Just yesterday Nissan started its pre-launch activities for the Nissan GT-R by launching an official web site. While sales for the Nissan GT-R begin in December for Japan, Nissan will start taking orders today with an official brochure launched later today. However the guys over at NAGTROC have put together a spec sheet with all [...]
We guess if you’re already the best in the industry and have an outstanding track record it’s a bit difficult to top yourself. According to Toyota’s Executive Vice President, Mitsuo Kinoshita, Toyota’s September sales in the U.S. might be tough to top since it had a huge spike the same month in 2006. “We had [...]
We love the Maserati GranTurismo more than we love the Aston Martin DBS. There, we said it and we’re not afraid of any backlash. This car is probably the sexiest car revealed this year and for those of you unfamiliar with the car, it is powered by a 4.2 liter V8 engine delivering 405 horsepower. [...]
Abarth is now back with a new range of cars for sports car enthusiasts. First car on the list? The Grand Punto Abarth which the company released official images of last week. Today we bring you the video of the Fiat Grand Punto Abarth in action The Grand Punto Abarth is powered 1.4 Turbo petrol [...]
A special effects technician was killed in a crash during a stunt test run for the new movie ‘Batman: The Dark Knight.’ Warner Bros said that the accident happened ‘off-set’ and the truck the technician was riding in hit a tree while it “was following a stunt vehicle, believed to have been the Batmobile.” Yes [...]
After a strike was called two days ago when approximately 74,000 employees walked out, GM and the UAW have announced a settlement. According to GM’s press release: “The tentative agreement includes a memorandum of understanding to establish an independent retiree health care trust, as well as other changes to the national agreement. Following ratification, implementation [...]
Watch as the guys of Fifth Gear figure out the difference between the Mini Cooper Diesel and the Mini Cooper Petrol. The Mini Cooper Diesel is powered by a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder diesel engine that produces 110 horsepower. The Mini Cooper Petrol is powered by a 1.6 liter 4-cylinder petrol engine that produces 12 horsepower. [...]
Nissan today started its pre-launch steps for the Nissan GT-R that will lead up to the car’s official unveiling at the Tokyo Motor Show on October 24th. Of course as mentioned before the car will be known as the Nissan GT-R not the Skyline GT-R as before. Launched today, the Nissan GT-R website will provide [...]
Last we heard of the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider seeing the light of production was in July, where an Italian publication was reported saying that the convertible variant of the 8C Competizione will go into production at the end of 2008. Well today, Fiat CEO, Segio Marchionne, was talking to a group of financial investors [...]
In a recent interview with the David Pogue of New York Times, GM superstar Bob Lutz, released more critical details on the upcoming electric-car from GM, the Chevrolet Volt. Supposedly, when Pogue asked questions concerning the performance of the Volt, Bob Lutz ‘misspoke’: DP: So, what about torque and RPM? Is it all measured differently? BL: [...]
