Chevrolet today announced that it its launching a sportier version of the Chevrolet Captiva in Europe. The Chevrolet Captiva Sport is powered by a common-rail 2.0L turbo diesel engine that produces 169 horsepower. To look sportier, Chevrolet added new 18″ wheels, dark headlights, ”smoked” rear lights, new exhaust ends, new front bumper fascia, Chaos Black bumper and side molding finish [...]
AC Schnitzer has revealed their new tuning packaged for the BMW 1-Series Coupe. The AC Schnitzer ACS1 3.5i gets an outstanding 60 horsepower upgrade and an aggressive aerodynamic bodykit. Performance wise, AC Schnitzer gave the 135i an extra 60 horsepower for a total of 360 horsepower. That allows the ACS1 3.5 i to do 0-60 in less [...]
Chrysler will be helping German auto maker Volkswagen, build a minivan for sale in the U.S. and Canadian market. The new Volkswagen minivan will produce alongside Chrysler’s Town & Country and the Dodge Caravan at the company’s Windsor plant. The Volkswagen minivan which will make its debut at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show in February [...]
Accordng to the folks over at Autoweek, Ferrari is considering a V8 for the successor of its Enzo supercar that is due out in 2012. Ferrari GT technical director, Roberto Fedeli says that Ferrari is considering both a V12 and V8 option for its Enzo successor. The current Enzo is powered by a V12 engine.
Dupont helped Aston Martin Racing to develop the distinctive Aston Martin Racing Green color for the DBR9 on the track. Now the two have teamed up to bring you the new Aston Martin DBS in the Racing Green paint seen on the DBR9. Now you can stand out from the crowd in your Racing Green DBS. [...]
Rumor has it that Audi will be bringing the Audi TT-S to the Detroit Auto Show in January, but we’ll believe it when we see it. However, in the mean time our wonderful buddies over at CarMagazine have caught the Audi TT-S doing circles around the Nurburgring. The engine in the Audi TT-S is expected [...]
The automotive blogs were recently flooded with pictures of yet another “Audi R8″ which caught on fire going around the Nurburgring. Many speculated that it was an Audi R8 with a V10 engine. Now Audi executive Wener Frowein has confirmed that the car that caught on fire in the Nurburgring was indeed an Audi RS8 [...]
Pictures of the upcoming Kia Borrego have been leaked on the internet. The new 7-passenger Kia SUV is set for debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January, but you can have your first close-up look today. The 7-seater Kia Borrego will be made in Korea and will go on sale in North America in [...]
From the company that resurrected the MINI Cooper into an amazing piece of microcar machinery it is today, comes word of another classic microcar coming back to life. That’s right BMW is reported to be working on a 21st-century Isetta microcar. For those of you that don’t know the BMW Isetta, it was one of the [...]
GM today unveiled GMC’s first ever compact SUV at the Kuwait International Auto Show called the GMC Terrain. The GMC Terrain is basically the Saturn Vue with a GMC badge on it and will go on sale in the Middle East market this year. No word on whether GM will bring the GMC Terrain to [...]
