Porsche says that it has almost 900 potential buyers for its new 918 Spyder, a plug-in hybrid open-top supercar with a mid-mounted V8. Porsche will probably decide to build the model once 1,000 potential customers have pledged interest, Porsche”s development chief, Wolfgang Duerheimer, said in an interview at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. “I”m confident [...]
The Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa by Zagato is not a design exercise, nor does it take inspiration from the 90 years of collaboration between Zagato and Alfa. The TZ3 Corsa race-car is basically a gift from Zagato to Alfa Romeo honoring 100 years of races and victories across the whole 20th century. The TZ3 Corsa [...]
Take a look at this new hot-hatch Fiesta that isn’t a Ford ST. It’s actually known as the Ford Fiesta S1600 and is essentially a standard 118-hp Zetec S with an enhanced bodykit and some racy touches on the inside and it’s only available in the UK. “Based on the popular Fiesta Zetec-S – with [...]
FoMoCo confirmed that the new 1.0L 3-cylinder EcoBoost that made its debut at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show in the Start Concept is headed for production. However, the automaker has not given a schedule as to when we might see it in vehicles. According to a Ford source, the timetable for a U.S. version will [...]
Joining the 2011 Audi A8 L and the BMW 5-Series Long-Wheelbase, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled their extended version of the E-Class at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show. Known as the Mercedes-Benz E-Class L, the China specific model gains an extra 14 centimeters of legroom in the rear. At launch, the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class L will get [...]
It was reported just last week that pre-orders of the Nissan Leaf have reached 3,754 units in three weeks in its domestic market after launching the pre-order process in Japan on April 1. That exceeds half of the company’s sales target for FY2010, which is 6,000 units. As of Friday morning, more than 6,600 people [...]
Jeremy Clarkson has just finished test driving the new BMW X1, which won’t arrive in the United States until 2011, and gave the new German SUV/Crossover one star out of five. Clarkson writes: I felt BMW might be able to pull off a bit of a winner, then. It had learnt some lessons with the [...]
For a peek at the future styling for Nissan Motor Co., take a close look at the headlamps on the Nissan Leaf electric-car and the sculpted rear-end of the new 2011 Infiniti M. Front and rear lamps raised from the body surface and pronounced spoilers are two focus points Nissan will use to improve the [...]
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. says that it has no immediate plans to export its own brand cars to developed markets. Speaking at the 2010 Beijing Motor Show, Frank Zhao, the company’s vice president for technology, said that the company will remain focused on the domestic market and other development markets. “Regarding (selling to) developed [...]
Presidebt Barack Obama said that the government-funded bailouts of the auto industry had paid off. During his weekly radio and Web address on Saturday, Obama said that he will keep pressure for an overhaul of U.S. financial regulations, saying the promising news from the auto industry had not reduced the need for Wall Street changes. [...]
