Joining the Hyundai ix35 (known to us as the Tucson) at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show will be the ix-Metro Concept, the fifth in the Hyundai Namyang Design (HND) series of concept cars to be created by the Global Design Team in Korea. Hyundai says that the model hints at a future entry-level hybrid CUV, which [...]
Yesterday we told you about the not-so-nice reactions that the new Honda Accord Crosstour was generating on its own Facebook fan page. Apparently, in between yesterday and today Honda removed a comment made by their product development manager Eddie Okubo (who commented as a consumer saying the Crosstour was amazing rather than a Honda executive) [...]
Novitec Rosso has just released a new customization package for the Ferrari 599 GTB that increases the output of the V12 engine by 40-hp. But doesn’t Novitec already offer an 808-hp tuning program for the 599 GTB? Yes, they do; however, this new Performance State 3 package is much cheaper (cheap only if 40-hp is [...]
Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen have both signed a cooperative agreement that signifies a new step in their partnership on electric vehicles. The main points of this cooperative agreement are: – The development of an EV for the European market based on MMC’s Japanese i-MiEV model – The vehicle is to be sold in Europe, with both [...]
A government official told the press that the Obama administration expects to take until the end of the month to pay claims made under the Cash for Clunkers program. “We plan to pay all eligible and complete dealer submissions by September 30,” a Transportation Department official said. While the agency didn’t release and official figures [...]
General Motors Europe president Carl-Peter Forster said that Magna International Inc. is most likely to win the ongoing bidding war for Opel. “Magna is the most likely for me because all conditions have been met, the contracts have been negotiated and the financing is in place,” Forster told the Die Welt newspaper. Forster also thinks [...]
Gordon Murray may be busy working on his T25 family city-car, but the creator of the McLaren F1 has not abandoned plans to work on a successor to the landmark supercar. “It will be the world’s next F1,”Murray told CAR Magazine. “However, it will be a dramatic step backward in power and top speed.” Murray [...]
Ford of Europe has just dropped the first official images of the new Ford C-Max. Right away you’ll notice that the new C-MAX takes design cues from the iosis MAX concept car seen in Geneva earlier this year. Based on Ford’s new global C-segment platform that will underpin the next-generation Focus, the C-MAX comfortably seats [...]
Oh yes, it’s that random time of the day again. Sony releases screenshots of Gran Turismo 5: While the official release date has yet to be announced, Sony released some screenshots of the upcoming Gran Turismo 5. US Army could use flying cars: Moller Skycar is working on a solution for the U.S. military – a [...]
Lamborghini is working on a replacement for the Murcielago and according to reports coming out of UK, it will be better than the current Murcielago in every way. The successor to the Murcielago will use Audi’s aluminum spaceframe chassis with a carbon fiber bodyshell, making it lighter, faster and more fuel-efficient than the Murcielago it’s going to replace. Power is [...]
