Wondering why the new Hyundai Veloster isn’t in dealerships yet? Hyundai said that it will start delivering the new three-door hatchback this week after labor disputes delayed the production the model at the heart of the South Korean firm’s major push into the premium car segment. Hyundai said that labor disputes and limited capacity expansion [...]
OnStar has announced that four students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are Grand Prize winners of the OnStar Student Developer Challenge and a $10,000 Developer Dream Package. The students created an app called EatOn, a restaurant discovery experienced within the vehicle. The winning team included of MIT sophomores Drew Dennison, Isaac Evans, Sara Sprague [...]
Starting last month, Ferrari starting offering a free 7-year standard maintenance program in Europe. Other markets will follow over the course of the year for all models including the 2011/2012 Ferrari California, Ferrari 458 Italia and the new Ferrari FF. “Genuine Maintenance is Ferrari’s exclusive service that ensures that its cars are maintained to the highest [...]
Bored? Want to watch an interesting drag race? Well, the guys at Motor Trend are here to your rescue. The publication lined up an odd bunch to at the drag strip – including the 556-hp 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, 500-hp 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo and the 555-hp 2011 BMW X6 M. Who comes on [...]
According to new reports, Jaguar is planning on building a new factory in the UK to produce a new engine. Sources say that the new engine will be a brand new 6-cylinder engine that could be offered in the United States in the XF and XJ sedan. Currently, all Jaguar’s sold in the United States [...]
According to leaked dealer order information on a Corvette fan site on the Internet, General Motors plans to offer a range of performance and appearance packages on the 2012 Chevrolet Corvette. Aside from the Chevrolet Corvette Centennial Edition seen earlier this month, other packages for the 2012 model year include a High Performance Package on the [...]
General Motors today released the first images of the new 2012 Opel Astra GTC making the much-anticipated hot-hatch a a production reality. On June 7, Opel will unveil full details about the Opel Astra GTC to coincide with its order books opening. The first production version of the new Opel Astra GTC will then receive [...]
British author Ian Fleming, best known for his series of James Bond novels, has always admired Bentley vehicles and, as a result, Bond owned three Bentleys over the course of the 14 original Bond novels. To celebrate the release of Carte Blanche, the news James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver, Bentley partnered with publisher Hodder & [...]
Admit it – you’re not the most perfect driver on the road. In a study by Insurance.com, a significant percentage of respondents to an Insurance.com survey confess to poor driving behavior. Nearly 10 percent of Americans surveyed admitted to driving without car insurance at some point in their lives – a move that breaks the law in [...]
A senior executive at McLaren Automotive says that the company is planning to follow up with a ‘much broader’ range of high-end sports cars after the introduction of the new 2012 McLaren MP4-12C. McLaren Managing Director Antony Sheriff said that with the use of lightweight materials, like carbon fiber, and other advanced technologies, the company [...]
