If you’ve recently made a trip to the mall, your local Starbucks or even to your local car dealership, you’ve noticed that many retailers have started decorating their stores for the holiday season. Well, a Porsche dealership in the Netherlands is going beyond just adding some lights and a Christmas tree to its store. To [...]
Mitsubishi felt a bit left out from all the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf headlines going on recently. So it’s only right that the Japanese automaker makes a big deal about the first 25 full production units of the all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEV that landed at the Bristol”s Royal Portbury Docks yesterday. The cars are [...]
It’s super skinny and super funky – meet the Tango EV. Limited to only 11 units, Jay Leno is one lucky guy to get behind the wheel of the $150,000 electric-car. The Tango EV can apparently go from 0-60 mph in just 4 seconds with a top speed of 100 mph. Surprisingly enough, it has [...]
The 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI was a direct answer to those looking for more from the Audi R8 supercar. Powered by a 5.2L V10 producing a total of 525-hp with a maximum torque of 391 lb-ft, the R8 5.2 V10 FSI goes from 0-60 mph in just 3.7 seconds with a top speed [...]
We have just received some new images of the 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder, which will make its debut at the 2009 LA Auto Show next month. We’ll be in LA live covering the show, so make sure you join us on Dec. 2 to see some live photos. Click here to view our original post [...]
Today, Hyundai Motors introduced their first direct-injection gasoline powered engine. According to Hyundai, the 2.4-liter engine, dubbed the Theta II, delivers more power while improving fuel-efficiency by 10%, reports Automotive News. The new engine, set to debut in the redesigned Hyndai Sonata early next year, took four years and $147.4 million to develop. The Korean [...]
We’ve been hearing about the Nissan GT-R SpecM for some time now. The car was rumored to debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show last month but instead we saw an upgraded 2011 Nissan GT-R with some minor enhancements. Nonetheless, Nissan says that the SpecM is still in the works. The man behind the R34 [...]
President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia included a massive motorcade in Beijing said to be 71 vehicles long. While touring the Great Wall and Forbidden City, Obama said that General Motors “can learn from their operations” in China “in terms of increasing sales back in the United States.” Obama was reported to be speaking with Shanghai [...]
Porsche Automobile Holding SE significantly slashed its dividend after posting a massive pretax loss of 4.4 billion euro ($6.60 billion USD), The report confirms a profit warning Porsche issued just days before its 2008/2009 fiscal year ended on July 31. Porsche SE said that the main factor for the loss was a write-down on cash settlement [...]
The 2010 Ford Fusion sedan was chosen as MOTOR TREND’s 2010 Car of the Year. “Ford has proven its resilience in these tough times by delivering to market a car with broad appeal to a broad range of consumers,” said Angus MacKenzie, MOTOR TREND editor-in-chief. “The Fusion range has matured into a competitive roster of [...]
