It was reported earlier this year that Lexus may be working on a convertible version of the Lexus IS-F for early 2011. Since that is still a long way out, tuner Fox Marketing will be modifying the IS 350C to produce a total of 405-hp for this year’s SEMA show. Extra power comes from adding [...]
Last we heard anything about the Mini Countryman it was reported that the crossover would debut at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. It was originally supposed to debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Well, according to MotoringFile, the Countryman launch has once again been delayed to the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March. Sources [...]
Last week, Lexus uncovered it’s new supercar known as the LFA. With a 4.8L V10, the Lexus LFA returns impressive performance figures including a 0-60 mph time of 3.5 seconds with a top speed of 202 mph. However, another impressive figure is the pricing of the 2011 Lexus LFA. At $375,000, a supercar like the [...]
Volkswagen is planning to take over Germany’s coach building firm Karmann, brining the company back from the brink of bankruptcy. Karmann has undertaken many rolls from design to production for various automakers including Chrysler, Porsche and Volkswagen Group. “Talks have been going on for some time, but there is no agreement yet on a price,” one [...]
Fiat will use its recently acquired Bertone plant near Turin to produce up to 50,000 units annually of two Chrysler based vehicles for sale in Europe. Fiat Group’s head of business development Alfredo Altavilla, told the unions that the new vehicles will be based on Chrysler’s large-car platform and will use Chrysler’s V6 engines. Altavilla [...]
According to reports, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a closed General Motors plant in his home-state of Delaware where he will announce the reopening of the closed GM Plant in Wilmington that will now produce plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles for Fisker Automotive. CEO Henrik Fisker is also going to visit the reopening [...]
Earlier this week, Volkswagen released a statement saying that it plans to complete its merger with Porsche during the course of 2011. According to Michael Macht of Porsche, the sports car maker is prepared to share the Panamera and 911 platforms with other Volkswagen Group brands. “Porsche needs to become a strong pillar of VW, [...]
An Autopia reader spotted this accident involving a Tesla Roadster, Volkswagen Touareg and the Toyota Prius. The accident took place earlier this week and as the story goes the Tesla was stopped behind the Touareg at a red light when a Prius rear-ended it and pushed it under the SUV. According Tesla’s spokeswoman Rachel Konrad: [...]
In just four days, Bob Lutz will race a Cadillac CTS-V against other qualifying high-performance sedans. It all started when Lutz challenged the media on a conference call to find a “stock production sedan on the planet that could outperform the CTS-V on the track.” After 120 applications, GM has picked five races to participate [...]
Last year at the 2008 SEMA show, Hyundai’s new 2010 Genesis Coupe was the main tuner attraction. This year, Rhys Millen Racing will show a Genesis Coupe, known as the RMR RM460, fitted with Hyundai’s award-winning 4.6 Tau V8. The mid-engine configuration and enhancement give the Genesis Coupe a total of 500-hp. Other than that [...]
