Volkswagen announced today that it has joined the ranks of the world’s top three automakers (it’s comes in at the no.3 spot) taking a shot at FoMoCo saying “rival Ford had to settle for fourth position.” “We are delighted that the Volkswagen Group has made it to the global automobile industry”s top three for the [...]
Joining the 2009 Volvo XC60 next year will be another compact Volvo crossover called the V30. Clearing up rumors, Volvo told Autowise that the V30 crossover will not be based on the C30 hatchback. Instead, the crossover will be larger than the C30 and just slightly larger than the Audi A3 Sportback. Volvo is counting on the [...]
Our friend Garrett Brown was lucky enough to find a production 2010 Chevrolet Camaro running around in Michigan this week. Brown caught some shots of the Camaro and decided to share it with us. He says that this is one of the press cars that were roaming around town. Well Brown you’re lucky enough not [...]
The guys at Hyundai-Blog are showing this image today reporting that this is indeed the upcoming production 2011 Chevrolet Beat with a Daewoo badge. We’re a bit suspicious about the image since it seems like the car is sitting at an auto show and we’ve heard nothing about it. Nonetheless, the car in the picture [...]
Don’t go running out to get that heated seat option on you new car just yet. A new research published in the New Scientist magazine found that heated seats can damage a man’s chances of conceiving children. Tests found that heated seats can raise the scrotum temperature above sperm production conditions. According to the magazine, [...]
New spy pics of the Porsche Panamera have hit the web showing the upcoming four-door Porsche sedan with an open rear door. Why we still can’t get ourselves to like the Panamera is beyond our understanding but from these pics at least we can appreciate the car’s storage capacity. Production of the Porsche Panamera will [...]
An inside scoop form CAR Magazine is reporting that Audi will get an electric version of the upcoming Volkswagen Up! as soon as the Volkswagen branded compact car hits the markets. When will that be? Well, previous reports suggest that Volkswagen delayed the launch of the Up! from late 2010 to early 2011 due to [...]
Mitsubishi has cancelled plans to produce a production version of the Concept-ZT that it showed at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. The Mitsubishi Concept-ZT explored the idea of a large-upmarket sedan that would help Mitsubishi step up their game to cars like the BMW 3-Series. However company executives have decided against a production version saying [...]
Mazda engineers are working on a rival to the Chevrolet Volt. According to senior sources, Mazda is working on a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery back which powers the wheels through an electric motor. It’s unclear yet whether Mazda is using lithium-ion battery technology. Insiders are saying that an MPV [...]
We’d just like to start off by saying – what a horrible time for Chrysler to announce that it may sell its Dodge Viper business. According to Motor Trend, which makes it pretty official, the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR recently brought in a Nurburgring lap time of 7:22.1, beating the Corvette ZR1′s 7:26.4 and Nissan GT-R’s [...]
