Last week, we saw picture of what is known as “the Stig breeding farm.” Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear crew have been hard at work picking out the new Stig as the former race car driver for the show ousted himself as Ben Collins. We now have a video of what goes on inside [...]
Lexus has been receiving some negative headlines recently as its parent company is still recovering from the huge number of worldwide recalls. However, the luxury brand is enjoying some good news as it beat out Mercedes-Benz and BMW in sales during the month of October for the first time since May. Sales for Lexus were [...]
Mercedes-Benz announced that it is recalling 2,297 2011 diesel models in the United States due to concerns that fuel could leak because of a faulty engine filter. The recall consists of diesel models including the M-Class GL-Class, E-Class and R-Class. Mercedes-Benz told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the O-ring on the engine fuel [...]
Earlier this year in June, 67 year old, Hiromu Naruse, died in a collision involving the Lexus LFA Nurburgring prototype. The very respected test driver lost control of the LFA and swerved into the oncoming lane and collided with a BMW driven by two BMW test-drivers. Lexus has now released a video paying tribute to [...]
The 2010 LA Auto Show is around two weeks away and Mazda North America has announced that it will debut the 2012 Mazda5 minivan, which made its debut earlier this year at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show (as a 2011 model year). Standing alongside the Mazda5 will be the Shinari Concept, which made its debut [...]
According to the analysts at R. L. Polk & Co, consumers are starting to hold onto their new vehicles for 63.9 months, based on second quarter 2010 data. That’s up from 4.5 months from the same period last year. “Length of ownership has risen each quarter since the end of 2008 and serves as an [...]
It seems like forever since Volkswagen announced plans to produce its much talked about Up! Concept. According to recent reports, the German automaker will display a production version of the Up! minicar at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September (yeah, we know, it’s a little while out). Volkswagen sources told Automobilwoche that the first [...]
Looking to get into a brand new Toyota? Well, you may want to wait just a little longer because according to Toyota brand boss Bob Carter, the company will launch special leasing and finance deals within the coming weeks. Toyota, which reported a decline in October U.S. sales of 4 percent from a year earlier, [...]
Earlier this year, Volkswagen created a new in-house ‘R’ division, which will have similar responsibilities as the M GmbH has for BMW and AMG has for Mercedes-Benz. According to AutoCar, the R division is working on a high-performance version of the new Jetta to expand its portfolio. Sources suggest that the Volkswagen Jetta R will [...]
It’s time to say farewell to one of the most successful supercars of all time – the Lamborghini Murcielago. Earlier this year in February, Lamborghini produced the 4,000th Murcielago at its headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese – a LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. The Italian supercar maker announced today that on May 11, 2010, another Murcielago LP 670-4 [...]
