Despite the controversial legality that arises in the states over speed cameras, they are an ever present fact of life in Europe. And the technology is progressing. Being deployed in Finland, the ASSET camera, or Advanced Safety and Driver Support for Essential Road Transport, is the culmination of years of development and about 7 million [...]
Earlier this morning we reported the Volkswagen AG’s Chairman Ferdinand Piech, who has openly expressed his interest in acquiring Alfa Romeo, is also looking to purchase Ferrari from Fiat SpA. Both Sergio Marchionne, Fiat’s CEO, and Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen AG’s CEO, said that a sale of Alfa Romeo and Ferrari to the German automaker is [...]
Hamann is back with another BMW X5 modification package – known as the Flash Evo M (for the BMW X5 M). The bodykit and power upgrades are much more aggressive than any other X5 package we’ve seen from Hamann. With the Hamann Flash Evo M, the BMW X5 M gets a new front spoiler with [...]
After a short delay, Polyphony Digital Inc. has confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will go on sale throughout North America on Wed., November 24th. Here are some words of wisdom from Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version [...]
The Ford Explorer section of our site has been pretty quite recently but today Ford is looking to get the Explorer back in the headlines with some new announcements. FoMoCo announced that the 2011 Explorer will be one of Ford”s first vehicles with four-way adjustable head restraints. “The Explorer has always been about maximum adaptability, [...]
General Motors confirmed today that Chevrolet will compete in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series with a new twin-turbocharged, direct-injected V6 racing engine powered by renewable E85 ethanol fuel. The new Chevy IndyCar engine will be developed jointly by General Motors and Ilmor Engineering. The Chevrolet IndyCar engine will be available to all entrants in compliance [...]
A consumer advocate group headed by Ralph Nader said Thursday that the U.S. Treasury should make GM suspend its planned IPO so that it might ensure a better return for taxpayers. The group said in a latter to President Obama that the administration has a fiduciary responsibility to approach the stock sale with caution and [...]
Shortly after announcing that he has parted ways with Subaru, Travis Pastrana announced that he is ready to turn his attention to America’s most popular form of motorsports ““ NASCAR. Michael Waltrip Racing, Gary and Blake Bechtel and Pastrana have announced the creation of Pastrana-Waltrip Racing that will field cars in the NASCAR Nationwide Series [...]
Want a Maserati? You can either work hard for the rest of your life to generate enough income to purchase one or work hard to become friends with Adam Sandler and star in one of his movies. If the movie makes a ton of money, you just might find a Maserati in your driveway. Sandler [...]
While Pagani continues to work on the successor of the Zonda (known as the C9), the automaker keeps revealing one-off versions of the supercar before it bids it farewell. The new Pagani Zonda RAK features a two-tone black and yellow exterior paint job, dark alloys, a custom interior with sport bucket seats and carries a [...]
