Earlier this year, it was rumored that Audi will offer the R8 Spyder with its 4.2L FSI V8 engine – well, all that just became a reality today as Audi expands its R8 lineup with the R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro. The new Audi R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro is powered by the same 4.2L [...]
Later this year in the United States, we’ll get to enjoy the compact Fiat 500 hatchback from Italy – however, there is no word yet whether we’ll ever get a Fiat 500 Abarth. If that didn’t make you angry enough already here is a Germany tuner offering the hottest Fiat 500 we’ve seen yet. Pogea [...]
Audi has been touting its plans for sometime now about becoming the world”s leading luxury automaker, especially since it has surpassed Mercedes-Benz and taken the number two spot, leaving BMW barely in first. CEO Rupert Stadler is certain that Audi will overtake BMW by 2015, but refuses to get caught up in hype about doing [...]
GM executives hosted 200 some-odd invited guests at the company’s Warren Tech Center yesterday, for a presentation on its plans to continue to grow and make money after its upcoming IPO. The executives made no particular mention of the IPO at the meeting, attended mostly by bankers and financial analysts. Many left the meeting feeling [...]
Toyota must furnish information about brake-override systems used in its older model vehicles, and lay out the details of the role that was played by a consulting firm in the investigation into unintended acceleration. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and chairman of the oversight and investigations panel Rep. Bart Stupak so notified [...]
No these are not spy shots of the next-generation BMW M5, but they are as close as we’ll get to the real thing for now. What you’re looking at here are shots of the BMW 5-Series sedan tricked out with the company’s M-Sport Package. We recently saw the BMW 5-Series Touring wearing the same gear [...]
Saab Cars North America has announced plans for its new advertising blitz that takes the brand back to its Scandinavian roots. Known as the “Change Perspective” campaign, Saab will launch a variety of TV, radio, print and online advertising that will feature the “Move Your Mind” tagline. “The “˜Move Your Mind” campaign concept fits perfectly [...]
For the past year, the lap time record news coming out of the Nurburgring has been centered around the Nissan GT-R and the Porsche 911 GT2. However, Ferrari recently hit up the Green Hell and put everyone to shame with its new 599XX returning a lap time of 6:58.16. Well, Ferrari’ victory was pretty short [...]
Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, has periodically taunted U.S. automakers saying that Detroit wants to be everything Tesla is if it could start over – a cooler, greener automaker who is headquartered in a better neighborhood. “We’re a Silicon Valley company,” Musk, who is the inspiration of Tony Stark’s character in Iron [...]
After all the way, Land Rover will finally unveil its new compact Range Rover, celebrating the brand’s 40th birthday at a star-studded event held in partnership with VOGUE magazine at The Orangery, Kensington Palace, London. “At 8.30pm (BST), Range Rover will demonstrate its exciting future by showing the all-new compact Range Rover for the first [...]
