Last month, the guys at TopGear.com released some images of the Shelby Supercars (SSC) Ultimate Aero II. The engineering team at SSC is working hard to beat the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport’s official landspeed world record for production cars, which stands at 267.81 mph. Insiders say that the car is powered by a 6.8L V8 [...]
FoMoCo has just a new promo for its 43 Fiestas sweepstakes featuring Ken Block and AJ Allmendinger doing burnouts. Who can do a better burnout? You be the judge. Don’t know what the 43 Fiestas sweepstakes is? Check out our original post here. Check out the video after the jump. Click here to read our [...]
General Motors’ Chairman Ed Whitacre was quoted earlier this week by Reuters saying that the company”s stock will be priced from $20 to $25 per share. GM today countered the comments made by Whitacre saying that the price range for the offering has “not yet been determined”. The Securities and Exchange Commission filing today also backtracked [...]
What happens when you throw in a Viper engine into a Chrysler 300? No burnouts, no hardcore acceleration, no drifting – at least that’s what we’ve learned from watching this 35 second clip on Dodge’s YouTube channel. We’re guessing this is just a teaser of something that we’ll see at the 2010 SEMA Show. Click [...]
Volkswagen has just dropped some new images and details on the new 2011 Passat, which will go on sale across Europe in January 2011. Keep in mind that the 2011 Volkswagen Passat will not be coming to the United States – instead, the Passat will be replaced by the new mid-sized sedan, which will be [...]
Volvo’s new CEO Stefan Jacoby is shaking things up. The new CEO is pushing for a new Volkswagen Golf-size 5-door hatchback for 2012, a model that will take precedence over a replacement for the XC90 SUV. While hatchbacks are less important in the United States, the segment is very popular in Europe. Jacoby says that [...]
Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported today that FoMoCo is planning on selling most of its remaining stake in Mazda. The report said that Ford would reduce its 11 percent stake to 3 percent or less in a move to further distance itself from the Japanese automaker. Ford denied the report and said that its “ownership stake [...]
According to a new study by Verisk Analytics, drivers of the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class are the most likely to receive traffic tickets and are cited about four times as often as the average U.S. motorist, The study explored the relationship between the cars people drive and how people drive them. It expanded to include available statistics, [...]
Here it is – the 2011 lineup of compact SUVs, Crossovers or whatever you want to call them. BMW yesterday announced official pricing on the new reengineered and redesigned 2011 BMW X3 so we figured it’s finally time to ask a question we’ve been waiting to ask for a long time; which of the following [...]
Spyker Cars and BMW confirmed last month that the German automaker will supply Saab engines to be used in its next-generation of vehicles. BMW will supply Saab with 1.6L turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline units used in the Mini lineup for the next-generation 9-3. Saab may now be talking to BMW about licensing its new front-wheel-drive platform [...]
