So a while back, Ferrari made a rather trick version of their 550 Maranello, called the SuperAmerica. They resurrected the name form a 1960s model, but essentially, all it was normal 550. What was cool was that it was a power retractable hardtop. But rather than folding and stowing, the whole rook panel simply flipped [...]
Each year, the folks at the Chicago Auto Show put up a few live web cams around McCormick Place to allow anyone to take a look at what’s going on and even manipulate the cameras.
The show, which runs from Feb. 12-21, goes from nothing to complete in very short time. Log on to the live [...]
At last month’s Detroit Auto Show, Ward’s Automotive Group named Volkswagen’s 2.0L TDI Clean Diesel engine one of their “10 best” for 2010. The 2.0-liter TDI engine is now featured in the Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen, as well as the 2010 Golf. The engine complies with all the excessively strict Tier 2, Bin 5/ULEV [...]
Mazda will be rolling out a special 20th anniversary edition of the beloved MX-5 (nee Miata) at this March’s Geneva Motor Show. Sadly, this will be a European only version, but it’s still worth looking over. The most notable thing about the 20th Anniversary Edition Mazda MX-5 is that the colors harkens back to the [...]
Looks like Audi is following Mercedes lead and will be getting into the luxury hybrid game – that is, if the Audi A8 Hybrid show car that will be seen in Geneva makes it to production.
In a lot of ways, making hybrids for the well healed instead of the masses makes more sense. The rich [...]
Bentley Motors pulled the wraps off the all-new Bentley Mulsanne flagship sedan at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Designed and engineered at Crewe from the ground-up, the new Mulsanne “reaffirms the marque’s intent to create a new flagship Bentley with refined performance and unparalleled levels of luxury with the coach building [...]
What have we here? Yes, it’s a show car, but this one looks to have real production potential, and is also downright handsome to boot. This is the New Compact Coupe from Volkswagen. And besides a stupefyingly unimaginative name, it packs a boat load of technology and some pretty impressive performance figures.
Yes, sadly that is [...]
Here’s another GM concept car from the Detroit show that was a little unexpected: The Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept. No, it’s not as out of the ordinary as the GMC Granite, but it is noteworthy in a number of respects. GM says that the XTS Platinum Concept is a re-imagining the luxury sedan, with an [...]
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