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11 Feb 2016, 08:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since its debut in Argentina in 2010, the Amarok went on to become a success story for the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division. Nigh on six years after it came to market, the mid-size pickup truck is now the oldest model in its segment. Unsurpr...
10 Feb 2016, 17:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Some cars with sporting credentials are best left as they come off the production line. Meddling with the engineering and go-faster know-how that went into them is, as the purist crowd might tell you, sacrilege. In the light of the EPA’s p...
10 Feb 2016, 12:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Being the son of a Hollywood actor certainly has its perks. 17-year-old Jaden Smith is a case in point. The up-and-coming star who debuted in the 2006 biographical drama The Pursuit of Happyness alongside Will Smith is the owner of one of the most ...
10 Feb 2016, 10:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There’s no shadow of a doubt that the future of Tesla Motors hangs on the success of the Model 3. After the name had been announced without any pomp and circumstance on Twitter in 2014, Elon Musk declared that Tesla aims for a starting price ...
10 Feb 2016, 09:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Returning for the 2017 model year, the Chevrolet Trax comes with a more expressive exterior design, interior enhancements, and a suite of safety and connectivity solutions. The thing is, the 2016 model is more appealing to the eye, as is its cousin...
10 Feb 2016, 08:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With the sixth-generation Camaro, Chevrolet pushed the envelope of what pony cars should be about further than before. For the 2017 model year, though, the 1LE performance pack is poised to become the new yardstick in the segment. For the first ...
9 Feb 2016, 15:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Henry Ford once said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” This is how one of James May's Cars of The People episodes started this January. If you haven't seen it yet, you probably shou...
9 Feb 2016, 12:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Designed at the Centro Stile Fiat and assembled in Turkey by Tofas, the Fiat Tipo small family car is an interesting successor to the Bravo hatchback and the Linea sedan. An interesting buy for families that need a new car on a budget, that is. In ...
9 Feb 2016, 10:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Few auto manufacturers stir the soul of petrolheads as Bizzarrini does. From 1964 to 1969, the Livorno-based company founded by Giotto Bizzarrini gave us a total of three reasons to live and breathe cars. The disappointing 1900 GT Europa, the Corve...
9 Feb 2016, 08:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Egypt became a boiling pot of widespread protests in 2011, the only Eurafrasian nation transformed into one of the most adverse countries in the world. When the military removed President Morsi from power in a coup d’etat in 2013, an in...
9 Feb 2016, 08:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Drawing on the performance heritage of Ford Australia, the Blue Oval is thoroughly excited about the high-performance Falcon Sprint series. Set to go on sale in May, the 2016 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Sprint and 2016 Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint are the last...
8 Feb 2016, 16:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Good news for all the Alfisti out there. The 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta facelift will be presented on February 24, at the Stabilimento Mirafiori plant in Turin. The place of unveiling got us curious - of all places, why Mirafiori and not the Cassino...
8 Feb 2016, 15:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Based on a raised Impreza 5-door hatchback, the Subaru XV made its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Five years later, the XV got a series of upgrades for the 2016 model year. Despite the add-ons, Subaru UK didn’t change the on-the-road...
8 Feb 2016, 13:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When Ferrari introduced the FF in 2011, the Prancing Horse rewrote the rules of what 2+2 grand touring was all about. With the facelifted FF, Ferrari is pushing the envelope even further. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the...
8 Feb 2016, 13:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Toyota is proud to be a part of the 2016 World Endurance Championship, with its hopes hanging on the LMP1 prototype race car you can admire above. WEC fans will see the Toyota TS050 HYBRID compete in all nine rounds of the 2016 season. The highe...
8 Feb 2016, 12:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It’s no secret that Mexico is an important country for the Ford Motor Company. Its production facilities in the Estados Unidos Mexicanos are fundamental to the success of the Blue Oval. Late last year, the Trump attempted to stop Ford from ex...
8 Feb 2016, 12:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Internally known under the 201X codename, the FG X series of the Ford Falcon will be the last-ever Falcon generation built in the Land Down Under. Ford Australia will bid farewell to its locally built FG X Falcon by bringing the Sprint badge back f...
8 Feb 2016, 10:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In an interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, outside attorney Kenneth Feinberg said that Volkswagen would keep its promise to offer compensation packages for approximately 600,000 U.S. owners of diesel vehicles involved in the notori...
8 Feb 2016, 10:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sporting icon Jose Mourinho isn’t a stranger to fast cars and sporty driving. The legend whose name is on every football/soccer fan’s mind was one of the sportsmen chosen by Porsche to launch a Fall/Winter clothing line in 2010. Fast-fo...
8 Feb 2016, 09:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember the humongous sinkhole that opened under the floor of the Skydome of the National Corvette Museum in February 2014? It is one of the most covered sinkhole stories ever since the phenomenon became a worldwide problem. But whereas that incid...