Ford Plans Transit Connect-Based Electric Van
9 Feb 2009, 13:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American automaker Ford said that a battery electric-powered version of the company's global Transit Connect will be offered in 2010, with Ford collaborating with Smith Electric Vehicles, for a...
Lindsay Lohan Is Back on the Roads, Drives a Mercedes SL550
9 Feb 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / After she crashed her Mercedes SL65 almost two years ago, paparazzi haven't seen Lindsay Lohan behind the wheel. Maybe she was just too shocked to assume the role of a driver again or maybe she...
Nissan Cuts Jobs after $2bn Loss Forecast
9 Feb 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The $2.9 billion dollars annual loss forecasted by Nissan Motor has forced the company to consider reducing its employment scheme by 20,000 people worldwide by the end of March. The number represent...
Vettel Sets Winning Targets in 2009
9 Feb 2009, 11:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing's newcomer Sebastien Vettel knows exactly what he wants from the new season. After becoming a Formula 1 race winner last year, thanks to his impressive performance at Monza, the...
Automakers Take Advantage of Virtual Technology
9 Feb 2009, 11:39 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Making videos on the computer has proved to be extremely cost-efficient for automakers during the financial downturn (and not only). A popular trend among car manufacturers nowadays is that they sta...
California to Apply New Fuel Standards as Soon as Approved
9 Feb 2009, 11:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Environmental Protection Agency will set a public hearing to consider state-by-state fuel standards on March 5, with California aiming to apply the new restrictions immediately in case the state...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Teaser Game Trailer
9 Feb 2009, 11:26 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The second offspring of the Transformers-gone-Hollywood movie franchise is set to have its theatrical release on June 26, 2009. Wanting to speculate on the success of the brand as much as possible,...
F1 Aerodynamics to Turn Out a Failure in 2009?
9 Feb 2009, 11:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Overtaking Working Group (OWG) commissioned by the International Automobile Federation to improve overtaking in Formula 1 might not survive the year 2009. Formed by three of the most respectable...
Mugen Honda Insight - Hybrid with an Attitude
9 Feb 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One month has passed since the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid was launched at the Detroit Auto Show, and the crew at Mugen have already attempted to better the series model. The tuned model is more aggre...
Driving Lessons from Leafcutter Ants
9 Feb 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / In case you want to spend less time in traffic and arrive earlier at your destination, then you should seriously consider taking lessons from... leafcutter ants. As incredible as it may seem, this i...
All-American F1 Team to Be Based in North Carolina
9 Feb 2009, 10:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The first all-American Formula 1 team that is likely to make its debut in the series from as early as 2010 will be based in North Carolina. The news was reported by the Charlotte Observer and ThatsR...
Bumblebee 2 to Be on Display at Chicago
9 Feb 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Transformers was indeed a good action movie and we're not saying that just because Megan Fox and Shia LaBoeuf played in it. As we're sure you remember, the movie brought us a “reinca...
GM, Ford and Chrysler Cut 250,000 Jobs in 9 Years
9 Feb 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Big Three are not so big anymore. Desperate to survive the crisis, they've cut jobs, sold assets, got loans and still no result. But nowhere is the crisis more obvious than in their human r...
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011
9 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Turkey may host its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011 if the circuit officials do not start negotiations with F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone soon enough. As reported by Turkish newspaper The Today...
Hyundai Gives Super Bowl Ad's Soundtrack for Free
9 Feb 2009, 09:57 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Apparently, we are going to still hear a lot about the Hyundai Genesis ad which was aired during the 2009 Super Bowl. Here is another one that will conquer the fans' hearts. In case you enjo...
Shelby GT500 Super Snake Drag Racing Package Develops 800 HP
9 Feb 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Shelby Automobiles today unveiled a GT500 Super Snake Drag Racing Package, a new addition to the powerful Shelby GT500 Mustang that was unveiled by Carroll Shelby and Don “The Snake” Pru...
Audi Releases Q5 US Prices
9 Feb 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After being launched in 2008 all over Europe, the time has come for Audi's compact crossover, the Q5, to enter yankee land. The MY 2009 Audi Q5 will begin to arrive in US dealerships this week,...
Humvee Lasers Down Aircraft
9 Feb 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fitted, tuned, armed, dangerous...There is no further need to describe the Humvee or explain what it does. We all know that its primary function is not to carry one's a** around the city street...
Red Bull Unveil New RB5 for 2009
9 Feb 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing are the latest team to introduce their 2009 challenger this off-season, revealing their newly-developed RB5 earlier today, at Jerez. Team manager Christian Horner expressed his hopes...
$4.4 Million for the Bugatti Found in Garage
9 Feb 2009, 09:19 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Normally, a car's price would decay with the flight of time but it seems this is not the case of the rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante found in the garage of a British orthopedic surgeon. ...