Audi announced today that it will also join the Nurburgring 24-Hour Race with R8 LMS. The Audi R8 LMS will be raced by four different teams from ABT Sportsline and Phoenix Racing with two cars each. The Audi R8 LMS packs some 500-hp and has completed two test-races as a part of the BFGoodrich Endurance [...]
We’re not sure what Rolls-Royce is thinking right now, but we’re sure luxury-loving Chinese consumers are pretty excited about the new Phantom look-a-like Geely GE. Power for the Geely GE comes from a 278-hp V6 engine with a maximum torque of 251 lb-ft. The car features a rear-wheel-drive platform and an automatic transmission. Inside the [...]
Speaking at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show, Nissan’s Senior Vice President Andy Palmer said that Nissan has no interest in competing with Honda and Toyota in the gasoline-electric hybrid small car segment. Palmer said that Nissan plans to focus on all-electric zero-emission vehicles instead. “We think it’s a more persuasive technology,” Palmer told Automotive News. [...]
Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking was not at the launch of the 2010 Porsche Panamera at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show. According to Abendzeitung daily newspaper, Wiedeking was absent because of an agreement between Wolfgang Porsche and his cousin, Volkswagen Chairman Fedinand Piech, that Wiedeking should be replaced by Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn. Today, Porsche and Volkswagen denied [...]
Toyota today announced the pricing info on the 2010 Toyota Prius which is scheduled to go on sale in May nationwide. Prices start at $21,000 ($21,750 with delivery, processing, and handling (DPH) fees) which is $1,000 than the outgoing model. Power comes from a 1.8L Atkinson 4-cylinder engine making 98-hp. Mated to an electric-motor with an [...]
Lexus announced today that the two-seater LF-A Prototype will be returning to the 24-Hour Nurburgring Race. Lexus says that the race version of the LF-A that will enter the race will be “developed with an eye toward commercial release.” Engineers will be on hand to use feedback from the grueling race to further enhance the [...]
The night before its debut at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show, the 2010 Porsche Panamera was sitting on the 94th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center for a media event. So how did Porsche get the Panamera to the 94th floor? They took the elevator. The 5-meter long Porsche was packed upright into a [...]
GM today unveiled its new Buick Business Concept at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show – a vehicle designed to showcase Buick’s vision of “business class on the road.” The MPV concept was designed in China by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, a design and engineering venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). [...]
GM has unveiled the ecoFLEX version of the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia, which generates a combined CO2 of just 136g/km with a combined fuel-economy of 46 mpg and a potential range of over 842 miles. Power comes from a 2.0L turbo-diesel engine making 160-hp, which allows the Insignia ecoFLEX to go from 0 to 60 mph in 8.9 seconds [...]
Speaking to the press at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show, Porsche’s design chief Michael Maur said that he his working on a successor to the 911 that will be much more than a simple update to the new-generation 911 and may create a fifth variant in Porsche’s lineup. Sources say that the model could be [...]
