At the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year, Honda surprised hot-hatch fans with the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR – a supercharged 1.5-liter CR-Z equipped with an IMA hybrid system, pumping out 197-hp and 181 lb-ft of torque. That gave it the ability to go from 0 to 60 mph comes in at approximately 6.6 [...]
As beautiful as Audi’s lineup is inside-out, it’s hard to find a nice variety of design differences between most of its vehicles. For example, the new A6 looks very similar to the A4 and the A7 looks very similar to the A8. Audi has heard the feedback of its customers and is working on a [...]
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is one of the most anticipated sports cars of 2012, so we figured what better car to feature in today’s episode of our ”top 10 most important things you need to know about” segment. Check out our other Top 10 things you need to know lists. Top 10 things you need to know about [...]
Big rig semis are literally giant bricks on wheels with the aerodynamics of John Candy. That said, most trucks aren’t even lucky enough to break 12 mpg. And major part of that has to do with the airflow on the bodies of big rigs. So to pave the way for the future in efficient mass [...]
Volvo’s tuning partner Polestar will be offering some power boosting packages for virtually any five- or six-cylinder Volvos. That pretty much means the C30, C70, S40, and only the T6 version of the S60 and the XC60. Thanks to some ECU work, increased boost, remapped throttle and advanced timing, the T5 is up to 250-hp [...]
Reports suggest that Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti will team up to share technology in which the two companies will collaborate their efforts to introduce a new compact hatchback to compete with the likes of the BMW 1-Series and the Audi A3. That said, this new project is more or less spawned from the Etherea Concept. Because [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has come across an issue with contaminated brake fluid, resulting in a recall of approximately 340 2012 Doge Journey and Fiat 500 models. Chrysler’s models can loose braking ability due to the contaminated fluid, a problem that came up at the Toluca Assembly Plant in Mexico. “Some vehicles were [...]
The California 3S is German tuner DMC’s latest creation, a take on the Ferrari California hardtop roadster. Exterior mods include a front splitter and rear diffuser made of carbon fiber, and wheels, sized 21-inches in front and 22-inches in the rear, supplied by ADV1. Click here for more news on the Ferrari California. Power was [...]
And we’re not just talking about the hottest selling products in the automotive industry. According to Advertising Age, the Chevrolet Cruze, Kia Soul and Jeep Wrangler are generating a lot of buzz and posting strong sales – so much so that they are among America’s hottest products in 2011, joining Dove soap, Goldfish crackers and Arizona [...]
One of the most widely admired CEOs in the automotive industry is FoMoCo‘s Alan Mulally, the former Boeing CEO, who came to Detroit in 2006 to turnaround Ford. But Mulally is now hitting 66, which means Ford’s board of directors is now considering a successor, even if his departure form the position is uncertain. Mulally, [...]
