Ferrari’s prominence in the motorsports scene goes on without question. That’s why the Prancing Horse has just unveiled its latest competitor, the Ferrari 458 Italia racecar. The 458 Italia Grand Am was given its first run around a racetrack today at the Fiorano circuit. Developed in jointly with Michelotto Automobili and based on the GT3 [...]
Jim Farley, Ford Motor Company’s VP of Marketing has supposedly been quoted displaying a complete lack of professionalism. It’s a rare moment when any executive is caught blatantly disrespecting their competitors, so it would be interesting if it turns out that these accusations are accurate. Early copies of the upcoming book titled “Once Upon a [...]
A new study is out from AutoObserver.com, which says that luxury buyers have a preference for going with Buick. Being that Buick is one of four GM brands that survived the bankruptcy and restructuring of the American auto giant and is the fastest-growing US-based brand, this should come to no surprise. In fact, Buick goes [...]
The Mark VI Volkswagen Golf and GTI have been with us for about three years now. So naturally, we’d expect Volkswagen AG to be hard at work to make sure the next-generation Golf and the GTI are just as successful as the last two generations. In light of this, we’ve just received news that the [...]
Most of us are familiar with the Porsche 550, the car that famous actor James Dean crashed and died in. It is perhaps one of the most iconic cars in history not because of the latter, but because of influence it had on Zuffenhausen’s brand. Over the years, we’ve seen a huge influx of replicas [...]
AMS Performance has given the Nissan R35 GT-R an awesome nine second tune called the Alpha 12. Part of the allure of the drag racing world is taking something ordinary and figuring out how to blow your competition away with it. Drag racers spend so much time and money on any and every car you [...]
Smart has been more or less remaining quiet for some time now. But that’s going to change right now! Because Smart, the same company that brought you the Smart FourTwo and the Smart Roadster, has a new rumor going around! What we have here is an some news of what the latest and greatest Smart [...]
Mercedes-Benz AMG announced today that their engineers have developed a new 5.5 liter V8 engine that “combines powerful eight-cylinder performance with the economical fuel consumption of a four-cylinder.” How? The gain in fuel-efficiency is achieved by the AMG Cylinder Management cylinder shut-off system developed exclusively by Mercedes-AMG. “Thanks to fuel savings of around 30 percent [...]
Last month, we delivered some coverage regarding the US President Barack Obama’s visit to the United Kingdom… in the form of some humor where his presidential Cadillac limousine bottomed out when leaving the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. On a somewhat similar note, Barack Obama is being fined for not paying London’s annoying congestion charge. [...]
Tesco Cars, a United Kingdom online used car channel, recently conducted a survey on a subject I am positive we can all relate to: the car argument. Your passenger could be your significant other, sibling or parent, one of them is bound to turn your car into a torture chamber. I am all too familiar [...]
