Rolls-Royce announced today that the name for its new model, which until now has been known as the RR4, will be “Ghost.” CEO Tom Purves announced the production version nameplate of the 200EX today at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show. “The first cars to bear the Ghost name were known not only for impressive dependability [...]
Closing off another week of automotive news, it’s time for our This Week in Photos post. This week, check out photos of 2010 Audi Q7, 2010 Opel Insignia OPC, HAMANN IMPERATOR, Volkswagen Tiguan R Line, 2010 Lotus Exige S, Novitec TuLesto, 2010 Porsche Panamera and pictures from our first drive of the Nissan Cube EV Prototype [...]
While we spend most of our time with our families on Sunday, we had to take a break for the 2009 Auto Shanghai Show where Porsche has officially unveiled the 2010 Porsche Panamera for the first time at an auto show. If you’ve been following the Panamera for a while, then you already that the [...]
At the ShoWest film expo Michael Bay dropped a whole 2:32 of footage from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen which will hit theaters on June 24th. If you haven’t been reading eGMCarTech for a while, then you don’t know about our obsession with the Transformers franchise. It’s getting to a point where it could be [...]
Steve Saleen and his new company SMS are celebrating 45 years of the Mustang with the first sketches of the new 2010 SMS 460 and SMS 460X Mustangs that are under development at the company’s Orange County, California headquarters. Both models will receive a number of exterior and interior upgrades with a new body-kit and [...]
Chrysler’s CEO Bob Nardelli and president Tom LaSorda sent out a letter to Canadian employees on Friday, warning that if the 8,000 factory workers do not agree to pay cuts, Chrysler will no longer build vehicles in Canada. Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) president Ken Lewenza responded to the letter calling it “an unprecedented and outrageous [...]
Subaru Tecnica International (otherwise known as STI) announced today it will be headed to the Nurburgring 24-Hour Race with a tuned version of the Impreza WRX STI. Subaru’s tuned WRX STI is powered by a 2.0L DOHC 4-cylinder turbo engine mated to the company’s symmetrical AWD system. Other modifications include weight-reduction and safety equipment installation. [...]
The 24-Hour Race at the Nurburgring will return on May 23/24 and Volkswagen will be returning to Green Hell with three Sciroccos. Volkswagen will feature two new Scirocco cars with natural gas engines. Last year, Volkswagen held a one-two victory in the 2.0L turbo-class right before the Scirocco’s market launch. This time, the 2.0L Scirocco [...]
We’ll be getting our chance to test drive the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro next month, but for now we’ll have to just sit in front of our laptops and drool over pictures of our favorite muscle car. Camaro5 member Casey Porter recently posted pics of a silver 2010 Chevrolet Camaro loaded with accessories from GM’s Performance Parts. [...]
Of the 20 exclusive Lamborghini Reventons produced, there was no doubt that one had to make it into the hands of an uber-rich Saudi man (and we’re sure someone else owns it in Dubai, UAE as well). As seven Reventon owners are trying to get rid of their expensive purchase, one Saudi owner is out [...]
