Alpina recently made a return to international motorsport racing this year. After being absent from the motorsport game for a long time, Alpina, with its drivers Alexandros Margaritis and Dino Lunardi, won the German GT Series and the 2011 ADAC GT Masters Championship in the Alpina BMW B6 GT3. To celebrate those wins, Alpina showed [...]
With its 6.0 liter V12 engine making 700-hp, the Ferrari 599XX is already a very powerful supercar – in fact, it’s so powerful that it’s one of the fastest cars to ever go around the Nurburgring at a blistering 6:58.16. But now Ferrari has taken it another step forward with the new 599XX Evolution, which loses [...]
About two months ago, Koenigsegg claimed that its Agera R supercar was capable of setting some very strong performance results. That’s not so surprising as the Koenigsegg delivers some strong output. Power for the Agera R comes from a 5.0L twin-turbo V8 producing 1,115-hp and a maximum torque of 885 lb-ft on E85 fuel. If you fill [...]
One of the main themes at this year’s 2011 Tokyo Motor Show is urban electric mobility. It seems every Japanese automaker from Toyota to Honda and (obviously) Nissan has something to show for urban zero-emissions traveling. Nissan has shown up to Tokyo with the Pivo 3 Concept, its eighth EV concept. Right off the bat, Nissan [...]
Hennessey Performance confirmed today that the Texas firm will be removing the top of its lightweight Venom GT supercar. Known as the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, the car will produce a whopping 1,200-hp and will weight in at just 2,640 pounds. “With the hardtop in place, the Venom GT offers a very visceral, raw, driving [...]
Joining the new Audi A1 Sportback at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show is a special edition A1 3-door hatch with the colors of the Japanese national soccer team. Known as the Audi A1 Samurai Blue, the model shows Audi’s respect for Japan’s soccer (known as football everywhere else in the world) team – the model [...]
Say you purchase a plug-in hybrid but want to be a little rebellious and use only the engine to drive because you’re in a rush and you can’t slow your day down with ev driving modes. Well, Honda may have a solution for you. Making its debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show today, the [...]
The 2012 Mitsubishi Mirage subcompact is making its public debut today at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show and will be going on sale in Thailand this March. Following that the new subcompact from Mitsubishi will be sold globally in emerging and developing market – and we’re guessing that means the United States as well. The [...]
Honda has unveiled a micro-sized future city electric concept for commuters. Known as the Honda Micro Commuter Concept, the goal is to offer a highly accessible mobility for people in the city and it can actually fit a Motor Compo two-wheel EV bike by Honda Motorcycle. Power for the Honda Micro Commuter Concept comes from [...]
Here’s a bit of news that may be a bit depressing if you just purchased the new Civic. Honda‘s CEO Takanobu Ito says that he takes personal responsibility for the redesigned 2012 Civic’s poor reception and sales performance in the United States since the car launched in April. “The ultimate responsibility rests with me,” Ito [...]
