Here is a comparison between two special edition Porsches that recently hit the market. Our friends at CARhave put the new Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder against the new powerful Cayenne, the Cayenne GTS. Refresher: Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder: Power comes from a 3.4L mid-mounted engine that delivers 303-hp and 251 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 comes [...]
Honestly, we’re tired of writing ‘lucky Europeans’ in almost every other post we make here at eGMCarTech. Nonetheless, they have gotten lucky once again. Volkswagen has announced that its most power Passat ever, the Passat R36, is now on sale in the UK. Power comes from a naturally-aspirated 3.6 liter V6 engine that produces 300-hp [...]
Along with Brembo and the Marsiaj family, founder of Italian seat belt maker, Enzo Ferrari’s son will be amongst those to purchase a stake in coach builder Pininfarina. Piero Ferrari, currently vice chairman of Ferrari, will acquire a part in the 100 million Euro capital increase at Pininfarina. The increase was approved by Pininfarina at its [...]
Loder1899 is known for tuning FoMoCo owned cars, but even though Jaguar is now owned by Indian company Tata Motors, Loder1899 is continuing to offer Jaguar fans more power and great looks for their kitty. Loder1899 gives the new Jaguar XF a new body styling kit including a new front spoiler, rear spoiler and a rear [...]
Sadly enough, BMW has no plans to build anything close to the well-received BMW M1 Hommage Concept that was unveiled at the Concorso d”Eleganza 2008 di Villa d”Este this past weekend. Nonetheless, that doesn’t stop us from drooling over pictures and videos of the car. Check out this latest video of BMW’s Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk, [...]
According to Edmunds data for March, Toyota Camry Hybrid accounted for 22 percent of Camry’s 31,310 sales last month setting a new record of 6,930 units. Toyota confirmed that the 22 percent of Camry Hybrids easily exceeds the 13 percent of its 3.5 liter V6 Camry sales. The Japanese automaker is now on course to sell close to [...]
A group of 80 North American automotive journalists were invinted to the Nissan 360 global product review where the automaker discussed its current and future lineup. Probably the most interesting thing the journalists saw there was a sculpture that hung on the wall of a meeting room, supposedly hinting at the next-generation Nissan Z. Mazda did something similar in the [...]
GM reported a loss of $3.3 billion for the first quarter of 2008 which the company said resulted due to plant shutdown, U.S. vehicle demand, supplier strikes and losses at GMAC. GM reported a $10-million loss in the same quarter last year. Coming in with its third straight quarterly deficit, GM lost $5.74 per share [...]
The BMW 335i has won many Edmunds’ comparison battles including tests against competitors from Audi, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz. So what would it take the brilliant 335i stumble? Another BMW of course. In its latest comparison test Edmunds pins the 335i up against the new – smaller BMW 135i. Both are powered by BMW’s 3.0 liter twin-turbo 6-cylinder [...]
Revealed at the 2008 Concorso d”Eleganza Villa d”Este, the new A8 GCS Berlinetta is a design study by the newly relauched Carrozerria Touring Superleggera. But could this new small coupe design study become a reality for the Maserati lineup? According to Carrozerriz Touring Superleggera, the A8 GCS Berlinetta is just an idea as of right now. However, Maserati is considering [...]
