22 Aug 2014, 11:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If the Opel Astra OPC is way too laity with its 280 horsepower sent to the front wheels, the German tuning outfit Irmscher has an Astra that may be more to your liking. Built on the 1.4-liter Opel A...
18 Aug 2014, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’ve spied Opel testing its Astra K on numerous occasions so far and now our cameras have managed to enter the cabin, so we can show you the first images of the new dashboard.
The current ...
12 Aug 2014, 20:59 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / There’s always plenty of excitement any time a new car pack is released for the exciting Forza Motorsport 5 racing simulator, but this latest content update brings a pretty impressive lineup o...
31 Jul 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Cars are a form of self expression and nowadays we're able to change pretty much everything about them. Everything, that is, except for what the laws say we're obliged to keep: the same ti...
24 Jul 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German automaker Opel is secretly moving forward with development of the all-new Astra family of compact cars. The 5-door hatchback will be the first one to make its debut, probably a little more th...
19 Jul 2014, 09:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Remember the days when an Opel Kadett GSI with a 2-liter, 16-valve, twin-cam engine making 156 horsepower was the pick of the Opel range? Of course you don't, since that was way back in the lat...
19 Jul 2014, 07:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Mazda revealed the all-new Demio hatchback in Japan this week, the same car that will wear the Mazda2 name in global markets. Only a 5-door body was shown, but way before the car's debut, compa...
16 Jul 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to an insider from Nissan, the Japanese brand has finished research and development on an all-new engine. It's a turbocharged four-pot displacing only 1.8 liters, but its expected to ...
13 Jul 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's a very sad day for the automotive world when one of Italy's oldest and most revered car design house goes belly up with mountains of debt accumulated over the past few years. Bertone ...
11 Jul 2014, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai's next generation i20 is coming hot on the heels of the i10's successful launch and could make its official debut during this year's Paris Motor Show, in October. Just like it...
9 Jul 2014, 13:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / "Sculptural artistry meets German precision" – that's how Opel vice president of design Mark Adams described the new Corsa supermini, officially revealed today. This fifth gener...
4 Jul 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Compared to the same period last year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders hints that the United Kingdom's new car market has grown by more than 10 percent. Get this - the biggest ga...
27 Jun 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're into hatchbacks that go like the clappers, the past year or so has been the best one in literally a decade. VW just launched a 300 horsepower Golf R that can keep up with an Aston Mar...
25 Jun 2014, 16:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Compact hatchbacks are the most popular segment in Europe. So by that account, the new Astra is the most important upcoming car for Opel, GM's stricken European division. We've been tracki...
24 Jun 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Set to replace the 1.7-liter oil burner produced at GM Powertrain Poland since the dinosaurs were still around, the 1.6-liter CDTI turbo diesel will provide the Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC with better g...
23 Jun 2014, 16:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In therms of appeal, the Opel Astra sits pretty well in the European marketplace, right up there with Ford's Focus compact hatch. However, the current generation dates back to 2008 and is begin...
19 Jun 2014, 19:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I am well-aware that the WRX is not an Impreza model any more, it's a standalone for the 2015 model year, together with the STI. But really, you can't wipe my mind clear of a decade of wat...
19 Jun 2014, 12:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / See that brownish subcompact car? That's the production version of the 2015 Opel Corsa posing for its first official photo shoot. Thanks to this little Parisian promenade and Blog Automobile�...
18 Jun 2014, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / People of the world, we’re begging you: never-ever speed again, so that we don’t have to deal with an anti-going fast ad as terrible as the one below! While you make up your mind on that...
17 Jun 2014, 18:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems like car design is, like fashion, cyclical. Brown, the color of the 80s is back in style. So is non-metallic sky blue, as seen on old Opel Calibras and the new BMW M3 or Polo facelift. Old ...