Without Porsche’s new double-clutch 7-speed automatic PDK transmission, the Carrera Coupe gets a combined fuel-economy 21.3mpg – with PDK the Carrera gets 24mpg. Great - it increases fuel-economy; but what about performance? According to Porsche the new PDK dual-clutch 7-speed automatic is 60 percent faster than the Tiptronic S automatic. In a recent test at the Nurburgring, the 2009 [...]
Chevrolet has announced the pricing for it’s Lambda based crossover, the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse. Ready to go on sale this fall, the 2009 Traverse will start at $28,990 for the 2WD LS entry level mode. It will be offered in three trims including LS, LT and LTZ with both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations. The Chevrolet [...]
The Metropolitan Police will soon be fighting crime and chasing down speeders (we have no idea how since top speed of this Smart ForTwo is 60mph) as a part of a fleet test of the Smart ED – Electric Drive. 100 vehicles will be deployed in central London and Heathrow Airport for testing. The Smart ED is [...]
Audi today announced its new 3.0 TFSI V6 engine that combines to state-of-the-art technologies: gasoline direct injection and compressor supercharging. Audi will kick off production of the new V6 later this year. This is a return for compressors back into Audi’s engine. Audi says that the technology is ideal for supercharging for the new 3.0L [...]
Toyota said today that the company may consider raising prices of its passenger cars in the near future to make up for the rising cost of raw materials. “Our basic principle is to continue to work on cost reductions within the company first,” said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco. “But we won’t be able to avoid [...]
Jamie Frank Martin has come up with a design concept of what the successor to the 1960′s AC/Shelby Cobra could look like. The original Cobra, an instant classic, was based on the Ace roadster by British sports car company AC. Looking for a competitor to the Chevrolet Corvette, Carroll Shelby asked AC to modify the [...]
Honestly in this day an age of texting, instant messaging and e-mails everyone should know what “WTF” stands for. Apparently the Division of Motor Vehicles had no idea what “WTF” stood for when it unknowingly gave out 10,000 license plates with the letter combination. Officials learned that the acronym stands for a vulgar phrase used [...]
Novitec Rosso has blessed us Ferrari fans with many outstanding upgrades such as the 707-hp package for the F430, F430 Spider, the 645-hp package for the 599 GTB and our favorite, TuNero Ferrari F430. And now, Novitec Rosso has revealed their latest tuning package for the Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Increasing power through a pair of belt [...]
While Republican candidate John McCain is offering American experts $300 million to develop a futuristic car battery, Democratic Barack Obama is taking a more logical and hands-on approach at tackling the issues the automotive industry is faced with. Speaking at an economic event in Pittsburgh, Barack Obama told the automotive industry and other economic leaders that [...]
We’ve seen numerous spy shots of the 2010 Acura NSX hitting up the Nurburgring and now AutoExpress takes its shot at what the final uncovered model may look like when it gets rid of all the camouflage. Make sure you check out the recent video of the next-generation NSX hitting up the Nurburgring. Refresher: 5.5 [...]
