The new BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo isn’t the sharpest looking BMW in the lineup, but BMW Italy and Italian fashion house Trussardi have decided to change all that with e new limited-edition BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Trussardi. The BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Trussardi was designed to celebrate the fashion house’s 100th birthday and features the [...]
Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars, dismissed a warning from financier and business partner Vladimir Antonov that its Saab unit would miss its sales target this year. Antonov, who helped fund Spyker’s purchase of Saab from GM last year and who previously had stake in Spyker, said that that he saw Saab selling 60,000 to [...]
The first unit of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 built by McLaren GT successfully completed its debut tests at the e MIRA proving ground facility and Silverstone Circuit in England. McLaren GT also announced a new test-driver to its team, 26-year-old Portuguese racing driver Alvaro Parente. The first tests with the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 were done to [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today that Kia is recalling 70,115 units of the 2006-2008 Kia Optima because the car’s automatic transmission may remain in gear after being shift to park, which of course causes the risk of a roll-away crash. “There is a possibility that the shift cable may have been installed [...]
The Cadillac ATS, a rival to the BMW 3-Series, will go on sale late next year. The model has been in the works since before General Motors filed for bankruptcy. At the time, GM management said that the car was aimed directly at BMW 3-Series buyers and said that it would have a rear-wheel-drive configuration, [...]
So far, BMW has released two teasers (here and here) of the upcoming 2012 BMW M5 but nothing compares to this video of our friend Chris Harris taking the new sport sedan out for a spin on ice. According to reports, the 2012 BMW M5 will be powered by a 4.4L twin-turbo V8 engine making [...]
It’s been nearly two years since General Motors filed for bankruptcy and shuttered many brands including Hummer, Saturn and Pontiac. Pontiac was arguably the most important brand due to its size. In 2008, Pontiac was the 12th most popular brand in the United States, fitting between Kia and Mazda. So where are previous Pontiac owners [...]
Lexus and Mini are celebrating today since both brands ranked highest for customer service satisfaction with dealer service in the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Customer Service Index Study that was released today. For Lexus, it is the second consecutive year that the brand won the luxury crown. Rounding out the top four nameplates in [...]
Many of us woke up this morning to some devastating news coming out of Japan where an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the cost, triggering a tsunami and shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo. As a result of the quake and tsunami, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Subaru all suspended production at plants in Japan today [...]
With production scheduled for second quarter of 2011, the engineers at Ford Racing recently tested the new Ford Mustang Boss 302S at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Features like launch control and pit lane speed limiter were tested as well as different tire compounds. The team has put togather a short video of some of the sights and [...]
