Sales of the Mazda RX-8 are scheduled to end after the 2011 model year and we’ve known for some time now that the Japanese automaker will replace the rotary engined sports car with a successor to the much-missed RX-7 (which could be badged RX-9 according to insiders). Sources say that Mazda is planning a turbocharged [...]
For those of you laughing at hybrid drivers and soon-to-be electric-car drivers, this Tesla Roadster owner is here to shut you up. Here is a California owner of the fully-electric Tesla Roadster with a license plate that reads “LOL OIL.” Creative and funny – we give it two thumbs up. Click here for more news [...]
We’ve seen two Ferrari 458 Italia supercars crashed (here and here) and we’ve seen one catch fire. However, nothing compares to what you’re looking at here. This latest photo shows a Ferrari 458 Italia completely burnt to crisp. The accident took place in France after the Ferrari climbed a mountain pass and the engine caught on [...]
When teen idol Justin Bieber first hit the seen after signing to Usher”s label, he spent 48 hours with hip-hop mogul P. Diddy. At the time, Diddy had promised Bieber that he will hand down his $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo when the teen artist turns 16 – well, Diddy lived up to his promise. It seems [...]
Around a year ago, President Barack Obama said that Chrysler Financial wasn’t viable. However, today it seems the company is benefiting from a rebound in used-car prices, which have soared from the lowest in more than 13 years in December 2008 to the highest record in May. With that in mind, sources familiar with the [...]
It was reported last month that Volkswagen”s North American CEO Stefan Jacoby had been hired by China”s Zxhejiang Geely to head up its newly purchased Volvo brand. USAToday’s DriveOn blog confirmed the report today with Volkswagen and its seems Jacoby will be headed to Volvo after all. “He is no longer with the company,” Volkswagen [...]
We recently met up with Jennifer Brace in New York as she gave us a little introduction to the new MyFord Touch system on the new 2011 Ford Edge. We remembered that Jennifer mentioned that we’ll see her in a new 2011 Ford Explorer teaser and well, here it is. The teaser gives us a [...]
Fisker Automotive has finalized its purchase of a former GM factory where it will build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Fisker paid Motors Liquidation Company $20 million for the Delaware factory. The plant, the purchase of which made possible by part of a $528.7 million DOE loan, will serve as the home of Project NINA and [...]
The manual transmission has long been the gold standard of automotive performance. Increasingly however, the list of compelling reasons to opt for a stick shift in lieu of an automatic is diminishing. Technology has advanced automatic transmission performance to the point that it is no longer a given that a manual would provide for a [...]
The Lotus Esprit, discontinued in 2004, represents storied sports car producer”s Lotus last attempt to develop a full-bodied supercar. It should come to the delight of every true motorhead to hear that Lotus intends to re-enter the supercar fray with an offering to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show in September. Perhaps even more [...]
