Motoren Technik Mayer’s latest tuning package includes three stages of upgrades for Audi’s RS3 Sportback. Stock, the RS3 Sportback’s inline-five puts out 340-hp and 331 lb-ft of torque, with a 0-62 time of 4.6 seconds. MTM’s first stage starts with an ECU upgrade that kicks out 410-hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. The second stage boosts [...]
The New Orleans Saints are now sharing their home at the Louisiana Superdome with Mercedes-Benz USA via a decade long contract. The agreement gives the luxury automaker naming rights along with being named the exclusive vehicles of the Saints, along with other perks such as signage in the superdome. Upcoming events including the BCS Championship [...]
PPG Industries is responsible for painting a substantial portion of vehicles across the globe, and the company’s data shows that white is the preferred color around the world for 2011 model-year cars. Only slightly higher than silver and black, which each account for 20 percent, white cars make up 21 percent of the market. The [...]
Mazda is saying farewell to the RX-8 with a new special-edition model of its four-door, four-seat rotary engine sports car. Known as the Mazda RX-8 Spirit R, the special-edition model will go on sale from November 24, 2011 at all Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealerships throughout Japan. Production of the Mazda RX-8 will end in [...]
General Motors confirmed today that the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 recently lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7:41.27. The time is nearly 40 seconds quicker than the Camaro SS that lapped the famous German track in 2009. Chevrolet said that the Camaro ZL1 used for the lap was pre-production model with no performance modifications. It was driven [...]
McLaren is slowing down production of the MP4-12 C due to quality issues – however, the company says the quality issues are not related to safety or performance. “There are no safety concerns for the delay,” Tony Joseph, director of McLaren North America, told Autoweek. “We’ve had some quality-related issues in a few cars we [...]
Volkswagen is recalling certain diesel models to fix an issue with fuel-injection pulses that could coincide with the natural frequency of the injector line in specific load and rpm conditions. The problem creates an additional stress in the fuel line. The recall consists of certain 2009-2012 Jetta TDI and Jetta Sportwagen TDI models built from [...]
Geely Automobile from China, whose parent company owns Volvo, said that it has no interest in acquiring Saab. The report comes after Dagens Nyheter reported that Geely may be interested in buying Saab for production and development reasons. Saab is currently restructuring under creditor protection as it waits for long-term investment from China’s Zhejiang Youngman [...]
There is no doubt that the world of car enthusiasts is shrinking. With increasing fuel-economy regulations, traffic on highways, safety restrictions and traffic cameras, its inevitable that the world is becoming an unfriendly place for those who truly love automobiles. Well, thanks God for virtual reality. Forza Motorsport 4 is on the way and the [...]
GMC is implementing the automotive industry’s premiere collision avoidance technology in the upcoming 2012 Terrain SUV. The new system assists in preventing front-end and lane departure crashes with a high-resolution digital camera that is attached to the rear-view mirror. As it keeps an eye out for lane markings and vehicle shapes, it alerts the driver [...]
