Okay, maybe not beg, but at least satisfied if circumstances put you in such a position to own a minivan. Today’s automakers are looking to add technology and luxury features to retain minivan owners and maybe, just maybe, lure in those who run after SUVs or Crossover. Take the Honda Odyssey Touring for example. In there [...]
According to AutoExpress, Jaguar is working to resurrect the Jaguar E-Type in hopes of taking on the Porsche 911 and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. With the sale of Jaguar to be completed within the next couple of weeks, Tata motors has its first major decision coming its way. Jaguar came very close to producing [...]
BMW has announced a list of vehicles that it will be showing at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show next month. We already know and have seen the X6, 125i (UK version of the 128i) and the M3 Convertible with M Double Clutch Transmission. What we’re excited about is the new 320d Convertible. The BMW 320d [...]
Pininfarina has released sketches of its new Sintesi concept car that will make its debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. According to Pininfarina: The Sintesi ‘concept car is the synthesis of our values, of the love for our work and our passion for innovation, of beauty driven by functionality, of sportiness and elegance. However, Sintesi [...]
The current fifth-generation BMW 5-Series, or the BMW E60, has seen little changes since its debut. When BMW unveiled the car in 2004, critics and fans initially gave it mixed reviews. The controversial exterior design (done by none other then Chris Bangle and Adrian van Hooydonk), raised many eyebrows with its sharply cornered angles, and headlights and tail lamps that [...]
While analysts sit on the edge of their seats on speculation that Ford may drop Volvo next, Volvo and Ford are talking of closer relationships, making it possible to build the Swedish cars in Ford’s U.S. plant. Currently, Volvo shares most of its components and architectures with Ford of Europe, Land Rover and Jaguar. But [...]
Imagine a cop driving a 620hp Corvette ZR1 chasing you down the highway. I mean what can you really be driving to outrun him in? Lutzy boy (Bob Lutz), today posted a photoshop of a what a Corvette ZR1 cop car may look like. Titled “Your Worst Nightmare, Lutz writes: Go ahead… make their day. Just [...]
Hoping not to be left behind in the horsepower war, RENNtech today announced its new “˜stage 3″ tuning package for all 65 series AMG models (including the S 65, CL 65 and the SL 65). Making simple us of what it calls the “next-generation ECU software,” RENNtech was able to extract a total of 695 [...]
Porsche will be showing the latest addition to the Cayenne lineup, the Porsche Cayenne GTS, at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show next week. The SUV will go on sale in February with a starting price tag of $69,300. The Cayenne GTS is powered by a 4.8L V8 engine that produces 405hp giving it the ability to [...]
Lexus had set BMW’s M3 as a benchmark when producing their competitor for the high-performance sedan segment. According to Yukihiko Yaguchi, chief engineer for the Lexus IS-F, “Since we were coming after the M3, there were numerical targets we had to hit.” If you take a look at the technical specs of both cars, Lexus did [...]
