If you caught Top Gear over the weekend you probably would have seen the awesome 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series review by Jeremy Clarkson. If you didn’t, well, you can watch it right here after the jump before it’s taken down by YouTube. We’ll stop rambling – click through to watch the video. Refresher [...]
Hennessey Performance Engineering has introduced its new 705-hp Z700 upgrade package for the 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 for those that believe that “too much horsepower is never enough.” The Z700 performance package carries an upgraded engine supercharger, exhaust and an air induction systems. Other performance enhancing upgrades include lightweight carbon fiber wheels with Michelin Pilot [...]
Ken Block is an internet sensation, the best rally racer (according to us) and co-founder of DC Shoes. Now, Block may check off another mark on his things-to-do-in-life list after appearing on Top Gear this past weekend. His Gymkhana Two infomercial had us on the edge of our seats so when we heard he was going [...]
GM confirmed last month that it will offer a new direct-injected Ecotec 2.4L 4-cylinder engine in the 2010 Buick LaCrosse sedan. Alongside the two V6 options, the Ecotec 4-cylinder will allow the driver to average an estimated fuel-economy of 20/30 mpg (city/highway). According to WardsAuto, GM has promised a front-wheel-drive hybrid version of the 2010 LaCrosse [...]
During the Porsche PDK dual-clutch 7-speed transmission event, we asked Porsche when we’ll get a chance to get behind the wheel of the 2010 Panamera. They told us that there isn’t even one Panamera in the U.S. and the media event will be held sometime in October. Now that’s a while away – so for [...]
Chrysler Group LLC announced on Sunday that it has completed appointing the additional members to its Board of Directors, completing the nine-member Board that will lead and provide oversight to Chrysler Group LLC. Chrysler Group LLC Board of Directors includes: C. Robert Kidder: Chairman and CEO of 3Stone Advisors LLC. Alfredo Altavilla: CEO of Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Senior Vice President [...]
Toyota Motor Corp, which is preparing to deploy over 500 new-generation plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) by 2010 for testing-purposes, said that it plans to start mass producing PHVs in 2012. According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei business daily, Toyota plans to produce 20,000 to 30,000 PHVs during the first full-year of production. The report [...]
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Gerber approved the sale of General Motors’ in a move that would allow the company to avoid liquidation and to sell its most profitable assets to the ‘New GM.’ Gerber said that the move would ”prevent the death of the patient on the operating table.” Gerber has issued a four-day stay [...]
It’s obviously a bit unbelievable that Michael Schumacher is The Stig. We doubt that Schumacher really has that much time to travel with Hammond, Clarkson and May around the world as they test-drive some of the world’s hottest cars – leading us to believe that there is actually more than one Stig. While I was [...]
GM’s Europe President Carl-Peter Forester said the he expects that Opel will soon be sold to a consortium led by Magna International soon, reports Automotive News. In an interview with Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, Forester said that Magna has a “considerable lead” over other bidders. “I am quite confident after a top-level meeting of GM and Magna, where [...]
