Jeremy Clarkson, host of our favorite TV show Top Gear, recently got behind the wheel of the new 2009 Audi Q7 V12 TDI. His take? Even a fast bike, and few are faster than this ghastly Suzuki when ridden by a normal person or that mad-eyed Italian, cannot pull away from the Q7 diesel. And [...]
It’s that time of the day again – where we gather up some of the random things we’ve come across from our editor’s desk into our Miscellaneous Thoughts post. No smiling rule in place when taking your driver’s license photo: Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia have adopted a new rule that forces citizens not to [...]
The new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X FQ-400 is the “fastest most extreme version of Mitsubishi’s motorsport derived machine” and it will never make it to the United States. Sorry, we’re just being brutally honest with you guys. The new 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X FQ-400 will be going on sale next month in the UK [...]
If you watched the Indy 500 over the weekend, then you most likely saw the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Pace Car take the track. The Indy 500 is no new territory for the Camaro – the model has paced the race give times since its introduction in 1967. Although, for the first time, GM will [...]
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet (convertible) was expected to make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show later this year. Apparently, Daimler has decided to delay the launch until the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March of next year. Reports from many German publications say that the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate (wagon) has also [...]
As reported earlier this morning, GM’s showdown with the bondholders is its biggest obstacle to restructure and avoid a bankruptcy filing by its June 1 government imposed deadline. The automaker won a 86 percent approval from the CAW for a new cost-cutting deal and the same is expected from the UAW later this week. According [...]
Last month, Ford’s director of advanced product creation and global performance Hermann Salenbauch, said that FoMoCo is considering the possibility of bringing the Ford Focus RS to stateside. Ford is looking for “feedback from the media and customers” Salenbauch told Automotive News. “How much do they like it? Is it really what they want? We are pretty [...]
Bugatti has kicked of production of the new Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. Unveiled earlier this year at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Bugatti has already pre-sold 30 units of the targa-top Veyron. Deliveries will start in July. The first unit was auctioned off for $3.2 million while 50 were pre-sold to loyal Bugatti owners. The remaining copies [...]
In attempt to reduce traffic and cut down on pedestrian accidents, sections of Broadway from 47th to 42nd streets and 35th to 33rd streets have been closed to cars making New York’s Times and Herald Square a little more people friendly. The Department of Transportation has set up barriers around the two squares in Midtown Manhattan and Transportation [...]
When you think of Hyundai, the first thing that usually comes to mind is an affordable car with subpar design that is very unlikely to turn heads when you pull up in front of an “enthusiast” gathering. Actually, hardly anyone out there would consider a Hyundai owner a car enthusiast. Well, Hyundai is out to [...]
