Closed Dealerships in the US Hit Record Number
6 Feb 2010, 06:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The recession made it impossible for some of the car dealers in the US to avoid bankruptcy. Though the government made important efforts to save as many as it could, some of the showrooms became yog...
GM's Record Chinese Year
4 Jan 2010, 11:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With a record 1,826,424 units (to the unit!) sold in China in 2009 and an also record market share of 13.4 percent, American manufacturer GM, together with its Chinese partners, are getting ready to...
Pastrana Breaks World Record on New Year's Eve
3 Jan 2010, 13:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Travis Pastrana kept his promise and gave spectators of the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. event in Long Beach an incredible show on New Year’s Eve. The renown motorsports and stunts performe...
Volvo S60 Painting by Blind Artist Sets eBay Record
31 Dec 2009, 13:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The painting made by the blind Turkish artist Esref Armagan depicting the new Volvo S60 was recently put up for grabs on eBay Canada. The unique painting finally sold for 3,050 dollars, the highest ...
World’s Most Expensive Chopper Comes with a Free Yacht
28 Dec 2009, 12:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Though some of you may consider it a bit frustrating, the whopping price tag of $22.7 million (£14.2 million) set by German custom bike builders House of Thunder for what they claim is the wor...
Chinese Harmony, the Fastest Train on Earth
28 Dec 2009, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having earned an unprecedented edge on the automotive market this year, China extended its offensive into the railway sector and set a new speed record for long-distance passenger trains over the we...
Cyclone to Provide Engine for USLSR's Record Attempt
9 Dec 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A good recognition of the efforts made lately by Cyclone Power Technologies for the development of a new type of engine is the announcement that Cyclone will be providing the engine for the car whic...
Fiesta Movement, Biggest Tweetup Ever
4 Dec 2009, 13:01 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A tweetup is any gathering of two or more Twitter users that got to know each other through this social networking website. Apparently, the biggest tweetup so far, so big that it was registered in t...
Tesla Roadster Sets New EV Record: 313 Miles on a Single Charge
28 Oct 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if the cars manufactured by Tesla have proved to be reliable and, why not, "as advertised," this doesn't mean the respective vehicles can't prove they can do more. And this ...
Rossi Decides to Continue on Two Wheels
26 Oct 2009, 19:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following his latest Championship title at Sepang last weekend, many thought that Rossi would switch to the World Rally Championship starting from next year. The multiple world champion's decis...
Hyundai-Kia Reports All-Time Sales Record in August
2 Sep 2009, 12:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group have reported all-time record monthly sales in August 2009, with Hyundai’s Elantra and Sonata and Kia’s Sportage and Optima being the best-selling models...
British Entrepreneur Unveils the Billion Dollar Biker Scheme
19 Aug 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A 60-year-old British entrepreneur has just made public his future plans of breaking the motorbike land-speed record and use that to raise $1 billion for charity every year in the process. The curre...
Audi July Sales, Up 2.1 Percent
6 Aug 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Small building blocks towards recovery were set by all manufacturers in recent months and Audi makes no exception. The German manufacturer announced today its sales increased by a small, yet signifi...
Mercedes' Big Chinese H1
29 Jul 2009, 08:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With most of the automakers in the world today fleeing to China to get that needed wanted breath of fresh air, there's no surprise in seeing them posting, full of confidence, sales results for ...
Hyundai Releases Q2 Results
23 Jul 2009, 14:47 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In the second quarter of 2009, the South Korean car maker registered a personal record for this time period, reporting a net profit increased by 48 percent to 811.8 bn won ($648.4 million). In the c...
Audi's Best Half-Year in China
6 Jul 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Auto manufacturers posting record sales in China are no longer a surprise for anyone, as the Chinese keep leading the industry in this crisis-challenged times. German manufacturer Audi has today joi...
SSC Ultimate Aero, World's Fastest Production Car, For Sale!
18 Mar 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The world's fastest production car in the history of the world can be yours... if you're ready to pay at least one million dollars for it... To be more specific, the SSC Ultimate Aero, the...
Passat CC, Volkswagen's Only Best Selling Model
4 Mar 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Certainly no one expected that automakers would score impressive results this year in the land where the financial crisis initially started and therefore, some of them seem content with their Februa...
Nissan GT-R Scores Record on the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road
4 Mar 2009, 09:04 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Nissan was already boasting about its new GT-R, labeling it as the perfect muscles car for "anyone, anywhere, at anytime" and now they have come with the evidence to support their sayings....
Longest Nails in the World Broken in Car Crash
14 Feb 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Being a world-record holder is certainly a reason of pride and as far as we know many people have struggled a lot to get their page in the Guinness Book. So, the moment you lose the thing that made ...