Bentley Motors has revealed two limited-edition Continental models that have been engineered and designed exclusively for the Middle East market. Why cater to the Middle East so much? Besides the fact that they have a lot of green, the Middle East market now represents 10 percent of Bentley’s retail sales globally. The Continental Flying Spur [...]
Earlier this year, Karl Stracke, GM”s vice president of global engineering, said that a Lambda-based Cadillac crossover was in the works but he did not confirm when the model will show up. According to latest details on Cadillac’s future lineup, it is reported that the Lambda-based crossover is scheduled to show up as a 2013 model [...]
As announced earlier this year, Honda is coming close to ending sales and production of the Civic Type R. To celebrate the end of the ‘Red H’ badge, Honda is bringing together fans of its high performance Type R cars at a special event at Silverstone this month on Aug 22. “The celebration at Silverstone [...]
The Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept we saw at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show already looked to be a full-size luxury ’flagship’ sedan. However, sources say that General Motors’ CEO Ed Whitacre has authorized the brand to create an even bigger, rear-wheel-drive flagship. The XTS will be larger and more luxurious than the CTS and will debut [...]
Move over Volkswagen Polo GTI, Toyota has started working on a hot hatch that will be affordable and will be rear-wheel-drive. According to AutoCar, Toyota is building a low-cost, rear-wheel-drive, high-performance hatchback in a tribute to the company’s chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, who was recently killed in a road accident involving the Lexus LFA [...]
Chris Rado and his racing team affiliated with the video game the Need for Speed, have developed a 1,100 horsepower Scion tC. The all-wheel-drive race car was custom built by Rado, who previously working on a 899-hp tC for Modified magazine’s “Tuner Shootout” story. The 1,100-hp Scion tC will most likely be featured in the [...]
Many figure that if you can get impressive fuel-economy with a gasoline hybrid vehicle, you can probably get outstanding fuel-economy from a diesel hybrid. And while that may be true and some automakers like PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mercedes-Benz are pushing ahead with diesel hybrids, Volkswagen says it isn’t planning on jumping in the market. [...]
Ford and Harley-Davidson today continued their branding partnership with the new 2011 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150. The successful partnership between the two icons has produced nine F-150 models, as well as six Super Duty F-250 and F-350 models, and in 2009, the first Harley-Davidson F-450 edition truck. “The new 2011 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 perfectly blends the [...]
Swiss tuning house Sportec has unveiled a two stage performance upgrade for the Porsche Panamera Turbo. The stage one kit uses a reconfigured ECU that takes output to a “dyno-proven” 560-hp and 576 lb-ft of torque – an increase of 67-hp and 60 lb-ft over the standard Panamera Turbo. That allows 0-62 mph to come [...]
Volkswagen launched the Scirocco hatchback in 1974 and that model has been very successful for the brand in its segment with sales hitting 795,650 units up until 1992. The Scirocco is now in its third generation model, which is built at the company’s Automoveis Ltda. plant in Portugal. Volkswagen announced on Friday that it has [...]
