Chrysler Group’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) confirmed today that the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7:12.13 – recapturing the title as the top three fastest cars to circle the famed track. “With no 2011 model-year Dodge Viper cars being produced, SRT joined forces with the Viper Club of America and the [...]
Caterham has made an announcement that it has founded a new engineering business – Caterham Technology and Innovation Limited (CTI). The company will be responsible of producing a new line of affordable sports cars inspired by the brand’s lightweight and minimalist philosophy of the Seven. CTI will also work on advanced projects for external companies [...]
A supplier based in Auburn Hills is working on a new device that checks a driver’s blood-alcohol level through the skin. The company, Takata, and its partner, TruTouch in Albuquerque, N.M., have received a $2.25 million grand from the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) to make the device commercially available. The company currently has [...]
Things are starting to look bad for Daimler’s Maybach brand. Following reports of Maybach teaming up with Aston Martin, reports now suggest that talks of partnership between the two brands have broken down. Reason? According to Auto Motor und Sport, talks of partnering between the two brands are on the ‘brink of extinction’ because Aston [...]
Looking forward to what the American automotive market has to offer in terms of redesigned models in 2012? Well, lucky for you, we’ve put together a list of all the redesigned models you’ll see on the roads in 2012. You may have seen 2 or 3 of these vehicles on the road already (BMW 6-Series, [...]
Stillen had built up an impressive reputation when it comes to tuner kits for Nissans and Infiniti cars. It seems the company is always ahead of the curve, being the first to craft a number of products, such as the eliminator system for the 300ZX Z32 version or the first forced induction kit for the [...]
Since 2007 when the global GT-R was released, Nissan has been working on improvements and tweaks for the model. After last year’s power upgrades from 3.8-liter turbo V6 to 530hp, the automaker is still looking for ways in can upgrade the 2013 GT-R. Nissan announced at a Nurburgring press event that it will be adding [...]
Porsche’s remodeled 991 has been created by Michael Mauer, known for his work with Saab and Mercedes, and made to last, as the brand plans on keeping it for the next 14 years. The coupe for the new generation 911’s was revealed at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, with several models to follow in the [...]
After a bunch of reports telling us that Bugatti has been moving forward with the production of the Galibier sedan, we heard some sad news earlier this month that plans were put on hold. New reports now suggest that Volkswagen Group will be decided by the end of 2011 whether or not to move forward [...]
Toyota is a buy word for complete anonymity and has along history of making cars that are quite boring to look at. However, after Toyota had announced that they’ll be producing a cheap rear-wheel drive sports car, it was not wrong for some to think that Toyota may actually be catering to enthusiasts once again. [...]
