We saw the Rinspeed BamBoo right before 2010 ended and now Rinspeed has just released more details of its new 2011 Geneva Motor Show concept giving us a little taste of the summer. The Rinspeed BamBoo Concept was designed by Swiss car visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht and features interior components made from bamboo fibers. So [...]
According to new information from inside the company, BMW plans on turbocharging each and every 4-cylinder gasoline engine it produces. BMW’s first 4-cylinder engine recently made its debut in the 2011 BMW X1 xDrive28i for Europe. The 2.0L 4-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine produces 245-hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. Sources say that all 4-cylinder turbo [...]
After showing us the 2012 Honda Civic Concept at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Honda today officially took the wraps off of the 2012 Civic, which it says is ‘designed to even better meet the diverse needs of the compact-vehicle buyer.’ Big news for 2012? The 2012 Honda Civic will be available in 5 trim-levels [...]
Following the very successful ‘Born of Fire’ commercial during Super Bowl XLV and the ‘Imported from Detroit’ merchandise, Chrysler today hung a banner with its ‘Imported from Detroit’ tagline outside its Auburn Hills headquarters. Earlier this morning, workers put the finishing touches on the massive building wrap featuring an image of the new vehicle and [...]
Did you know there was a 2011 Canadian International Auto Show? Well, now you do. Making its debut at the show is the facelifted 2012 Mazda3 which will now be available with the new SKYACTIV-G gasoline engine and SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission, when it goes on sale later this fall. The move will mark the first [...]
Bertone, the struggling Italian design house, has some big plans for the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The company will be teaming up with Jaguar to unveil a new concept car known as the B99 that will preview a new entry-level for the British automaker. The Jaguar B99 Concept by Bertone is expected to hint at [...]
Continuing with the non-stop leaks, today we actually have a 2 minute video of the interior of the upcoming Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 prior to its official debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. In the video we can see some clear interior shots without any camouflage, which leads us to believe that is the production [...]
For the folks living in the land down under, Holden today unveiled the new 2012 Holden Series II Captiva 5 and Captiva 7. The 2012 Holden Series II Captiva gets more performance, better fuel-economy and pricing is kept the same as the outgoing model. The 2012 Holden Captiva 5 and 7 Series II are available [...]
Audi announced on Wednesday that it has teamed up with Voith GmbH to “promote industrialization of fiber-reinforced materials, particularly through developing a highly automated process chain for high-volume automotive production.” Both companies have signed a letter of intent to form a long-term and exclusive partnership that will focus on the further development of carbon fiber [...]
Another day and just another 2011 Geneva Motor Show preview. This time Hyundai is showing off the first pictures of the new i40, which to us looks like a Hyundai Sonata station wagon. Don’t expect it to come to the stateside because Hyundai said that the i40 is the “company’s first D-segment vehicle to be [...]
