New rules being currently developed by Federal regulators could ban on/off buttons for noise making devices on hybrid vehicles. A law signed by the President on Jan 4, requires noise-emitting devices on EVs and hybrids to combat dangers to pedestrians who are hearing impaired, given the silent nature of the cars traveling at low speeds. [...]
With all the potential health and safety hazards developing in Japan concerning nuclear reactors, many European nationals stationed in the country are evacuating, BMW and VW staff among them. Of the 600 sales and technical staff VW had in the country, 40 were German, and 30 of them were repatriated on Wednesday. BMW offered the [...]
At a flip of the switch, Ford’s Visual Performance Evaluation Lab (VPEL) turns on 6,000 watts of electrical energy generated by 270 spotlights and floodlights and simulates dawn to dusk sunlight. The system is used to test glare on a vehicles interior and exterior since a vehicle can look different depending on where the sun casts its [...]
In a new national campaign that will remind drivers just how easy it is to stay safely connected while on the road, OnStar launched a new ‘Push On’ Sweepstakes Campaign. The campaign, which launched on March 14, will allow 10 people will win a new OnStar-equipped Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac vehicle of their choice. Anyone [...]
So far, BMW has released two teasers (here and here) of the 2012 BMW M5 prior to its unveiling at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show. If two wasn’t enough for you, BMW has now released a third video showing the 2012 BMW M5 playing in the snow. Of course, we don’t understand much since the [...]
According Mercedes-Benz sales and marketing head Joachim Schmidt, Mercedes-Benz may add more variants to its future A-Class and B-Class lineup. “We’ve got some more ideas, for example a three-door version of the A class, a convertible or a shooting brake,” Schmidt said in an interview with Automotive News Europe. However, Schmidt pointed out that no [...]
When BMW unveiled the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe over the weekend it only released exterior images. The German automaker has now released the full gallery for the 2012 650i Coupe and we have to point out the fact that the interior of the new generation 6-Series is extremely beautiful. Hit the jump for the updated [...]
Saab has apparently canceled plans to adopt and update the existing 9-3 platform for next-generation models. According to sources in Trollhattan, Saab has decided to to take a more costly plan where they will develop their own hi-tech modular chassis and components that can be stretched from 4.2m long ‘9-2’ to a 5.5m-long ‘9-7’. The new architecture [...]
Anderson of Germany just released their new tuner iteration of the Audi R8. Now called the Hyper Black Edition, which looks like it could be the new Batmobile, it features a bunch of new aesthetic and technical equipment to make the R8 have more cohones…like it didn’t already have enough? The HBW features a – [...]
The muscle car wars are back in nearly full force. After General Motors announced and debuted their top of the line 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Ford obviously was hard at work to beef up its new GT500 after the new Mustang received a new(ish?) redesign. In the photos, it doesn’t look like much – other [...]
