Due to positive feedback from the U.S., the YES! Roadster 3.2 will make its North American debut at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show next week with sales to begin at the end of February. We can thank Funke & Will AG, who is responsible for setting up distribution for the North American Market. The base [...]
You would be surprised at the amount of information you can get out of the floor representatives at the auto shows if you just spend a little time talking to them and complimenting them on a job well done. At the Washington Auto Show AutoblogGreen’s Lascelles Linton asked a GM rep which cars GM plans to turn [...]
Usually, passerby’s could care less when a car is getting a parking ticket. But when that car is a $1.2 million Bugatti Veyron, the crowd has a whole different reaction. Shoppers cheered on as a traffic police woman ticketed an illegally parked Bugatti Veyron that was left on the loading bay. The proud traffic police [...]
Following the pictures that popped up last week on the internet, Mitsubishi has sent us the official press release confirming that the Prototype-S Concept will make its debut at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show on March 4th. Mitsubishi says that the Prototype-S Concept was derived from MMC sport sedan family which includes the Lancer, [...]
Pitching the new Smart ForTwo as the ‘perfect’ car for a concerned parent’s teenager, David Schembri, president of SmartCar USA, noted that since there is no rear seat in the new compact 2-seater, there will be no hanky-panky going on in your kid’s car. Speaking at the Automotive News World Congress, Schembri said, “After all, [...]
Well, when you’ve got money like this, why not spend it on something that will turn heads – and no, we’re not talking about the car. Businessman Afzal Kahn, boss of Kahn Design and Project Kahn tuning house, cashed out a winning bid of £440,625 (that’s $870,000) for the right to own the UK ‘F1′ license [...]
A parts and accessories retailer is asking Congress to mark June 30th as ‘National Corvette Day,” the day the first Corvette rolled off of the assembly line in 1953. Mid America Motorworks has created the petition which will be presented to Congress by Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois. “It is a popular piece of Americana [...]
It’s not like the 2008 Porsche 911 Cabriolet was already a high-performing topless beauty with its 480hp and a 0-60 time of 3.8 seconds. So we’re not sure why SpeedART felt the need to mess around with this Porsche, but we’re kind of glad they did. Presenting SpeedART’s latest creation, the BTR-XL 600 - and yes, [...]
The first Bentley Brooklands coupe made for the stateside has been auctioned off for $450,000 ($109,010 over its listed price) The Brooklands was presented to Monte and Usha Ahuja who placed the winning bid at the 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival. Not to mention that Bentley has already sold out its first batch of 2008 [...]
Mercedes has released the official images and press release on the new Mercedes-Benz CLC Sports Coupe, and we have to admit, it’s not as bad looking as its predecessor. Besides the total redesign, new for the CLC Sports Coupe this year is a new direct-steer system for better handling, an uprated 4-cylinder engine that now produces [...]
