How do you leave the Bugatti Veyron in the dust? Hire designer Marlon Kirby and financier David McMahan who recently unveiled their Maxximus G-Force – a car that they claim is the quickest car in the world with a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.1 seconds. The two took an Ultima GTR 720, a [...]
Mazda Motor Corp. said that it won’t stop sponsoring record-breaking Olympic swimmer after he issued a video apology to his Chinese fans for smoking weed from a bong. As you all probably know by know, a picture of Phelps popped up earlier this month showing the 23-year old Olympic gold medalist inhaling from a bong. [...]
In a response to decreasing demand, Lamborghini has announced that it will halt production for two weeks between February and March affecting around 300 employees of its total 1,000-plus workforce. The Italian supercar manufacturer said that the union has agreed with its moves. “We have established a decade of sales and profit increases, including another [...]
While Rolls-Royce prepares for the launch of the new “baby Phantom” at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show next month, workers at the Goodwood factory squeezed in some time to give the 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom and Phantom Extended Wheelbase a facelift. A number of modest enhancements were made to keep the Phantom lineup uniform to the [...]
Some of you like it and some of you don’t. Nonetheless, a production version of the recently unveiled BMW Concept 5-Series Gran Turismo will make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year. Sales are expected to begin early next year. We have just uploaded a video of an animation by BMW that [...]
According to a report by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, BMW shares jumped up 2 percent today on possible cooperation talks between the Munich based automaker and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz. “According to our calculations, a cooperation in purchasing, r&d and financial services could generate annual cost savings of up to 3 billion euros or 1.10 euros per [...]
An image of the Lamborghini Murcielago LP650-4 Roadster has been leaked prior to the car’s Geneva Motor Show debut. This exclusive Murcielago LP650-4 Roadster will limited to a production run of just 50 units featuring a gray/black and orange color combination called Grigio Telesto. Other standard equipment includes Hermera Sports black wheels, a LP650-4 logo [...]
The 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid is seeing strong demand in its home market of Japan. The 1.89 million yen ($21,000 USD) went on sale in Japan on Feb. 6 and has already received more than 5,000 orders. “This is so much better than expected. The Insight is priced below 2 million yen, and is energy [...]
When Rinspeed isn’t out tuning Porsche’s and Subaru’s, the Swiss automobile manufacturer and tuner is coming up with exotic concept cars for the Geneva Motor Show – every year. Last year, Rinspeed came to Geneva with the Rinspeed sQuba, a concept based on the Lotus Elise that could ‘drive’ underwater. This year, Rinspeed is back [...]
ABT Sportsline will be coming to the Geneva Motors Show next month with three of its previous starts and one new world premier. The Volkswagen/Audi based tuner will unveil its latest creation dubbed the ABT AS5-R. Based on the Audi S5 which is powered by 4.8L V8 that produces 354-hp, the AS5-R, with the help of some tuning [...]
