Although many people hate the environment for its smug megalomania, and frequent natural disasters, most celebrities seem to love it. While most celebrities phone-in support by wearing t-shirts and wristbands for charitable causes (also known as “slacktivism”), a select few walk-the-walk and drive-the-drive. The following celebrities rock environmentally friendly automobiles in support of polar bears [...]
As Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus expands globally, it is looking to follow Alan Mullaly’s theme for FoMoCo of having a ‘One Ford’ global theme. Lexus is pushing its own global theme of “progressive luxury,” including a stronger focus on hybrids, advanced telematics and sporty packages. The new theme also calls for more aggressive design and [...]
While BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz continue to fight for the top spot luxury brand sales leadership in 2010, Acura has been doing all it can to grab some of the market. Honda’s luxury brand had a pretty strong 2010 with sales up 24 percent over 2009, nonetheless, the brand is still trying to figure out [...]
Surely, many of us have been pulled over twice by the same police officer in the same town. But it must be one of the rarest of occasions to be pulled over by the same officer two years later in a country 12,000 miles away. That is exactly what happened to an unnamed man in [...]
In the United States, Mercedes-Benz expects to finish 2010 in third-place, when competing against other luxury automakers including Lexus and BMW. However, the brand expects to produce a record number of cars this year as demand for the E and S-Class is climbing. Mercedes-Benz said in a statement today that it plans to produce 1.2 [...]
We’re ready to kick off the week with some exciting minivan news. FoMoCo has just released the first images and details of the new 2012 Ford C-MAX, a 7-passenger minivan that competes with the likes of a Mazda5 and is about the same length as the 2012 Ford Focus sedan. “The Ford C-MAX provides still [...]
Now that BMW has done an ‘M’ version of the 1-Series Coupe, we can only dream of a high-performance ‘M’ version of the X3. While there is nothing in the cards as of right now, the German automaker has released the first pictures and details of the 2011 X3 M Sport Package, which will be [...]
Following the disappearance and murder of founder Uwe Gemballa, tuning firm Gemballa reopened its doors and said that it is working on a version of the Panamera and the Cayenne. The tuner is now staying true to its promise with the Gemballa Tornado, a modified version of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo. Fitted with a new [...]
This is turning out to be a better Saturday than we expected. Hennessey Performance Engineering has just released a video of the upcoming Venom GT supercar on the dyno and during the run you can watch the beast spit some fire from the back. Click here for more news on the Hennessey Venom GT. Make [...]
Having a boring Saturday? Mini is here to brighten up the day with a new concept that it will debut at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show next month. Known as the Mini Paceman Concept, the model hints at a two-door version of the four-door Countryman that will go on sale early next year. The Mini [...]
