2014 Volkswagen Polo 1.2 TSI First Drive
6 Jun 2014, 13:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As far as the VW Polo is concerned, the German supermini was always a case of "Honey, I've shrunk the Golf." And that statement stands true even after 39 years of continuous productio...
Porsche's Sport Plus Explained by Works Driver Tomas Duplinsky: Exclusive Interview
27 May 2014, 20:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When people are out to grab a go-fast machine, it's all about the numbers - how much of this, how many of that and so on. What we should be asking instead is how good the electronics are. Most ...
Is Toyota Prius Losing Popularity Among Green Enthusiasts?
23 May 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Being the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle in the world, the Toyota Prius soon achieved its reputation for the best green car, starting the eco-revolution among hipsters and ecologists possessing ...
2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 200 CDI First Drive
16 May 2014, 19:40 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / About a decade ago, when Mercedes-Benz surprised everyone by introducing the first modern “four-door coupe” in the form of the Michael Fink-designed CLS, not many people believed that th...
These Are the Best Porsche Print Ads Ever
9 May 2014, 17:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the dawn of the internal combustion engine, print ads have been the number one marketing medium for car manufacturers around the globe. Out of the few automakers with solid tradition in print ...
Sweetest Neo-Retro Motorcycles Roundup, Part 2 (final)
9 May 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Welcome to the second half of autoevolution’s neo-retro bikes roundup. Last week, we presented Royal Enfields, Urals, Triumph’s Modern Classics, and BWM came up with the evil R nineT. Pl...
Mercedes-Benz Ads That Should Have Gone Viral
2 May 2014, 19:38 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Despite what some clever marketers will tell you, car manufacturers are in essence businesses based on supply and demand, and just like every other business out there, in order to stay afloat they n...
Sweetest Neo-Retro Motorcycles Roundup, Part 1
2 May 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With the motorcycle design and technology steadily going more and more futuristic, it’s really awesome to see that several manufacturers are still producing retro-looking machines even more &n...
The New Africa Twin Is a CRF...
25 Apr 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Back in the late summer of 2013 I wrote a wishful editorial, hoping that the rumored new-generation Africa Twin Honda was reportedly planning to manufacture would not follow the 1200cc trend. The ne...
History of Car-Wrecking Games and How “Next Car Game” Will Change It
24 Apr 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most of us are driving each day on public roads having to deal with high fuel prices, stupid drivers, car jams, careless pedestrians, potholes and taxes. Perfect ingredients to make you snap and wis...
2014 BMW M235i First Drive
18 Apr 2014, 15:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It’s not every day BMW comes up with something it can proudly call the spiritual successor of the legendary 2002tii. And yet... here it is, the M235i. While the name might be a bit confusin...
The Future of Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Porsche, Seat and VW Revealed by Nurburgring Testing
15 Apr 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Group is going through a Nurburgring frenzy these days, with the majority of its brands having recently done Green Hell business. From hot hatches and SUVs to sports cars and even hyp...
The Dawn of a New Helmet Paradigm
11 Apr 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The two-wheeled worlds might become a bit safer as motorcycle helmets are about to change and this is a thing that brings joy to my heart. Helmet law-opponents will most likely find yet another reas...
2014 MINI Cooper S Hardtop First Drive
11 Apr 2014, 15:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Ever since the first spy shots of the 2014 MINI Cooper S model reached our headquarters we were extremely curious to experience BMW’s first front-wheel-drive platform, internally codenamed UKL...
How Motorcycle Traction Control Systems Work
9 Apr 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Traction Control Systems, generally referred to as TCS, have begun to be a part of our everyday riding lives and are becoming increasingly common in new motorcycles. From sport to adventure bikes, m...
The Stupidest Car Accessories Ever: Tuning Fail
9 Apr 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Custom vehicles exist almost from the beginning of the auto industry as some of the first cars ever sold were just rolling chassis you could take to a coach builder and have your unique body panelli...
7 Reasons Why We Crash in the Spring
4 Apr 2014, 16:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Alrighty, the riding season kicks off and it brings back the wind-in-your-face joy, but packed with the risks we’ve forgotten all about during the winter. And since I’ve already got news...
ZIL Amphibious Screw Vehicles: a Cool Soviet Era Invention
29 Mar 2014, 16:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Take a moment to think about the wheel and the rubber tire. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to get about our daily lives and try as they might, engineers have yet to invent something better. I...
917 Going 919: Porsche's Big Le Mans Comeback
13 Mar 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The past fourteen 24 Hours of Le Mans races have been nothing but boring endurance events that ended with Audi taking the checkered flag on 12 occasions. No, wait, make that 13. Team Bentley was jus...
Top 5 Most Wanted Cars from Geneva
7 Mar 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In terms of supercar and hypercar premieres it doesn’t get any better than this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The venue had its hands full in the two press days that preceded the actual kick...