It seems Gumpert Apollo Speed’s two minutes of Nurburgring fame is over. Radical Sportscars just announced that its road-legal SR8LM lapped the Nurburgring in a blistering 6:48. The 455-hp Radical SR8LM was driven by Michael Vergers who said: ”The car was great, I could push really hard and it felt clearly faster than the previous SR8 in 2005. [...]
The Department of Transportation has just released a statement saying that the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program will end Monday, August 24th at 8 p.m. EDT. All dealers must submit any pending Clunker deals and necessary paperwork by the scheduled time. The decision to wind down the program came after determining that the Cars [...]
16th Ferrari Enzo burns to crisp: We’ve seen many destroyed Ferrari’s in our blogging career – however, we never actually kept a record of which Ferrari and how many have went up in flames. This Ferrari Enzo you see here was destroyed in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada. According to our friends at WreckedExotics, this marks [...]
Dany Bahar Senior Vice President Commercial and Brand and Roberto Fedeli, Technical Director at Ferrari, have both released a new video describing the story behind the new Ferrari 458 Italia. The Ferrari 458 Italia will make its world debut next week at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Refresher: Power comes from a mid-rear mounted 4.5L V8 [...]
Porsche announced today that investigative proceedings led by the public prosecutor’s office were carried out at Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, both in Stuttgart. “This Thursday morning, officials from the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart with judicial search warrants arrived at the administrative headquarters of the companies in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen,” Porsche [...]
General Motors announced today that it will provide cash advances to dealers to cover “Cash for Clunkers” rebates while they are being processed by the U.S. government. “Our sales performance in the past two months has exceeded our internal forecast by over 60,000 vehicles, largely driven by the CARS stimulus program,” said Mark LaNeve, VP [...]
While we all wait for General Motors to release the next-generation Camaro Z28, German tuner GeigerCars is already offering performance modifications that gives the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS an outstanding 568-hp. The extra power comes from sophisticated compressor reconstruction (aka, a supercharger) and allows for a maximum torque of 589 lb-ft at 4,100 rpm. Geiger says [...]
Daimler announced today that starting November 2009, the Smart ForTwo electric-drive will start rolling off the production line at the company’s factory in Hambach, France. Power comes from a 40-hp electric-motor fitted at the rear with a peak torque of 89 lb-ft. 0 to 37 mph comes in 6.5 seconds with a top speed of [...]
According to a report by Manager Magazine, Volkswagen could be interested in partnering up with Suzuki Motor Corp. CEO Martin Winterkorn told the German Magazine that Suzuki would be an interesting partner because of the Japanese automakers competency in small cars. The magazine said that Volkswagen is interested in taking a 10 percent stake in [...]
Chrysler Group LLC’s “Lifetime Powertrain Warranty” was known as one of the best warranties in the industry. Sadly, Chrysler spokesman Rick Deneau confirmed today that the Auburn Hills automaker will be ditching the lifetime powertrain warranty in favor of a 5-year, 100,000-mile coverage that’s easily transferred to a new owner. The change will be effective [...]
