Wiesmann announced today that it will unveil the Roadster MF5 next month at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The hand-crafter sports car will be powered by the BMW M5/M6′s V10 engine making 507-hp with a peak torque of 384 lb-ft. 0 to 62 mph will come in just 3.9 seconds with a top speed of [...]
We just learned earlier this month that GM was planning a Buick crossover for late 2010 with a range of fuel-efficient direct-injected gasoline engines and a plug-in hybrid model planned for 2011. The model was to be based on the outgoing Saturn Vue crossover. Today, GM said that it will no longer produce the vehicle [...]
Here it is, after all the wait, Noble has finally take off the wraps on its new M600 supercar. Power for the new Noble M600 comes from a mid-mounted Volvo 4.4L V8 that the Swedish automaker uses in the S80 and XC90. However, Noble has added two turbochargers allowing for up to 650-hp. The cockpit [...]
According to German magazine Sport-Auto, the Gumpert Apollo Speed has set a new record for a road-legal production car at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, bringing in a lap time of 7:11.57. The time was recorded on August 13th while the Gumpert Apollo Speed was piloted by 26 year-old driver Florian Gruber. Power for the Apollo Speed comes from [...]
The new 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is here and this time around it delivers even more power, weighs less and has shorter transmission ratios. Power comes from a 3.8L unit that delivers more output, revving up to 8,500 rpm while producing a neck-snapping 450-hp. The engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox, which [...]
Known as the world’s premier celebration of automobiles, the Pebble Beach Concours d”Elegance hosts only the world’s most beautiful and rare automobiles on its famed 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. Check out this video of a walk around to see some of the world’s most exclusive automobiles seen at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours [...]
According to a University of Michigan study of customer satisfaction, Cadillac and Lexus are the brands with the most-pleased customers. Cadillac, last year’s runner up to Lexus, made up the difference this year with an 89 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, released today. The industry tally was 84. European companies are among those with [...]
Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has officially become the world’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer, according to figures released from the Automotive News Data Center. The Korean automaker has supplanted FoMoCo, as the American manufacturer saw a 30% decline in sales during the first half of 2009. Hyundai-Kia sold 8,000 more vehicles than the US giant in the first [...]
The average transaction price for a new-vehicle went up $300 to $26,300 in the second quarter, despite stagnant incomes across the country. The cause though is not rising costs of vehicles, claims Comerica Bank in a study they conducted, but via consumer decisions to purchase higher priced vehicles. “While consumers opted to buy more expensive [...]
Gemballa has dropped the first images of its upcoming modification of the four-door Porsche Panamera. Known as the Mistrale (name of a cold, Northwest wind that blows through the region of Provence in the south of France), the Gemballa tuned Panamera will get a new front bumper, a carbon fiber lip, a redesigned bonnet with large [...]
