New York City is adding 50 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids to its fleet as a part of an effort to reduce air pollution, carbon emissions and gasoline consumption in the city. Mayor Bloomberg announced the addition of the Volts along with other electric vehicles at a press conference yesterday in Woodside Queens, New York. “This [...]
We bet Sirius satellite radio is shaking in their boots from that headline. Popular internet radio service Pandora has just announced that it is expanding the availability of its service into Scion vehicles and is expanding its relation ship with Ford where the service will be available in 10 Ford vehicles and two Lincoln vehicles. [...]
At the turn of the 2012 year, the BMW X6 will have turned three years old, which means that its due for a mid-cycle refresh. Other than the usual visual and aesthetic changes, the biggest change is a new inline-six diesel. Featuring Tri-Turbo, which means yes, three turbochargers, the 3.0L inline-six will peak at about [...]
Any automobile enthusiasts should have some sort of hard-on for a P-Car. However, for those who have a soft spot for the older models, but don’t want to have to deal with the potential hassles involving a second-hand air-cooled Porsche, the Aria Group, or Singer Design and Cosworth have a solution for you. What they [...]
Heat and weight are the two biggest enemies to cars. But while on the topic of the latter, weight is more of an enemy as cars grow bigger, retain a more comprehensive options list and more powerful power and drivetrains. That said, carbon fiber has been the automobile industry’s next best friend because of its [...]
Most of us remember the Porsche 928, one of only four front-engined coupes and Zuffenhausen’s first ever mass-produced V8 car. It was left in the pages of history just before the death of the 968, the last of the front-engined Porsches for the 1990s. Now, it’s pegged for revival and scheduled for a 2014/2015 release. [...]
Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Mercedes-Benz went from manufacturing some of the world’s best automobiles to nearly making some of the worst. Cost-cutting took its toll significantly on Stuttgart’s finest tainting the brand’s reputation for reliability For example, back in 1994, Mercedes-Benz was first in J.D. Power and Associate’s customer satisfaction survey back [...]
Lumma Design has given a flashy, even… excessive, tune to the 2011 BMW X6 diesel. Awkward to start, the X6 gets a bold body kit with strongly pronounced lines. The exterior is white with black contrast detailing, and sits on 22-inch wheels. Click here for more news on the BMW X6. The interior continues the [...]
Italian coachbuilder Aznom reached out to the Spada design team to create a new version of a previously released Codatronca, and a few months back, the Codatronca Monza was released. But the specs had been left out… until now. Spada is design team made up of father and son Ercole and Paolo Spada, and are [...]
The famous Lancia Stratos was going to make a modern-day comeback after it was revived by concept in 2010. It was built using a Ferrari F430 Scuderia and much of its components, including Ferrari’s 4.3L V8 were used. However, because of those reasons, the entire project was put on a halt. Because the new Lancia [...]
