A video of Ford driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. has popped up on YouTube showing the drifting racer sliding his new Ford Mustang around the Al Reem race circuit in Saudi Arabia. “Thanks to the kindness of the entire Al Reem circuit team, they let me get crazy throughout the entire motorsports complex,” Gittin said. “Nothing [...]
Tata Motors, which purchased Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008, still gets its engines for the brand from the Dearborn automaker. To further gain independence from Ford, Tata is now considering a joint engine-development program with Jaguar Land Rover. “To optimize the synergistic strengths between JLR and Tata Motors in India, an examination [...]
In a new interesting video, BMW has announced that the new BMW ActiveE electric 1-Series Coupe has started rolling off the assembly line in Leipzig. BMW will start leasing a total of 700 ActiveEs to the public in the metropolitan New York area and other select cities around the United States. Pricing for the BMW [...]
We’re not really sure how well the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet is selling but we can’t imagine it doing really well. The Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet isn’t the world’s first convertible Crossover/SUV and it definitely won’t be the last. According to reports, Land Rover is studying a convertible version of the new Range Rover Evoque, which the [...]
Swedish Automobile N.V, Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd. (Pang Da) and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., Ltd. (Youngman), all have really big plans for Saab. Swedish Automobile and Youngman have both signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Sweden to develop three Saab models. The 50-50 joint venture will develop three ‘completely new’ [...]
BMW hasn’t released any big press release for the pricing details of the new 2012 BMW 6-Series Coupe, but the the model is now alive and well on the BMW USA website. Prices for the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe start at $83,000 and you can build your own model by visiting the online configurator. I [...]
We’ve been hearing about Bentley’s plans for an SUV since 2006 – nothing has happened since then and we’re not sure when it will. However, new reports suggest that Bentley’s CEO Wolfgang Durheimer is planning a SUV model that will compete with the likes of the Porsche Cayenne and the Range Rover. Durheimer comments were [...]
Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero de Montezemolo told reporters at Ferrari’s plant yesterday, that Fiat has no plans to list the supercar manufacturer. Many analysts have long speculated that Fiat could list Ferrari to raise money to help increase its stake Chrysler. “There is no program to list Ferrari, no program at all,” de Montezemolo said. [...]
Jay Leno is back. Following a video posted earlier today of the comedian and TV host pickup up his McLaren MP4-12C, Leno now gives us his take on the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster. During his visit to Affalterbach, Germany to Mercedes-Benz’s AMG GmbH, Leno also drove the SLS AMG E-Cell, and even assisted [...]
There is a lot of hype build around the upcoming 2012 Porsche 911 and to keep the buzz going, Porsche has released a video of its engineers taking the new 911 prototype for hot weather testing in South Africa. Check out our recent post on the Porsche 911 for more details. Click here for more [...]
