There's Something Awfully Wrong with the Maserati Ghibli
21 Apr 2013, 11:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Global recession or not, the automotive industry keeps on walking. While some automakers struggle, others interrogate and eventually find ways to keep business on the safe side of that annoying yiel...
Why Volkswagen Doesn’t Need Facelifts
14 Apr 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I’ll be honest with you guys. I really don’t know very much about smartphones. Since I’m in front of the computer for most of the day, I can’t even be bothered to upload song...
Can You Picture a 49cc BMW Scooter?
12 Apr 2013, 15:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Earlier this week (April 8), the motorcycle world welcomed a new tie-up between two big names in the industry: BMW Motorrad and TVS Motor Company. The two giants announced that they embarked on a lo...
Why Small Convertibles Belong in the Rio Carnival
7 Apr 2013, 15:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Recently, I’ve come to realize that I have been living in my own little bubble. Normal people don’t actually like Ferraris all that much, at least not in my little corner of the world. T...
So Many Better Ways to Kill Yourself
5 Apr 2013, 14:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like spring if finally shaking off its shyness in the northern hemisphere and this is a glorious period for the riders, as they can now be reunited with their bikes after several months of ...
What Will America Do With BMW Diesels?
31 Mar 2013, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody knows what to expect from a diesel engined car. It will make the sound of piece of farmyard equipment and will be as fast as a pensioner’s electric wheelchair. Hold on a minute, this...
Car Trim Levels Suffer from Twin Sister Syndrome
24 Mar 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know how all twins are exactly the same… but somehow not exactly the same. I had a teacher in high school like that. She had a slightly better looking twin who married a rich guy, while s...
Why Breathalyzers Somehow Encourage Drinking and Driving
22 Mar 2013, 15:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This idea came into mind yesterday as I was reading the basic description of a new phone-powered breathalyzer. While the generic idea seems like a nice one, these gadgets come with a downside, a rat...
Lancia Needs to Copy Skoda and Stop Selling Chryslers
17 Mar 2013, 17:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The last time I was in Italy was in 2008. I went on a summer vacation with the sole purpose of wearing flip-flops and getting a tan, but their cars still got me excited, more than the belle ragazze....
Hybrid Supercars, Now a Billion Dollar Industry
10 Mar 2013, 15:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A little city in middle of Europe, with a population of only 200,000 people, just played host to the biggest parade of amazing toys man has ever created. The price, beauty and power of these four-wh...
2013 BMW R1200GS, the Incomplete Homework?
8 Mar 2013, 15:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This is not a hate-editorial, despite the fact that some of our readers will rather see it this way. It's just about the real facts: BMW has obviously not tested the new R1200GS as thoroughly a...
Why The World Needs Smaller V12s
2 Mar 2013, 16:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you ever wondered what the true effect of tree-hugging is? We’ve been told that cars are responsible for the hole in ozone layer, which in turn is killing the baby whales, baby penguins a...
Do Modern Cars Have Too Little Ground Clearance?
24 Feb 2013, 19:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are several reasons why we love good, fast sportscars and supercars. They are the supreme modern expressions of freedom and passion for all things mechanical. However, there is something these...
India, the New Motorcycle El Dorado?
22 Feb 2013, 17:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A few years ago, people thought that China, one of the economies with the largest growth in the world, was to become a major player in the motorcycle industry. However, the last period showed that t...
BMW Power Blog: The Ultimate Writing Machine!
15 Feb 2013, 13:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The past few years have seen the automotive industry on a turbocharged curse to growth. The glory days are always "now", rather than "in the good ol' days", as automotive de...
What Happened to the Little Red Roadster?
10 Feb 2013, 16:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / All but the most basic modern cars have air conditioning, powered windows, a radio and heaters to defrost, deice and defog the windows. They no longer have carburetors that need cleaning or hydrauli...
Is Ducati's 2013 MotoGP Fate Sealed?
8 Feb 2013, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first pre-season test in 2013 at Sepang is now over, and while some of the teams are smiling happily looking at what the tests have shown so far, others are rather impatient and look into a gloo...
Being the Biggest Carmaker Makes You the Biggest Loser
2 Feb 2013, 16:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / People used to go shopping at Walmart or whichever retailer claimed to have the biggest stores in the country until they figured out that actually means you have to walk more from isle to isle, wait...
The Morality of High Displacement
27 Jan 2013, 10:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back when man was pondering giving up the idea of tying a horse to the front of a wheeled vehicle, petrol and diesel engine technologies were in their infancy. Steam was king at the turn of the cent...
The Drunk Driving Permits of Ireland
25 Jan 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / I clearly never saw this one coming and neither would other guys playing with a full deck. However, it looks like some people are so in love with alcohol that they're willing to risk large-scal...