Bertone, the Turin-based coach builder, has released a couple of sketches of its new Nuccio Concept that will debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March. The Bertone Nuccio Concept will celebrate the brand’s 100-year anniversary and will be a sedan based on a mid-engine platform. The name of the concept was taken from [...]
At the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Pininfarina will be showing a new concept that it calls the Cambiano Concept. The concept hints at a elegant and refined sport sedan so you can expect it to have a sloping rear roofline like the Aston Martin Rapide, Porsche Panamera and Mercedes-Benz CLS. Following three teasers that Pininfarina released last month, [...]
Buick got the attention of classic car insurance firm Hagerty Insurance with its latest Regal GS model, which made the insurer’s “2012 Hot List”, receiving special recognition. The Hot List is a list of mass market classic cars priced under $100,000. ”In order to be included on the annual Hagerty Hot List, the vehicle must [...]
BMW of North America has announced pricing details of the new 2013 BMW 640i Gran Coupe, which will hit dealerships early summer. The 2013 640i Gran Coupe will set you back a total of $76,895. The BMW 640i Gran Coupe will be powered by a 3.0 liter 6-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine making 315-hp at 5,800 [...]
The Ford SYNC system is now available on more than 4 million vehicles on the road. The feature is available either as an option or standard equipment on every new Ford model sold in North America. Ford now says that it will go ahead and offer the SYNC system as standard equipment on the new [...]
Maybach has announced that seven years into its run, the ultra-luxury automaker will be closing its doors for good in 2013. Several factors have contributed to the brand’s demise. Hyper-focused on aesthetics and refinement, Maybach used its price tag to represent status, not the ground-breaking technology, stellar engineering, or ahead-of-the-curve releases like one might expect [...]
According to a report coming out of the UK, Jaguar is seriously thinking of a hotter ‘S’ version of the XFR sedan. Executives inside Jaguar say that the 503-hp XFR is being ‘outgunned’ by new rivals such as the 552-hp BMW M5 and the 549-hp Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. The recently launched Jaguar XKR-S is powered by [...]
Volkswagen is beefing up positions at its Chattanooga production facility to increase output from 31 to 35 cars per hour. The jobs will be integrated into the company’s current two-shift operation and filled by full-time Volkswagen employees. “We have had good success hiring local people who can work together as a team to build our [...]
Just when you thought that the Kia Optima sedan couldn’t get you anymore bang for your buck, the Korean automaker unveiled a new range-topping Limited model at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. The Kia Optima Limited, which will enter production later this months, builds on the Optima SX and adds a bunch of design and [...]
The previous record for the largest audience viewing a single commercial was General Motors’ ‘Miss Evelyn,’ a spot for the Chevrolet Camaro in Super Bowl XLV last year. This year, GM once again took the title with Cadillacs 30-second preview of the upcoming 2013 ATS sport sedan during Super Bowl XLVI. The commercial, titled ‘Green [...]
