Following the launch of the Fiat 500 and the drop-top 500C, the Italian automaker will unveil the high-performance 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth at the 2011 LA Auto Show next month. “Building on the excitement of the new 2012 Fiat 500 (Cinquecento), the new Fiat 500 Abarth is designed for track-day enthusiasts and driving-purists who want [...]
Fiat and Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne said he remains strong on the idea that the only for an automaker to make it in the 21st Century is to get bigger and work smarter with a do more with less mentality. About three years ago, Marchionne made a prediction that the global financial crisis would leave [...]
What do you get when you put two Radical SR3 cars and classical music together on a racetrack? A beautiful work of art. The Piano Guys recently received an invitation from Brad and Andrea Harker to visit a private race track in the middle of the Nevada desert just outside of Las Vegas. The team [...]
At a media event in Malaga, Spain focused around crossovers, Nissan surprised its guest with the first viewing of the Juke-R. While the company has yet to reveal official high-res photos and details of the new GT-R powered Juke, this video gives us the best look at the high-performance crossover. Nissan says that it only [...]
The 2012 Mini Coupe is just heading into showrooms and the brand has now just dropped the first details and images of the new 2012 Mini Roadster. The sixth model in the Mini lineup is the first drop-top (manually opening) two-seater in the company’s history and will go on sale in North America in mid-2012. [...]
Volkswagen AG has said that it no longer classifies Suzuki an ‘associate,’ retracting word that kicked off a downward spiral in the partnership between the companies. The German automaker enraged the Japanese brand in March in its annual report saying that it could’ significantly influence financial and operating policy decisions’ at Suzuki. “The opportunity to [...]
Don’t you wish you had a huge budget and a production unit to recreate some of the most amazing moments in cinema history? Well you probably don’t and while that may be a bit depressing our favorite TV Show Top Gear definitely does. Richard Hammond and James May have teamed up to bring you a [...]
Just two days ago, we showed your the first leaked images of the production Toyota FT-86 rear-wheel-drive sports coupe, which will make its debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show later this year. However, those pictures never really gave us an idea of what the standard FT-86 will look like since the brochure was of [...]
Escort Inc has announced the introduction of Escort Live, which is probably the most ultimate real-time protection against a cop hiding in the trees up ahead. The Escort Live setup uses a social network for the road where drivers share live alerts with other drivers in the network. The system uses Bluetooth technology in the [...]
Back in 2002, American Expedition Vehicles debuted a well-received Jeep modification called the Brute. It was a double cab pick up version meant to increase functionality and space for off roading. Ten years later, AEV has revived the Brute with a modified version of the latest JK Wrangler Unlimited. “When we originally created the Brute, [...]
