Usually when you hear of European police taking delivery of a high-performance one-off vehicle, you think of a Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz or a BMW. Well, the Japanese are now throwing their two-cents into high-performance patrol cars with the new IS-FORCE, based on the 416-hp IS-F. The Lexus IS-FORCE has been delivered to Humberside Police in the UK. The [...]
According to Automotive News, Bentley is planning to use cylinder cutoffs in the next generation of its top-of-the-line model, the Arnage – so far known as the New Grand Bentley. The cutoff technology is designed to reduce fuel-consumption and carbon dioxide missions by shutting off individual combustion chambers that are not needed during cruising speeds. The [...]
Earlier this year, Chrysler”s bankruptcy documents revealed that the Fiat/Chrysler alliance would give Chrysler four vehicle platforms, two engines and two transmission families from the Italian automaker. The documents specifically said that the models will be the Fiat 500, Alfa Romeo MiTo and the Milano. However, according to Alfa Romeo’s CEO Sergio Cravero, the MiTo may be to [...]
Porsche’s CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking, resigned his position at the German sports car maker last week. Wiedeking had opposed Porsche and Piech families efforts to merge with Volkswagen, and his departure now paves the way for a merger of Porsche within Volkswagen. According Wiedeking’s lawyer, the Porsche and Piech families were prepared to offer the CEO a [...]
Captain Slow (aka James May) is planning to build a two-story house in Surrey – made entirely out of Legos. That’s right, as a part of a new BBC series called James May’s Toy Stories, the Top Gear star will build a house in the middle of the Denbies Wine Estate, in Dorking made of more [...]
Nissan today revealed its electric-vehicle platform on a Vera-based prototype, showcasing its pure zero-emission vehicle ambitions which are expected to hit the U.S. and Japanese market as early as next year. “The dedicated EV platform is comprised of a highly rigid body, high-performance motor, compact lithium-ion battery with high power output and energy capacity,” says [...]
Wrapping up the week here it’s time for out ‘Week in Photos’ post. This week, check out photos of the new Reiter Lamborghini LP560 GT3, SV 9 Competizione Corvette C6, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Transformers Special Edition, leaked photos of the 2010 Saab 9-5, SMS 460/460X 2010 Mustang, Subaru Impreza WRX STI spec C, 2010 Acura RDX [...]
Earlier this week Audi released pricing of the 2010 R8 5.2 V10 FSI. Along with the pricing info Audi released some new images of the new V10 edition. Pricing for the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI starts at $146,000 (excluding $1,200 destination charge, taxes, title, options and dealer charges) for the manual model and $155,100 for [...]
BMW is preparing to bring its first hybrid, the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid, to the market early next year. The spy shots you see here were taken this morning by BMW’s Spartenburg, SC manufacturing facility. The test-driver of the prototype said that the BMW X6 Hybrid has started rolling off the production line and will be introduced [...]
Honda recently confirmed that its production CR-Z hybrid will be arriving in Japan in February 2010. According to 7Tune, Toyota is now developing a new hybrid sports car to compete with the CR-Z hybrid. Toyota’s hybrid sports car will be based on a shortened Prius platform that will be reduced by 100mm. The 2010 Prius’ [...]
