Volkswagen Unveils MQB Platform
1 Feb 2012, 15:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has shown the new MQB platform that will soon underpin the new Audi A3, VW Golf and Skoda Octavia, and even the Polo sized cars. It standardizes the placement of the engine and a number o...
200 New Jobs at VW Chattanooga Plant
1 Feb 2012, 15:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / VW’s US arm is expanding operations at its new Chattanooga, Tenn site, with the company aiming to expand production capacity by 13 percent. The move also means that the automotive producer is ...
Jeremy Clarkson Voted Worst Partner for Driving Adventure
1 Feb 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jeremy Clarkson might be funny on Top Gear, but the TV presenter would be the last celebrity in the world Brits would take with them for a driving adventure. A recent survey perfected by Continental...
Corvette JRG Special Race Coupe Heads for Auction
1 Feb 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the Bonham’s auction in Paris this month, a painstakingly restored 1960 Corvette JRG Special race car is going under the hammer. This was built by Tom Falconer, who was also the author of &...
Gumpert Apollo Towed Away After Hooning
1 Feb 2012, 14:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The adjacent video is here to show us the difference between how a supercar looks on paper and how it feels in real life. The clips shows us a Gumpert Apollo being towed home after a day of abuse at...
Voices of Mr. Burns, Marge Simpson Added by TomTom
1 Feb 2012, 13:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Two more voices from The Simpsons have now been added by TomTom UK, one belonging to the grumpy Mr Burns who will order you around as the lower class individual you are, and the other belonging to M...
Nissan Juke Shiro UK Pricing
1 Feb 2012, 13:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nissan has announced the UK pricing for the Shiro version of the Juke, with this being the range-topping incarnation of the crossover that aims to offer the vehicle even more personality. The Shi...
Suzuki Announces 2012 Geneva Motor Show Offensive
1 Feb 2012, 13:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Suzuki has saved us the effort of actually trying to guess their lineup by actually announcing that their 2012 Geneva Motor Show offensive will be limited to a couple of cars that we’ve alread...
2012 Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes MP4-27 Unveiled
1 Feb 2012, 13:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Team Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes has become the first major player in F1 to unveil their race car for the 2012 season. The silver arrow is a natural evolution of last year’s car, though they say...
Audi R8 V10 Revving in Tunnel
1 Feb 2012, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Tunnels are like pleasure buttons for supercar drivers as they allow these machines to fully make their voice heard. We are now here to give you a video that perfectly illustrates this. The clips...
VW Super Bowl Commercial: The Dog Strikes Back
1 Feb 2012, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / VW is the latest automotive producer which is offering us its ad goodie for this year’s edition of the Super Bowl, with Das Auto using the 2012 Beetle (you can read our review of the car here)...
Spyshots: 2013 Mercedes Benz GL-Class
1 Feb 2012, 12:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you were looking at the all-new ML launched just last year and thinking “that’s the Merc I want... if only it had more room”, than we have good news. There’s also a new GL...
Arlington Gets $200 Million Stamping Facility for GM Next Full-Size SUVs
1 Feb 2012, 12:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / GM has announced they will start construction of the new $200 million stamping facility at Arlington, Texas, where the next generation of GM full-size SUVs will be built - the Chevrolet Tahoes, Subu...
Police Chase: BMW X5 Crashes Over Sleeping Man's Bed
1 Feb 2012, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW might market the X5 as a Sports Activity Vehicle, but this is ridiculous: an X5 driver who was running from the police crashed into a house, with the car ending up on top of a sleeping man&rsquo...
2013 Porsche Boxster S Spotted at Gas Station
1 Feb 2012, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche has recently used the web to give us a new generation of the Boxster, with the vehicle’s most important asset being its lightweight construction. Even though the 1s and 0s of the 2013 ...
Audi Biturbo Diesel Engine Launched
1 Feb 2012, 11:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It’s now safe to say that we have entered a new era of diesel engine development, where the oil burners have not only evolved from work horses found on utilitarian vehicles to modern, refined,...
Spyshots: 2013 MINI Cooper Winter Testing
1 Feb 2012, 11:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here’s why we think MINI desperately needs the new Cooper: the first generation was cool enough, with its retro looks and compact platform, but soon after it was launched, the 1.6-liter compre...
Spyshots: 2013 Mercedes Benz A-Class 5-Door
1 Feb 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mercedes is working overtime for the development of the new A-Class and we want to show you some photos that show a prototype of the upcoming five-door version of the car. This is the first A-Class ...
Lexus LFA Twins Wear Forgestar Wheels
1 Feb 2012, 10:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Forgestar Wheels has been extremely playful recently, with the US aftermarket developer having an affair with Japanese twins. The company has now released the result of all that play, giving us two ...
Mercedes AMG Power Packs from MKB: CL63, CLS63, ML63, S63, SL63
1 Feb 2012, 10:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German tuner MKB has announced a sort of general tuning package, targeting all the Mercedes Benz AMG models that pack the recently launched 5.5-liter twin-turbo, as well as one for the wafty 500 V8 ...