Pedigree of the Brands - A Different View of the Story... ...Many of us own cars which come from rather famous brands. Plenty of times, even if you hate to admit it, the badge is the main reason to look at a certain car and, in the end, it's the decisive reason in actually choosing the "perfect"model. OK, there ... Continue reading >
100+ years since the invention of the self-propelled car, three new engines battle for a place in the automotive future. Which one do you see in your car 10 years from now?
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Articles written by Alex Tudorache
Alex Tudorache
Alex drove his first car when he was 3 years old; it was a cart offered to him by his grandfather. When he was little he used to have a bubble gum wrapper collection (cars only), which he carefully developed to an impressive size. His dad would always take great pride in his son's skill in naming all sorts of cars.Right after getting a drivers license, he decided to drive everything with wheels, provided it has 4 of them (spare tires don't count).
Personal motto: Only the wisest and stupidest of men don't change. Confucius
There are good things going on in Holland, because if you happen to live there and want to buy a cool hot hatch, you can now get the Renault Twingo R150R thanks to “some over zealous” Renault dealers.
As you can now realize, the R150R is called so ...
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Although this is no hot news, it was so interesting that we couldn't leave it be. In Kaufdorf, Switzerland, there is a junkyard housing over 500 classic machines from the 1930s through the 1960s.
The government wants to pave the junkyard, as Jalopnik.com ...
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The policemen in Indianapolis are going to be greener and greener as they go from case to case in their environmentally friendly vehicles as officials announced on Wednesday.
According to Indistar.com, eighty-five Toyota Camry hybrids were bought after the ...
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Ford has released a new video footage presenting a photo shoot of the new Ford Focus RS. The clip shows some photographers taking “interesting” pictures of the car, preparing it for the session. This hapends after the release of official phots, a few ...
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The Mercedes SL inspired two designers into creating a coupe version of what looks like the CLC you've always dreamed of.
It was built by Alfredo Stola, a designer at Studiotorino, and Piotr Degler Jablonski, a student at IAAD art institute. The good looking ...
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Rinspeed, one of the craziest tuners ever to be seen on the face of the Earth, has now come up up with a new contraption called the “iChange”. The constructor calls it a 1-2-3-seater with "trick-tail" and it will unveil the new vehicle at the ...
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After some teasing courtesy of BMW, the new Z4 is now offcially out and it has a new party piece - a hardtop.
The new roadster has a 20 second retractible hardtop, a brand new generation iDrive system (that made its debut on the new Z4) as part of the ...
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Say that you are on the desert and you want to have a play with a new rear wheel drive car. What would pop up in your mind? A Ferrari, a Jaguar, a Porsche perhaps...
All that we know is one that would not pop up in your mind: Hyundai. But of course, you don't ...
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The Michelin Challenge Design exhibit, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), will display 11 scale models selected by a jury of automotive designers. There will also be 24 two dimensional drawings chosen and as the show approaches, Michelin ...
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A recent survey carried out by J.D Power shows that 64.7% of Honda buyers come back to there marque when it comes to getting a new car. This means that Toyota isn't the leader anymore, but it still retaines second spot with 63.2%.
“Honda has historically been ...
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GM spent $750 million investing in the Chevrolet Volt, a car that is expected to help GM on the long run and that should come out between 2014 and 2016.
The American giant is prepared to wait to get back to the podium and they are sure that the new product will ...
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Hartley motors got their hands on a Hayabusa engine and they thought that it was a good idea to make it viable for auto use.
Since they designed a V8 Suzuki Hayabusa engine by sticking together two 4 cylinder engines we haven't heard from them. What they created ack ...
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Even though Ford are trying to get rid of the Swedish brand, Volvo are planing to build eco-friendly cars capable of meeting lower emission standards.
First of all, there is the DRIVe, a program used on the C30, S40 and V50 that enhances their aerodynamics ...
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The French auto makers are going down and that has a large impact on its other branches as the industrial production recorded its largest fall in October.
The output dropped so hard it set a new record as it is the largest fall since January 1991 when the series ...
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Lada stunned us when they decided to make a big step into the automotive industry as they decided to let loose on the Nurburgring their Lada Revolution 3.
They unveiled the car for the first time at the Paris Motor Show and we thought they had forgotten about ...
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Mitsuoka, made another car, but you don't have to close your eyes on this one, because it looks surprisingly... there I say it... beautiful.
The new car is called the Mitsuoka Himiko is based on the Mazda MX-5, which is good, but the most shocking thing is that ...
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Good news for all the tree huggers out there because some dudes at AutoLabo that watched Star Wars for too long made an Imperial Trooper version of the Toyota Prius.
The Prius now looks like a squashed bug, ready to take 5 troopers into the next millennium while ...
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After announcing that they would not be present at the Detroit Motor Show because of financial problems, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. gave their word that they would halt activities for seven weeks at its Illinois plant.
The shutdown will take place from the February ...
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There are leaked official photos of the new E-class on the internet and we are taking advantage of them.
In the photos provided by autoscoops.eu we can see a cognac colored Mercedes that looks like it came from the future, because of its rectangular headlamps ...
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Nissan decided to make some in-house tuning with their newly released 370Z, so they turned to Nismo to give it a sportier look.
There are two different goodies to be offered, one is the S-Tune Aero package which makes the car look like a fish, and the other is ...
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