Legendary BMW tuner Alpina is about to expand its range with a brand new line, the B4, now that BMW’s 3-Series Coupe has been replaced by the 4-Series. We now have new spy shots of a prototype for this BMW Alpina B4 model, which we’re expecting to be launched on the market by the middle of next year, following an official debut at the...
German scale model builder Robert Gülpen has taken on the challenge of crafting a scale model of the Lamborghini Aventador from solid gold. All up it will weigh around 55 pounds and will cost any interested buyer a total of $7.5 million. Another prototype for Nissan’s upcoming GT-R NISMO has been spotted at the ‘Ring. This latest...
If you're a fan of F1, you're probably pretty familiar with what an F1 car is made of. But do you know how it's made? Probably not. Fortunately, Red Bull Racing and Infiniti have decided to let us in on the less secretive parts of the process through a new video series. This is the first part. The whole business starts with, naturally, computer...
As sales of luxury cars in China start to mature, major automakers are now looking for the next country or region to offer the most growth. One of the top contenders is Brazil, which benefits from strong demand for its resources, a growing service industry and access to markets in both North and South America. Audi has already announced it will...
The Acura TSX is soldiering on into what’s expected to be its last year on the market, so--understandably--there have been few changes for the latest model year. Pricing for the range now starts at $31,530, including $895 in destination, which gets you the four-cylinder TSX sedan equipped with a five-speed automatic. This represents just a...
BMW’s latest X5 is a fine vehicle, but if you want yours to stand out from the crowd you’re going to need to personalize it. BMW makes the process easy by offering a range of upgrades direct from the factory. If you’re looking to add a little more sport to your sport activity vehicle (BMW’s label for SUVs), then...
The latest version of Mercedes-Benz’s B-Class compact MPV has been confirmed for the U.S. market, launching early in the new year in electric guise only. Overseas, however, the car has been on sale since 2011 so it’s soon due for its mid-cycle refresh. Right on cue, the first prototypes for a facelifted B-Class have been spotted. Since...
At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show last week, Jaguar announced a new modular platform constructed entirely of aluminum that will be used to underpin some of the automaker’s future models. The platform, code-named the iQ[Al], was introduced in Jaguar’s C-X17 crossover concept and so far has only been confirmed for a small sedan that Jaguar...
Nissan recently confirmed that its next NISMO model will be a more extreme version of the GT-R, and now we spy shots of a prototype of just that car, caught while undergoing testing on Germany’s Nürburgring and some of the race track’s surrounding roads. The GT-R NISMO will be the flagship of Nissan performance partner NISMO and...
Zooming upward on a ribbon of road, along a cliff wall, between tight hairpin curves and breathtaking views in the mountains of Southern France, I goose the accelerator from about 2,000 rpm and hear a series of sounds that’s entirely foreign, especially in a Volvo: the wail and whine of a supercharger, overcome as the revs rise by a throaty...
Forty years ago, the Ford Mustang II replaced the Mustang. It was (and remains) ugly and slow. Fortunately for the Mustang II, it was only a little uglier and little slower than the Mustang it replaced, so it sold well. It was also considerably less ugly than the Pinto it was loosely based on. The Mustang II was also a car of its time, the early...
While it might be the most expensive Jaguar F-Type ever, this deal from Surface Developments also includes a shiny designer home on Melrose. That's Melrose Avenue in Ottawa, Canada, not the Melrose Place in California (or your sweat-soaked college flashbacks). The house itself is stunning, a perfect match for the design-first Jaguar F-Type...
Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic boom. Sonic screwdriver. Many things go with Sonic, but Global RallyCross? Apparently that one works, too. At least, that's the plan for Pat Moro, 2012's most successful privateer in the GRC series. This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Moro will debut the new PMR Motorsports Sonic in anger, giving U.S. fans their...
There are times in life when we've all wanted to just stand on the throttle and smash our way through traffic, but few of us have been stupid or desperate enough to actually do it. This driver was apparently both. The YouTube posting describes the driver as a drunk woman, but gives no other information about the incident, and the driver is never...
The longest-serving Toyota president in the automaker's history, Eiji Toyoda, died yesterday aged 100. He was a cousin of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda and ran the company from 1967 up until 1982. He served as chairman until 1994 and as an honorary advisor right up until the time of his death. Toyoda is charged with Toyota’s rise to...
Legendary BMW tuner Alpina is about to expand its range with a brand new line, the B4, now that BMW’s 3-Series Coupe has been replaced by the 4-Series. We now have new spy shots of a prototype for this BMW Alpina B4 model, which we’re expecting to be launched on the market by the middle of next year, following an official debut at the...
German scale model builder Robert Gülpen has taken on the challenge of crafting a scale model of the Lamborghini Aventador from solid gold. All up it will weigh around 55 pounds and will cost any interested buyer a total of $7.5 million. Another prototype for Nissan’s upcoming GT-R NISMO has been spotted at the ‘Ring. This latest...
If you're a fan of F1, you're probably pretty familiar with what an F1 car is made of. But do you know how it's made? Probably not. Fortunately, Red Bull Racing and Infiniti have decided to let us in on the less secretive parts of the process through a new video series. This is the first part. The whole business starts with, naturally, computer...
As sales of luxury cars in China start to mature, major automakers are now looking for the next country or region to offer the most growth. One of the top contenders is Brazil, which benefits from strong demand for its resources, a growing service industry and access to markets in both North and South America. Audi has already announced it will...
The Acura TSX is soldiering on into what’s expected to be its last year on the market, so--understandably--there have been few changes for the latest model year. Pricing for the range now starts at $31,530, including $895 in destination, which gets you the four-cylinder TSX sedan equipped with a five-speed automatic. This represents just a...
BMW’s latest X5 is a fine vehicle, but if you want yours to stand out from the crowd you’re going to need to personalize it. BMW makes the process easy by offering a range of upgrades direct from the factory. If you’re looking to add a little more sport to your sport activity vehicle (BMW’s label for SUVs), then...
The latest version of Mercedes-Benz’s B-Class compact MPV has been confirmed for the U.S. market, launching early in the new year in electric guise only. Overseas, however, the car has been on sale since 2011 so it’s soon due for its mid-cycle refresh. Right on cue, the first prototypes for a facelifted B-Class have been spotted. Since...![iQ[Al] platform has the potential to create a range of different vehicles, says Jaguar](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uT3J2yF2fd3eRQkVA_5BVHn2n7q55Xvek2XltuCGJdbjh3Ls_wUxHMW0A8MsBVx9OYplOl6o8kA0EVZdmbNsw0Oxyq-NbsigkGdFfhYnGlupJn3CA-TeT0uDbWxT8zEKZVou4frg2TTg0iCD48GHCFA-AlhfDy30Iu1bQaJbCJxHmCApJUOFBRSLcwwtPrLGPdsAzMpFb9Lwy0VgUjnglIk7T5EFP144H2y3r55xE=s0-d)
At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show last week, Jaguar announced a new modular platform constructed entirely of aluminum that will be used to underpin some of the automaker’s future models. The platform, code-named the iQ[Al], was introduced in Jaguar’s C-X17 crossover concept and so far has only been confirmed for a small sedan that Jaguar...
Nissan recently confirmed that its next NISMO model will be a more extreme version of the GT-R, and now we spy shots of a prototype of just that car, caught while undergoing testing on Germany’s Nürburgring and some of the race track’s surrounding roads. The GT-R NISMO will be the flagship of Nissan performance partner NISMO and...
Zooming upward on a ribbon of road, along a cliff wall, between tight hairpin curves and breathtaking views in the mountains of Southern France, I goose the accelerator from about 2,000 rpm and hear a series of sounds that’s entirely foreign, especially in a Volvo: the wail and whine of a supercharger, overcome as the revs rise by a throaty...
Forty years ago, the Ford Mustang II replaced the Mustang. It was (and remains) ugly and slow. Fortunately for the Mustang II, it was only a little uglier and little slower than the Mustang it replaced, so it sold well. It was also considerably less ugly than the Pinto it was loosely based on. The Mustang II was also a car of its time, the early...
While it might be the most expensive Jaguar F-Type ever, this deal from Surface Developments also includes a shiny designer home on Melrose. That's Melrose Avenue in Ottawa, Canada, not the Melrose Place in California (or your sweat-soaked college flashbacks). The house itself is stunning, a perfect match for the design-first Jaguar F-Type...
Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic boom. Sonic screwdriver. Many things go with Sonic, but Global RallyCross? Apparently that one works, too. At least, that's the plan for Pat Moro, 2012's most successful privateer in the GRC series. This weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Moro will debut the new PMR Motorsports Sonic in anger, giving U.S. fans their...
There are times in life when we've all wanted to just stand on the throttle and smash our way through traffic, but few of us have been stupid or desperate enough to actually do it. This driver was apparently both. The YouTube posting describes the driver as a drunk woman, but gives no other information about the incident, and the driver is never...
The longest-serving Toyota president in the automaker's history, Eiji Toyoda, died yesterday aged 100. He was a cousin of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda and ran the company from 1967 up until 1982. He served as chairman until 1994 and as an honorary advisor right up until the time of his death. Toyoda is charged with Toyota’s rise to...
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