, has been revealed as the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. The scintillating supercar has been revealed ahead of its official world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month and previews new technical solutions that will be filtering across to other models from the Prancing...
Lexus has released a single teaser image of a new concept car making its world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. No details were released with the teaser, so we can only guess what the Japanese automaker has in store. The teaser shows the headlight of the concept as well as part of its grille. The design of the light resembles the...
Mercedes-Benz first hinted at the launch of an S-Class with plug-in hybrid capability as far back as 2009 when it unveiled the Vision S500 Plug-In Hybrid concept. Here was a full-size luxury sedan capable of 0-60 mph runs in under 6.0 seconds and gas mileage of 70 mpg or better, but the best part was that it was destined for production. A...
It would be scary enough seeing a car flipping into the air in front of you, but imagine if it were a speeding truck. That’s exactly what some drivers in Russia witnessed recently, when a truck barreling down the road loses control, crashes into a ditch and then does a backflip. After viewing this dashcam footage, it appears the cause of the...
Electronics giant Sony has announced a range of new products designed to make connecting smartphones and navigation systems to your car, easier than ever. The new XAV-602BT smartphone connected in-dash AV receiver allows you to use Android or iOS smartphone applications through a receiver, rather than through the phone itself. This means a...
Luxury sports car maker Wiesmann has filed for insolvency in its native Germany, the latest niche automaker to be hit by the downturn of the European new car market. Wiesmann is known for its retro-styled roadsters, typically using BMW drivetrains, and the company says it has sold more than 1,600 of its hand-made sports cars since starting up 25...
Despite the best efforts of numerous other challengers, it was a relatively obscure American classic that won the prestigious Best of Show award at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The award went to a 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria, owned by Joseph and Margie Cassini III of West Orange New Jersey...
If you like the cultured growl of a Jaguar XK or the fierce snarl of the new XFR-S, you'd best enjoy it while you can. Jaguar has said that the pressure of meeting future emissions regulations could rule out a future for its V-8 engines, and the British automaker is already exploring alternatives for future performance models. According to Drive...
After two failed attempts, Moroccan designer Abdesslam Laraki is having another go at building a world class supercar. The Epitome is his latest attempt and it made its world debut over the weekend at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Laraki Epitome is based on the chassis of a C6 Chevrolet Corvette but features a custom body...
Dick Van Dyke, famous for his roles in the Mary Poppins movie as well as television series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder, had to pull over when a Jaguar XJ he was driving down a Los Angeles highway yesterday caught fire. A passerby, seeing the 87-year-old actor still in the car with smoke emerging from under the hood, pulled Van...
Ferrari’s hardcore 458 Italia has been revealed as the new 458 Speciale. The car is outmatched by only the LaFerrari and F12 Berlinetta in Ferrari’s road car lineup and should prove quite the challenge for McLaren’s MP4-12C and Lamborghini’s upcoming Gallardo successor. Mercedes-Benz today revealed its S500 Plug-In Hybrid...
Volkswagen has revealed its 2015 Golf R ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car is the high-performance variant of the latest MkVII Golf family and should arrive in showrooms next spring. We can confirm that power will come from a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine shared with the 2015 Audi S3. The...
Land Rover’s Range Rover Evoque has received a few minor updates to help keep the vehicle’s sales momentum bubbling along. With global sales of more than 170,000 vehicles in just 18 months, the stylish crossover has proven to be hugely successful and the 2014 model is destined to have even greater appeal. Key among the updates is a new...
It's one of Volkswagen's most iconic models--but was neither designed nor built by Volkswagen itself. Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first Karmann Ghia prototype--a model integral to Volkswagen's history, and desired by drivers and collectors the world over. As the name suggests, the first Karmann Ghia model was the work of...
Ferrari’s hardcore 458 Italia, the successor to the 430 Scuderia, has been revealed as the new Ferrari 458 Speciale. The scintillating supercar has been revealed ahead of its official world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month and previews new technical solutions that will be filtering across to other models from the Prancing...
Lexus has released a single teaser image of a new concept car making its world debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. No details were released with the teaser, so we can only guess what the Japanese automaker has in store. The teaser shows the headlight of the concept as well as part of its grille. The design of the light resembles the...
Mercedes-Benz first hinted at the launch of an S-Class with plug-in hybrid capability as far back as 2009 when it unveiled the Vision S500 Plug-In Hybrid concept. Here was a full-size luxury sedan capable of 0-60 mph runs in under 6.0 seconds and gas mileage of 70 mpg or better, but the best part was that it was destined for production. A...
It would be scary enough seeing a car flipping into the air in front of you, but imagine if it were a speeding truck. That’s exactly what some drivers in Russia witnessed recently, when a truck barreling down the road loses control, crashes into a ditch and then does a backflip. After viewing this dashcam footage, it appears the cause of the...
Electronics giant Sony has announced a range of new products designed to make connecting smartphones and navigation systems to your car, easier than ever. The new XAV-602BT smartphone connected in-dash AV receiver allows you to use Android or iOS smartphone applications through a receiver, rather than through the phone itself. This means a...
Luxury sports car maker Wiesmann has filed for insolvency in its native Germany, the latest niche automaker to be hit by the downturn of the European new car market. Wiesmann is known for its retro-styled roadsters, typically using BMW drivetrains, and the company says it has sold more than 1,600 of its hand-made sports cars since starting up 25...
Despite the best efforts of numerous other challengers, it was a relatively obscure American classic that won the prestigious Best of Show award at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The award went to a 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria, owned by Joseph and Margie Cassini III of West Orange New Jersey...
If you like the cultured growl of a Jaguar XK or the fierce snarl of the new XFR-S, you'd best enjoy it while you can. Jaguar has said that the pressure of meeting future emissions regulations could rule out a future for its V-8 engines, and the British automaker is already exploring alternatives for future performance models. According to Drive...
After two failed attempts, Moroccan designer Abdesslam Laraki is having another go at building a world class supercar. The Epitome is his latest attempt and it made its world debut over the weekend at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Laraki Epitome is based on the chassis of a C6 Chevrolet Corvette but features a custom body...
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