Toyota has announced two voluntary safety recalls for several Lexus models and certain years of Highlander Hybrid to correct electrical and mechanical issues. The first recall affects 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h and 2006-2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid models, related to an inverter issue in the car's hybrid assembly. Transistors in the assembly are...
Semi-trucks were made to haul a large number of items across long distances. They were not, however, made to be driven off of ramps. That doesn't matter to Scott Godfrey. His brother holds the record for longest jump in a semi-truck, and Scott wants to take that record and put his own name behind it. This means lining up a big rig, hitting the...
The 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show doesn’t commence until next Tuesday but already many of the concept cars set to grace the stands of the German show are making their presence felt. Already today we’ve seen the wraps come off three Frankfurt concepts and we wouldn’t be surprised if even more are revealed before the day is out. Audi...
Everything about rally racing requires something different when compared to other forms of racing. The cars and the people who pilot them are equally insane. Neither, however, is as insane as the average co-driver. This is the person who has to maintain even more cool than the driver because they tell the wheelman where to point the rapidly...
The reveal of the 2014 Nissan Rogue crossover will take place next Tuesday, coinciding with the debut of its global cousin, the third-generation X-Trail, at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. We recently spotted a prototype for the new Rogue testing in the U.S., which confirmed that its styling has been influenced by the Nissan’s...
Russian dash-cam footage may dominate the world of viral motoring videos, but the Middle East still wins when it comes to truly crazy car culture. Whether it's hypercars abandoned in the desert or rich Saudi Arabians posing with supercars and their pet tigers and lions (seriously, that's a thing now), the Internet is awash with very wealthy people...
It looks like the RC F coupe we recently spied isn’t the only new F performance model Lexus has in the hopper. Today we have spy shots of a GS sedan undergoing high-speed testing on Germany’s Nürburgring and a number of its features suggest it is actually a prototype for the oft-rumored GS F. At first it looks like an ordinary GS...
Mercedes-Benz has enjoyed much success with its SLS AMG GT3 customer race car but its half-million dollar pricetag puts it out of reach of many smaller teams. Mercedes has taken heed of calls for a more affordable race car wearing the three-pointed star and has put together a new CLA45 AMG-based racer. The CLA45 AMG Racing Series is still only a...
At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week Land Rover will show off new hybrid versions of its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs, but the company isn’t slowing the pace of its green car development as it has announced today it is spearheading a new research project looking to further develop hybrid and electric car technology. The new...
Lexus’ concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is a preview of the automaker’s new compact crossover due to go on sale next year. That compact crossover will be called the NX and a stylized version of it will be on display next week in Frankfurt in the form of the LF-NX concept car. The LF-NX has an aggressive look to it...
The debut of Toyota’s new Yaris Hybrid-R concept car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show represents the Japanese automaker’s first foray into the world of high-performance hybrids for road car applications. Toyota has been racing a hybrid Le Mans prototype for the past two years but this is the first time the automaker is demonstrating the...
Ford is going after buyers in the near-premium segment by announcing a new luxury-oriented sub-brand called Vignale (pronounced: Vin-ya-lay), which makes its formal debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week. Vignale will provide Ford with upmarket offerings in markets where its Lincoln brand isn’t sold, which means we’re unlikely...
Hollywood director Michael Bay has confirmed that the name of the upcoming fourth instalment of the Transformers movie franchise will be Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction. Along with the latest revelation, Bay also posted up the first of the film’s promotional posters, which confirms a June 27, 2014 release date and shows a stylized number...
The last Audi quattro concept was brilliant: dashing lines, furious power, low weight. But despite hints that it might see production, nothing ever came of the car. That may change. It may not change, too. But here we have the new Audi Sport quattro concept, previewed ahead of its Frankfurt auto show debut, where it will once again tempt our souls...
'Ring Times have become the seemingly go-to number for high-performance machines these days. Many an enthusiast wants to know just how fast their favorite vehicles can run around the Nürburgring. Automakers routinely test prototypes and productions cars on this stretch of German twists and turns, and drivers flock to this road to test their...
Toyota has announced two voluntary safety recalls for several Lexus models and certain years of Highlander Hybrid to correct electrical and mechanical issues. The first recall affects 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h and 2006-2010 Toyota Highlander Hybrid models, related to an inverter issue in the car's hybrid assembly. Transistors in the assembly are...
Semi-trucks were made to haul a large number of items across long distances. They were not, however, made to be driven off of ramps. That doesn't matter to Scott Godfrey. His brother holds the record for longest jump in a semi-truck, and Scott wants to take that record and put his own name behind it. This means lining up a big rig, hitting the...
The 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show doesn’t commence until next Tuesday but already many of the concept cars set to grace the stands of the German show are making their presence felt. Already today we’ve seen the wraps come off three Frankfurt concepts and we wouldn’t be surprised if even more are revealed before the day is out. Audi...
Everything about rally racing requires something different when compared to other forms of racing. The cars and the people who pilot them are equally insane. Neither, however, is as insane as the average co-driver. This is the person who has to maintain even more cool than the driver because they tell the wheelman where to point the rapidly...
The reveal of the 2014 Nissan Rogue crossover will take place next Tuesday, coinciding with the debut of its global cousin, the third-generation X-Trail, at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. We recently spotted a prototype for the new Rogue testing in the U.S., which confirmed that its styling has been influenced by the Nissan’s...
Russian dash-cam footage may dominate the world of viral motoring videos, but the Middle East still wins when it comes to truly crazy car culture. Whether it's hypercars abandoned in the desert or rich Saudi Arabians posing with supercars and their pet tigers and lions (seriously, that's a thing now), the Internet is awash with very wealthy people...
It looks like the RC F coupe we recently spied isn’t the only new F performance model Lexus has in the hopper. Today we have spy shots of a GS sedan undergoing high-speed testing on Germany’s Nürburgring and a number of its features suggest it is actually a prototype for the oft-rumored GS F. At first it looks like an ordinary GS...
Mercedes-Benz has enjoyed much success with its SLS AMG GT3 customer race car but its half-million dollar pricetag puts it out of reach of many smaller teams. Mercedes has taken heed of calls for a more affordable race car wearing the three-pointed star and has put together a new CLA45 AMG-based racer. The CLA45 AMG Racing Series is still only a...
At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week Land Rover will show off new hybrid versions of its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs, but the company isn’t slowing the pace of its green car development as it has announced today it is spearheading a new research project looking to further develop hybrid and electric car technology. The new...
Lexus’ concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is a preview of the automaker’s new compact crossover due to go on sale next year. That compact crossover will be called the NX and a stylized version of it will be on display next week in Frankfurt in the form of the LF-NX concept car. The LF-NX has an aggressive look to it...
The debut of Toyota’s new Yaris Hybrid-R concept car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show represents the Japanese automaker’s first foray into the world of high-performance hybrids for road car applications. Toyota has been racing a hybrid Le Mans prototype for the past two years but this is the first time the automaker is demonstrating the...
Ford is going after buyers in the near-premium segment by announcing a new luxury-oriented sub-brand called Vignale (pronounced: Vin-ya-lay), which makes its formal debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next week. Vignale will provide Ford with upmarket offerings in markets where its Lincoln brand isn’t sold, which means we’re unlikely...
Hollywood director Michael Bay has confirmed that the name of the upcoming fourth instalment of the Transformers movie franchise will be Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction. Along with the latest revelation, Bay also posted up the first of the film’s promotional posters, which confirms a June 27, 2014 release date and shows a stylized number...
The last Audi quattro concept was brilliant: dashing lines, furious power, low weight. But despite hints that it might see production, nothing ever came of the car. That may change. It may not change, too. But here we have the new Audi Sport quattro concept, previewed ahead of its Frankfurt auto show debut, where it will once again tempt our souls...
'Ring Times have become the seemingly go-to number for high-performance machines these days. Many an enthusiast wants to know just how fast their favorite vehicles can run around the Nürburgring. Automakers routinely test prototypes and productions cars on this stretch of German twists and turns, and drivers flock to this road to test their...
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